Day 13: Celebratory exhibition and lecture, London

Celebration Speeches - ‘OnScreen’ by Mohammed Daher

good evening everyone im mohammed daher from lebanon. Beofre I came to the uk i though i would have problems with everyone. I couldnt imagine myself in all the places that i went to and all the people that i met. I was in a restaurant one day having my lunch and there was a woman on the same table who asked me to watch her baby for 10 minutes, i know thats boring to be a baby sitter but thats not the point. My arabic features are obvious, and before i came here i thought the people, when they will see us, would run away saying terrorist or something like that, because thats what i was asked about in my visa application. What i want to say is that we must stop the previous judgments and let the kind people of wales, scotland, london, lebanon and the world be onscreen. Thank you.

Preparing for the Celebration

Offscreen beard!

Fahad (Offscreen Expedition Student 2007) shaved ‘Offscreen’ into his Beard!

HSBC Student Expedition 2008

8 creative students from four countries in the Middle East travel across England, Scotland and Wales in search of an authentic picture of UK culture.