Arabia Offscreen 2012

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What is Offscreen Expeditions?

Arabia Offscreen, an international creative competition attracted more than 500 entries from talented young artists, designers, film-makers, and photographers, aged 18-25, in the United Kingdom, Egypt, Malaysia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

The winning team travelled around Saudi Arabia to create an artistic portrait of the Kingdom to be shared with youth audiences from around the world. From the mountains of Aseer to the new cities rising out of the desert, the young artists were given unprecedented access to one of the most fascinating and inspiring cultures in the world.

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Wandering the Streets of Jeddah

The old streets of Jeddah feel like an Arabian version of the Canterbury Tales. Narrow streets wind and branch into

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Downtown Jeddah

Images from our day spent exploring the backstreets and alleys of downtown Jeddah.

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Al Balad, what a lovely place!

We went on an early morning trip to Al Balad; a lovely place, full of amazing old architecture! Wandering around

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The Balad

Some images of the group's day exploring downtown Jeddah. 

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Follow the team

• Ahmed

  Ahmed Hamed Filmmaker, Cairo

• Awais

  Awais Ali Filmmaker, London

• Hamida

  Hamida Al-Kawari Filmmaker, Doha

• Lizzie

  Lizzie Hobbs Artist, London

• Lujain

  Lujain Abulfaraj Artist, UAE

• Marouan

  Marouan Omara Filmmaker, Cairo

• Raisa

  Raisa Almansoori Artist, UAE

• Sebastian

  Sebastian Feehan Filmmaker, Cardiff

• Syaza

  Syaza Shakharulain Photograoher, Kuala Lumpur

Follow the crew

• Haneen

• Maryam

• Stephen

  Stephen Alexander Stapleton

• Tahira