Profile information
Travel information
I am currently
Travelling
Activities i am interested in:
Love cycling, surfing and practicing yoga around the world. Spent years volunteering in small villages and discovering new cultures.
My next destination:
India View all
Description
Hello and welcome to my profile! My name is Selim and I am proud to be a WorkAway Ambassador! Since I was young, my dream was to explore the world and discover new places and cultures. For that reason, I left Tunisia (my home country) in 2016 to travel to Asia. I had planned to stay for a maximum of one year but it turned into four. I started out backpacking but then fell in love with cycling and travelling by bike. I ended up cycling for few thousands of kilometers in Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and Malaysia.
I worked in many countries as a language teacher, hostel manager, hostel reception, and tour leader and organizer. I have been lucky to volunteer in Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines, Japan, South Korea, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, India, and Indonesia. Before starting my travels, I studied many languages including German, Korean, and Japanese. My native language is Arabic and I can speak English and French fluently. I also have a decent level of German.
I am a content creator on YouTube with 1,200 subscribers and on Facebook with more than 30,000 followers. I share information to help people travel and organize their trips. I'm skilled in video editing, photography, social media, and community organizing. I also work as a Community Leader organizing tours to different countries with a travel startup called WantToTrip. Before COVID, I led a tour of eight people to the Philippines.
Back home in Tunis, Tunisia, I am a solo entrepreneur. I own, manage, and run a themed café/bakery for cyclists as well as a bike-rental and tour agency. I love experimenting baking different types of bread and introducing new products for my customers. In the past, I have received grant funding from Velorution and other nonprofits for my business.
In my free time, you can find me studying languages, cycling, traveling, and spending time with my friends and family.
Interests
CyclingOutdoor activitiesLanguagesVideographyPhotographyCulture
Languages spoken
Arabic: Fluent
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Spanish: Beginner
Hebrew: Beginner
Italian: Beginner
Japanese: Beginner
Korean: Beginner
Russian: Beginner
Turkish: Beginner
Chinese (Mandarin): Beginner
Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
Babysitting and creative play
Being an elderly companion
Life at a Farmstay
Eco Projects
Animal Care
Art Projects
Some knowledge of:
Gardening
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Helping around the house
Charity Work
Helping with Computers/ Internet
Able to teach about:
DIY and building projects
Hospitality/Tourism
Languages
Teaching
More details about your skills
In my country I studied 12 languages : Arabic my native language , English , French , Deutsch , Italian , Spanish , Russian , Japanese , korean , Chinese , Hebrew and Turkish .
I can teach Arabic , French , English ,Deutsch . I worked four years in my own fast food in Tunis , i made sandwichs and Juices . I worked in hotels and teached french language . i worked a lot with charity organisations in Tunisia .
Age
33
Some more information
Smoker
Driver's licence
Allergies
NoSpecial dietary requirements
No
Feedback
7 Jan 2020
Left by host (Write for our website and ...) for Workawayer (Selim)
I am really happy to meet Selim and working together to make our festival more successful. He was not just a simple volunteer but he was the one introducing and helping me to explore the workaway volunteering world and culture. Being a workaway ambassador with a lot of volunteering experiences around the world for the last three years helped so… read more
(Excellent
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12 Dec 2019
Left by Workawayer (Selim) for host
(Write for our website and ...)
I was really happy to meet zied and help him working on his dream . After travelling around the world he came back to Tunisia to his hometown in the south and decided to create a big outdoor festival . He started the first edition few years ago and in march 2020 it ll be the fourth edition with a lot of new activities .. on the 3rd edition the… read more
(Excellent
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23 Apr 2019
Left by host (Help our team with English ...) for Workawayer (Selim)
Selim is one of the best volunteers staying in our resort . During his stay , he helped us with online marketing .He introduced some new booking websites that was helpful for us to get more customers especially in the low season . The main job was writing some articles for us in different languages using wordpress to promote our business . He also… read more
(Excellent
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18 Apr 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (Selim)
Selim is a very positive person, always smiling and ready to help. It was a pleasure to have you among us,enjoy your trip and come back anytime you wish :)
(Excellent
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7 Apr 2019
Left by Workawayer (Selim) for host
(Meditate and help others in a ...)
It was really one of the best experiences in my life , that s a place where you come back to the roots of humanity and real values . I was planning to stay only one week and i ended up staying the whole month until my visa almost expired . I preferred spending all time here better than visiting other touristy places . I had a chance to join a one… read more
(Excellent
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Friends
Feedback
7 Jan 2020
Left by host (Write for our website and ...) for Workawayer (Selim)
I am really happy to meet Selim and working together to make our festival more successful. He was not just a simple volunteer but he was the one introducing and helping me to explore the workaway volunteering world and culture. Being a workaway ambassador with a lot of volunteering experiences around the world for the last three years helped so… read more
(Excellent
)
12 Dec 2019
Left by Workawayer (Selim) for host
(Write for our website and ...)
I was really happy to meet zied and help him working on his dream . After travelling around the world he came back to Tunisia to his hometown in the south and decided to create a big outdoor festival . He started the first edition few years ago and in march 2020 it ll be the fourth edition with a lot of new activities .. on the 3rd edition the… read more
(Excellent
)
23 Apr 2019
Left by host (Help our team with English ...) for Workawayer (Selim)
Selim is one of the best volunteers staying in our resort . During his stay , he helped us with online marketing .He introduced some new booking websites that was helpful for us to get more customers especially in the low season . The main job was writing some articles for us in different languages using wordpress to promote our business . He also… read more
(Excellent
)
18 Apr 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (Selim)
Selim is a very positive person, always smiling and ready to help. It was a pleasure to have you among us,enjoy your trip and come back anytime you wish :)
(Excellent
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7 Apr 2019
Left by Workawayer (Selim) for host
(Meditate and help others in a ...)
It was really one of the best experiences in my life , that s a place where you come back to the roots of humanity and real values . I was planning to stay only one week and i ended up staying the whole month until my visa almost expired . I preferred spending all time here better than visiting other touristy places . I had a chance to join a one… read more
(Excellent
)
6 Aug 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Selim)
Thank you so much for your help!
Selim is a great person and an excellent workawayer, we can only say thank you so much for your help and for making a very nice environment for our guests, specially in our events.
In all the events hosted by Selim, every one was happy and enjoying so it was great!
Good luck with your travels and hope to see you… read more
Selim is a great person and an excellent workawayer, we can only say thank you so much for your help and for making a very nice environment for our guests, specially in our events.
In all the events hosted by Selim, every one was happy and enjoying so it was great!
Good luck with your travels and hope to see you… read more
(Excellent
)
22 Jul 2018
Left by Workawayer (Selim) for host
(Come and help us in our ...)
I spent one month volunteering in this wonderful place in nakano Tokyo. The owner and staff working here made this place amazing for volunteers. There are also so many volunteers helping that make a good vibe, the working time is good and you can have free time to explore Tokyo. Every week we organise a dinner party event and one of the volunteers… read more
(Excellent
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27 Jun 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Selim)
Selimis very easy going and hard working. He stayed for a month and did a lot of stuff, working in every shift with no problems. He also gave us ideas and worked hard to improve our business.
Good luck in tokyo! you are welcome back any time!
hope to see you soon
Good luck in tokyo! you are welcome back any time!
hope to see you soon
(Excellent
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25 Jun 2018
Left by Workawayer (Selim) for host
(Join our Houses in the heart ...)
I was travelling for two years around asia and volunteering in different countries, i m sure that this is one of the best places where to volunteer in japan and asia. I stayed more than one month working with nice volunteers and staff , i tried many kinds of work in maintenance, cleaning, restaurant , social media and starting new project… read more
(Excellent
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9 Mar 2018
Left by Workawayer (Selim) for host
(Language and culture exchange ...)
I was volunteering in an other guesthouse in busan but i saw in workaway this interesting project so i asked the host to come and volunteer with them , he invited me to join the team and practice english with korean students, it was really so nice experience and helped me to discover more the korean culture, thanks a lot and hope to see you soon… read more
(Excellent
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27 Feb 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Selim)
Hi Selim !!
You are such a good person , helpful, openminded, and also creative!
Thank you for coming to our coffee shop. It was amazing experience. We shared our culture, shared smiles, shared happiness !
We hope you can come back to our coffee shop !
Big hug from Banyuwangi :)
You are such a good person , helpful, openminded, and also creative!
Thank you for coming to our coffee shop. It was amazing experience. We shared our culture, shared smiles, shared happiness !
We hope you can come back to our coffee shop !
Big hug from Banyuwangi :)
(Very good
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11 Feb 2018
Left by Workawayer (Selim) for host
(English language exchange at ...)
I was so happy to meet bima , first night he introduced me to his family and his friends , the coffee shop is really so nice and the people working there are kind . I stayed with bima 's family , we went out many times drinking indonesian coffee and eating delicious and cheap local food . He invited me to visit Ijen volcano using his motorbike and… read more
(Excellent
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14 Feb 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Selim)
Really trustable good person :) always give us tips for the idea of improvement and it helps a lot.
He is happy person and I really respect him :)
He is happy person and I really respect him :)
(Excellent
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3 Aug 2017
Left by Workawayer (Selim) for host
(Help Guesthouse/ Renovation/ ...)
I stayed one month in this guesthouse , i really enjoyed my work with kyoko san and the other volunteers .The owner Kyoko san and also her mother were so kind with us and provided for us a tasty japanese food every day. She enjoyed coocking for us and she invited us also so many times to drink and eat outside in different restaurants in the town .… read more
(Excellent
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7 Jan 2018
Left by host (Stay in one of the heritage ...) for Workawayer (Selim)
Selim is Amazing and nice volunteer when he was with us twice in november 2017 and january 2018 .it is absolutely our pleasure to recommend Selim to your Hostel / Company or any kind of other business.
Based on his exceptional performance working as a receptionist and Café Helper in our guesthouse with his
excellent communication skills and… read more
Based on his exceptional performance working as a receptionist and Café Helper in our guesthouse with his
excellent communication skills and… read more
(Excellent
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19 Dec 2017
Left by Workawayer (Selim) for host
(Stay in one of the heritage ...)
I spent one month volunteering in the guesthouse , such an amazing experience full of positive energy and nice peoples . It was my third time in melaka and i enjoyed so much . Howard , jackeline were so nice with us and helpful like our family .Chien the cutest baby i ever met in my life and she made every body happy there guests and… read more
(Excellent
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2 Nov 2017
Left by host for Workawayer (Selim)
Selim is so nice, easy going and so friendly person. Because of his personality, he could easily mingle with our family. He taught our students very well. He looked like know very well the tricks how to make students understand the materials. He shared his idea for our school progress, it was very helpful and we were so motivated. He's so lovable… read more
(Excellent
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30 Oct 2017
Left by Workawayer (Selim) for host
(Need help for teaching ...)
I spent more than three weeks in baradatu waykanan sumatra volunteering as an arabic and english teacher, it was one of the best experiences in my life . I did more than ten volunteering works before in different asian countries but the people that i met here made this experience different in the positive way . My students were so nice and excited… read more
(Excellent
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3 Sep 2017
Left by host for Workawayer (Selim)
He was nice guy, helped us a lot and he was hard worker.
He had many experience and told and taught us a lot of things.
His experience are interested in for our residents.
We think if he goes other place or other countries, he can fit anywhere.
He had many experience and told and taught us a lot of things.
His experience are interested in for our residents.
We think if he goes other place or other countries, he can fit anywhere.
(Excellent
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27 Aug 2017
Left by Workawayer (Selim) for host
(Help with promoting our House ...)
I was volunteering for 2 weeks here, the work was so easy . I was working with other nice volunteers from different countries cleaning the place, gardening , teaching children , practicing english in the evenings with japanese students living there , marketing ... Arata san and the family living there were so nice and friendly with us . I had so… read more
(Excellent
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28 Jun 2017
Left by Workawayer (Selim) for host
(Help at a lovely, cozy guest ...)
I spent one month here in the hostel in busan , so nice manager and volunteers , you can make so many friends from different countries and share nice moments together living in the same place. South korea is more expensive than other asian countries for backpackers but with this opportunity it become easy to spend long time in this wonderful… read more
(Excellent
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28 Apr 2017
Left by host for Workawayer (Selim)
Selim is so active, enthusiastic and easygoing person , he helped me for two months to open my guesthouse with web-marketing and the work at the place , he joined my place after cycling 2600 km from north to south of Vietnam and start to cycle again from south Vietnam to Cambodia . he can t never stop dreaming and making new challenges for himself… read more
(Excellent
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27 Apr 2017
Left by Workawayer (Selim) for host
(Guesthouse in Ho Chi Minh, ...)
I met Trang in Hanoi when I was cycling around Vietnam , she told me that she would like to open a new guesthouse in hochiminh city so tried to help her for almost two months with new ideas and some web-marketing , I spent so good time in the new guesthouse and we were like family . I gave her the idea to create a workaway host account and now new… read more
(Excellent
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4 Apr 2017
Left by host (Cool English speaking cafe ...) for Workawayer (Selim)
Selim was such a great help during his time volunteering at our cafe. Even though we could not provide him accommodation at the moment, he still signed up for the job with a strong will to help people learn English. He is a very professional, enthusiastic and dedicated person. Selim always went extra mile for the customers and really inspired them… read more
(Excellent
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2 Apr 2017
Left by Workawayer (Selim) for host
(Cool English speaking cafe ...)
I really enjoyed my volunteering work here , I m sure that it s one of the best places where you can volunteer in Vietnam and especially in danang . I didn't stay a long time but it was an important experience for me talking with the nice vietnamese people here , you can t even feel time with them, the stuff Woking there also are so friendly ,… read more
(Excellent
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2 Apr 2017
Left by Workawayer (Selim) for host
(Volunteers needed in Danang, ...)
I really enjoyed this volunteering experience in this hostel , the owner and the stuff working here are so nice and friendly , the hostel is so near from the beach and it was a nice place for surfing also . the work was just teaching in an English coffee inside the hostel and practice the language with a nice Vietnamese students , the breakfast is… read more
(Excellent
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2 Apr 2017
Left by host for Workawayer (Selim)
He stayed with us for 2 weeks to help with practising English for locals. He did a good job and locals feel happy with his teaching. Tks alot and good luck.
(Excellent
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6 Mar 2017
Left by host for Workawayer (Selim)
Selim is one of our favorite teachers whom every kid loves. 3 weeks of working with him was an amazing time. He was very kind, very friendly. He made every class lively. He made this place cozy and happy. We were so sad to say goodbye to him.
We wish you all the best with your traveling and hope to meet you again. We always welcome you at any… read more
We wish you all the best with your traveling and hope to meet you again. We always welcome you at any… read more
(Excellent
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5 Mar 2017
Left by Workawayer (Selim) for host
(English teaching for rural ...)
I did a lot of wokaway expriences and thí one is the best teaching exprience , so nice volunteers and vietnamese teachers . in this centre you feel really like at home . the team membres are so helpful , children are so cute and excited to learn english , vietnamese delicious food provided every day , a big market is near the centre where you can… read more
(Excellent
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12 Jan 2017
Left by host for Workawayer (Selim)
Selim stayed with us 2 months , he is so nice and positif person trying to make all the guests comfortable. He studied so many languages that s why he had no problem to communicate with any guest and solve some comunication problems here.He s usually using his emotioanal intelligence and positive psychologie theories to attract people, he love his… read more
(Excellent
)
11 Jan 2017
Left by Workawayer (Selim) for host
(Guesthouse looking for ...)
I stayed two months volunteering in this guesthouse in luang prabang. I was planning to stay only one month but the owners and the manager helped me to extend my visa and stay one more month working with them . I really enjoyed this workaway. Beside recruting guests (we go everyday to the pear or to the city centre waiting for travellers coming… read more
(Excellent
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10 Nov 2016
Left by host for Workawayer (Selim)
Selim is a very easy going and enthusiastic with his positivity made every very easy to work with him. He was quickly adapted into his new environment in Trat. He made his own way to explore and making new friends with our local students. Beside teaching lessons to our Thai students , he is also supper helpful as yet we are setting a restaurant;… read more
(Excellent
)
9 Nov 2016
Left by Workawayer (Selim) for host
(Help Teaching Kids and Adult ...)
It was my third workaway experience and i felt like i was at home , Meaw is a so kind and friendly person all the time laughing and joking . Here you can meet a lot of local peoples and discover the real thai culture, Trat is a quite and less touristique city . Teaching english to those cute children was an amazing experience for me . After one… read more
(Excellent
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14 Oct 2016
Left by host for Workawayer (Selim)
Selim is the kind of person who will go out of his way to make our guest comfortable. He is not calculative about how much time he put into his work.
Highly recommend any host who need volunteer.
In 02/05/2017 Selim came back to Malaysia to volunteer in our guesthouse for the second time . He is so nice , active and ambitious person . He speak… read more
Highly recommend any host who need volunteer.
In 02/05/2017 Selim came back to Malaysia to volunteer in our guesthouse for the second time . He is so nice , active and ambitious person . He speak… read more
(Excellent
)
10 Oct 2016
Left by Workawayer (Selim) for host
(Help out in a homely ...)
I stayed in river view guesthouse one month volunteering with my workawayers family, the work was so easy and especially good for volunteers whom like to develope their languages competences and communication, it was so nice to meet everyday new travelers backpackers from different countries and speaking about their adventures , Raimond was a… read more
(Excellent
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1 Sep 2016
Left by Workawayer (Selim) for host
(Help with housekeeping and ...)
I was staying here only for one week and it was my first experience , it was a so wonderful place into the jungle but not so far from the center of KL . To go to an other place it s so easy to find an auto-stop from the principle road near to the resort for people who want saving money . Ramadhan is so kind and freindly and Tatini is a wonderful… read more
(Excellent
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