Filming across the Middle East for Global People Project has just been completed.

Over 100 interviews from Qatar, Oman, Jordan and Lebanon will shortly be a part of the Thought Map. They are currently being translated.

This production was made possible by:

NABIL GABER. Nabil produced and conducted the first interviews shot in Doha.

HAMIDA ISSA AL KUWARI. Hamida produced and conducted the second group of interviews in Doha.

AZMI ABU-JALALA.Azmi conducted the Doha majlis interview and is translating Doha interviews.

SCANDAR COPTI.A warm thanks to Scandar for helping at the Doha Film Institute for being sucha great help with filmmakers in Doha and the Middle East.

ALIA RASHEED. Alia produced and conducted the interviews in Muscat.

SAMI JAFFER. Sami produced the interviews in Muscat.

RULA NASSER. Rula produced and conducted the interviews in Amman and its surrounds and Wadi Rum.

QABAA. Qabaa made the Bedouin interviews in Wadi Musa both possible and plentiful.

ROWINA BOU HARB. Rowina produced and conducted the interviews in Beirut and is helping with the Lebanon translations.

NANCY AZOURY & NICOLAS KHABBAZ. Nancy & Nicolas co-ordinated the Beirut and Mount Lebanon teams and Nacy is helping with the Lebanon translations.

NANCY ISAAC. Nancy helped set up several interviews and recorded sound in Beirut.

NAJI BECHARA. Naji produced and conducted the Mount Lebanon interviews.

KHADIJA HAMZEH.Khadija produced and conducted the Deir Ntar interviews in south Lebanon. Thanks Also to Khadija’s brother Mohamad for introducing Khadija to the project.

STEVEN & GEORGE CHALOUHI. A warm thank you to Steven for such kind help in introducing the project to people in Lebanon and to George for introducing Steven.

He says “we had no idea what people would say and even if they’d be happy to say anything.

Approaching people and asking such broad and open questions was an extraordinary experience, the responses consistently confounded my expectations and surprised my prejudices.

Filming the interviews gave a short window into the private and carefully tended thoughts of other humans. I wanted to know how these would compare to people’s feelings in other places and revisited my own internal responses to the questions.

My favourite response was a security guard who felt he’d most like to be like Julius Caesar or Napoleon – conquerors!

After filming it was really exciting to see the clips become part of something much bigger. Global People Project feels like it has a life of its own now, that it’s growing under its own steam and that currents I couldn’t have expected back at the beginning send it into places that surprise me. It’s made me feel more human, less of an isolated unit in a sea of people – I can’t wait to see where it will go next.”

Over 5 days, students learnt about the digital skills, techniques and principals involved in making the Global People Project’s Thought Map come alive.

What makes this workshop different is the practical application of knowledge and skills learnt during the week. The digital craft work is applied to a live project and as a result hundred new voices to the Thought Map! These include the first Super High Definition RED Digital Cinema material that has been shot for the project.