CURRENT MISSION

To open our hearts and ears!

ABOUT ME

We are a couple, say best friends.
Our concept of traveling is much vaster than just moving around. We seek everything in it. It's a whole lifestyle, to search for the meaning of life, to dive into the reality of this world, and to realize again and again that the earth is such a fantastic place because there are amazing people living on it.
We are easygoing, we can spend time with most types of people. But one can say we are choosy when it comes to friendship. We can share stories, cheer you up, get into deep conversations or keep silent for hours, it all depends on the situation. Good food, good company, and nature we adore.
Fatima:
I am a social introvert. Intellectual, but flexible in daily life. I can be talkative providing you show interest in the topic. I can also become so quiet. Hope to find something to share with you.
My best time is when I’m around people who know me very well or when in nature. I am a YES Person when it comes to these two.
Masoud:
professional project manager, honest, easygoing, thoughtful. Fluent Azeri and Farsi speaker, improving English gradually. Brainy.

PHILOSOPHY

Let us choose one another as companions!
Let us sit at each other's feet!
Inwardly we have many harmonies-think not
That we are only what we see. (Rumi)

-Freedom
-Feminism
-Anarchy
-Supporting LGBTQ
-There is no rigid right or wrong
-Open to new ideas
-Treat people the way U like to be treated by them!
-Faithfulness
-Be choosy about your friends! They can affect you very much!
-opposing racism, sexism, and all discriminating isms!

This quote from my mom:
"a guest does not come to your home just because the door is open, they actually come because of your smile and open arms"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We host and surf inside Iran and abroad. We love the CS lifestyle and we’ve learned a lot through it!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

- Hosting people from Iran (Tabriz, Langrud, Isfahan, Chabahar), China, Poland, Trinidad n Tobago, Spain, Austria, Australia, UK, Bulgaria, Japan, Pakistan, Tibet, Germany, India, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Malaysia, Argentina, South Korea, Egypt, Estonia, Scotland, Turkey, Bulgaria, Belarus, Bahrain, Morocco, Slovenia, and France, Mexico, Russia and Portugal till now.
-Making a close friend out of a cs guest within less than 2 days!
- Surfing and meeting CSers in Istanbul three times.
- Surfing couches all the way to Chabahar, Iran (Birjand, Zahedan, Chabahar)
- Surfing in Yerevan, Armenia
-Surfing in Bandar Abbas, Tabriz, Booshehr, Khorram Abad, and north of Iran
- Visiting back our cs guest from Kuala Terrenganu, Malaysia, and traveling around in their car
-Travelling in Pakistan via road from the south all the way to the north in our friend’s car and surfing in Quetta, Karachi, Islamabad, Multan, and Lahore
-Surfing in Lebanon and meeting Csers there
-visiting our (once cs, now best) friend in Sulaimania, Iraq 2 times
- staying in a dreamy cottage and going on a fancy sunset tour on a yacht in Langkawi island Malaysia. It was a gift from our generous CS host
-hitchhiking through Baloochistan of Pakistan. Taking part in the wedding of our CS friend in Lahore.
-Road trips and surfing in many cities in Turkey.
-surfing in Kenya! We learned a lot there.
- Surfing in Russia, (Saint Petersburg and Moscow)

Interests

Fatima: book reading and literature, arts, singing and playing setar, languages, chilling with friends, (gradually) trying to *eat less meat*, casual parties, exploring wine, camping in nature, cooking, discovering new places, and having adventures, adrenaline rush (i have done many thrilling activities like the so called fastest roller coaster in the world. But well non could make me regret yet), exploring cities, exploring people's life experiences, Picnics, going to cinema (mostly intellectual movies), intellectual stuff whatever it is, somethings which make me think deeply, Dancing and clubbing although i’m not that good at it, light hiking and trekking, languages, art, literature, philosophy, religions, environment, international communications, social issues, you name it. Except politics and money!
I'm into the magic of WORDS!
Masoud:
History, economy, politics, chess, card games, poker, watching movies and series, driving, swimming, 4WDs, cars, meat, Sleeping! nature, table foosball, quality music, telling funny stories!

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Shawshank Redemption, The green mile, 21 grams, Memento, 7 pounds, Manhattan, Annie Hall, Catch me if U can, Chocolate, 12 angry men, Kill Bill, requiem for a dream, A Separation, Midnight in Paris, La passe, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Blue, white (Keselowski), Marry and Max, the pursuit of happiness, Bahram Beizayi (Iranian director)'s movies, A lot of European movies... especially German, Swedish... intellectual art generally.
Music: Iranian traditional (Shajarians, afsaneh rasaaei, Alizadeh, Lotfi, marzieh, Qamar...), folk music of all world... quality music whatever it is. All that woody Allen likes! Pakistani music (Fatih Ali khan, Najam Sheraz, the Noori band, Atif Aslam...). Abdi Behravanfar, Golnar Shahyar…. Ebi, Googoosh, Siavash Ghomeishi.
Books: the works of Chekhov, Haruki Murakami, Kazuo Ishi Guru, Gogol, Joze Saramago, Heinrich Bohl, Marquez, Albert Camus, Saadi, shamlou, Ebtehaj (poems), and many others, plus some Iranian ones like Abbas Maroufi, Mohammad Qaed (essays), Reza joulaei, Fariba vafi, Mahshid Amirshahi, Hedayat (he was such a genius!)...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-deep friendship and relationship
-helped someone quit smoking!
-accommodated a whole jungle of diverse people both in our place and in our hearts :)
-Self knowledge, self awareness, and living our truth
- traveling on CS :)

Teach, Learn, Share

Fatima: I'd like to learn as many languages as possible! and be able to talk to people in their own language. I wanna see through your eyes, learn how you live, even the smallest things i may appreciate to learn from you. I can teach you Farsi and sing for you.
Masoud: I wanna know more about politics and economy of your area, and I can share my info and analysis of Iran's history and economy if you are interested. i’d play chess with you.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Our stories and our whole place and whatever is in it :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Georgia, India, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Lebanon, Malaysia, Pakistan, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Iran

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