CURRENT MISSION

To Burn my Torch as Brightly as Possible!

ABOUT ME

Born and lived my first 10 years in the States and then moved to Iran, and have lived there for almost 20 years now...I see myself as a Citizen of the world, I purely enjoy all the diverse cultures around the world, and I'm willing to explore it as much as I can. I'm also a Documentary Photographer that loves to capture the human condition in all forms...

www.abimirmalek.com

PHILOSOPHY

"Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it."

Lou Holtz

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To connect with my fellow beings...to learn from you and share what I learned with others

Interests

• film making
• reading
• traveling
• music
• art
• cinema
• getting lost
• didgeridoo
• sustainable living
• documentary photography
• listening to stories
• throat singing
• jews harp
• talking to strangers...

Music, Movies, and Books

Music : Post-Rock, Ambient, World Music, Ethnic Fusion, Classical Electronic

Movies: All Films by Tarkovsky,Bergman,Antonioni, Fellini,Bunuel,John Cassavetes,Kieslowski,Lars Von trier, Mike Figgis,Jim Jarmusch,Coen Bros,David Cronenberg,Amir Naderi,Kiarostami...

Moveies I personally like : Stalker, Taxi Driver, One flew out of the cuckoo's nest,Paris Texas,Breaking the Waves, Straw dogs,The Last Battle,Dead Man walking, Se7en,Sult...

Favourite Poets and Writers: Knut hamsun, Herman Hesse, Milan Kundra, Arthur Rimbaud, Raymond Carver,JD Salinger,Samuel Beckett, Albert Camus,...

Iranian classical and contemporary literature like Khayam, Hafiz, Mevlana, Shamloo, Forugh farakhzad,Sadegh Hedayat...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Taking my first breath when coming out of my mothers womb.

Also Falling onto so many paths that begin from the most mundane points but lead to the most unexpected and amazing chain of events and experiences...

Teach, Learn, Share

I have briefly taught photography in Burma in 2014 to young talented photojournalists.
Also in 2018 to young Africans with Albinism, in the largest inland Island of Africa, my story here:

http://abimirmalek.com/blog/2018/7/22/my-teaching-experience-with-sv-in-ukerewe-island

What I Can Share with Hosts

The world I experienced uniquely through my senses turning into personal life experiences, its something we all have at any age and wholeheartedly think it must be shared with each other.

Also my ancients sounds and voices, I have a strong interest in Sound Mysticism, I play and practice the Jews Harp and Didgeridoo and Tuvan throat singing. And would love to share and improvise with any instrument or anyone with passion for music.

Countries I’ve Visited

Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Egypt, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Oman, Palestine, Portugal, Qatar, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Iran, United Arab Emirates, United States

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