CURRENT MISSION

Exploring

ABOUT ME

After having worked as a lawyer at an international law firm, I now work as a legal counsel to the Mayor of Amsterdam. I feel lucky to live in this splendid city that is connected to the world via 178 nationalities and still manages to surprise me every single day.

When I am not at work, I am probably having coffee with friends, teaching, shopping, travelling, rearranging my house (love interior design!) or reading.

PHILOSOPHY

And the end of all our exploring is to return where we first started and know the place for the first time.

T.S. Eliot

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am happy to offer guests a place to stay, to introduce them to friends and to show them around in Amsterdam.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

In 2007 I was in the US with a friend. I only agreed to her plan to couchsurf because I was tight on budget. But it turned out to be a great expercience as we met some truly wonderful people. I have been a couchsurf-convert ever since!

Interests

Literature, coffee, travelling, shoes, observing, interior design, Fernando Pessoa, red, laughing, cooking, teaching, Amsterdam.

• literature
• design
• interior design
• cooking
• coffee
• shopping
• reading
• traveling
• rock climbing
• law

Music, Movies, and Books

Babel, Lolita, Capote, La meglio giuventu;
Arab classic and popular music and soefi music;
The book of disquietude (Pessoa), Lolita (Nabokov), De profundis (Oscar Wilde), The great war for civilization (Robert Fisk), Nageeb Mahouz.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbing Mt Sinai (partially on heels) and watching the sun come up at the top, taking driving lessons in Tehran's wild wild traffic and reading Lolita on a rooftop in Aleppo.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Iran, Netherlands, Turkey, United Kingdom

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