I recently moved back to Columbus, Ohio from Oujda, Morocco. I taught English at a language center there. I was also a cultural coordinator. I had previously studied Arabic in university and while living in Palestine but the Moroccan dialect (Darija) is so so different! It was like learning a new language. But I got pretty decent at it, ngl.

Currently, I am coordinator for a youth program at a refugee resettlement organization.

I am passionate about playing, creating, and recording music and I run whenever and anywhere I can!
I enjoy meeting new people and going on spontaneous adventures.

I recently released an album I wrote, arranged, and recorded, called Cloud Mtn. Here's the link if you wanna listen;)
https://open.spotify.com/album/4Ymf5kxhczAbss5ycRe0KE?si=oeRuItneQx6417nhrGnkdQ

OR here:

https://jmoriarty.bandcamp.com/album/cloud-mtn

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have been out of the couchsurfing game for a little while now. I lived in a small city in in Morocco, right on the border of Algeria for a couple years and didn't host anybody, although I totally would've liked that! I surfed with my [NOW] life-long friend, Soufiane, in Marrakech. in 2019. Pre-covid. u kno..

I have also couchsurfed while in Bahrain and Amman, Jordan.

While living in Palestine, I hosted a few different people from random places, like Turkey and the UK.

Years ago, I traveled down the east coast, couch surfing at random homes by amazing people. I was in WV, VA, NC, SC, GA, and many other states! Great regional traveling experience.

Interests

Music
Running
Hiking
Camping
Cooking
Coffee
Writing
Arabic
Giving the benefit of the doubt
Reading
Acrylic painting
sketching

• writing
• cooking
• beer
• coffee
• running
• music
• hiking
• camping
• surfing
• art
• livemusic

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Frank Ocean, Sufjan Stevens, Bon Iver, Julip, Ben Howard, Noah & the Whale, Radical Face, Horse Feathers, Shakey Graves, The Staves, Volcano Choir, so many moreeee.

Movies: Anything Quentin Tarantino, Good Will Hunting, Shawshank, Our Idiot Brother, Wanderlust, Hot Rod, HappyThankYouMorePlease, Liberal Arts, This is 40, The Wolf on Wall St.

Television: Breaking Bad, Stranger Things, Archer, how i met your mother, Parks & Rec

Reads: Edward Said, Reza Aslan, Once A Runner [novel] by John L. Parker Jr., Short Stories, poems, Satires, blogs...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I once saw a baby deer the size of a small cat.

oh and skydiving
windsurfing
mountain biking in Mt. Hood

Teach, Learn, Share

Language exchange for sureeeee

What I Can Share with Hosts

Music, good convo, good energy, down-to-earthness, running/exploring togeth

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahrain, Canada, England, Germany, India, Ireland, Jordan, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Scotland, South Korea, Spain, United Arab Emirates

Countries I’ve Lived In

Morocco, Palestine, United States