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Overview
About Me
I grew up in Cairo with two unique parents, have a sister who is 10 years older who is living in Canada now. I have been living by myself since I was 21.
I moved in to California last year for work.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
Meeting people from different cultures helps me stay open minded and understand social and cultural differences.
Interests
- books
- design
- politics
- movies
- socializing
- music
- engineering
- science
Music, Movies, and Books
MOVIES
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Not a big fan of Hollywood movies with some exceptions like: Pulp Fiction, The Godfather, Memento, My Left Foot, American History X, The Usual Suspects, A Clockwork Orange, Taxi Driver, Mulholland Dr, The Never Ending Story.
Paul Thomas Anderson Movies, Richard Linklater Movies.
Foreign movies: City of God, Trainspotting, Oldboy, All Kim Ki Duk, Wong Kar Wai, Almodovar, Tarkovsky, Fellini, and Gay Richie Films.
MUSIC
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Rock, Alternative, Indie, Chill, EDM sometimes.
Huge Radiohead Fan.
BOOKS
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Russian Literature: Chekhov, Gorky, Gogol, Tolstoy, ....
Father and Sons by Turgenev, 100 Years of Solitude by Marquez, The New York Triology by Paul Auster.
Teach, Learn, Share
Teach you how to drive in Cairo.
Learn practicing French.
Share knowledge I have from Books, movies, Science.
What I Can Share with Hosts
Corny Egyptian Jokes
Good Egyptian Music
Intellectual conversations about Philosophy, politics
Opinions about books and movies.
Countries I’ve Visited
Austria, France, Germany, Lebanon, United States
Countries I’ve Lived In
Egypt, United States