Hi everyone!!

I'm Badra, originally from Alexandria, Egypt, and I'm studying Mathematics, Computer science and AI at Minerva University in San Francisco.

I've lived in 11 cities and visited 148 throughout the last 4 years in every continent except Antarctica. Currently, I'm living in Seattle, WA for my internship at Microsoft silicon.

I'm an aspiring roboticist by day and exploring cities by biking or running by night. I've built robots for many purposes from soccer to recycling, rescue and laboratory work.

I LOVE running, hiking and biking around cities and trails.

In the last year, I've summited 10 mountains, from the highest mountain in Taiwan to Mount Saint Helens in Washington. I've also biked around most of Taiwan!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I enjoy getting to know new people everywhere I go through exchanging stories and food

Interests

Philosophy, history, global politics, plants, maths, automation and robotics

• running
• gardening
• politics
• hiking
• history
• philosophy
• bike touring
• weightlifting
• robotics
• artificial intelligence

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: I love exploring music from every corner of the arab world! Recently, I've been listening a lot to western Arabic music!

Movies: Forrest gump, groundhog day, stand and deliver

Books: can give Arabic books recommendations in sociology and history

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Biking around Taiwan in 5 days

Teach, Learn, Share

Learn: Anything! Especially history, sociology and philosophy

Share: Pacific northwest hiking and biking trails

Teach: Arabic, breaking into tech, applying to US universities , maths, traveling on a budget, silicon engineering cycle

What I Can Share with Hosts

Arabic, Egyptian, Mediterranean, and Korean food!! I also love exploring cities so would love to share my favorite spots in every city I've been to :))

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Egypt, Germany, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, United States