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Overview

  • 62 references 7 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Arabic, English; learning Spanish
  • 60, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Media & Public Relations / Making the World A Better ...
  • Urban Planning / Development
  • From Ahmadi, Kuwait / Currently living in Amman, Jordan
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Traveling and meeting many interesting people from all over the world !!

ABOUT ME

Well .. Let's see !!

I was born 52 years ago .. But don't let age fool you as I am young at heart, mind and soul.

Yes .. I am single and free as a bird ..

I love to meet new people from all over the world, which helps me get a better grasp of the global village we live in.

I traveled since I was a child. I've been to the following countries:

Kuwait
Jordan
Palestine (West Bank)
Lebanon
Egypt
Syria
Bahrain
Dubai (UAE)
Turkey
Romania
Former Yugoslavia
Germany (East & West)
The Netherlands
Belguim (Brussels)
Greece
Cyprus
Hungary
France
Spain
Italy
Canada
USA
India
Thailand

I still wanna see more places and meet more people. I hope that the Couch Surfing project will help me achieve that.

As for my personality, I consider myself a guy with a great sense of humor, smart, outgoing, openminded, creative, romantic, assertive, friendly, warm, sociable, reasonably talkative, proactive and caring.

I enjoy listening to international music and songs and savoring cuisine from all over the world.

I love volunteer work and community service and I like public speaking ..

Whenever I travel, I like to pick up a few words and phrases from the country I've traveled to.

I will stop right here and leave room for your questions !!

PHILOSOPHY

Never tell me the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon !!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Ever since my university days, I have been involved in a lot of volunteer and community service activities.

While in Jordan, I joined the Rotaract Clubs of Jordan and the Youth Committee of the YWCA. I also founded and ran the English Language Conversation Club for three years. I am currently a Toastmaster and I try to involve our TM club in community service activities.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

The best CouchSurfing experience is when I was hosted by Rotaractors in Barcelona and Madrid, Spain, in summer 2005.

I was also given the royal CouchSurfing treatment when I went to Turkey where the Rotaractors of Bursa showed me a very nice time in summer 2004.

This also happened to me when I went to Lebanon, Egypt and Bahrain.

Interests

Movies, Music, Singing, Traveling, Creative writing, Socializing, Public Speaking, Brain teasers and Trivia, Community Service, etc.

  • writing
  • singing
  • clubbing
  • trivia
  • movies
  • traveling
  • volunteer work
  • socializing
  • music
  • surfing
  • volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: All Meryl Streep movies
Music: 1980s Pop, Arabic, jazz, new age, techno & house
Books: non-fiction, biographies

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One amazing thing I've done is watch my students at the American Language Center's English Conversation Club develop their leadership and communication skills and grow into one family that is still in touch after all those years.

Some of the few amazing things I've seen are:

- The Rose City of Petra, Jordan
- Niagara Falls (The Canadian side)
- The Taj Mahal in Agra, India
- The rock formations and caves of Cappadocia, Turkey
- The Sistine Chapel, The Vatican
- La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain
- Top of Mount Sinai, Sinai Desert, Egypt
- Jaeta Grotto, Beirut, Lebanon
- The Tree of Life, Bahrain
- The Reclining Bhudda, Bangkok, Thailand

Teach, Learn, Share

I enjoy helping other people acquire all the skills I have acquired, namely, communication, leadership and interpersonal skills.

I love to share ideas and work as part of a team.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, India, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Jordan, United States

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