I am a young curious mind who enjoys to travel. Originally from Yemen, I grew up in Germany, then moved to Scotland for my studies and have lived in Italy for the past 6 months for a job.

I am genuinely a nice guy who cares about boundaries and respect. I also enjoy to be sociable and spontaneous, and generally have an open heart and mind towards everyone.

I I was born in the US, my parents are both fully Yemeni and I grew up in Germany. To make things a little more complicated, I decided to study in Edinburgh, and have moved to Italy directly after that for a digital marketing job. I speak English, german and Arabic and can understand a bit of Italian and Spanish.

I love to travel & meet new people, I play the guitar, enjoy reading about sociology and organisational behaviour, enjoy cooking fancy yet off-recipe dishes and generally enjoy the arts (taking photographs, design, going to art galleries etc...). I also try to do yoga whenever time allows and used to play a lot of different sport (from football, to tennis, to basketball, to gymming).

I stand for human rights and equality, would consider myself a feminist and currently am working on two human rights projects aside of my work (www.coloursedinburgh.co.uk & www.toyemenwithlove.org). I am a vegetarian and generally try to respect the environment as much as I can.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To travel, meet new like-minded people, learn more about different cultures and stay on a low budget.

Interests

• cooking
• technology
• music
• guitar
• sociology
• art museums
• peace and love
• design thinking
• peacebuilding
• football (soccer)
• cooking with friends
• marketing digital

Music, Movies, and Books

Most recent books: Sapiens A Brief History of humankind, No capitalism is also no solution.

Teach, Learn, Share

German, English or Arabic. Guitar. Yemeni savoury pancakes!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share words and sentences in English, german or Arabic. I can also cook a nice meal (vegetarian) made with love.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Yemen

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Italy, Scotland, Yemen