I just graduated from UT-Dallas this past June and moved to Chicago to start my AmeriCorps year of service. I'm applying to law school right now and want to work on making our communities more socioeconomically integrated so that we can get to know people who are different from us and find out more about what we share in common and what binds us together.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Being an immigrant, meeting people from a different background than mine has been woven into who I am. It's what my life has been all about: trying to find the ties that bind us together, the things we share in spite of our differences. That's why I'd like to make meeting new people a part of visiting a new city, and couchsurfing is a great way to do that.

Interests

folklore, reading, biking, hiking, kayaking, exploring new cities, drinking coffee, volunteering for the Special Olympics, grilling French Toast

• folklore
• cooking
• coffee
• drinking
• reading
• socializing
• cycling
• hiking
• kayaking
• olympics
• law
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Les Miserables, Pierrot le Fou, Persona,

Books: What Moves at the Margin, the Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Color Purple, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, Jazz, NW, A Country of Strangers

Music: Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Van Morrison, Miles Davis, Fleet Foxes

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to make a "hard ask" to an unsuspecting passerby, who probably just wants to go to lunch when you badger him/her into registering to vote. It's fun, I promise!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can cook for you and tell you random community organizing stories

Countries I’ve Visited

Egypt, Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Jordan, United States