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Overview

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  • Fluent in Arabic, English; learning French
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2015
  • Travel Consultant & Photographer
  • BA degree in English Studies
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

I love travel so much. I'm a travel geek, so always seeking opportunities to travel (for the moments just in Morocco) and want to see the world. I hope and love to meet new people and perhaps lifelong friends! and Adventure…
I love to listen to other people's stories about their experiences wandering. I also love telling stories about my life. I love Photography, Series, music, and really love to cook when I have free time.
I would like to visit other countries, seeing the beautiful things that I had never seen.
I am a proud Muslim who is open minded to others religion, but I respect what you choose for your life.
On the weekend which is my off day, I can take you to hang out, being personal guide to you and give much advices to shopping or travel in my city and also to your next destination if I ever been there before.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I’m a Travel Agent & I live in Marrakech city which is a famous for tourists and those who want to enjoy its sunny weather, Marrakech enjoys a legend status which conveys the ideas of mystery, sensuality, and exoticism. Its influence and fame has been so strong and intense in the history of Morocco, that as a matter of fact the country was named after the city.

Interests

Photography
Traveling
Reading

  • arts
  • books
  • architecture
  • photography
  • education
  • dining
  • cooking
  • modeling
  • gardening
  • shopping
  • reading
  • traveling
  • magic
  • music
  • muslim
  • calligraphy
  • teaching
  • history
  • religion
  • tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

I Love series like :
Dexter
The Mentalist,
Person of interest
Prison Break
Breaking Bed
.......

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Last year I took part in a donation organization that takes cares of homeless & poor people .This was really a success in terms of providing help and come to the need of these people.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can show you the highlights of Marrakech which will include:
Djemaa El Fna, the Square
Nobody knows for certain of the origin of this square, whose name evokes, in Arabic, the contradictory notions of assembly or gathering, and that of absence. Probably as old as the city itself, it was a place for public executions during the day, and the meeting point of musicians, mystics, food sellers, pickpockets, acrobats, snake charmers, storytellers, dancers, fortune tellers and other exotic characters at night (happily enough, nowadays it only retains its more playful aspect). Watching sunset from one of its terraces when the call to prayer from the Koutoubia minaret fills the air is one of these ‘zen’ moments that Morocco offers – do not miss it!
Despite its lack of significant monuments, Djemaa el Fna became an UNESCO Heritage Site in 1985, as one of the last places in the world where old oral narratives are still enacted.
Saadian Tombs
Built in the 16th Century as mausoleums for some Saadian rulers and their families, the Saadian Tombs were unknown of until they were discovered by the French in 1917 thanks to aerial photographs. The site comprises more than one hundred graves, distributed in 3 mausoleums whose decoration exemplifies Islamic architecture with floral motifs, calligraphy, zellij and carrara marble, and finely worked cedar wood and stucco. Outside the buildings are a garden and the graves of soldiers and servants.
The Koutoubia Mosque
Built by the Almohads in the late years of 12th Century, the Koutoubia Mosque, and specially its minaret, is the most important landmark of Marrakech, and a symbol of the city itself. The minaret served as model for the Giralda in Sevilla and the unfinished Tour Hassan in Rabat, all three being designed by the same architect. Koutoubia means ‘booksellers’, as the trade of books was concentrated in the neighbourhood during the Middle Ages. The minaret of the Koutoubia, 77 meters high, is visible from almost any point of the city – an old ordinance, still in force, forbids any building of Marrakech to surpass the Koutoubia minaret in height.
El Bahia Palace
Built in the late 19th Century, and decorated by the best artisans of Morocco at the time, this palace – intended to be the most magnificent of its age – features an exquisite blend of Andalousian and Moorish styles. Specially interesting are the harem apartments, the trapezoidal garden, and a huge tiled courtyard with fountains.
The Madrasa Ben Youssef
Ancestors of modern universities, the ancient madrasas were theological colleges which concentrated also all scientific and philosophic knowledge of their age, providing both lodging and education to students. The Madrasa Ben Youssef was founded by Merinid sultan Abu-al-Hassan in the 14th Century, and the geometric patterns of its decoration have attracted the attention not only of artists but also of mathematicians, as they exhaust the catalogue of all possible geometric figures. Its 130 student dormitory cells once housed as many as 900 students, and cluster around a courtyard richly carved in cedar, marble and stucco. This masterpiece of Islamic art was in use for centuries, until it closed in 1960.
The Souks
Filling the alleys north of Djmaa el Fna is the souk, or traditional market – the largest one in Morocco. It is, in turn, subdivided in some 18 souks, each one of them devoted to a specific trade or craftsmanship – from spices or ironwork, to the ingredients necessary for casting magic spells. The number of shops – often not much bigger in size than a closet - is overwhelming, and in them Moroccans can indulge in one of the activities that they enjoy most: bargaining. Cunning, patience, sense of humour, and strategy are needed for the game. Try your skills at it!

Countries I’ve Lived In

Morocco

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