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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.

Yah. So im Bashayer from kingdom of Bahrain, 17 years old. Working with Barney on filming and editing was such a great thing to do, some of them technical and some of them social. Technical I learnt how to use some professional programmes and editing. Social, now i not shy to talk to strangers and make interviews and i can listen to the people when they talk and just listen. I did one film editing interviewing and filming i think this is a good thing that will make me proud of and a good thing to talk about when I am home. I think that viedos and filming is such a good thing to do to communicate with people as some people prefer watching something. You can put your emotions into it, the songs you chose, the things that you cant do with other things.

Its been a pleasure to stand up here and speak to you. Its really hard for me but i would like to speak about the offscreen family, because for me, its been the best part of the whole expedition. when i first won the competition i was so nervous and worried, i had so many thoughts because im not the kind of person who can get along with people so easy especially is i have never met them before. well, when i first met each one of the team i had some thoughts; ‘are they friendly’, ‘he looks a bit shy, ’she dresses weird’, but then i learnt something which is really important.. never judge people unless by the way they treat you. and i have to say i dont care who you are where are you from or what you did just as long as you care about me. there are some words inside my soul, and these have been the ones ive tried to write over and over again but still i have no words to describe how wonderful they are and how they treated me. just like.. they made me feel i belonged to them. the whole expedition with the whole team made me think how wonderful it is to communicate with people from different ages and its hard to say goodbye. It seems like just yesterday i met them and i dont feel ive had enough of them. Everyone of them have been like a friend, like a mother, a father, a brother and a sister and i knew deeply inside of me, you all, Stephen, jamie, barney, roberet, aya, jenna, anu, and tahira, mrs thuraya, bashayer, mr hamid, abir, marwa, azooz, eiman, mohammed, jawahir, abdullah, mohammed dahir you are all my family. you all made my journey much more easier for me. and before 13 days i was just a girl who sadly left her family and came to the uk but now you are looking at a woman, a woman who has so many interests in such things i never thought i would be interested in and its all because of you. I have benefited from all these personalities and advice which i was given which makes me look forward to my future. And i dont want to say good bye but i will say, see you soon, and we will be a family forever. And last but not least, im sorry if i ever hurt anyone of you and thank you, i was so lucky to have this opportunity, creating and working and coorperating with you. I have to say. You are the best thing that ever happened to me.

so the Offscreen girls (Aysha, Jawahir and Bashaer) decided to put on the beak’s (teacher’s) gown and do a bit of teaching in Haroon (Eton Arabic teacher) classroom!

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