{"id":461,"date":"2021-09-25T17:37:45","date_gmt":"2021-09-25T17:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philippinefilms.com\/pfsi\/from-the-article-mbc-documentary-on-emiratis-who-volunteered-in-the-philippines\/"},"modified":"2021-09-25T17:37:45","modified_gmt":"2021-09-25T17:37:45","slug":"from-the-article-mbc-documentary-on-emiratis-who-volunteered-in-the-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philippinefilms.com\/pfsi\/from-the-article-mbc-documentary-on-emiratis-who-volunteered-in-the-philippines\/","title":{"rendered":"From the article: “MBC documentary on Emiratis who volunteered in the Philippines “"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Beyond<\/a><\/p>\n

ABU DHABI \/\/ A documentary series begins on Friday that tells the story of six young Emiratis who had to give up their comfortable lifestyles to live and work in the Philippines.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over a period of 15 days, Beyond Borders documents the journey of three men and three women between 17 and 23 as they deal with their new surroundings and are taught a few life lessons along the way.<\/p>\n

They were stripped of their electronic devices, phones, credit cards and money before they boarded the plane.
\nAs a rule, they were only allowed items that their Filipino host families could afford.<\/p>\n

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Each worked in different industries across the country and was introduced to charitable programmes in order to teach them valuable lessons in empathy and how ordinary people can make a difference to society.<\/p>\n

The documentary, which is divided into six episodes, will start at 2pm on Friday on MBC1.
\nSince filming, many of the students have indicated a desire to continue doing charity work.<\/p>\n

Abu Dhabi-based Image Nation, who recently released the Emirati feature-film Djinn, produced the programme.
\n\u201cWe are proud that Beyond Borders has tapped into Emirati youth culture, combining a real respect for tradition with a sense of curiosity and adventure about the world beyond their own nation,\u201d said Mohammed Al Mubarak, the chairman of Image Nation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe series seeks to educate as much as it entertains while promoting the values of the Abu Dhabi leadership, namely a respect for diversity, entrepreneurship, responsibility with money and broad-mindedness.
\n\u201cWe hope young Emiratis will be inspired to make a difference to their own community and learn that nothing should be taken for granted,\u201d Mr Al Mubarak said.
\n\u201cWe are delighted to have secured this prestigious partnership with MBC,\u201d said Michael Garin, the chief executive of Image Nation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is fantastic that we will be able to engage the people of the UAE, the Middle East and the rest of the Arab world by harnessing MBC\u2019s considerable reach for this important project.
\n\u201cThis is Image Nation\u2019s first partnership with MBC, and is testament to the quality of the programming that our team and partners are producing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The release of the programme also marks a successful relationship between Image Nation and broadcaster MBC.
\n\u201cThis partnership between MBC Group and Image Nation to broadcast Beyond Borders on MBC1 reflects the group\u2019s commitment towards Arab youth while highlighting the value of their constructive experiences and challenges, from a physical point of view as well an intellectual one,\u201d said Ali Jaber, MBC group TV director.
\n\u201cWe saw a very strong and meaningful message in this documentary, whether from a production stand point, technical or artistic, as well as cultural and moral messages targeted towards the youth of today, specifically Emiratis and is aligned with MBC Group\u2019s overall content strategy that we are very keen on conveying to millions of Arabs in the region and outside,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

ksinclair@thenational.ae<\/p>\n

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ABU DHABI \/\/ A documentary series begins on Friday that tells the story of six young Emiratis who had to give up their comfortable lifestyles to live and work in the Philippines. Over a period of 15 days, Beyond Borders documents the journey of three men and three women between 17 and 23 as they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/philippinefilms.com\/pfsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/philippinefilms.com\/pfsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/philippinefilms.com\/pfsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philippinefilms.com\/pfsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philippinefilms.com\/pfsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/philippinefilms.com\/pfsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/philippinefilms.com\/pfsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philippinefilms.com\/pfsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philippinefilms.com\/pfsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}