if you see me having thick lips then know that nothing comes from them except for gentle speech and if you see my skin being exceedingly dark know that my heart is exceedingly light

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

meeting people from all walks of life

Interests

single-handed sailing, memorizing the entire noble qur’an in the seven ahrof and ten qira’aat and teaching it, making the Classical Arabic of the noble Qur’an easily accessible

• raw food
• reading
• music
• skydiving
• travel
• meeting people
• museums
• botany
• nature lover
• base jumping
• fruitarian
• single-handed sailing

Music, Movies, and Books

music: ella fitzgerald, louis armstrong, duke ellington, miles davis, john coltrane, outkast, the notorious b.i.g, jay-z, nas, tupac, lupe fiasco, kendrick lamar, j. cole, little brother, big k.r.i.t, a tribe called quest, murs, j.i.d, skyzoo, dj premier, j dilla, pete rock, large professor, lee scratch perry, bob marley and the wailers, king tubby, augustus pablo, jill scott, alicia keys, john legend, floetry, maxwell, jimi hendrix, red hot chili peppers, nirvana, the killers, maroon five, norah jones, adele, jackson five, slum village, wu-tang clan, common sense, kanye west, the roots, erykah badu, saleem remi, just blaze, no i.d, cesaria evora, stromae, jay electronica, james brown, ramen djawadi, otis redding, nina simone, hans zimmer, the delfonics, the stylistics, georges brassens, yves montand, ennio morricone, d'angelo, rage against the machine

movies: reservoir dogs, pulp fiction, jackie brown, kill bill vol. 1 and 2, deathproof, inglorious basterds, django unchained, the hateful eight, twelve years a slave, once upon a time in hollywood, seven pounds, casino royale, teenage mutant ninja turtles, teenage mutant ninja turtles II: the secret of the ooze, gone girl, le dîner de cons, le fabuleux destin d'amélie poulain, babel, city of god, the fox and the hound, aladdin, the lion king, the incredibles, no country for old men, the matrix, the matrix reloaded, bilal, iron monkey, crouching tiger hidden dragon: sword of destiny, the nightmare before christmas, training day, skyfall, guardians of the galaxy vol. 1 and 2, joker, batman begins, the dark knight, roots, ocean’s 11, american hustle, the prestige, memento, lucky number s7evin, the sandlot, tenet, antwone fisher, the great debaters, bourne identity, bourne supremacy

books: the holy qur'an, the autobiography of malcolm x, the sealed nectar

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

made tawaf around the ka’ba. prayed two rak’ahs in the rawdah.

Teach, Learn, Share

truthful speech, fulfilling the trust, and leaving what does not concern me.

What I Can Share with Hosts

the existence of God is proven by existence. the existence of existence is proven by the One for Whom it exists.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, England, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guadeloupe, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Western Sahara

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Mauritania, Morocco, Thailand, United States