CURRENT MISSION

Take advantage of the geographic proximity of my current resident in Egypt to amazing parts of the world

ABOUT ME

I am a graduate student at American University in Washington DC. I am currently spending my fall semester studying in Cairo, Egypt. My Masters Degree will be in International Peace and Conflict Resolution. I'm willing to try most new things and especially the local delicacies of each country/region I visit. Growing up I didn't eat red meat, but I have begun eating meat so I can travel more and not worry about what I'm served. When traveling I like to try to leave the big cities and see the countryside and more of the traditional lifestyle.

PHILOSOPHY

We're all one big community and the more we know about one another the better off the entire world will be. Conflict is not necessarily bad because conflict often results in change and social evolution, but violent conflict is horrible and should be avoided

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Just getting acquainted with the site for now.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Only couch surfing I've done is crashing on friend's couches.

Interests

Obviously travel and meeting new people. Sports - mostly American football, baseball, soccer and lacrosse. Eating new and unique foods. International relations and politics. Learning about the lives of my world community

• politics
• traveling
• surfing
• sports
• baseball
• american football
• soccer
• lacrosse
• international relations

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies - Braveheart, pretty much any Tarantino film, Boondock Saints, Field of Dreams

Books - Call of the Wild, The Hatchet, Black Boy, Native Son, Invisible Man, Swiss Family Robinson, Robinson Crusoe, Treasure Island

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sponsored travel to Iraqi Kurdistan to conduct interviews with Ministers, Parliamentarians, Professors and Businessmen for the purposes of my graduate work.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico

Countries I’ve Lived In

Egypt, United States