CURRENT MISSION

Living in France

ABOUT ME

Addicted nomad complaining about not having a 'home', love to learn new languages, educator.
We (my husband and toddler) have recently moved near Geneva for work and study.
I work in human rights and education.

PHILOSOPHY

treat others, as you would want to be treated yourself.
A bit simple, cliche, but often, so hard to practice in this #me #me #me world we live in.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

First time couch surfing member. Attended language exchanges

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

language inter-cambio meetings

Interests

anthropology, photography, traveling, dancing (tango, salsa, modern)
Language learning and improving and conversing! Learning Farsi (for the first time!) poetry, prose and non-fiction
scuba-diving, more diving, and more scuba-diving!!!

• writing
• poetry
• photography
• dancing
• tango
• education
• human rights
• traveling
• surfing
• scuba diving
• anthropology
• teaching
• languages
• language exchange

Music, Movies, and Books

Tender is the night, The Easter Parade, A Room of One's Own, Le Mepris, The Grand Master, Natasha Khan, Fairouz, Al Green, Cat Power, MUM (not my mother!) , Paul Kalkbrenner.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Syria, before it was destroyed.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can help you with English, Creative Writing, German, .. French, Dhivehi (language from the Maldives, it's my second mother tongue) Photography
I can tell you things about Maldives that holiday brochures will never show.
I can share my knowledge and experience on photography, traveling and living in the Maldives, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Germany, France, Portugal and Spain

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bahrain, Czech Republic, Egypt, India, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, Maldives, Palestine, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, United Kingdom