I am a translator and a Spanish teacher. Currently working part time at a translation company as a Project Manager and the reminder, teaching Spanish to migrants in Lavapiés, Madrid, where I have been living for 12 years.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I will start a long-term travel along Africa and Asia in January 2016, and I would like to explore the possibility to get to know the country from dwellers perspective...

Interests

Languages, Migrations, Cultures, Arabic Countries, Education.

• education
• traveling
• teaching
• languages
• long-term travel

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: I am quite ecclectic in my music preferences: I can equally vibe with Elvis Presley as much as with Sophia Charaï; But I have a very strong preference for flamenco music, for instance.
Movies: I am more interested in European and North African films - I've seen quite good films from Morocco lately...

Books: novels in general; History-based novels, LatinAmerican literature; Federico García Lorca and his endless capacity to make me dream, Miguel Hernández, from whom I learnt the sense of social injustice... Manuel Vincent or Gabriel García Márquez, Arabic Poetry (Mahmud Darwish, Adonis...); Mohamed Chukri and his Pain nu, this is one of the latests books I read which most touched me lately... Currently feeling very strongly for Naguib Mahfouz novels, as I am now able to see, smell, live the places and meet the people he describes in his novels...
And so many more I would like to know and read...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have left almost everything behind to start this long term trip.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach to share and enjoy life but also to learn from others...

What I Can Share with Hosts

I am curious about other cultures, so I am eager to listen to your perspectives about their reality, their experience in the country. I am a good listener. Also, I am a respectful talker...

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Egypt, France, Jordan, Mauritania, Morocco, Senegal, United Kingdom