More about me:

• I was born in Haifa and now Live in Amsterdam since August 1989.
  
• My native language is Palestinian Arabic. I am fluent in Dutch, English and Modern Hebrew. I also manage well with Modern Standard Arabic.
• An interesting term describing my status before coming to NL is present absentee
  
  • My father's village Suhmata (Now non-existent - read more)
  • My mother's village Kafr_Bir'im on Wikipedia - Kafr Bir'im original villagers website (Now non-existent - read more)

 
Links to family and friends

Samples of my poetry are found here 'The O'ther 

I love traveling individually. Some of the places I spent time backpacking and trekking (conference travels not listed here :-)).

• 1988: From Haifa by boat to Greece, then Italy, Austria, Germany, The Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Finland (by boat, hitchhiking or train and bus).
  
• 1994: Israel and Palestine as a tourist :-)
  
• 1995: Spain (Andalusia) and Morroco
  
• 1996: Nepal (trekking in the Annapurna range)
  
• 1997: Jordan;        Indonesia (Java, Bali and Sulawesi)
  
• 1998: Tunesia;       Indonesia (Java and Bali)
  
• 1999: Jordan;       Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana
  
• 2000: Greece (Peleponese)
  
• 2001: Peru and Bolivia (trekking in the mountains around La Paz + to the Machu_Picchu)
  
• 2002: Gran Canaria (Spain);       Greece (Krete)
  
• 2003: Cyprus;                      Turkey (lovely country)
  
• 2004: Vietnam  (Obtained some info from Vietnam a la Carte  http://www.vietnamcarte.nl/)
• 2005: Ethiopia  (Trekking in the Semien_Mountains_National_Park - Obtained some info from  Untamed Ethiopia   http://www.untamedethiopia.com/algemeen.html)