ABOUT
I was born in Basra, Iraq in 1993, the youngest of seven kids. I spent more time staring at atlases than any other book, and that curiosity stuck. I left Iraq for the first time at 21, and I have now been lucky enough to see 53 countries—something younger me would never have dreamed of.
Regional progress
Asia14/49 (29%)
Europe33/45 (73%)
North America3/23 (13%)
South America1/12 (8%)
Africa2/54 (4%)
Oceania0/14 (0%)
Travel pace by age
The pace was slow until my mid-20s, then took off. Each age here shows how many new countries I added and where the cumulative total landed.
Age 0
1
🇮🇶Iraq
Age 21
2
🇮🇷Iran
Age 24
4
🇹🇷Turkey
🇸🇪Sweden
Age 25
6
🇦🇹Austria
🇨🇿Czechia
Age 26
8
🇳🇴Norway
🇩🇰Denmark
Age 28
16
🇪🇸Spain
🇳🇱Netherlands
🇮🇹Italy
🇻🇦Vatican City
🇩🇪Germany
🇬🇷Greece
🇭🇺Hungary
🇨🇾Cyprus
Age 29
30
🇫🇷France
🇵🇹Portugal
🇨🇭Switzerland
🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina
🇭🇷Croatia
🇸🇰Slovakia
🇫🇮Finland
🇵🇱Poland
🇱🇹Lithuania
🇱🇻Latvia
🇪🇪Estonia
🇧🇪Belgium
🇲🇹Malta
🇸🇮Slovenia
Age 30
43
🇷🇸Serbia
🇲🇨Monaco
🇬🇪Georgia
🇦🇲Armenia
🇷🇴Romania
🇲🇰North Macedonia
🇽🇰Kosovo
🇦🇱Albania
🇲🇪Montenegro
🇩🇴Dominican Republic
🇨🇴Colombia
🇵🇦Panama
🇨🇺Cuba
Age 31
47
🇲🇾Malaysia
🇰🇭Cambodia
🇻🇳Vietnam
🇮🇩Indonesia
Age 32
53
🇱🇧Lebanon
🇴🇲Oman
🇲🇦Morocco
🇹🇳Tunisia
🇱🇰Sri Lanka
🇶🇦Qatar
Snapshots
