Hey! I’m Yasseen ياسين :) I’m 21 and originally from Cairo, Egypt. I’m now living in Jena, Germany which interestingly is 200x smaller than Cairo. I just love the contrast. There’s a lot of nature and bustling university. So some stuff about me: I’m into Politics and theory, I drink to forget the Arab Spring lol. I run a somewhat popular Arts and Humanities blog that tells the story of us disfranchised youth of the Middle East. It deals with with a wide range of topics from revolution, war, state censorship, cairo the city to sexuality, gender and identity. you can check it out at facebook.com/fromacairoapartment

Other than that: I am a jogging person, I like hiking, cooking and gossiping in the kitchen. I am also in tech but not in we are changing the world way, more like building technology that everyone understands.

Interests

• arts
• humanities
• design
• photography
• human rights
• cooking
• politics
• blogging
• alternative music
• electronic music
• tennis
• computer science
• cinema
• spirituality
• sufism
• middle east
• media
• programing
• german language
• bauhaus
• queer theory
• literture
• political philosophy
• arabic literature

Music, Movies, and Books

M.I.A., Frank Ocean, Shabjdeed, Elissa, Beyoncé, Nina Simone, Dalida, The 1975, Lana Del Rey, Fairuz, Rachid Taha, Mashrou Leila.

Movies: No Country for Old Men, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Parasite, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Cairo Station, City of God, Magnolia, Requiem for a Dream, Alexandria Why?, Microphone, Moonlight, A separation, Close-up

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbed Mount Sinai! (2,285m)

was in Tahrir Square during the Egyptian revolution of 2011 :)

worked for the campaign of a presidential candidate

Teach, Learn, Share

I can help out with English, Arabic, German, and Java :D

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Jordan, Poland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Egypt, Germany