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Community Community The 1999 Arabella batch of Steinbacher, P6Crescent P16 world High School Vanimal- renowned violinist Qatar Chapter from Germnay, holds its debut praises Qatar for alumni meeting. cultural activities. Tuesday, October 23, 2018 Safar 14, 1440 AH Doha today: 260 - 340 COVER STORY Lies, lies, more lies Out of an old Tacoma house, fact-checking site Snopes makes its business to uncover them. P4-5 POP SPOT SHOWBIZ Funky Friday shoots Kapil Sharma to wed Dave to pole position. girlfriend on Dec 12. Page 14 Page 15 2 GULF TIMES Tuesday, October 23, 2018 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT PRAYER TIME Fajr 4.19am Shorooq (sunrise) 8.36am Zuhr (noon) 11.18am Asr (afternoon) 2.34pm Maghreb (sunset) 5.02pm Isha (night) 5.32pm USEFUL NUMBERS Accident ravine. The fi lm’s climax begins with Vaughan’s death in an DIRECTION: Dan Tondowski intentional crash. It ends with another deliberate crash where CAST: Stephanie Schildknecht, Roxane Hayward, Tyrone Ballard rams his wife’s car, as she unbuckles her seat belt Keogh intentionally. As he caresses her bruised body on the grass SYNOPSIS: A group of teenagers suff er a terrible median near the crash, she replies that she is unhurt. accident during a joy ride and get trapped at the bottom of a THEATRES: Landmark, The Mall, Royal Plaza Emergency 999 Worldwide Emergency Number 112 Kahramaa – Electricity and Water 991 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 The Old Man and the Gun hooks a gigantic fi sh that drags him out Wrapped up in the pursuit are detective Hamad Medical Corporation 40253368, 40253365 DIRECTION: John Sturges, Fred to sea. Based on Ernest Hemingway’s John Hunt, who becomes captivated Qatar Airways 40253374 Zinnemann story. At the age of 70, Forrest Tucker with Forrest’s commitment to his craft, CAST: Spencer Tracy, Felipe Pazos, makes an audacious escape from San and a woman who loves him in spite of Harry Bellaver Quentin, conducting an unprecedented his chosen profession. SYNOPSIS: An old Cuban string of heists that confound fi sherman’s dry spell is broken when he authorities and enchant the public. THEATRE: Royal Plaza ote Unquo Qu te The Mall Cinema (1): My (Malayalam) 8:15pm; Badaai “In the Giraffe (2D) 2:30pm; Legend Ho (Hindi) 11pm. midst of movement Of A Rabbit The Martial Of Landmark Cinema (3): Hello Fire (2D) 4pm; Sandakozhi 2 Guru Prema Kosame (Telugu) and chaos, keep stillness (Tamil) 5:45pm; Vada Chennai 8pm; Kayamkulam Kochunni 3pm; Badaai Ho (Hindi) inside of you.” (Tamil) 8:30pm; Namaste (Malayalam) 10:30pm. 5:30pm; Badaai Ho (Hindi) England (Hindi) 11:30pm. Landmark Cinema (1): 8pm; Vada Chennai (Tamil) The Mall Cinema (2): Vada Vada Chennai (Tamil) 2:15pm; 10:30pm. —Deepak Chopra Chennai (Tamil) 2:30pm; Kayamkulam Kochunni Royal Plaza Cinema Palace Goosebumps 2: Haunted (Malayalam) 5:15pm; Vada (1): My Giraffe (2D) 3pm; Halloween (2D) 5:30pm; Chennai (Tamil) 8pm; Sandakozhi 2 (Tamil) 5pm; Goosebumps 2: Haunted Sandakozhi 2 (Tamil) 11pm. Vada Chennai (Tamil) 7:45pm; Halloween (2D) 7:15pm; First Landmark Cinema (2): The Vada Chennai (Tamil) 10:45pm. Community Editor Man (2D) 9pm; Accident (2D) Martial Of Fire (2D) 2:30pm; Royal Plaza Cinema Palace Kamran Rehmat 11:30pm. Goosebumps 2: Haunted (2): Hello Guru Prema Kosame Halloween (2D) 4:15pm; e-mail: [email protected] The Mall Cinema (3): Hello (Telugu) 2:30pm; Goosebumps Guru Prema Kosame (Telugu) Goosebumps 2: Haunted 2: Haunted Halloween (2D) Telephone: 44466405 3pm; Badaai Ho (Hindi) Halloween (2D) 6:15pm; 5pm; Badaai Ho (Hindi) 7pm; Fax: 44350474 5:30pm; Badaai Ho (Hindi) Kayamkulam Kochunni Badaai Ho (Hindi) 10pm. Tuesday, October 23, 2018 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY of the same name in Iraq, Kufa, and Aspire Torch Staircase Run 2018 was developed from Hijazi script. Kufic WHERE: The Torch Doha Hotel calligraphy is characterised by its bold WHEN: November 10 and vertical letters which often looks like TIME: 1pm – 6pm modern design. Join us for this 4-session Aspire Zone Foundation (AZF) announces short course to learn this early and opening registration for the seventh annual beautiful script! ‘Aspire Torch Staircase Run’ scheduled to take place on November 10. The 2018 edition of the Aspire Torch Staircase Run (ATSR 2018), will offer sports enthusiasts the ultimate challenge of endurance, as runners will have to make their way to the top of the 300m tower to the 51st floor, climbing more than 1,300 steps. Qatar International Art festival-2018 Qatar Finance and Installment Where: Doha Fire Station Exhibition When: October 31 – November 4 WHERE: DECC Time: 10am – 6pm WHEN: November 3 – November15 MAPS International WLL, in co- TIME: 7pm – 10pm operation with Doha Fire Station-Qatar The QFI Exhibition is a 3-day event that Museums and in collaboration with Unesco brings together the best of Qatar’s finance EVENTS Breast Cancer Awareness Club of Piraeus and Islands, organises community, and local and international WHERE: InterContinental Doha international mega art festival. The art visitors who are keen to access Qatar’s European Film Festival WHEN: Ongoing festival is planned for more than 200 robust market. We are pleased to present WHERE: Museum Of Islamic Art InterContinental Doha – The City is artists from around the World. QIAF 2018 this opportunity to local and international WHEN: Today organising several activities (especially is the very first art event in the region investors, banking, finance and government TIME: 5pm – 8pm at its various dining venues) that focus that connects the artist worldwide with institutions, along with leading firms in The European Cultural Cluster (EUNIC) on highlighting the importance of early live painting, group painting exhibition, the real estate, investment and fin-tech is pleased to invite to the first edition detection. Try the pink afternoon tea, the qatar cultural tour, panel art show, master sectors. of the European Film Festival in Doha, extravagant pink Bar Squared Brunch at classes, award ceremony evening and many in partnership with the Museum of The Square and pink-themed nights at more for 6 days under 1 roof. For query, After School Activities Islamic Art. This festival is an excellent Strata Restaurant and Lounge. e-mail at [email protected] WHERE: Atelier opportunity to present the EU cultural WHEN: Ongoing diversity with screenings of outstanding Ballet Lessons Music and arts Activities for students films contributed by EU Member States, WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier taking place after they finish their day in reflecting the official motto of the EU. WHEN: Ongoing school includes Group Music lessons, Hip- TIME: 4pm – 8pm hop, Ballet, Drawing and Painting, Drama Andalusian Music Show For more info e-mail at registration@ Theatre & Taekwondo. Ages between 5 and WHERE: Katara atelierqatar.com or call on 33003839. 10 years old after school hours. WHEN: Today TIME: 7pm – 8pm Cultural Village Foundation - Katara and The Algerian Embassy invites you to attend Andalusian Music show by Nassima Chaabane, musician and singer. Pink Walk’ breast cancer awareness WHERE: Aspire Park WHEN: October 25 TIME: 4pm Aspire Zone Foundation (AZF), in collaboration with the Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) and Hamad Medical Hobby Classes Corporation (HMC), will host a fourth WHERE: Mystic Arts Centre behind Al consecutive annual ‘Pink Walk’ breast Hilal Focus Medical Centre cancer awareness event at Aspire Park. The Cycling: Losail Circuit Sports Club WHEN:Wednesday – Monday event will be sponsored by Saleh Al Hamad WHERE: Losail Circuit Mystic Art Centre, is a holistic Al Mana Co Nissan Qatar. WHEN: Ongoing performing artsinstitution and a one stop TIME: 5pm solution for adults as well as children Katara Beach - School Students Losail Circuit Sports Club, in association looking to explore their talents in various WHERE: Katara with Qatar Sports For All Federation, art forms. We offer classes in Carnatic WHEN: Ongoing invites all cyclists, runners and walkers Music, Hindustani Music, Karate, Yoga, TIME: 9am – 12pm to train under the floodlights of Losail Zumba, Classical Dance, Salsa, Hip Hop, By participating in the programme of International Circuit every Wednesdays. contemporary and Bollywood dance forms. ‘Our culture is a school’, Katara Beach For details, call 33897609. emphasises the Qatari marine tradition Gymnastics World Championships and introduces to students the meaning of WHERE: Aspire Dome Dance and instrument classes Dasha, Al Qafal and various type of pearls. WHEN: October 25 – November 3 WHERE: TCA Campus, Behind Gulf The students will discover all details of the Over 700 male and female gymnasts from Times Building Fath El-Kheir journey. over 80 countries, including three Team WHEN: Wednesday – Monday Qatar gymnasts, will compete across 10 Learn the movements of dance styles Kufic Beginners days of competition in Doha’s ionic Aspire in Bollywood, Hip Hop and also the WHERE: MIA Dome. Experience the drama, emotions and musical instruments such as Piano, Guitar, WHEN: Ongoing till Oct 26 excitement of gymnastics’ pinnacle event Keyboard for adults as well kids and move TIME: 10:30am – 12:30pm as global superstars go head to head in a bid in the world of music. For details, contact The word ‘Kufic’ is related to the city to be crowned the best in the world. 66523871/ 31326749. Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Tuesday, October 23, 2018 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Verification hub All those viral hoaxes, spread by social media, have created a market for fact-checking sites, with Snopes, started in 1994, being the champ.