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Community Community BFIS principal About 150 says the former school is students P6result-oriented but P16 of DPS-Modern does not forget other Indian School get important aspects of a together for an student’s grooming. alumni meet. Wednesday, December 28, 2016 Rabia I 29, 1438 AH DOHA 18°C—26°C TODAY LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE 11 PUZZLES 12 & 13 To use or not to use In Apple’s backyard, iPads COVER STORY ignite furore in schools. P4-5 2 GULF TIMES Wednesday, December 28, 2016 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT PRAYER TIME Fajr 4.56am Shorooq (sunrise) 6.18am Zuhr (noon) 11.35am Asr (afternoon) 2.33pm Maghreb (sunset) 4.54pm Isha (night) 6.24pm USEFUL NUMBERS Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Tony Gilroy, from a story by John Knoll and Gary Whitta. It is Directed by: Gareth Edwards the fi rst stand-alone fi lm in the Star Wars Anthology series. The Written by: Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy story follows Jyn Erso, the daughter of the unwilling designer Emergency 999 Cast: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk of the Galactic Empire’s superweapon, the Death Star, and her Worldwide Emergency Number 112 Synopsis: Rogue One is a 2016 American epic space opera quest to retrieve his plans for destroying it. Kahramaa – Electricity and Water 991 fi lm directed by Gareth Edwards and written by Chris Weitz and Theatre: Villaggio Local Directory 180 International Calls Enquires 150 Hamad International Airport 40106666 Labor Department 44508111, 44406537 Mowasalat Taxi 44588888 Qatar Airways 44496000 Hamad Medical Corporation 44392222, 44393333 Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation 44845555, 44845464 Primary Health Care Corporation 44593333 44593363 Qatar Assistive Technology Centre 44594050 Qatar News Agency 44450205 44450333 Q-Post – General Postal Corporation 44464444 Humanitarian Services Offi ce (Single window facility for the repatriation of bodies) Ministry of Interior 40253371, 40253372, 40253369 Ministry of Health 40253370, 40253364 Hamad Medical Corporation 40253368, 40253365 Qatar Airways 40253374 Moana Animation Studios. In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible Directed by: Ron Clements, John Musker curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain’s Written by: Jared Bush daughter’s island, she answers the Ocean’s call to seek out the Cast: Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House daemon to set things right. Synopsis: Moana is a 3D computer-animated musical fantasy comedy adventure fi lm produced by Walt Disney Theatre: Villaggio ote Unquo Qu te You’ll Mall Cinema (1): Dangal 8pm; Dangal (Hindi) 11pm. (Hindi) 2pm; Saptagiri Express Royal Plaza Cinema Palace never fi nd peace of (Telugu) 5pm; Passengers (2D) (2): Dangal (Hindi) 2:15pm; mind until you listen to 7:30pm; Office Christmas Party Christmas Party (2D) 7:30pm; Office Christmas Party (2D) (2D) 9:30pm; Passengers (2D) Passengers (2D) 9:30pm; 5:15pm; Collateral Beauty (2D) your heart. 11:30pm. Passengers (2D) 11:30pm. 7:15pm; Passengers (2D) 9:15pm; — George Michael Mall Cinema (2): Sing (2D) 2pm; Landmark Cinema (2): Sing Passengers (2D) 11:15pm. Sing (2D) 4pm; Sing (2D) 6pm; (2D) 2pm; Sing (2D) 4pm; Sing Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (3): Dangal (Hindi) 8pm; Dangal (2D) 6pm; Dangal (Hindi) 8:30pm; The Last King (2D) 2pm; Moana (Hindi) 11pm. Dangal (Hindi) 11pm. (2D) 3:45pm; Blackburn (2D) Mall Cinema (3): 10 Kalppanakal Landmark Cinema (3): 5:45pm; Saber Google (Arabic) (Malayalam) 1:15pm; Moana (2D) Blackburn (2D) 2pm; Moana (2D) 7:15pm; Office Christmas Party 3:30pm; Office Christmas Party 3:30pm; Saber Google (Arabic) (2D) 9:30pm; Passengers (2D) (2D) 5:30pm; Saber Google 5:30pm; The Last King (2D) 11:30pm. Community Editor (Arabic) 7:30pm; The Last King 7:45pm; Office Christmas Party Asian Town Cinema: Dangal Kamran Rehmat (2D) 9:30pm; Saber Google (2D) 9:30pm; 10 Kalppanakal (Hindi) 6:15, 7, 9:30 & 10:15pm; e-mail: [email protected] (Arabic) 11:30pm. (Malayalam) 11:30pm. Katapana (Malayalam) 8:30 Telephone: 44466405 Landmark Cinema (1): 10 Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (1): & 11:15pm; Ore Mukham Kalppanakal (Malayalam) 2:15pm; Sing (2D) 2pm; Sing (2D) 4pm; (Malayalam) 6pm; 10 Kalapanakal Fax: 44350474 Dangal (Hindi) 4:30pm; Office Sing (2D) 6pm; Dangal (Hindi) (Malayalam) 5:30, 8, & 10:30pm. Wednesday, December 28, 2016 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY entertainment. Live music every Friday with Instructors (WMI) training programmes by a variety of your favourite local bands and Knightsbridge PME (UK). Tavola conducts occasional surprises of bigger performers! sugar-crafting programmes and also off ers Entrance: QR100 for gents including one programmes in baking and chocolate making. beverage/ladies free entrance until 8:30pm, after it will be QR65 for ladies including one Fitness Training beverage. DATE: Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday TIME: 6pm-7pm Fragments VENUE: MIA Park DATE: Until January 30 There are fi tness classes in the park on VENUE: Katara Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday nights In this exhibition, Mahmoud Obaidi between 6 and 7pm. Open to all levels of retraces the ‘organised chaos’ that led to the fi tness, Bootcamp is an intensive and fun destruction of Iraq, and presents a response way to train and also meet new people in the to witnessing the city of Baghdad fall piece by open and friendly group atmosphere. More piece. Obaidi recreates what has been stolen information, from Bootcamp, Qatar or info@ or destroyed to try to piece the city back bootcampqatar.com together again. EVENTS Muhammad Ali: Tribute to a Legend DATE: Until February 25, 2017 Moments WHERE: Eastern Gallery, 4th Floor, Salam International Investment Ltd (SIIL) Museum of Islamic Art is hosting unique archival photography The temporary exhibition is curated by exhibition titled Moments in memory of Qatar Museums’ 3-2-1 Olympic and Sports HH the Grandfather Emir Sheikh Khalifa Museum and presents a unique collection bin Hamad al-Thani, paying tribute to the of artefacts from the boxing legend’s career, nation’s Grandfather Emir and recognising including photography from Ali’s outdoor Tumbao Latin Nights his contribution to Qatar’s progress. Held exhibition bout at the Doha Stadium in 1971 DATE: Every Sunday at The Gate Mall’s Maysaloun Hall, the and memorabilia spanning his journey to VENUE: Grand Hyatt Hotel exhibition draws from the private collection the 1960 Rome Olympics; Ali’s world title Tumbao is not only a salsa rhythm, it of the Abu Issa family, bringing them out winning bout against Sonny Liston in 1964 enables you to share in the creative fl ow for a public showing. The collection off ers and his fi nal world title winning fi ght against of life and get connected to the beat and FOODIE’S CHOICE a fascinating glimpse into the country’s Leon Spinks in New Orleans in 1978. dance. Join us every Sunday at Dunes with historic journey, with a prime focus on the the fellow Latin dancers in town and nightly RESTAURANT: P.F. Chang’s Grandfather Emir, making it a must-see event competitions with valuable prizes brought LOCATION: Villaggio Mall for Qatar’s nationals, expatriates, students to you by Salsa n Candela. For more info & P. F. Chang’s is an Asian-themed US casual and photography enthusiasts. reservation, contact 44481280. dining restaurant chain founded in 1993 Moments is open to the public until by Paul Fleming, owned and operated by January 7, 2017 from 10am to 10pm. Cake Decoration Classes Centerbridge Partners and headquartered in DATE: Morning and evening Scottsdale, Arizona. Open daily from 11am to Al Gannas VENUE: Tavola Royal Plaza, Al Saad Street 11pm, this restaurant serves some interesting (For school students) Tavola off ers a range of cake decorating and American interpretations of Chinese Until March 31, 2017 kitchen skills classes. It is the only authorised cuisine. Their portion sizes are decent and 9am–Noon Wilton method provider in the Middle can be served with brown rice. They highly Al Gannas Society East. It is authorised by Wilton enterprises recommend their Dynamite Shrimp in the Free ( For boys only, requires to conduct classes in the Wilton Method starters’ menu. A meal here would cost about registration) cake decorating and the Wilton Method QR220 for two people. Al Gannas association is participating in the “Our culture is a school” programme, by organising many activities for the students every Monday and Wednesday of the week. These activities include explanations on hunting and related items tools, kinds of falcons and preys, in addition to workshop on how to carry a falcon, set a traditional tent (made of goat & camel heir), prepare Qatar Music Academy traditional Arabic coff ee and start a fire. For (For school students) further details, visit katara.net Until March 28, 2017 11am-2pm Free (Requires registration) Qatar Music Academy focuses on teaching its students the principles of Arab and Western music. As part of the “Our Culture is a School” programme, Qatar Music Academy has off ered interested schools the opportunity to attend various workshops. These workshops will include an introduction to Arab and Western music and instruments, as well as the teachers giving a brief overview of the educational music programmes at the Academy. For further details, visit katara.net Treasures of China DATE: Until January 7, 2017 The Backyard VENUE: Museum of Islamic Art DATE: Every Friday Terracotta soldiers from the First Emperor’s Terracotta Army will be on show at the Museum TIME: 6pm of Islamic Art where visitors will get the chance to meet the warriors who guarded a hidden VENUE: Sheraton Grand Doha empire. The exhibition will display 116 pieces dating from the Neolithic period to the Qing The Backyard is a fi rst-of-its-kind venue Dynasty, spanning over 5,000 years of China’s history. Potteries, bronzes, jades, porcelains, in Doha and brought to you by Candela gold, silver, enamel and many other Chinese treasures will be on show.