A UK body language expert has claimed that Runaway ISIS bride Shamima Begum’s gestures and expressions in interviews filmed just two years ago belie her real feelings about the terror organisation.
A new discovery+ programme, Shamima Begum: A Faking It Special, examines in forensic detail the schoolgirl-turned-terrorist’s reaction to the news in 2019 that she would be stripped of her UK citizenship by the British Government.
Cliff Lansley is a body language expert and claims the 22 year-old read the letter from Home Secretary to show her loyalty. She also showed pity about the news.
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Discovery+ program Shamima Begum: Faking It Special analyzes the ISIS bride’s body language in 2019 interviews. She appears to be sad about losing her UK citizenship. Dr Cliff Lansley, body language expert claims that she used micro facial expressions (pictured), which included repeatedly closing her eyes. This suggests she was ‘probably lying.

After analysing video footage of a number of 2019, Dr Langsley discovered that key facial expressions, including the twitching and squinting noses (pictured), could have suggested Begum wasn’t genuine when she was interviewed by TV reporters.

The body language expert says a smile or a mouth slap can indicate that there is no confidence in what you are saying. It could also be an indication that Begum protested her affiliation with ISIS, however her subtle facial features would suggest otherwise.

The footage shows a thumb touching up, or a shrug. This is also an indication of his lack of confidence.
The schoolgirl fled London in February 2015 as a 15-year-old, travelling to Syria with two friends, Amira Abase and Kadiza Sultana, to become a jihadi bride but now claims she no longer supports ISIS and wants to return to the UK.
Tomorrow’s episode of the program will air. Dr Lansley looks at footage Begum was given during interviews in 2019. Begum claimed that she is no longer affiliated with ISIS. However, he claims her subtle movements and micro-expressions betray these claims, and suggest she was lying to the cameras.
An analysis of a frame in which Begums claimed she was not threatening the UK is done frame-by–frame.
She’s heard saying: ‘I’m just a 19-year-old girl with a new-born baby, I don’t have any weapons, I don’t want to hurt anyone.’
However, Dr Lansley argues that Begum is simply exercising ‘image management’ here.
He explains: ‘She’s building an image that she’s harmless. She begins her advertisement by promoting herself. But, just before that she does so we see two contradictory body language signals.

Cliff Lansley is a body language expert and says that Begum’s micro-facial expressions indicate she doesn’t believe what she’s saying.

As a 15 year-old girl, the schoolgirl fled London to escape ISIS. She traveled to Syria to marry a jihadi bride with her two best friends Amira Abase (15 years old) and Kadiza Sultana (14 years).

Body language expert Analyzed 2019 Video Interviews in Close-up and Frame by Frame
“The first one is a smile and a nod. So, you’ll see from her face that her mouth is arched at this point. She’s pushed the chin boss vertically upwards to create an arch mouth.
‘This is one of the combination features that we see when people have no confidence in what they’re saying.’
His suggestion that she might be hiding behind her shoulders is a clue that the words she is saying are not genuine is also supported by a slight thumb roll seen at the bottom.
‘Second is the shoulders will raise slightly, and third we’ll get the mouth arching, sometimes with the brow raised. If we glance at the bottom, you can see that there is a tiny thumb peeking up.
‘She’s doing the hand shrug also. We’ve got a combination, which is corroboration, of “no confidence in what I am about to tell you.”‘

Shamima Begum was different wearing Western clothes last month and stated that she is afraid she would be murdered in her cell.

Her most recent interview revealed that Hafida and Hafida, her Dutch friend Hafida haddouch were being targetted by Syrian arsonists at the Al Roj Camp (pictured), in Syria. They are perceived as Westernized more than their campmates.
He claims that Begum also uses eye-blocking, which means she closes her eyes continuously while speaking. This is something he believes undermines her words.
Dr Langsley says, “What we have is the eyes closed for around 15 frames. This is about half a second.
‘If I make a claim that I don’t want to hurt anyone, I’ll connect myself with that statement; I’ll say I don’t want to hurt anyone. But if I say I don’t want to hurt anyone and close my eyes while I’m using those words, we see that as a contradiction. It’s a deception indicator.
Cliff continues: “We get a half-second eye closure which blocks herself from making that statement. The third thing is we get the hand roll, so you’ll see right at the bottom of the screen here the hand rotating.
‘When we get three indicators across the communication channels inside seven seconds, we have a high degree of confidence that this is lacking credibility and she’s probably lying.’
Begum currently resides with a British contingent comprising 50 women and children. The encampment houses approximately 800 families.
Begum said last month that she fears she’ll be murdered in her cell by arsonists who target ‘Westernised and less Muslim’ women. She continues to fight for her return to Britain, despite living in constant fear.
Begum stated that Hafida Haddouch and Begum could be among the victims after a string of campfires in Al Roj, Syria. They are less religious than the campmates.
She also claimed that she has never made suicide vests for bombers, and she is able to help British security forces combat extremists.
Begum, after removing her veil, said that she wore a low-cut pink top, black baseball cap, and leggings.
“In the last few months, they have done more than in the previous few years.”
She said that she believes she could now contribute to the UK Government.
Begum answered “Yes” when asked whether she has the experience and skills to stop children being lured into terrorist activities.
Boris Johnson made an astonishing offer that she had never heard of. She said: “You clearly struggle with extremism in your country. You don’t clearly know what you are doing and I’d be glad to assist you.
“I want them to view me as an asset and not a threat to their security.”
Shamima Begum: Watch a Faking It Special on Discovery+ starting Saturday, 11 December.