PLEASE DON'T REQUEST MORE THAN 1/2 NIGHTS - Only on weekends. Otherwise I feel like you're just looking for a hotel/ being cheap, and not really looking for culture exchange/meeting locals. I work during from home during the week and due of covid19, I cannot offer the living room where my home office is, during the work week.

WHAT AM I DOING NOW?
- Working in tech in Amsterdam
- Grad student from Duke University - Fuqua Business School (2019) // expertise in Data Science/Ai.
- Serial tech entrepreneur - formerly founder & CMO at an IoT startup (Germany & South Africa), now building an ed-tech company (USA <> Tokyo, Japan).

CURRENT MISSION

“I believe in globalization of everything including people. I believe that I am a citizen of Earth. I believe that people around the world are at their core, basically good and the same. I believe that more people should experience the world."

PHILOSOPHY

“I'd like to repeat the advice that I gave you before, in that I think you really should make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt. So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

If you want to get more out of life, Ron, you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy. But once you become accustomed to such a life you will see its full meaning and its incredible beauty. And so, Ron, in short, get out of Salton City and hit the Road. I guarantee you will be very glad you did. But I fear that you will ignore my advice. You think that I am stubborn, but you are even more stubborn than me. You had a wonderful chance on your drive back to see one of the greatest sights on earth, the Grand Canyon, something every American should see at least once in his life. But for some reason incomprehensible to me you wanted nothing but to bolt for home as quickly as possible, right back to the same situation which you see day after day after day. I fear you will follow this same inclination in the future and thus fail to discover all the wonderful things that God has placed around us to discover.

Don't settle down and sit in one place. Move around, be nomadic, make each day a new horizon. You are still going to live a long time, Ron, and it would be a shame if you did not take the opportunity to revolutionize your life and move into an entirely new realm of experience.

You are wrong if you think Joy emanates only or principally from human relationships. God has placed it all around us. It is in everything and anything we might experience. We just have to have the courage to turn against our habitual lifestyle and engage in unconventional living.

My point is that you do not need me or anyone else around to bring this new kind of light in your life. It is simply waiting out there for you to grasp it, and all you have to do is reach for it. The only person you are fighting is yourself and your stubbornness to engage in new circumstances.”

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting. Surfing. Meeting :)

Interests

Outdoor sports (hiking, mountaineering, climbing, trekking), water sports and activities (wind surfing, scuba-diving, wake boarding), winter sports (snowboarding, skiing)...Basically anything that involves adrenaline :-)

Other than that, I am passionate about social entrepreneurship, history & philosophical/spiritual teachings.

• culture
• beauty
• dining
• cooking
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• backpacking
• mountaineering
• surfing
• scuba diving
• skiing
• snowboarding
• muslim
• sports
• rock climbing
• entrepreneurship
• history
• languages
• finance
• trading
• stocks

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - Jazz & Blues, Neoclassical, Country & Bluegrass, Rock

Movies - Favorite directors are Tarantino, Aronofsky,Sergio Leone & Stanley Kubrick

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Last March 2014, I walked from one city to another in Morocco. All the way on foot and a backpack. I met amazing people on the way, mostly men which did not even attempt to assault me as woman, but instead have welcomed and even suggested to keep me company to stay safe in one of the most dangerous national routes of Morocco. This was the first time I truly believed in the fundamental good in people, away from the mainstream accusations.

I did it because I wanted to brave the safety in Morocco. Everyone in my life kept telling me to avoid risk and be careful. But I believe people keep thinking about risk, loss, death and live afraid their whole lives and end up not experiencing the true beautiful things in life.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Moroccan/Korean/German/South Africas culture (having lived in all 4 countries).
Languages (French, Arabic, English, Spanish, German & Korean)
Islamic/Arab knowledge & perspective :-) - not very religious but quite knowledgeable about the culture.

Business&Entrepreneurship. I built a startup in the past 3 years and I am familiar with lean startup models and all the hustle & bustle from inception to implementation & growth.

Cooking skills! (I cook awesome and delicious Moroccan food :))

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Morocco, Netherlands, South Africa, South Korea, United States