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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Arabic (North Levantine), French, Spanish
  • 35, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • PhD Student
  • BSc. Biochemistry, MRes. Cancer Biology, currently PhD. C...
  • From London
  • Profile 85% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Cure cancer and make time to travel and make time to enjoy life, the world and people around me.

ABOUT ME

I feel like I'm an easy going and understanding guy. I really relish the opportunity to meet new people from different cultures to better understand the world around me. I have varied interests and I most enjoy having a drink and an in depth conversation with new people to share philosophies and perspectives of the world in which we live.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is short, don't get hung up on stupid things, and remember to have fun.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Showing people around the city I love.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

All great experiences in Beirut Lebanon, Sarajevo Bosnia, Pogradec Albania, San Francisco Ca, Bologna Italy, Prague Czech Republic, Brooklyn NY.

Interests

I'm passionate about travelling, I really feel its important to give one better life perspective and to develop as a more rounded person. To be able to appreciate different cultures, languages and religions allows one to gain context when one deals with life's inevitable challenges. I love couchsurfing because it allows one to experience a city to a much deeper extent than any hotel ever could. I am also passionate about cancer, understanding its pathology and developing a cure thus I am starting a PhD in October developing novel cancer therapies.

  • books
  • fitness
  • drinking
  • traveling
  • sports
  • teaching
  • languages
  • religion
  • hitchhiking
  • volunteering

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Volunteering as an english teacher and getting involved in peaceful activism in the West Bank was incredible.
Travelling overland from Beirut to London was also a great experience, one of the main reasons for allowing me to discover couchsurfing for the first time.

Teach, Learn, Share

HItchhiking through europe, public transport around the Middle East, Sights to visit & things to do in places I´ve been.
Teaching English, sport, fitness.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Palestine, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Palestine, United Kingdom

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