Currently in Virginia taking care of horses until March.

My life's goal is to travel the world as often and as far as possible :)

ABOUT ME

I grew up in Morocco and was very lucky to travel and experience many cultures. I've studied abroad and have a bachelor in History. I'm, currently working as an English teacher.I get to see interesting places and meet new people. Everywhere I go I love to go sightseeing, go to museums and take lots of pictures of: monuments,crazy buildings,breathtaking panoramas,old artifacts in exhibits, artworks and animals who hold still enough for a snapshot. I use to work for a TV production company so I like the process of creating and refining a visual artwork. I also use to be a flight attendant and I have traveled extensively. Paradoxically, I never thought of myself as sophisticated :) I like to enjoy the simple things in life.

PHILOSOPHY

I can't say it better than H.D Thoreau:
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To travel the world and go sightseing

Interests

History:I love to go to museums and historical sites
Philosophy: I love to have a good documented discussion among friends and learn a thing or two about life.
Walking endlessly through a foreign city, every time I travel I make sure I still get a little bit of a workout.
Yep when I'm home I love to workout: I mostly practice jiu jitsu and kickboxing.

• animals
• arts
• culture
• theater
• film making
• ballet dancing
• running
• walking
• tv
• traveling
• scuba diving
• martial arts
• swimming
• teaching
• history
• languages
• social science
• volunteering
• sightseeing
• historic sites

Music, Movies, and Books

Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Doc Boggs, Ricky Skaggs, The Grateful Dead, Johnny Cash Leadbelly, Robert Johnson, Tommy Johnson, Lightnin' Hopkins, Skip James, Luther Allison, The Alabama Blind Boys, Big Bill Broonzy, Mississippi John Hurt, Furry Lewis, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Little Richard, Louis Jordan, Jimmy Hendrix, Dire Straits, Pink Floyd, The Ramones, Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Pantera, Iron Maiden, Alice in Chains, the Black Keys,the Hellacopters, Morrissey, The Smiths, Necro, Immortal Technique, Ill Bill, Cypress Hill Portishead, George Brassens, Jaques Brel, Noir Desir, Trust, Mamatha, IAM, NTM, Tryo, Leonard Cohen, Nass El Ghiwane, Screaming Jay Hawkins,Paolo Conte, the doors, butthole surfers,the smiths,

Movies These are the movies which, if you broke into my house with the DVD while I was sleeping, I would probably say:"I'll get the pop corn." 12 Monkeys, A bridge too far,After the Rain, A midnight clear, Apocalypse Now, Art school Confidential, Battle of the Bulge, Beavis & Butt-Head do America, Breakfast of Champions, Bridge over the river Kwai, Brother, Capitaine Conan, Cool Hand Luke, Das Boot, Detroit Rock City, Factotum, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Fight Club, Hara-kiri, Hell is for heroes, Kelly' heroes, Lawrence of Arabia, Le pari, Le Samourai, Legionnaire, Leon the Professional, Les trois freres, Lock Stock and two smoking barrels, Love song for Bobby Long, Magnolia, March or Die, Million Dollar Hotel, Mondays in the Sun, Once upon a time in the West, Patton, Payback, Platoon, Ronin, Run silent run deep, Sanjuro, Snatch, Seven Samurai, Sonatine, Swept Away... By an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August, Sword of Doom, Sympathy for the Underdog, The 13th Warrior, The Big Lebowski, The Big Red One, The Eagle has landed, The four feathers, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, The Great Escape, The Guns of Navarone, The hunt for red October, The Longest Day, The man in the gray flannel suit, the thin Red Line, The Quest, The Sand Pebbles, Tokyo drifter, Trainspotting, Un air de famille, Underground, Usual Suspects, Where Eagles Dare, Yojimbo, born on fourth of july, cyrano de bergerac, black cat white cat

Books: Notes from the Underground, Heart of Darkness, Paradise Lost, Tao Te King, The book of the five rings, Walden, Les fleurs du mal,Catcher in the Rye , l'Etranger...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

An amazing coral reef dropping into the deep blue sea off Jabot (Marshall islands) an island where I lived and taught English for a year.
Scuba diving through the submerged part of Alexandria.

Teach, Learn, Share

I always had a particular curiosity for military history.
I have some references in Philosophy and I'm always open to add to them.
I have a Bachelor in History and I want to learn more about different countries and cultures, my favorite conversations!
I attended a short workshop in film making at the New York Film Academy, anything I can contribute/learn on the subject is truly appreciated.
I like to help around the kitchen.
I can help you practice your English.
I could teach you to be a flight attendant in about 24 hrs :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

My vast traveling experience, 60 countries and counting.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Guinea, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mauritania, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Russian Federation, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Marshall Islands, Morocco, United Arab Emirates, United States