Hisham Shehabi's Photo

Unverified Profile

  • Payment not verified
  • Phone not verified
  • Government ID not verified

Maybe Accepting Guests

  • Last login about 10 years ago

Join Couchsurfing to see Hisham’s full profile.

Overview

  • 3 references
  • Fluent in Arabic, English; learning French
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • analyst/ party party/ randomist/ optimist
  • high school + university
  • From Bahrain!!
  • Profile 100% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

meet, greet, travel, xperience, see, learn, do

ABOUT ME

I lived in Bahrain for 18 years.

Studied in Finland for 2 years.

Studied in Canada for a semester.

Working in Bahrain now.

Swam for the national team of Bahrain for 10 years.

Olympic appearances --> 1
Olympic medals --> 0

:)

PHILOSOPHY

Treat people the way you would like to be treated

Smile to people even if you are feeling like crap.

Act like the person you want to be, and you will become that person.

Listen first. Then listen some more. Maybe you don't need to talk. Ever thought of that?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surf with people

Hope to allow people to surf at my place (once renovations are over)

Show people around my home country

Meet people

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Great time in Turkey with a couch surfer who was a great host, a great friend, and an awesome party partner!

Interests

Athletics --> swimming, football (soccer), squash, table tennis, running (planning on marathon), biking, rowing
Reading --> all kinds of books. Look below to "...books" section
Meeting people
Traveling
Exploring

  • books
  • marathon
  • running
  • partying
  • reading
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • cycling
  • soccer
  • olympics
  • tennis
  • racquetball
  • swimming
  • table tennis
  • rowing
  • squash

Music, Movies, and Books

Books --> thriller, fantasy (not all of them), crime, self-development, finance
Music --> reggae, jazz, trance, house, techno, sometimes rock, sometimes pop, sometimes r&b, jungle, tribal, u name it
Movies --> too many. but favorites include: shawshank redemption, lagaan, braveheart, toy story 3, finding nemo, and most pixar productions :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Swam for Bahrain in Athens Olympics 2004

Teach, Learn, Share

I can help people with their english if it is not their first language. I can't think of anything else right now that I can teach, but basically I know some things about a lot of things :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, India, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Laos, Morocco, Netherlands, Oman, Spain, Sri Lanka, Turkey, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bahrain, Finland

Old School Badges

  • 2 Vouches

Join Couchsurfing to see Hisham’s full profile.

My Groups