For a Diverse New Generation, Poetry Is a ‘Growth Industry’
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Community Community DPS-Modern The fifth Indian School edition of The P6organises P16 Color Run is a workshop on all set to be organised Diff erentiated at Qatar National Teaching and Convention Centre on Learning. January 26 at 7am. Thursday, January 24, 2019 Jumada I 18, 1440 AH Doha today: 170 - 240 COVER Free Verse STORY For a diverse new generation, poetry is a ‘growth industry’. P4-5 REVIEW SHOWBIZ Henry Dunham scores with Netfl ix scores fi rst best-picture attention grabbing project. Oscar nomination for Roma. Page 14 Page 15 2 GULF TIMES Thursday, January 24, 2019 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT PRAYER TIME Fajr 5.00am Shorooq (sunrise) 6.20am Zuhr (noon) 11.46am Asr (afternoon) 2.51pm Maghreb (sunset) 5.14pm Isha (night) 6.44pm USEFUL NUMBERS Serenity comes back to haunt him, when his ex-wife tracks him down DIRECTION: Steven Knight with a desperate plea for help, ensnaring his life in a new Emergency 999 CAST: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Diane reality that may not be all that it seems. Worldwide Emergency Number 112 Lane Kahramaa – Electricity and Water 991 SYNOPSIS: The mysterious past of a fi shing boat captain THEATRES: The Mall, Landmark 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 Manikarnika SYNOPSIS: Story of Rani Lakshmibai, one of the leading DIRECTION: Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi fi gures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and her resistance to the CAST: Kangana Ranaut, Danny Denzongpa, Ankita British Raj. Lokhande THEATRES: The Mall, Landmark, Royal Plaza ote Unquo u te Q “We should The Mall Cinema (1): Vijay The Kid Who Would Be King not give up and we Superum Pournamiyum (2D) 4:30pm; Nadi Elregal Elserri (Malayalam) 2:15pm; Dragon Ball (Arabic) 7pm; Cheat India (Hindi) should not allow the Super: Broly (2D) 5pm; The Kid 9pm; Cheat India (Hindi) 11:15pm. problem to defeat us.” Who Would Be King (2D) 7pm; 9:15pm; Close (2D) 11:30pm. Royal Plaza Cinema Palace Nadi Elregal Elserri – Arabic (2D) Landmark Cinema (1): Vijay (1): The Kid Who Would Be King 9:15pm; Manikarnika (Hindi) Superum Pournamiyum (2D) 2:30pm; Dragon Ball Super: — APJ Abdul Kalam 11:15pm. (Malayalam) 2:15pm; Dragon Broly (2D) 5pm; Close (2D) 7pm; The Mall Cinema (2): Wheely: Ball Super: Broly (2D) 4:45pm; Manikarnika (Hindi) 8:45pm; Fast And Hilarious (2D) 2:15pm; The Kid Who Would Be King Manikarnika (Hindi) 11:30pm. The Kid Who Would Be King (2D) (2D) 6:45pm; Serenity (2D) 9pm; Royal Plaza Cinema 4pm; Manikarnika (Hindi) 6pm; Serenity (2D) 11pm. Palace (2): Vijay Superum Manikarnika (Hindi) 8:45pm; Landmark Cinema (2): Pournamiyum (Malayalam) Community Editor Vijay Superum Pournamiyum Manikarnika (Hindi) 2:15pm; 2:15pm; The Kid Who Would Kamran Rehmat (Malayalam) 11:30pm. Manikarnika (Tamil) 5pm; Be King (2D) 4:45pm; On The e-mail: [email protected] The Mall Cinema (3): Cheat Manikarnika (Hindi) 8pm; Basis Of Sex (2D) 7pm; Mary, Telephone: India (Hindi) 2:15pm; Manikarnika Manikarnika (Hindi) 11pm. Queen Of Scots (2D) 9:15pm; 44466405 (Hindi) 4:30pm; Serenity (2D) Landmark Cinema (3): Wheely: Vijay Superum Pournamiyum Fax: 44350474 7:15pm; Cheat India (Hindi) Fast And Hilarious (2D) 2:30pm; (Malayalam) 11:30pm. Thursday, January 24, 2019 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY Cycling: Losail Circuit Sports Club school includes Group Music lessons, Hip- WHERE: Losail Circuit hop, Ballet, Drawing and Painting, Drama WHEN: Ongoing Theatre & Taekwondo. Ages between 5 and TIME: 5pm 10 years old after school hours. Losail Circuit Sports Club, in association with Qatar Sports For All Federation, Doha Triathlon 2019 invites all cyclists, runners and walkers WHERE: Museum of Islamic Art to train under the floodlights of Losail WHEN: February 8 International Circuit every Wednesdays. Doha Triathlon has opened registration for its third edition. Those wishing to participate in the event can visit www. doha-triathlon.com to register in either the Olympic or Sprint which offers registration for both individuals and team relays. Another choice is the Super Sprint which is only for individuals and open for both adults and kids aged between 13-15 years old. Also, a kids’ duathlon was introduced this year for two age groups 7-9 and 10-12 years old to allow all family members to EVENTS Artistic Gymnastic Classes enjoy the event. WHERE: Qatar Academy Msheireb The Colour Run WHEN: Ongoing till February 28 WHERE: QNCC TIME: 3:15pm – 4:15pm WHEN: January 26 The olympic sport using horizontal bar, TIME: 8:30am rings and floor exercises on mats for the Celebrate the hero in you in a realm children from age 4 till 16. where nothing is impossible and you are Arabic Calligraphy Workshop unstoppable. Soar to new heights in the all- WHEN: Saturday – Wednesday new Super Zone and suit up in gear fit for TIME: 6pm only the most super of heroes as you collect Arabic Calligraphy workshop is back. your medal at the Finish Line! 2019 will Come and learn the artistic practice of also include the Foam Zone. Gates will open Arabic handwriting and calligraphy at at 7am on January 26, with our first Color Music and Arts Atelier. Runners setting off at 8.30am. The lessons will take place every Saturday, Monday and Wednesday at 6pm. For more information, contact [email protected] Hobby Classes WHERE: Mamangam Performing Art Archives Exhibition Centre WHERE: Qatar National Library WHEN:Wednesday – Monday WHEN: Ongoing till January 31 Mamangam Performing Art Centre, is TIME: 8am – 8pm a holistic performing arts institution and The exhibition explores the history of a one stop solution for adults as well as MIA Park Bazaar 2019 Qatar through several family collections. children looking to explore their talents WHERE: Museum Of Islamic Art It presents selected items from previously in various art forms. We offer classes in WHEN: Ongoing unseen private archives of photos, artefacts After School Activities contemporary, Bollywood, hip-hop and TIME: 12pm – 8pm and documents to show the role that WHERE: Atelier Indian classical dance forms, along with MIA Bazaar will be having a vibrant individuals within a community can play WHEN: Ongoing classes for music, art and crafts, karate and mix of 350 stalls. MIA Park Bazaar is a in building its identity and preserving its Music and arts activities for students yoga. Additional services include dance modern version of the old souq tradition. heritage and history. taking place after they finish their day in education and choreography. For details, The stalls are going to offer a wide range call 33897609. of gastronomies from all over the world. You can also browse and grab handcrafted Dance and Instrument Classes artifacts, accessories, canvases, fashion WHERE: TCA Campus, Behind Gulf wears, designer ornaments. Times Building WHEN: Wednesday – Monday PECS Level 1 Certified Workshop Learn the movements of dance styles WHERE: Doha College in Bollywood, Hip Hop and also the WHEN: Ongoing till February 13 musical instruments such as Piano, Guitar, TIME: 8am – 5 pm Keyboard for adults as well kids and move PECS (Picture Exchange Communication in the world of music. For details, contact Systems) training workshop is available 66523871/ 31326749. in Doha on March 18th and 19th 2019. This amazing opportunity to provide parents and professionals the chance to get certified in PECS Level 1 is brought to you by Mind Institute in collaboration with The Pyramid Educational Consultants and Doha College. To register, visit www. mindinstitutes.com Registration closes on February 13. For more information 44181968. Mehaseel Festival WHERE: Katara Cultural Village WHEN: Ongoing till March 31 Ballet Lessons Mehaseel Souq will be open every WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier Thursday, Friday and Saturday until 31st of WHEN: Ongoing March. It is a perfect market to get amazing TIME: 4pm – 8pm local fresh produce. For more info e-mail at [email protected] or call on 33003839. Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Thursday, January 24, 2019 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Poetry is going viral STAR: Rupi Kaur is an Indian-born Canadian poet who boasts 3.4 million Instagram followers, and sells out theatres because of her poetry. time in any of our lives, poetry is a changing the notion of a poet as an By Jenna Ross growth industry.” old white dude. Minnesotans Danez More people – especially young Smith and Hieu Minh Nguyen people – are reading and buying are among those sharing new and eople are clicking on poetry. About 12 percent of adults “b-side” poems on Twitter, letting poetry on Twitter. read poetry in the past year, a their thousands of followers in on They’re listening to bump of 5 percentage points over whom they’re crushing on, poetry- poems on podcasts. 2012 and a 15-year high, according wise and otherwise. They’re buying poetry to a new survey by the National “There’s a myth around who a Pcollections on Amazon. Endowment for the Arts. Sales of poet can be – or who can be a poet,” But last week in St. Paul, they poetry books have swelled over that Nguyen said by phone. “People are were hearing poetry in person. time, according to NPD BookScan, seeing that those archetypes, those A diverse, mostly 20-something which tracks book sales in the barriers, aren’t true.” We joke that for the crowd snapped and purred as US, “making it one of the fastest ‘Poetry Tells the Truth’ friends and strangers read their growing categories in publishing.” As the slate of bards becomes first time in any of verses from Park Square Theatre’s Social media are driving the more diverse, so do their audiences.