A student’s experience in US unfolds in movie

Deena Al Saweer is a university student from Bahrain Polytechnic who was selected for the NESA UGRAD (Near East, South Asia Undergraduate Exchange Programme) one-year university study in America.

She got the chance to study in Wayne State University for one year in Michigan. It was during this time that she took her interest in photography to a completely different level and decided to professionally take videos of her whole experience in the US.

A movie she produced under her production called Deena Productions was screened on the night. The movie was a montage of the time period and stages she spent in the country involving places like Detroit, Chicago and Los Angeles.

Deena Al Saweer described her experience: “It was an eye-opener to say the least. Being able to live in a different country is one thing, studying there is another because of the different education systems, and this programme specifically had an extra spice added: community service. One of the things you had to do during your stay in America is community service and by doing that I learned so much about their community as well and I began to appreciate mine back home even more.”