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You're listening to Doha heat. This is episode 334. It is the second to last podcast to go out here on Doha heat, as we are rounding the show-up. And if you would like to listen to me, you can listen to my podcast and it is called Stefan Lindberg- Jones' work, rest, and play podcast. Today's podcast is with a great guy called Ahmed Abbas. He is the podcast host of the Sit-down with Seth. Fantastic guy, full of energy, and we have a long chat about his whole life and what makes him tick. And we have a real good laugh. So enjoy the show. And remember, this is the second to last podcast before we switch Doha Heat off. And please go and visit me on Stefan Lindberg- Jones work, rest, and play podcast. Have a great day. Bye-bye. Actually, pick up. I'm like, dude, I don't know what to tell you, but it, it takes a while the podcast scene here is a bit, on the, no one really knows it. I mean, let's be honest. I mean, there's like, I think four known ones. Right? Well, are there, well it's, I mean, I'm going to count m

Welcome to Doha Heat podcast. Unfortunately, this is one of the last few podcasts I recorded in 2020 and Doha Heat will be no more. It's going to be shelved, but you can still go back and listen to all the other episodes. It will be available on any of your podcast apps. And, there is a lot of good content that we recorded over the six years and we've had some amazing guests. So I like to do a big shout out to all the guests that have been on Doha Heat. And I would like to give a big shout out to all my fabulous hosts that have taken this journey of this great podcast. It's a great six years snippet into. The life of the community that is here in Qatar. So a big farewell, I think there are three more episodes to go out and this is one of them. And this episode is an interview with Israa Sameer. She is an amazing lady who just by chance had, was doing a film for a school project. And she was inspired by the first Qatari, woman diver here in Qatar. And it changed her life. So I hope you enjoy her story. Bye-bye

02.54 – Plays loop of music would spend 2 hours playing. 03.30 – same as writing would spend hours 04.19 – Wrote a book out of a problem, class students did not like the book Jane Eyre. 05.22 – Classical literature is tedious 05.30 – Past out just reading a page of Moby Dick, wording is so dense. 05.40 – What to make something a little more tolerable, 07.00 – Give a French a go and don’t worry if you get it wrong. 07.30 – Just like writing just write something down. 07.50 – Don’t worry if its right or wrong just do it. 08.20 – A judgment-free zone when you first write something or compose something. 08.30 – We are our own biggest judge. 08.50 – How do you stop that inner critic? 09.00 – No magic formula, just power through it. 09.10 – Just inhale two hair cow farts. No magical formula. 09.30 – The objective was to make Jane Eyre more understandable. 10.33 – Not aware of any readaptation of Jane Eyre making her a really good Batman. 10.50 – Took out the literal characters and put them in a new frame. 11.14 – O

00.20 – Born on the West Coast Of Scotland 00.33 – Moved to Nottingham at the age of 9 – The Meadows 01.27 – Stapleford College for A-Levels but dropped out. 01.45 – Studied Education at college then returned to study when she was a lot older and did a Bachelor's In Education. 01.51 – Did a Foundation In Education Support focusing on Special Needs Education. 02.14 – Had a child when Carla was 17 and had to drop out of school. 02.26 – Had a difficult Childhood. 02.30 – This led to her wanting to learn about how to educate children. 03.00 – Had no support system, so needed to find work that gave her the flexibility to look after her family. 03.20 – Carla was a single parent by the age of 21. Had two children by the age of 19. 04.00 – Trained in Business Administration. 04.39 – Hated being on income support while caring for her two young children. 04.45 – While looking after her young children she decided to study hard. 05.00 – Grateful that she had two daughters that were well behaved to be able to study. 05.35

2.08 – Joined The Army at 16 2.45 – Why Joining the army – age 15,16 had 3 options Wind Surfing, Scholarship Bristol Alvick, Apprenticeship with Anglian Windows, 3.35 – Religious retreat, roman catholic going away at weekends. Heard a voice in his head, what should I do and it said to join the army. The next day he signed up. 5.07 – Someone had belief in him and never forget it, so wants to give back when it comes to other people. 6.15 – Chef in the army. Wanted to go in the household cavalry but they didn’t let him. 7.30 – The love of home economics led him to be a chef in the army 8.04 – Army marches on its stomach 8.48 – Been all over the world for 10 years in the army. 10.04 – I can't read and I can't write but I can drive a tractor – saying because he was from Bristol. 10.50 – If he was told he can't do it, he always wanted to prove them wrong. 13.10 – Didn’t stand for bullying, but wanted to help people and to be fair. 13.40 – Being in the service industry to do your best, provide quality. 14.00 – Stupi

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