Meeting at SOAS

Football Beyond Borders made a film of a visit of young footballers to Palestine -  Saleem and Ayyad joined the panel after the film to talk about a visit of young footballers to Britain.  Here, Saleem is talking about the difficulties young Palestinians face from the Israeli Occupation, and Alaa is appreciating this football visit, so far.

Trainers discussing

Training in Finsbury Park with Access to Sport

Travelling round London

LOTS of travelling on bus and on tube...

Questions for the other group

(made by the Palestinian and the UK boys for the other group)

Do you have any problems on the way to your football training?

Do you have any sports (in your school/ club) apart from football? What other sports?

What problems do you have in your education?

Are there paid professional teams in your country?

Has your team played in the first league?

How often do you play football?

What were your impressions of London before you came, and what are your impressions now?

Are there consequences in your country for not going to school?

Is it hard to become a professional footballer?

What problems do you face in your lives?

Who is the best footballer (in your team)?

Do you have a football pitch?

How is your usual day divided up?

Hampstead School or Abu Dis Boys School?

Some of these boys come from Hampstead School.... some from Abu Dis Boys' School. Guess which ones?

A serious meeting

A meeting for the boys from London and from Palestine - talking about the places they came from and specially Palestine - about Abu Dis, Jerusalem, the Separation Wall, the checkpoints and of the experiences the Palestinian boys have of harrassment at checkpoints and of army violence.

Amazing tour to Arsenal '' Emirates Stadium''

The team has started this day by visiting the Emirates Stadium and experienced the rich history of Arsenal Football club on 29th October 2012

Group photo 

Arsenal V QPR (1-0)

Well done Diarmaid!

Diarmaid ran a half marathon today to raise money for CADFA to support the football visit - Well done and thanks to you!  Please support his great effort at... http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserPage.action?userUrl=DiarmaidWard&faId=225215&isTeam=false

Walking walking walking

Malik

This is a beautiful visit. We’ve been to different places, for example the British Library, some things that are cultural some things that are historical. We’ve walked a lot. We’ve walked in nature and we really liked it. It’s been a bit tiring for us young people. Abu Dis is really small and there isn’t room to walk in it much.