Nature, music and art lover. Mesmerized by the beauty of our small and yet very diverse world.
Founder and Director of Animatex Animation Festival www.animatex.net

Amateur watercolor painter, passionate listener of all kinds of music and future musician, deeply attracted to animism, minimalism and everything indigenous.

In a self-exploration phase and enjoying it. Planning to kayak the length of the Egyptian Nile and to live for one year in beautiful Latin America.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm here because I want to make nice friendships out of my adventures, also because sharing good music and wine is always nice :)

Interests

• arts
• books
• theater
• architecture
• design
• graphic design
• wine
• beer
• movies
• painting
• minimalism
• classical music
• cycling
• hiking
• sailing
• animation
• history
• adventure travel
• mountains
• cinema
• nature
• sea
• games
• musicals
• watercolor
• coldplay
• fiction
• disney

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Dune, The Alchemist, Sapiens, Tales of Adam, Narnia, The Silmarillion, Power of Parables, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, The Little Prince, Omar Taher (author), Naguib Mahfouz (author)
Movies: The Red Turtle, Kubo and the Two Strings, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, HOME, Noah, Moana
Music: Movie Soundtracks, Disney Songs, John Powell, Loreena McKennit Avicii, james Newton Howard, Lord Huron, Coldplay, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven and many other classic composers.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sailing more than 500 nautical miles with a friend, from Sicily to Croatia
Kayaking to a rock island in the red sea, on sunset, seeing birds flying all around.
Whale watching, elephant safari, rainforest hike and climbing Adam's peak in Sri Lanka.
Lead a group of adventurers through hiking, camping and kayaking in Wadi El Rayan, Western Desert, Egypt
Trekked the Annapurna Poonhill Trek in Nepal and seen the magnificent Annapurna mountain range.
Spent a night solo in a frozen hut on Mount Uludag in Bursa, Turkey.
Climbed 2000 meters to the summit of Baba Dagi in Oludeniz, Turkey and paraglided all the way down to the sea shore.
Attended a Yanni live concert by the sea in the North Coast of Egypt.
Climbed Mount Toubkal in Morocco (4,167m)
Founded and organized an animation festival in Egypt for 3 years, and still running :)
Solo backpacked in France
Befriended all the cats and dogs in the streets
Led many adventures and trips in Egypt and outside

Teach, Learn, Share

Adventures, hangouts, talks, my food, books, Egyptian Arabic and a nice friendship

What I Can Share with Hosts

Friendship, my food, wine, music, and a lot of talks about arts and cultures and many other things

Countries I’ve Visited

Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, England, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Egypt