Hey there :)

I am a 26 year old, half Egyptian woman from Germany, who loves to practice languages (maybe the only half egyptian who doesnt't speak Arabic haha - but currently learning it) and to meet different people. I enjoy travelling, dreaming away, landscapes, dancing, meeting new people, life and good conversations. Right now I am trying somehow to find my place in this world - which is not always easy tbh :p

I want to see the world, to live like the locals, trying their food, understanding their culture and simply making as many experiences as possible. The world is too big and life too short to stay at only one place ;)

Before I started university, I have been traveling quite a lot and I am a big fan of slow traveling, which means to stay for a longer time in a place or country. I have done a lot of volunteering (Workaway) and I loved every single experience. Couchsurfing and Workaway are my all time favorite ways of traveling. :) staying a little longer in a place allows us to really engage with the culture on a deeper level and I simply love that so much!

My life looked a little bit different the past years, more settled I would say, as I studied German Language Teaching and Arabic at university. But now a little dream of mine became reality in 2023: living in Egypt! What's coming next? I don't know.. who knows anyways? :D

.. now I know (sort of): I will live in Ghana 🇬🇭 for one year starting in October 2024 ✨️

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It's the spirit, definitely the spirit. CS has this special spirit. It's about making friends of different cultures, religions, countries. We are all different and yet the same, right? I just love to discover a country or culture with a local. I love places where no tourists are (as long as it's safe), because these are the places where countries don't try to impress the world and are just authentic.

The people I met so far from CS were the most generous and lovely people I ever met. As one guy once said to me: “We share the world!“ So let's share experiences, stories, ideas, thoughts, the way we see the world and maybe a way to make this world a better place :))

Interests

• salsa dancing
• cooking
• beer
• yoga
• meditation
• traveling
• surfing
• scuba diving
• volleyball
• swimming
• good conversation
• hip hop dance
• drinking coffee

Music, Movies, and Books

Afrobeats is my faaaaaaavorite, I also like Dancehall, Hip Hop, Raggeaton, Salsa, Bachata

Books:
- Das Café am Rande der Welt (The Why Café)
- Wiedersehen im Café am Rande der Welt
- The Alchemist - Paolo Coelho
- Khalil Gibran - Kite Runner

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- living one year in amazing Ecuador
- whale watching
- snorkeling with sea turtles on the Galapagos Islands
- sailing on a kind of pirate boat (we felt like pirates tho) in the Netherlands
- doing zip-lining above a forest in Ecuador
- sunset surfing
- teaching German in Czech Republic
- running up a dune in the desert of Morocco
- in general travelling by myself through Morocco
- spending a night camping on a rooftop tent of a car in the Namib desert and sleeping with my head outside watching the milky way
- walking up one of the highest dunes in the world (Namibia)
- dancing to South African music with locals in Cape Town
- sunrise and sunset hike on Lion's head in Cape Town
- watching elephants and giraffes drinking water from a waterhole in a nationalpark in Namibia
- volunteering in a bookstore in Madaba, Jordan
- drinking tea with Bedouins in South Sinai, Egypt
- volunteering at the paradise on earth - Habiba Beach Lodge in South Sinai
- jumping into the Red Sea with clothes on after coming back from a camping trip in the Wadi of South Sinai
- watching dolphins in Istanbul
- doing an Erasmus semester in Adana, Turkey
- traveling for 10 days through Iraq
- spending 2 months in Uganda
- going to the 4-day festival (Nyege Nyege) in Uganda
- snorkeling with dolphins in Kenya
- attending an Afrobeats dance Workshop in Nairobi

-.... and soooo much more.

Teach, Learn, Share

-teach: some bad german words :p and nice ones if you want to :D
- some Salsa and Bachata, also Hip Hop dancing :)
- share: conversations, experiences, food, time..

What I Can Share with Hosts

languages, conversations, exchanging experiences, talking about whatever comes on our minds

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Uganda, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ecuador, Egypt, Germany, Turkey