CURRENT MISSION

Follow Tintin's Footsteps

ABOUT ME

I studied Politics in College and now I study comics in life. Specifically, I am travelling around the world with a grant to study the colonial implications of The Adventures of Tintin. For the next year that quest is taking me to Brussels, Paris, Cairo, Dubai, Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong.

Other things: I was born in San Diego, CA, then my family moved us to Beirut, Lebanon, then back to San Diego, CA, then I went to college in Walla Walla, WA - but I took a break to live in Chicago, IL - and now i'm all over the world. I am Lebanese-Iraqi- Swedish and I like making friends!

PHILOSOPHY

To be as much like the kid at exactly 2:37 of this video as possible: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5MC8u27prw

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Asking kind people if I can sleep on their couches and then devoting my future to reciprocating that kindness with a couch in San Francisco.

Interests

Politics, Imperialism, Comics, Hip Hop, Coffee, Racquet Ball, Cooking Breakfast, Lounging, Playing the Trumpet, Step Aerobics.

• cooking
• breakfast
• coffee
• politics
• comics
• traveling
• trumpet

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Purple Rain, Oldboy, (500) Days of Summer, Eternal Sunshine, Singing in the Rain, Princess Mononoke.

TV: 30 Rock, Summer Heights High, Mad Men, Parks and Rec, Party Down, The Wire, Deadwood, LOST, Breaking Bad.

Music: Subtle, Kanye West, Why?, Jens Lekman, Lil Wayne, Brite Futures, Drake, Pavement, Fiery Furnaces, Django Reinhart, Cut Copy, Louis Armstrong.

Books: Freedom, The Road, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles, White Noise, The Death of Ivan Ilych, Scott Pilgrim, Bone, Black Hole, Jimmy Corrigan, Asterios Polyp, The Adventures of Tintin.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In 2008, I worked for the Barack Obama campaign in Chicago. The work was often tedious and the hours were long, but it all became very worth it on election night when I saw him deliver his acceptance speech in Grant Park. The moment made everything I was doing until then catch up with me and was one of the most memorable nights of my life.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Egypt, Lebanon, United States

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