Al Moubayed Brothers

AMB

“What if all Deaf people had access to services?”

Providing Accessibility

Accessibility within organisations means that services, both the public and private, are as accessible as possible to all users and not limiting in any way. They should be made to be user-friendly and inviting.

Training Services

AMB will provide a customised training package that equips Government staff to communicate in BSL, ensuring that services are accessible, and will provide excellent customer care for Deaf service users. Additionally, this is a cost-effective and time-efficient service for the Council.

Feras and Wael Moubayed with H.H Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan opening the Developing Child Centre (TDCC) pre-launch event along with Noaf Al Mazrouie, founder of TDCC, at the Pavillion Downtown, Burj Khalifa. Noaf Al Mazrouie asked Feras to deliver a presentation on his experience as a deaf individual and he really enjoyed it along with his brother.

Feras delivered this presentation to professional doctors and students who were keen to learn Deaf Awareness and some basic sign language. Feras had a BSL interpreter with him to facilitate communication. Feras covered communication tips with Deaf and Hard-of Hearing people.

Feras was invited to present at the MBRU (Mohammed Bin Rashid University) of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU) in support of International Deaf week. Feras is always very pleased to advise on the topic of awareness of deaf issues. He thoroughly enjoyed sharing his lived experiences as he can advise and increase awareness of the many issues and barriers faced by deaf people. By presenting to the student body at MBRU they will now be empowered to go on to communicate and support the Deaf community better, equipped with the knowledge they now have. For that reason, Feras found this to be a very welcoming and positive experience. This class had a really positive attitude and were eager to learn about Deaf Awareness. Feras explained that there will multiple scenerios whereby the students might need to communicate with deaf people out in the community after University.

Everyone at MBRU were fascinated to learn that there are different sign languages all over the world and regional variations. Feras taught them the BSL alphabet and some basic signs. One day, we hope that British Sign Language is recognised as an official language similarly to Scottish Sign Language. Similarly, we hope that Emirates Sign Language is recognised too.

The most important take away from this is that deaf and hearing people need to learn how to communicate with each other, we are in this together.

We cannot emphasise enough the importance of Deaf people and hearing people working together in order to make positive changes. Anything is possible if you learn sign language, we want to see more equality in the world that we are living in.

Feras receiving an award from Mutairu Ezimokhai (Provost Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology), for raising awareness about the deaf and hard-of-hearing community worldwide and for teaching sign language to students at MBRU during the international week of the deaf.

All of the attendees thoroughly valued the deaf awareness course – the year of Zayed.

Both Feras and the man in the red jumper Syed Sa'ad Mohammed worked together to deliver a positive presentation to the students at MBRU. The presentation outlined how the Deaf community can be better supported in terms of overcoming barriers. We were responsible for preparing invitations and inviting people to attend.

Erika and Farah were a massive help to Feras during the event. Both Erika and Farah have known him since he was young and wanted to learn sign language because of him. Erika has recently moved to Dubai but they’ve always been there for each-other. Together, they are constantly trying to break down language barriers.

Look at all those happy, smiley faces on their last day of University. Everyone is waving their hands up in the air because this is how we, in the deaf community clap. They were all eager for Feras to deliver Deaf Awareness and teach them BSL and Emirates Sign Language even though he was just visiting on holiday! Feras ended up staying another day and delivering the course as he couldn’t say no to them – it was a really well received and interactive group session.

At Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU) in DHCC, After Feras delivered a presentation this group of students demanded to learn even more, although he was on holiday, he made an impromptu class! Everyone had a huge passion to learn more.

Feras was so impressed by the gentleman Syed Sa'ad Mohammed standing up at the end of the table, he tried so hard with his sign language skills. He was gobsmacked when Feras told him that there were different sign languages worldwide.

This is Farah, she worked for the University but was instrumental in ensuring that communication went smoothly.

Feras and Wael with the CEO of KDHA Dr. Abdullah Al-Karam who was very interested in learning about Deaf Awareness and how to improve the rights of the deaf people in United Arab Emirates.

The CEO outlined that he wants improved services and want schools to open. Omar Rifai (on the other end) explained that they plan to open a school in due course. Omar Rifai is very patient and always finds the time to help and guide Feras.

Feras and Wael gave a presentation on Deaf Awareness during the International Deaf Week, at Vida Downtown in Dubai. David Muir interpreted for us as he has two deaf daughters and we were appreciative of him supporting us in this endeavour. He is now a headmaster of a school in Dubai. He is always happy to interpret for Feras and they both work together well!

During this session, both brothers reflected on their past experiences at Hamilton School in Brighton, Ovington school in Brighton.

This gentleman works at CNBC Arabia as a Journalist and is a regular attendee to Feras’ events, training courses and presentations. He is a wheelchair user based in Syria and has always been very intrigued by sign language and deaf awareness. He always participates and shares his experiences as a wheelchair user, just as Feras shares his experiences as a BSL user. You will see him in an interview with me shortly.

This student was fascinated by the course content and she was fully immersed in the training as really wanted to learn how to communicate with deaf people. She worked in PR but had heard from a friend that we were leading the course and so, she rushed to attend too.

HIGH-FIVE! We played a game to see who could fingerspell the alphabet the quickest and no surprise, this lady won!!

As you can see, lots of staff from the bank attended this tailored course – we covered content that was specific to the everyday workings in a bank. They required this service so that they can effectively communicate with deaf customers.

Feras was very proud of all of them for being such attentive course participants. To be honest, they were all almost fluent by the end of it!!

Feras taught the participants basic animal signs.

Feras taught all the participants how to sign different colours. Practice makes perfect!

The man in the middle, named Daniel, was impossible to understand at first. He muttered things into his chest and it was so hard for Feras to lip-read him and gauge what he was trying to say as he was expressionless. Feras outlined the key deaf awareness tips and encouraged him to speak slowly and to calm down whilst trying to articulate things. Feras gently reminded him about being more expressive as deaf people respond well to that. As the time went on, he grew in confidence and made such good progress.

Feras was teaching all the participants how to sign different colours. Practice makes perfect!

Feras would like to thank AAMAL, Syrian Organisation for the Disabled,
for inviting him to be an Ambassador alongside Bryan Adams in order to raise Deaf Awareness at this wonderful PR event in Damascus, Syria.

Feras and Bryan Adams were proud to be ambassadors for AAMAL, Syrian Organisation for the Disabled, where they were able to arrange and host a concert with Bryan Adams performing. It was a hard undertaking but completely worth it. Feras stated that he had a great deal of respect for Bryan Adams and he was given this Syrian instrument as a thank you gift.

Clients

Videos

We are proud to have collaborated with the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai, UAE to make their services more user friendly and accessible to the local and international deaf community

We are privileged to have met lots of amazing people, many of whom had never met a deaf person before. This can be quite daunting for many but thankfully, people do take the time to communicate with deaf people like me. Here is a video clip of a response to a question asking "What was it like to meet a deaf person?"

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