ABOUT ME

I'm a professor of business at Iowa State University. I love traveling to different places even just for a few days just to see how different it is from others. I love to meet local people wherever I visit and make new friends.

PHILOSOPHY

When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are (Miller)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'd love to host traveler who visit anywhere I live, for a day or two specially during the weekends.

Interests

Traveling, sightseeing, visiting museums and historical places, drinking socially, getting to know people from different backgrounds

• traveling
• coding
• history
• hicking
• wikipedia

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Schindler's List (1993), 12 Angry Men (1957), Forrest Gump (1994), It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Books: The Story of Civilization, Blink, Everything Is Obvious: How Common Sense Fails Us

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've lived in Atlanta, Chicago, Boston, Florida, Canada, Beirut, and Tehran in the last 5 years

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Lebanon, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Switzerland, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Iran, Lebanon, United States