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f fast
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r realistic
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n no sleep

… offscreen

two weeks of exploring .. making art… taking photos and simply living the moment,
it was enough time for us to build a big strong and loving family

lots of ideas came to our minds .. many thoughts and random feelings .. it was all about england .. scotland.. wales .. sometimes just about who we are and what we are doing here and what we have learnt.

in front of your eyes.. to see… near to your hands.. to touch … very clear to your ear.. to hear ..

this result .. our offscreen celebration ..

art gallery .. films … photos..

you are all welcome to hear , feel and see
the story of eight middle east students on the journey of a lifetime.

In fact ,i came here with little knowledge about the British society in general and muslims in particular but what i have seen here was embarrassing,astonishing and worth respect .the british citizens are given their full rights to follow their chosen religion and to practice their rites without fear . No difference is there between any one, all are equal. the matter of religion is left between the citizen and his god. during my visit to the Islamic schools in manchester, i found that the school administration can choose their syllabus freely without any interference . the girls can wear (higab) if they would like to . the holy Qu’ran can be taught and recited by all . they can tell their prayers at their times without any excuse.
all of these make me happy that i chose your literature and your language as the branch of my study , i learned to sympathize with the poor from CHARLES DICKENS, to love all and love nature and keep it from william wordsworth. To describe the society very carefully from Jane Austin . To be imaginative and innovative from William Shakespeare . To be friendly, kindly, helpful co-operative and tolerant from everyone of you. What i can say as a conclusion is that ….your country really deserve to be “THE GREAT BRITAIN’ … thanks a lot…………………………….

Today we asked the students to listen and feel the rhythms of nature. In and around the most remote youth hostel in the UK, students worked in pairs to produce sculptures inspired by the natural environment and incorporating mans impact.

We are a man down…

Over the past three days we have been very lucky to have the amazing help of Aya and Jenna. They have been amazing in being everywhere, doing everything, popping up late at night to make sure that all the students and teachers are fed. Generally being complete stars.

Stephen and Barny, with support from resourceful Robert and tremendous Tahira, have been a whirlwind of organisation, inspiration and hard work, coping with the fact that we are currently without a fully functioning expedition leader.

It’s amazing to see all the thoughts, art, words and actions of the students so far, as this is all because of the amazing team put together.

A big thank you goes out to all of them, and I know they would welcome your support and  best wishes as comments or messages on the blog.

…and the man down is me.

Lots of love to the team.

A recuperating expedition leader,

Jamie

can u imagine a little journey full lot of wonderful things even its been for a few hours. all look excited from the lovely team to the amazed students .it all begins with getting uk at 11,20 am finding the fresh old air with warm smiles saying welcome.along our way to Queen marry university we notice that lot of great and pleasure time we are going to spend in those few days.it starts with a general arrive in London streets.we had nice lunch at l’OASIS restaurant where 2 lovely ladies join us(AYAH and JANA),then have a little walk back to the uni under the rain to wait for the arrival of the rest team. Finally the whole team was gathered in the meeting area planing for the next daywhile having PIZZA for lunch planing for the next day was soo enough to keep us in our lovely dream.
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