Hi, I am Atif Ahmed from Dhaka, Bangladesh. I am a development enthusiast, currently pursuing Masters in Development Studies at the University of Dhaka and working with Youth Opportunities (YO) which is an award-winning international initiative that started its journey out of Bangladesh. Prior to that, I have graduated from BRAC Business School. Alongside that, I have gained more than five years of experience at Volunteer For Bangladesh (VBD) which is one of the largest volunteer organization in Bangladesh. Along with VBD, I have also been involved in different community and youth based organization in Bangladesh since 2010 and has led many social initiatives.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

As a travel enthusiast, I want to visit different parts of the world starting from my own country, meet and get connected with new people, share my culture and learn new cultures. Thus, Couchsurfing seems pretty interesting platform to me which can help me with this.

Interests

• photography
• music
• travel
• football
• trekking
• indigenous rights
• travel photography
• indigenous cultures

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Classical, Progressive Metal, Folk, Indigenous music.
Book: Travel Diaries, Detective Fiction, Novel
Movies: The Godfather Series, The Batman Series, The bi-cycle thief, Satyajit Roy Movies

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Volunteered with the largest volunteer organization of the Nation.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My culture, norms, practices, my interests.

Countries I’ve Visited

Malaysia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bangladesh