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NOW CIRCULATING 45,000 HARD COPIES! FREE +25,000 e-TEMPO www.feelyourtempo.com THE RHYTHM OF YOUR LIFE JULY 2016 Feel Your Tempo @tempoplanet @feelyourtempo UAE WINS P.22 EURASIA BEAUTY CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 INSIDE: MAKE A DIFFERENCE | Happy Birthday TONIA BROWNE | SUMMER PLANS America! P.18 www.feelyourtempo.com 3 ONTENTS QUOTE ARTISTS “One benefit of Summer was that each day we had 11 Album Spotlight more light to read by.” 12 Saif and Sound 13 Music News Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle 28 Phototripping 29 Shutterbug ADP WHAT’S INSIDE STORYTELLERS FEATURES MOVERS 06 A Thousand Faces 05 Notes & Cyberchatter 04 The Ed 30 Flash Fiction Winners 18 AmCham 05 Life Hacks 32 Flash Fiction 34 Vox Pop: Summer Plans 36 Youth Talk 33 Tempo Talks Books/ 37 ARTiculate Café Librarians’ Lounge 38 Make A Difference 40 Empowerment 39 Being Happy/ Manual: Tonia Browne FOODIES Parental Guide 42 Time Capsule 25 The Epicurean STYLEMAKERS PLANETARIANS 20 Blueprint 26 Oil Spills GUIDES 22 Eurasia Beauty Championship 2016 09 In the Cinemas 10 Top 10 Songs in the UAE 14 What’s Hot 15 What’s Cool/ SOCIAL TECHIES People Calendar 06 Tweets for Thought 16 Game Hedz 07 Trending In Youtube 17 Tech Talk 08 Instafame TEMPO GROUP: CONTRIBUTORS: MANAGING EDITOR DESIGN & LAYOUT Aleece Smith Jae Franklin Nilofer Safdar Sana Ashraf Sana Bagersh Shuhaib Shihabudheen Denise Schnitzer Lana Nasser Prekshaa Veeraragavan Shahid Saeed EDITORIAL COORDINATOR WEB develoPER Neil Bie Rasha Yousif Dorian “Paul D” Rogers Mirriam Akbar Rujman Ishtiaq Vanessa Middleton Heather Long Vandevoorde Maleeha Iddris Saif Al Naji Vera Rosales EDITORIAL ASSISTANT DISTRIBUTION COORDINATOR Arvin Z. 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We see now more than ever the relevance of open dialogue, and a discourse on how to improve our world. across the world, to givers like Fadwa Qadan, a student who In each issue of Tempo we showcase the uniqueness of spends her spare time helping others, to motivators like individuals, and celebrate those who not only talk about Tonia Browne who shows us, by example, that we can achieve doing something, but actually go out and do it. We love anything we want. to share stories of social engagement, artistic creativity, community giving and entrepreneurship. We are eternally We also take this opportunity at Tempo to say Happy inspired by people who have passion - backed by the will to Birthday America through coverage of the US’s Independence make things happen. Day celebrations where the American community joined others in an extravaganza of American culture, music and The UAE is undoubtedly blessed by the richness of its food. We salute AmCham Abu Dhabi for their contribution social fabric; people of different nationalities, cultures and to the UAE through events and initiatives that build backgrounds coming together to make this country home. understanding and nurture partnership. What you may not know is that Tempo’s writers reflect the diversity of the stories we present - in fact we currently have This Tempo we share with you more of the winning stories more than a dozen nationalities writing for Tempo, bringing from the Flash Fiction competition we organized with New their unique perspectives and insights into the features York University. Await the announcement of more thrilling we present. events and competitions to come, and be sure to link to our social media pages for updates. I was recently asked about what it was that makes Tempo different, my response was that we have a community that As temperatures notch higher and the slower summer vibe believes in our values, and that we at Tempo always strive to sets in, we use this time for introspection to get our house “give a platform for people with big ideas’ and to ‘help those in order. This is where we go back to the drawing board and who help others.” see how we can be better, bolder and more relevant. We periodically get together with Tempo readers to learn more Welcome to this issue of Tempo where we bring you about what you want to see in Tempo. If you have any ideas artists like Mansoor al Obaidli who won the Eurasia Beauty on stories, events and competitions, drop us a line - we want Championship for the UAE, to change agents like young to hear from you. Abdul Muqeet, whose conservation message is being heard Have a relaxing summer everyone! 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Have you ever experienced getting an and thoughts about money are all around 56% 18% unexpected bonus or increment? But, you. They are insidious. These are things then later on in the month you have you have heard from your parents, from Dressing up and eating out. Sleeping-in! an unexpected expenditure for almost your loved ones. These are conversations the same amount of money? Maybe that people are having all around you all it is house repairs or a medical bill or the time. You are bombarded with these something else. Now is that a 24/7. Pretty soon they become a fabric 21% 5% coincidence or is it? of your thoughts and start shaping your reality. Here I share with you how your mindset affects your money flow, and how you can Most people also impose a ceiling on change your mindset to receive receiving money. They can only receive more money. a certain amount of money. If they receive more than that they create an On Christina and Tanya Awad On INARA Your Thoughts Create Your Reality unexpected expenditure which will spend away the extra money. An amazing way of bringing people INARA is humanitarian work at its best, as Every thought you think creates your together and help them express in war zones proper medical assistance life. What kinds of thoughts do you Are ou starting to see how your inner themselves using art! The best part about is not available! Arwa Damon is a great have about money? Read the following landscape shapes your money flow? So this is, you don’t have to be a professional inspiration for the youth. statements and see which of them are how can you change this? ‘artist’, and everyone is welcome to take true for you – part. Keep going girls! 1. Identify Your Beliefs – Mehthab Malik -“I have to work hard for money”. Is this It is important to realize that you have – Fleur Pryce really true? If it were true, the labourer beliefs that are limiting your money flow. who does the most amount of work would A question you can ask yourself is: What have the most amount of money. points of view do I have that are creating the lack of money in my life? Or if you -“Money doesn’t grow on trees”. Most would like to have a certain amount of people believe that it is not easy to get money you can ask: What points of view money, as if it were ‘growing on trees’. do I have that are stopping me from Is this true? Do you know at least one receiving X amount of money? person for whom it is easy to get money, almost without doing any work? If it is 2. Is it really true? possible for them, why not for you? Look at each limiting belief you have about money and ask this question: “Money is the root of all evil” Is money the root of all evil or is the greed for Is it really true? If it were not true, what money the cause of a lot of angst in life? would it be? “Rich people are dishonest” Look at Example: all the rich people you know. Are all of them really dishonest? The truth of the You ask yourself: “Is there is a limit to matter is that some people are dishonest, how much I can earn? Maybe.

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