Community Community A large Members number of of Shafallah P7people attend P16 Center and Indonesian Best Buddies Qatar community visit Museum of Islamic family fun day Art on World Autism in Al Khor. Awareness Day.
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COVER STORY Spymaster-to-be After a CIA career in the shadows, Gina Haspel in the eye of a storm. P4-5 2 GULF TIMES Tuesday, April 3, 2018 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT
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USEFUL NUMBERS Ready Player One his immense fortune and control of the Oasis to the winner DIRECTION: Steven Spielberg of a contest designed to fi nd a worthy heir. When unlikely CAST: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn hero Wade Watts conquers the fi rst challenge of the reality- SYNOPSIS: In the year 2045, people can escape heir harsh bending treasure hunt, he and his friends, known as the High reality in the OASIS, an immersive virtual world where you Five-are hurled into a fantastical universe of discovery and can go anywhere, do anything, be anyone, the only limits are danger to save the OASIS and their world. your own imagination. OASIS creator James Halliday left THEATRES: Royal Plaza, The Mall, Landmark 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 Hamad Medical Corporation 40253368, 40253365 Qatar Airways 40253374 Rangastalam livelihood becomes the trusted person but lives a happy life in Rangasthalam, a DIRECTION: Sukumar to powerful landlords fi ghting for fi ctional village in Andhra Pradesh. He is CAST: Ram Charan, Samantha Ruth supremacy in village politics and good at heart and falls in love with Rama Prabhu, Aadhi handles the situation when a villager Lakshmi (Samantha) who lives in the SYNOPSIS: Chitti Babu (Ram fi les nomination against these landlords. same village. Charan) who runs a boat for his Chitti Babu has a partial hearing loss THEATRE: The Mall ote Unquo u te Q Knowledge The Mall Cinema (1): Peter Rabbit 2 (Hindi) 11:30pm. (2D) 12:15pm; Poomaram (Malayalam) Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (2): is power. Information 2pm; Rangastalam (Telugu) 4:30pm; Peter Rabbit (2D) 3pm; Baaghi 2 My Perfect You (Tagalog) 7:30pm; (Hindi) 4:45pm; Peter Rabbit (2D) is liberating. Education is the Pacific Rim: Uprising (2D) 9:45pm; 2 (Hindi) 9pm; Ready Player One (2D) 7:15pm; Maan Jao Naa (Urdu) 9:15pm; premise of progress, in every Baaghi 2 (Hindi) 11:45pm. 11:30pm. Hurricane Heist (2D) 11:30pm. The Mall Cinema (2): Baaghi 2 Landmark Cinema (2): Peter Rabbit Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (3): society, in every family. (Hindi) 11:30am; Peter Rabbit (2D) (2D) 2:15pm; Peter Rabbit (2D) 4pm; Ready Player One (2D) 2:30am; 7 — Kofi Annan 2:30pm; Peter Rabbit (2D) 4:15pm; Peter Rabbit (2D) 5:45pm; Ready Days in Entebbe (2D) 5pm; Etlouly Peter Rabbit (2D) 5:45pm; Baaghi Player One (2D) 7:15pm; Hurricane Barra (Arabic) 7pm; Ready Player One 2 (Hindi) 7:15pm; Hurricane Heist Heist (2D) 9:45pm; Baaghi 2 (Hindi) (2D) 9pm; Poomaram (Malayalam) (2D) 9:45pm; Maan Jao Naa (Urdu) 11:30pm. 11:30pm. 11:30pm. Landmark Cinema (3): Poomaram Asian Town Cinema: Baaghi 2 The Mall Cinema (3): Cake (Urdu) (Malayalam) 2pm; Maan Jao Naa (Hindi) 6:30pm; Baaghi 2 (Hindi) 11:30am; Baaghi 2 (Hindi) 2:15pm; (Urdu) 4:30pm; My Perfect You 9:15pm; Baaghi 2 (Hindi) 12am; Community Editor Ready Player One (2D) 4:45pm; (Tagalog) 7pm; Maan Jao Naa (Urdu) Rangastalam (Telugu) 6:45pm; Kamran Rehmat Ready Player One (2D) 7pm; Baaghi 9:15pm; My Perfect You (Tagalog) Rangastalam (Telugu) 10pm; 2 (Hindi) 9:30pm; 7 Days in Entebbe 11:30pm. Poomaram (Malayalam) 6pm; e-mail: [email protected] (2D) 12mindnight. Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (1): Poomaram (Malayalam) 8:45pm; Telephone: 44466405 Landmark Cinema (1): Rangastalam Baaghi 2 (Hindi) 2:15pm; Peter Rabbit Poomaram (Malayalam) 11:30pm; Fax: 44350474 (Telugu) 2pm; Baaghi 2 (Hindi) 5pm; (2D) 5pm; My Perfect You (Tagalog) Baaghi 2 (Hindi) 6:30pm; IRA Etlouly Barra (Arabic) 7:30pm; Baaghi 6:45pm; Baaghi 2 (Hindi) 9pm; Baaghi (Malayalam) 9:15pm. Tuesday, April 3, 2018 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY
EVENTS Dance and instrument classes events until April 25. The festival is companies like Baladna and Al Waha WHERE: TCA Campus, Behind Gulf organised by the Organizing Committee Poultry Company. Oil Painting Workshop Times Building of the Private Engineering Office. This WHERE: FBQ Museum WHEN: Wednesday-Monday year’s festival offers a range of family- B.Square Mall Grand Event WHEN: April 11 Come and learn the movements of dance friendly fun including parades, shows, WHERE: Al Thumama, Doha TIME: 10am onwards styles in Bollywood, Hip Hop and also the plays, music featuring top stars and WHEN: Ongoing If you are eager to paint and want to be musical instruments such as Piano, Guitar, children’s entertainment. Spring Festival TIME: 6:30pm guided by a skilled artist, this workshop Keyboard for adults as well kids and move will also present fine arts events in the The only mall in Qatar dedicated to is perfect for people looking to spend in the world of music. Classes will run on various sections of Souq Waqif Arts Center, entertainment, B.Square Mall will occupy a weekday unwinding with a painting a regular basis on weekends and weekdays. including workshops directed to all visitors. a total space of 26,000 sq.m and 250 car session. Participants are limited to For details contact 66523871/ 31326749. parking spaces, as well as provide a range individuals 13-years-old and above, but all Foodex Qatar 2018 of shopping, services, and entertainment skill levels are welcome. Art Exhibition WHEN: May 3-5 options. WHEN: Ongoing till April 9 WHERE: Doha Exhibition and Artist Talk & Exhibition WHERE: W Doha Hotel & Residences Convention Centre Torba Farmers Market Where: Fire Station: Artist in Residence TIME: 9am to 7pm Qatar is the most urbanised nation WHERE: Education City When: Today W Doha Hotel & Residences, the first among the GCC states. Urban lifestyles WHEN: Ongoing Time: 7pm luxury lifestyle hotel in Qatar, is proud have raised the standard of living of TIME: 9am The exhibition and ensuing talk will to host works of the International Artists individuals and changed their eating Qatar Foundation (QF) has partnered mark his official return to Qatar’s art scene of Doha (IAD) Group at its vibrant Art 29 pattern, resulting in a shift in the diet with Torba Farmers Market, a Qatar-based since completing the Fire Station’s Paris gallery. The exhibition titled Emotions was towards protein rich foods as well as initiative that aims to deliver organic and Residency Programme at the renowned Cité opened for public on March 24 at 6pm with packaged and fast food. Consumption of locally-grown food and homemade products, Internationale des Arts, one of the most a grand reception. The exhibition will run such premium products has contributed to to host a weekly market in Education City. prestigious art residencies in the world. until April 9 from 9am to 7pm. the growth of the food industry. FOODEX Open to the public, the market be held at The pieces highlighted at the exhibition will will strengthen the Qatari food industry QF’s Ceremonial Court, accessible from gate showcase Abdulla’s experimentation with Al Bidda Park Spring Bazaar to meet the standards of rising expatriate 2, every Thursday from 9am-4pm and every motifs and reflect his experience in Paris. WHERE: Al Bidda Park population, tourism, and developing tastes Friday from 8am-11am and 2pm-5pm.The WHEN: Ongomg till May 8 of Western foods. name ‘Torba’ is derived from Arabic, and Al Bidda Park, in collaboration with means “the pure soil that feeds, nourishes, Qsports, officially opened the first “Al and nurtures.” A wide range of fresh, locally- Bidda Park Spring Bazaar” on March 15, grown items will be on off er, including 2018. The Spring Bazaar is the first public organic fruits and vegetables, homemade event to be held at the newly opened park preserves, syrups, and butters, as well as where over 60 exhibition booths have been handicrafts and gardening supplies. set up along with 15 food court kiosks and a variety of children’s games that include Breakdance Classes a 1,000 square metre outdoor trampoline WHEN: Sunday-Wednesday park, bike rentals, trackless train and a Breakdancing is part of the Hip Hop 15-metre-high giant inflatable slide. The culture that originated in New York and has event will run for seven weeks until May 8, since spread all over the world. Breakdancing 2018. is an athletic and acrobatic style of dancing, which can often appear to defy the laws of physics. This extreme dance-sport uses tremendous upper-body strength for tricks and poses and a great way to get into shape and have fun. Register now by calling 33003839 or e-mail registration@ atelierqatar.com
Secondary School Open Day Remote-controlled car racing track Zumba Session WHERE: Madinat Khalifa Campus WHERE: Aspire Park WHERE: Bin Omran WHEN: April 14 WHEN: Thu, Fri, Sat WHEN: Sundays TIME: 10am-12pm TIME: 4pm-10pm TIME: 7pm - 8pm Compass International School Doha, Aspire Zone Foundation has created a Participate in Zumba Sessions (Adults) invites parents to attend their open custom-made track specially designed every Sunday. For more information call house on April 14. Parents who have their for remote-control car racing, for car 33003839 or [email protected] children in secondary school can attend the lovers across Doha. Interested motorsport programme and meet the principal. enthusiasts can try the race track opposite Salsa Nights the Aspire Academy, from 4pm to 10pm on WHERE: The Irish Harp-Sheraton Grand Katara 2nd Festival for Oud Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. Doha instrument Extreme Desert Show WHEN: Every Wednesday WHERE: Opera House - Building 16, WHEN: Ongoing Outdoor and five-a-side football TIME: 9pm Katara TIME: 1:30pm - 6:30pm pitches Get ready for some Latin beats every WHEN: April 5-8 Experience the desert in a real traditional WHERE: Aspire Zone Wednesday night, where all the salseros and TIME: 7pm - 9pm way. It includes a desert safari, dune WHEN: Daily salseras in town meet and party all night. Cultural Village Foundation – Katara bashing and a trip to inland sea. Watch a TIME: 7pm-11pm Entry is QR50 for gents. Ladies enter free. For presents Katara 2nd Festival for oud thrilling Extreme Desert Show only for Aspire Zone’s five-a-side football details call 4485 3000. instrument. Al Farabi “The Second 170QR per person. Call 3339 3323 for more outdoor pitches opposite Al Waab Street Teacher”. inquiries. are available every day from 7pm until 11pm Off -Road biking tour from Sundays to Thursdays, and on Fridays WHERE: Zekreet Qatar Running Series and Saturdays from 7am-11pm. WHEN: Fridays WHERE: MIA Park Blue Pearl Experience Qatar is off ering the WHEN: ongoing till April 13 Mahaseel Festival country’s fi rst off -road biking tour. Ride in TIME: 7am WHEN: Thu, Fri, Sat the desert on a fat bike to explore the local Get ready for Qatar Running Series at WHERE: Katara fl ora and fauna spot desert wildlife, hike MIA Park. The events will take place in Mia TIME: 9am-10pm up jebels, chill in the magic of the Richard Park and comprise of distances ranging Visitors to the festival can expect a Serra statues and this unique landscape. from 3k to 10k. All events will be run on variety of products from local vegetables, Participants will get to cross the desert accurately measured short courses with flowers, honey and meat, poultry and riding fat bikes from Zekreet to the Richard multiple laps and will be restricted to a diary items. For those of you looking for Serra statues, on a route of approximately maximum of 130 participants. traditional Qatari food, there will also be 13kms. The route is easy to ride and suitable stalls selling homemade foods such as for people with average fi tness. You must Souq Waqif Spring Festival Machbous. Farm-grown goods include be able to ride. Kids aged 9 and older are WHERE: Souq Waqif aubergines, peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes, also welcome. The fee is QR 220 (QR190 WHEN: Ongoing courgettes, cauliflower, herbs, and chilies. for ages 9-14) and includes bike and safety TIME: Evening There are also animal products such as equipment. The activity lasts about 2.5 Souq Waqif is hosting Spring Festival chicken, milk, cheese and eggs from Qatari hours.
Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Tuesday, April 3, 2018 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Getting to know Gina She was stationed at a “black site” where detainees were waterboarded. She also remained undercover until last year, when she took over the agency’s No 2 position, and her agency-approved biography leaves many gaps, writes Chris Megerian
CIA’S ‘JANE’? Gina Haspel’s off icial biography glosses over the years following Nine Eleven, omitting some of the most controversial aspects of her career. Illustration courtesy The Daily Beast
ina Haspel, a Kentucky Trump’s nominee to run the face every day. the better,” said Senator Mark compromised our values, native, loves Johnny agency, however, all that could She remained undercover until Warner of Virginia, the ranking stained our national honour, Cash so much she fade in the glare of one chapter in last year, when she took over the Democrat on the Senate and threatened our historical keeps a 5-foot-tall a long career — her role after the agency’s No 2 position, and her Intelligence Committee. reputation,” he wrote. poster of the country September 11 attacks, when she agency-approved biography leaves Senator John McCain, Haspel’s personal views on Gmusic star in her office at the was stationed at a “black site” in many gaps. R-Arizona, has demanded torture remain unclear, as do her Central Intelligence Agency. She Thailand where detainees were The agency won’t say, for more information from Haspel, thoughts on challenges facing the became a spy more than three waterboarded. example, what role she played focusing on her role in Bush- United States, including Russian decades ago, a time when few Haspel’s supporters, who in counterterrorism operations era “enhanced interrogation political interference, North women filled that job, and rose include intelligence veterans from or in which countries she served techniques.” He has sent her a Korea’s nuclear programme and through the ranks holding some of both political parties, say the full — although it’s known her first detailed list of questions about the grinding battle against Islamic the agency’s most sensitive posts. measure of her experience has overseas assignment was in Africa waterboarding, forced nudity, State in the Middle East. She once orchestrated a last- perfectly prepared her to head the and she once headed the agency’s slapping and sleep deprivation. All of that will face close minute operation that captured nation’s premier spy agency. Not station in London, a prestigious “We now know that these scrutiny when her hearings two terrorists linked to the only would she be the first woman posting involving close co- techniques not only failed to convene. bombing of an embassy — earning to hold that job, she would be only ordination with the United States’ deliver actionable intelligence, “No-one really likes to go one of the agency’s highest the second director in the agency’s closest ally. but actually produced false and through it,” said Michael Vickers, honours, according to her official history to have spent an entire That classified background misleading information,” wrote a former intelligence and defence biography. career in its clandestine service poses a challenge for senators McCain, who suffered torture as a official who went through the When she appears before the — responsible for the difficult vetting her nomination. prisoner of war in Vietnam. confirmation process twice during US Senate as President Donald decisions that officers in the field “I think the more transparency, “The use of torture his career. “People have compared Tuesday, April 3, 2018 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY it to a proctology exam. You get Haspel reportedly arrived at the your life laid out.” site after the brutal interrogations The process could prove of Abu Zubaydah, an Al Qaeda especially intense in the closely suspect currently imprisoned at divided Senate. Republicans hold Guantanamo Bay. But Abd al- 51 seats in the Senate, but GOP Rahim al-Nashiri, who officials Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky said was involved in the 2000 has already announced his bombing of the guided missile opposition to Haspel. McCain’s destroyer Cole along the Yemeni support is in doubt as he spends coast, was also waterboarded time away from the Senate there three times. battling cancer. The government has gone to That means Haspel will almost great lengths to keep Haspel’s certainly need some Democratic involvement under wraps, votes. A pivotal one could be claiming last year that secrets that of Senator Dianne Feinstein crucial to national security would of California, the previous be revealed if she testified in a Democratic chair of the Senate lawsuit brought by the American Intelligence Committee, who Civil Liberties Union. led the drafting of a 2014 report Haspel’s posting in Thailand led criticising the use of torture. to another controversy. When Trump announced Interrogations at the black site Haspel’s nomination, Feinstein were recorded. Officials wanted said, “To the best of my to destroy the tapes when they knowledge she has been a good closed the site in 2002 because deputy director.” they feared the location would But she has since toughened leak to the media, Rodriguez her rhetoric, saying she was “very wrote. wary” of promoting someone “so Instead, the 92 tapes ended heavily involved in the torture up ended up in a safe at the CIA programme.” station in Thailand, where they sat “Her experience may have for years. Rodriguez ramped up his served her well as deputy, but the efforts to destroy them after the top position is another matter Abu Ghraib scandal in 2004, when entirely,” Feinstein said. leaked photographs showed Iraqi Haspel, 61, was born in prisoners being mistreated by US Ashland, Kentucky, the first of forces. He wrote that he feared the five children, but grew up on recordings could inflame tensions military bases around the world in the Middle East or help expose while her father served in the Air officers involved if they became Force, the CIA says. public. She returned to her home The issue drew in lawyers at state to attend the University the CIA, the Justice Department of Kentucky, later finishing a and the White House. John Rizzo, journalism degree with honours the acting CIA general counsel at at the University of Louisville in the time, wrote in his 2014 book 1978, the university confirmed. Company Man that Rodriguez and After graduating, she got his chief of staff — Haspel — were a job running the library and “the staunchest advocates inside foreign language lab at a Special the building for destroying the Forces base in Massachusetts. tapes.” Vickers, a Green Beret at the “On the edges of meetings on time, remembers bumping into other subjects, in the hallways, the studious and eager young they would raise the subject contractor at the library and almost every week,” Rizzo wrote. suggesting a career at the CIA. Much will depend on how Gina Haspel answers Finally, Rodriguez issued the Anxious for a job that would questions about her role in the interrogations which, a order on his own. let her work overseas and use her “My chief of staff drafted a love of languages, Haspel banged decade after the CIA stopped holding terrorism suspects cable approving the action that out an application on her manual we had been trying to accomplish typewriter and dropped it in the in secret facilities, continues to haunt the agency for so long,” Rodriguez wrote. The mail. cable directed officials to feed the “I wanted to be part of tapes into an “industrial-strength something bigger than just me,” Haspel “learned to recruit and Soviet Union. controversial aspects of her shredder” to turn them into Haspel said in one of a handful of handle agents” but not in which Sulick described her as “calm, career. “confetti.” statements released by the agency. countries; she “survived a coup very unflappable, very smart.” Five days after the attacks, Vice The decision sparked turmoil The CIA was trying to diversify d’etat” but not when; and “ran Assessing Russian actions and President Dick Cheney talked within the agency. Two years beyond white, male Ivy League a small station in an exotic and motives could present a challenge: about working on the “dark side” later, when The New York Times graduates, and Haspel began a tumultuous capital,” but not Trump has publicly downplayed to thwart Al Qaeda. Terrorism reported what had happened, 33-year career in which, former where. threats from Russia. suspects were imprisoned in top lawmakers, who had been colleagues said, she earned respect Nor has the CIA said which Mary Margaret Graham, a secret facilities around the briefed on the existence of the by taking tough assignments and embassy bombing led to the former CIA official, said Haspel world; some were tortured. The tapes but not their destruction, navigating the agency with a quiet operation that earned Haspel an wouldn’t hesitate to share hard techniques were approved by were outraged. Some accused the professionalism. award in 1999. (The previous year truths with superiors. government lawyers, but are now CIA of a cover-up. However, no “She is just as good at the saw attacks at US embassies in “I don’t think there’s any banned. charges were filed by a special corridors of Washington as she is Tanzania and Kenya.) question in my mind that Gina Some details of Haspel’s role prosecutor appointed to review in the back alleys in the Middle Over the years, Haspel also does that,” she said. can be gleaned from the writings the episode. East,” said Hank Crumpton, one gained expertise with a country About halfway through her of former officials, including Haspel’s involvement in the of several former CIA officers who dominating today’s headlines — career, Haspel requested a transfer Jose Rodriguez, who ran the interrogations appeared to have spoken out in her support. Russia. to the CIA’s Counterterrorism counterterrorism centre at the become a sticking point for some The agency has deployed its While based at agency Center. Her first day on the job time. senators when she was poised to public relations apparatus to headquarters in Langley, Virginia, was September 11, 2001. In his 2012 book Hard Measures, advance within the agency in 2013. support Haspel’s nomination, she worked on operations to “She walked in amid the Rodriguez described dispatching She was acting director of the releasing a biography with recruit Russian agents who commotion, sat down at a a woman named “Jane,” a National Clandestine Service, cinematic detail but also many could feed intelligence back to computer, and got to work,” the “superstar” at the agency, to responsible for espionage and gaps. the United States, according to agency said. one of the earliest black sites. covert action around the world, Her experiences read like Michael Sulick, a former CIA Her official biography then The woman was Haspel, former and under consideration to keep redacted CliffsNotes from a official who was stationed in glosses over the subsequent officials said, and the facility was the position permanently. — Los spy thriller — the agency says Moscow after the collapse of the years, omitting some of the most in Thailand. Angeles Times/TNS 6 GULF TIMES Tuesday, April 3, 2018 COMMUNITY BNI Phoenix elects new leadership team
Business Network International (BNI) is one of the world’s leading networking organisation with business by sharing referrals. close to 231,500 members and 8,319 chapters worldwide. BNI recently elected a new leadership The new leadership team will be led by Fazil Hameed, President of the chapter and General team for Phoenix, which is its second chapter in Qatar. Phoenix, launched last May, has 48 Manager of Al Muftah Rent A Car; Mohamed Ramshid, Vice President of the chapter and General members and has been adjudged by BNI as the fastest growing chapter in Middle East. Manager of Macmet Al Khaleej Constructions; and Olu Blamidele, Secretary/Treasurer of the The chapter meets weekly at Radisson Blu to discuss business and to support each other’s chapter and founder of Mind, Body and Goals group.
KMCC gives send-off to IIS teacher
Kerala Muslim Cultural Centre (KMCC) and Thiruvambadi (a town in Kerala) Constituency the outgoing teacher. Mammu Kettungal, District Secretary of KMCC, inaugurated the function. E A Committee recently arranged a send-off for Sakkeer Husain, a teacher of Ideal Indian School (IIS), Nazar, T T Abdurahman, E K Mayin Master, T P Abbas, O P Salih and Anees Kalangottu, members at KMCC head off ice, Al Hilal. E K Muhammed Ali, President of KMCC, handed over a memento to of KMCC, were among others who felicitated Sakkeer Husain.
BWJAQ observes Independence Day of Bangladesh
Bangladesh Writers-Journalists language at Bangladesh MHM Association, Qatar (BWJAQ) School & College; and Ajon recently observed ‘Independence Chowdhury, an eminent poet and and National Day’ commemorating reciter, were special guests. the country’s declaration of Mohammed Ali Shah reminisced independence on March 25, 1971. about the roles of literature and The gathering and discussion journalists in the fight for the meeting were held in the ballroom liberation. of Hoque Restaurant, Najma. The The recitation of poems by meeting was presided over by special guests to honour the Professor Aminul Hoque, BWJAQ Independence Day, drew a huge President, and moderated by Abu round of applause from the Hanif Rana, Literacy Secretary. audience. “The martyrs sacrificed Mohammed Ali Shah, Chairman of their lives, now it is our turn to take Rangunia (an Upazila, sub-district, the country to a new heights,” said of Chittagong district), attended the BWJAQ president in his closing the programme as the chief guest. remarks. The ceremony ended Nurul Kabir Chowdhury, GM of with an observance of one-minute Arabian Exchange; Professor silence in honour of the heroes of Abu Shama, a lecturer of Bengali the independence. Tuesday, April 3, 2018 GULF TIMES 7 COMMUNITY Three Nepali workers rewarded for long service
Nasser Al Ali Enterprises, a construction “I am happy to work here,” Thapa said. He added company, recently gave away cash prizes to that in Qatar he had got both income and three of its Nepali employees namely, Chandra experience. He said he would utilise the prize Bahadur Thapa, Udhav Khatri and Prem Kumar money for the education of his sons. Rai. Each employee received QR15,000. They Udhav Khatri comes from the hills of were rewarded for completing 10 years of Okhaldhunga in Nepal. He has two daughters; services with the company. the older is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree Nasser al-Ali, the owner of the company, handed and the younger is in middle school. Khatri came the prizes to the employees, who have been to Qatar as a carpenter. Now, he trains other working in the construction wing of the company. carpenters. Chandra Bahadur Thapa hails from the far- He is proud of his daughters as they have been eastern hills of Sankhuwasabha in Nepal. He has showing good results in education. He, too, wants two sons, both attending a primary school in to spend his prize money on the education of his Nepal. His other family members include his wife, daughters. father and mother. His 10-year-long stay in Qatar has helped him buy Thapa first came to Qatar as a painter. Later, he land in urban Nepal. assumed charge of a scaff olding team. Thanks Prem Kumar Rai hails from the hills of Khotang in to his hard work, he was able to earn enough to Nepal. He has a son and two daughters. His son build a house in an urban area of Nepal for his has a job in Nepal; the daughters are studying family. He praised his employer Nasser al-Ali as a medicine. He is a carpenter foreman and leads source of his success. Initially, he had planned to more than 50 carpenters. He says he will use the work in Qatar just for two years. However, he has prize to buy some land. completed a decade since. — Text and photo by Usha Wagle Gautam
Indonesian community holds family fun day in Al Khor
The Indonesian community in Al Khor, in collaboration with Social Association of Indonesian various games for men, women and children. Community (also known as ISWI), held a family fun day at the old AKIS (Al Khor International New members of the ISWI led by Ardiwan Zubir, newly elected chairman of the association, School) football field recently. The opening ceremony was attended by Air Marshal (R) were also introduced to the gathering. Muhammad Basri Sidehabi, Indonesian ambassador to Qatar. He was accompanied by Andi The ambassador congratulated the new ISWI chairman and other members. According to Una, Chairperson of Dharma Wanita Persatuan (Indonesian Women Organisation) associated Ardiwan, ISWI is the oldest Indonesian community organisation in Qatar. It was established 21 with the Indonesian embassy; Boy Dharmawan, Political Officer at the Indonesian embassy; years ago. Most of the members of ISWI are working in Qatar’s gas and oil sector. Now, ISWI and Anwar Lukman Hakim, Cultural and Information Officer at the Indonesian embassy. works under the aegis of the Association of Indonesian Community in Qatar (Permiqa) led The ambassador welcomed the participants and appreciated the organisers of the fun day by the new elected leader Prihandoko Saputro. The fun day celebration also included a food which included walk and cycling competitions, Indonesian traditional aerobic competition, and bazaar, which showcased select but delicious tropical dishes. 8 GULF TIMES Tuesday, April 3, 2018 COMMUNITY MARKETING Stephane Buchholzer is new executive chef of W Doha
Doha Hotel & Residences, Meridien Mina Seyahi in a country of Middle the fi rst luxury lifestyle hotel East, spearheading the creation of TANG in Qatar, has announced the and Raw Lounge that were acclaimed for its appointment of Stephane refined and ultimate gastronomic dining Buchholzer as its new executive experience. Wchef. The culinary master will bring over 25 His innovative deftness catapulted him years of global industry expertise, creating a to the position of complex executive chef mélange of tantalising fl avours across the hotel’s of five star hotels in a Middle East country award-winning restaurants. where he pre-conceptualised, co-created and Born in Alsace, Chef Buchholzer began his developed the 14 F&B outlets within a luxury career at a culinary school South of France, complex. becoming the youngest masterchef in the Today, Chef Buchholzer is set to take Doha’s country at the age of 15. He then set out to train food connoisseurs by storm. As W Doha’s under some of the world-renowned chefs in the executive chef, he will steward the kitchens likes of Chef Jean-Yves Schillinger. At the age at Spice Market, Market by Jean-Georges, La of 24, he assumed the role of executive chef at Spiga by Papermoon, W Café, Crystal as well Schillinger’s famous L’Actuel restaurant, and as caterings for high-profi le events inside and was heralded as the youngest chef in New York outside the property. City. In addition, he will oversee kitchen operations Following his gourmet conquests across the at Paper Moon and the IN-Q Café at the Hamad United States of America, Chef Buchholzer International Airport, delivering international travelled through Europe to study the standards of culinary excellence and bringing evolution of molecular gastronomy. He was his interesting recreations and molecular quickly elected as the Chef de Cuisine at Le gastronomy specialisations. EXPERTISE: Stephane Buchholzer.
The St. Regis Doha off ers special spring promotion
The St. Regis Doha, the finest address in Qatar, invites its guests to celebrate a special spring promotion with their family, where they can stay for two nights and pay for one night only, said a press release. Guests will also receive an additional 20% discount on all restaurants and lounges at the hotel. With the spring season in full bloom, parents can now spend an amazing time relaxing by the largest swimming pool in Doha, while their children are entertained with an array of fun and engaging activities. Terms and conditions apply. The off er is ongoing and is valid till tomorrow. The off er is not applicable at Hakkasan, the Grand Brunch or in conjunction with other promotions. Since it opened its doors, The St. Regis Doha, its location, architectural design and most importantly, its Butler Service, have all added to its journey of excellence. The Hotel currently boasts twelve destination restaurants and lounges including The Club at The St. Regis, The Rooftop, Al Sultan Brahim and two of Gordon Ramsay’s restaurants, which reflect a proud heritage and long-standing culture of excellence. Tuesday, April 3, 2018 GULF TIMES 9 DISCOVERY COMMUNITY
CLOSE IMAGE: A 3-D image shows what an archaeological site from a Mayan city looks like underneath its dense foliage. Laser technology uncovers secrets of lost Mayan cities
Mayan and Middle American archaeology. not found its boundaries,” the archaeologist Palmar, a city whose urban centre is 40 By Patricia Castillo The project focuses on ground-breaking explains. times bigger, and of Dos Aguadas, where technology known as LiDAR (Light The oldest-known city in the Western the residential and ceremonial area is 20 Detection and Ranging). The system shoots hemisphere, Tikal was at the height of times bigger than had been believed. ith just the naked eye, this lasers from planes, which pierce the tree its fame in the classical period, but its “They simply were invisible under the patch of jungle in northern canopy and create a 3-D picture of the architecture dates to the third and fourth forest,” he says. Guatemala doesn’t seem ground. centuries BC. “A lot was known about Mayan culture like much. Yet beneath all Thanks to this new technology, Earlier studies of the city allowed and its development as a very sophisticated the foliage lays the ruins of researchers can instantly see urban researchers to clarify certain aspects civilisation, but now we can recognise Wa sophisticated pre-Columbian civilisation. centres with large squares and pyramids – of Mayan civilisation, such as social its greatness in more detail,” muses the Using laser technology, researchers have discoveries that traditional methods would stratification, trade routes, progress in archaeologist. been able to discover Mayan cities that have taken years to bring to light. writing, mathematics, astronomy and One thing the new discoveries reveal were previously hidden, shedding light Laser scans have revealed the ruins of agriculture. is that the Maya converted wetlands into on a society that was far larger and more more than 60,000 individual structures, Signs engraved on pyramids indicate farmland. They also used environmentally advanced than previously thought, explains including housing, royal palaces and that Tikal was first called Yax Mutul (“the sustainable engineering to create artificial Francisco Estrada-Belli, from Tulane pyramids, as well as four ceremonial first Mutal,” a word referring to the Maya water reservoirs to supply water to University in New Orleans. centres. kingdom as a whole). Another theory says residents on an almost agro-industrial The archaeologist participates in a “The most incredible is Tikal,” Estrada- its name comes from the language of the scale, says Estrada-Belli. project spearheaded by the Guatemalan Belli said. Itza branch of the Maya, in which it means The discoveries also provide information non-profit PACUNAM Foundation The Unesco World Heritage Site located “the place of voices.” on the progress the Maya made in other that is studying Mayan cities and their in the municipality of Flores in Peten Laser scans not only showed that Tikal areas, such as warfare. demographic characteristics in the pre- is one of the best-researched Mayan was bigger than previously thought, but “If we look at the whole, the terraces classical era (1000 BC-300 AD) and the archaeological sites. also revealed the presence of a 30-metre and agricultural fields with irrigation classical era (300-900 AD). But thanks to LiDAR technology, “we pyramid that was thought to be a naturally canals, reservoirs, fortified sites and broad The project, which has mapped 2,100 now know that it is a much bigger and more formed structure in the city centre. sidewalks, it reveals that the Maya modified square kilometres of the Maya Biosphere extensive city than had been known, three Tikal is not the only Mayan city on which the natural landscape on a scale that we Reserve in Guatemala’s densely forested times as big, with surroundings of maybe the technology shed light. could earlier not have imagined,” Estrada- Peten region, is billed as the biggest ever in more than 100 square kilometres. We have Estrada-Belli gives the examples of El Belli concludes. – DPA
BEST RESEARCHED: Tikal, a Unesco World Heritage Site, is one of the best-researched Mayan archaeological sites in Guatemala. However, using new technology, researchers have found that it ANCIENT: Tikal is an ancient Mayan city located in the tropical forest of northern Guatemala. was more sophisticated than previously thought. 10 GULF TIMES Tuesday, April 3, 2018 COMMUNITY INFOGRAPHIC Tuesday, April 3, 2018 GULF TIMES 11 LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE COMMUNITY Skin care tips for summer season
ith summer comes Stephanie Schedel, director the requirement Training at Malu Wilz, too, has of taking extra some inputs to share: care of your skin. z One should stay away from From using the products with oils and rich natural Wright facial oil to staying away from butters as they might clog your products rich in natural butter, one pores or form a sweaty fi lm on your can make their skin look radiant by skin. following some simple steps. z Proper cleansing is very Mohit Narang, a skincare expert important so that pores do not get with Avon India, lists some tips to clogged by sweat and sebum. Use follow in summer. a cleanser with excellent cleansing z Facial oils are your new buddies actions such as foam cleansers or in 2018. It’s that one companion gels. to work in sync throughout all z Use a toner with clarifying and seasons. This product works cooling ingredients such as neem wonders on all skin types and is oil and aloe vera to refresh your skin easy to apply. A light weight facial and to bring it back to balance. Men oil in a blend of natural seed oils, can use the toner instead of an after in summer, helps recover skin after shave and use a light cooling gel as the harsh winter season. fi nal care. z Anti-ageing creams: People z Puffi ness under the eyes is need to debunk the biggest myth a typical skincare concern for that anti-ageing creams are for summer time. Put tea bags in your those who have developed fi ne lines fridge and place them on your and wrinkles. This year people eye lids in the morning for an over 25 should adopt a preventive immediate decongestant eff ect. skincare measure in which they Follow by light gel which moisturise use anti-ageing products in the skin without leaving any oily pomegranate seeds to prevent such residues. Aloe Vera, panthenol and lines to appear in the fi rst place. Not from UV rays, pollution, dryness, facial care and sun protection: one product; SPF has become allantoin are great ingredients for just this, there are some really great smoke, urban dust etc. Consumers wear SPF before an important parameter for eye products in summers because seed-based products in Chia and z Increasing popularity stepping out of their house consumers for brand selection in of their moisturising and soothing grapeseed available, that protect of products with benefi ts of and prefer to do so with only day skin care products. eff ect. — IANS
ARIES TAURUS GEMINI March 21 — April 19 April 20 — May 20 May 21 — June 20
You might be much more aware of yourself than usual and hyper-alert to Your attitude is calm and matter-of-fact when talking to others, Taurus. You’re likely to have tremendous concentration that seems to have every move you make today, especially around others, Aries. You’re feeling You tell it like it is while omitting the frills and fantasies. You have no reason materialised out of nowhere. Use this to your advantage, Gemini, because self-conscious about your words, and you could be constantly wondering if to hide the truth, so you’re happy to disclose information to any willing it may not last long. You’re usually blown from one thing to another like a you’re saying the right thing to the right person at the right time. Too much listener. Be careful, because you could get into someone else’s private leaf in the wind, and it’s hard for you to settle on one project or issue for self-analysis of could drive you completely insane if you aren’t careful. Try business uninvited. If you hear some secret information, you could tell it to an extended time. You may have to shut a few people out in order to finish not to take everything so seriously. others who definitely shouldn’t hear it. some tasks, but that’s fine. Do what you have to do. CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22
Be careful about shutting yourself off from the rest of the world, Cancer. You might talk as if you possess many lifetimes of wisdom, Leo. Perhaps Once you’ve made up your mind, Virgo, it’s doubtful that anyone can You might hesitate to talk to people. You could have the feeling that they’re you do, but that doesn’t mean you should be arrogant about it. Your words change it. You’re set in your ways and your plans are set in stone. Having unworthy of your time. Perhaps you feel that your problems are more might have the tone of a sage schooled in every subject. As a result, you this solid base to stand on will let others support you eff ectively. You’re important and that others are too concerned with superficial things to could grow frustrated with others who act immature or uneducated. It isn’t trustworthy and predictable. Others can depend on you and know where understand the true depth of your nature. Isolating yourself certainly isn’t your job to judge. Help others understand the bigger picture instead of they stand in relation to you. Don’t let self-doubt slip in. This is your time to going to remedy the situation. You really need to communicate more. assuming they’re unworthy or unwilling to learn. stand tall and proud. LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21
You might be hard and cold when it comes to the facts, Libra, and you You’re likely to be feeling a bit lonely, perhaps even isolated, Scorpio. If you have the opportunity to teach someone a lesson, Sagittarius, feel could come across as tough and rather harsh. In reality, this often just Maybe you think no one else has your same wild thoughts running free to do so. There’s probably someone in your world who could use masks your sensitive interior. Perhaps you’re insecure about your feelings through their heads. You’d be surprised to learn how many people do. It’s a bit of instruction now. You’ll have the patience and clarity of words to and how you express yourself. People might never know this because unlikely, however, that you’ll share these thoughts with anyone, especially straighten things out and make the correct path obvious. Don’t be stingy you’re so good at showing only the strong-willed, electric side of your now. Don’t feel like you have to. Just know that you aren’t alone and that with your knowledge. The situation will improve for you and everyone else personality. you have a network of support at all times. when you selflessly spread your wisdom to others. CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20
You could feel increasingly uncomfortable as the day goes on, Aquarius. You could feel increasingly uncomfortable as the day goes on, Aquarius. You could lapse into pessimism, Pisces. Suddenly the glass appears half Perhaps you’re tongue-tied in conversations – quite rare for you. The Perhaps you’re tongue-tied in conversations – quite rare for you. The empty and everything looks bleak. You feel like you’re going around in problem is that you simply don’t know what to say, or if you do, you don’t problem is that you simply don’t know what to say, or if you do, you don’t circles. You might ask yourself what you’re doing it all for anyway. You feel comfortable saying it in front of these people. Perhaps you feel you’ve feel comfortable saying it in front of these people. Perhaps you feel you’ve can talk yourself out of this mood as easily as you talked yourself into it. It lost your edge. Don’t despair. This is only a passing phase. You should lost your edge. Don’t despair. This is only a passing phase. You should might not seem possible, but you must trust that it’s necessary in order to return to your full-blown communicative self before long. return to your full-blown communicative self before long. see the glass as half full again. 12 GULF TIMES Tuesday, April 3, 2018 COMMUNITY CARTOONS/PUZZLES
Wordsearch Adam
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Sudoku
Bound And Gagged
Sudoku is a puzzle based on a 9x9 grid. The grid is also divided into nine (3x3) boxes. You are given a selection of values and to complete the puzzle, you must fill the grid so that every column, every anone is repeated. Tuesday, April 3, 2018 GULF TIMES 13 PUZZLES COMMUNITY
Super Cryptic Clues Colouring
ACROSS DOWN 3. War-cry? (4,2,4) 1. Say it’s a female cat (8) 8. Quickly get hold of some 2. Breaks across and delays one music (6) (6) 9. Ensures there will be food in 3. The food got the dog a shade future for the animals (4) upset (7) 10. Give you heart to someone 4. Parcel, ourselves, the plant who’s given his? (6,4) (5) 11. Turn round, buddy (3) 5. Am to take part in the least 13. Concludes they’re tips (4) exciting trial (4) 14. Back at one in “13”, 6. Press on willy-nilly and not dishevelled and needing a there’s a reaction (8) wash (7) 7. Enlarged and mounted (6,2) 15. The people side with one (4) 12. Service means a great deal 17. I returned in the meantime (4) for good (5) 14. Make a lot of the 20. That’s hard to climb, dear (5) disappointment? (4) 22. Birds the swallows finally go 16. Excited since getting the Answers off with (4) note (4) 24. Fly round ahead of the bird 17. The sole cooked with “12” is Wordsearch Codeword (7) too sweet for me (8) 25. A short distance from the 18. Watch the moth larva? (8) stage (4) 19. Catch in a lie about the 27. It’s blue, though it could be crossing? (4) black or red (3) 21. Put into practice as part of 28. Will the lead, on the stage, the work-out (8) be? (5,2,3) 23. The dogs curl up (7) 29. The story is that he got off 25. Lowers the boats and a the drink (4) number get in (6) 30. Get a bang from a bottle! (6) 26. Wake in a vehicle (5) 31. Youths who leave nothing 28. Knock for the doctor (4) but the fish bones? (10)
Yesterday’s Solutions
Across: 1 Strand; 5 Rushes; 8 Down: 1 Sallow; 2 Rota; 3 Erase; 9 Latvia; 10 Sitter; 11 Drift; Dead-beat; 4 Manic depression; 14 Well-read; 16 Double; 18 Put 5 Rested; 6 Hate; 7 Scrape; 12 into practice; 20 Redeem; 22 Plaited; 13 Cutters; 15 Elude; 17 Enlarged; 25 Lasso; 27 Hoarse; Lucre; 19 All hours; 20 Rather; 28 Unwell; 29 Scour; 30 Repeat; 21 Molest; 23 Dealer; 24 Lamp; 31 Sector. 26 Belt. 14 GULF TIMES Tuesday, April 3, 2018 COMMUNITY POP SPOT
in brief
Kylie Minogue
It seems like barely yesterday when Kylie Minogue was playing teenage car mechanic Charlene Mitchell in the Australian television soap opera, Neighbours. But the superstar singer and actress will turn 50 on May 28, just a few weeks after the release of her 14th studio album, Golden. The original concept was for Kylie to create more of her trademark synthpop dance songs. But the end result is an album which has been significantly influenced by country music. “Most of the recording was done in Nashville,” Kylie stated. “I co- wrote every song on the album and was privileged to work with some wonderful songwriters. “Working in Nashville had a profound eff ect on me. Many of the lyrics were more authentic and story-telling than my previous songs. The inspiration was definitely country music but we brought the songs back into my world of dance-pop. The end result is a bit like Dolly Parton standing on a dance floor.” Kylie admits working on the album helped her through the despair of her broken relationship with British actor Joshua Sasse. “The songwriting was a bit like therapy. I was in a fragile state when I started work on the album. It was a rotten period in my life, kind of nervous breakdown time. I was a bit broken as a person. “Making the album was a kind of saviour. In many ways, it was like a great escape from my sadness. I thought I should be honest in my songwriting, work through everything and give a snapshot of where I am in my life. It was actually very rewarding. GOING STRONG: The 65-year-old multi-faceted artist has gained the highest chart placing of his solo career. “Since then, it’s like I’ve shed a skin. I feel better than ever. I would like to find true love and be married one day but I realise that may never happen. I’m on my own at present, which is fantastic, so I feel like I have another chance.” Golden is set for release on April 6. It is available in a variety of formats. Byrne finds Reasons To Be Diff erent editions feature additional items such as a jewel case, a 32-page book, an autographed white label vinyl record and a picture disc vinyl album which is housed in a cover with alternative artwork. Full details of these and all the other bundles can be found at www.kylie.com. video for lead single, Dancing, is posted at www.youtube.com/watch?v=- Cheerful with new album BDImdAfodA. As yet, there is no off icial video for second single, Stop Me From Falling. However, an audio posting is at www.youtube.com/ released during the intervening time is transport for most of my life. One watch?v=_yiQHtBFYkg while a live performance at Le Cafe de la Danse in By Geoff rey Rowlands that Grown Backwards and American of my books is Bicycle Diaries. It’s a Paris can be seen at www.youtube.com/watch?v=dosfB6to0wQ. Utopia are credited solely to me. mix of travelogue, journal and photo Everything That Happens Will Happen album which covered my cycling Little Mix avid Byrne was once Today, Here Lies Love and Love This experiences in places such as Sydney, described as rock music’s Giant are also credited to the artistes Manila, San Francisco and my home With all the UK chart records which have been established in recent renaissance man. The with whom I collaborated to create the city of New York. times, Little Mix may perhaps feel a little put out that their mark for description is certainly songs.” “The bike rack thing came about number of weeks with an album in the top 40 has not been mentioned apt. There is little that Considering the extent of David’s after the New York Department of before now. Dthe 65-year-old Scottish-born, but various interests, it begs the question Transportation asked me to help judge The record only applies to all-girl groups. But the 69 weeks and counting American-raised multi-faceted how he fi nds the time to make music. a design competition for the city’s notched up by their fourth album, Glory Days, is unquestionably an artist has not achieved during a He is currently combining the new bike racks. I was so taken by the impressive number. They have comfortably surpassed The Spice Girls, career which now spans almost half a promotion of American Utopia with idea that I decided to submit my own with Spice, and Eternal, with Always & Forever, who had previously been century. a lecture tour entitled Reasons To Be designs. tied for top spot at 63 weeks in the top 40. His music is more popular than Cheerful. “I knew this would disqualify The Spice Girls do continue to hold the record for consecutive weeks ever. David’s latest album, American “I came up with the idea about two me as a judge but I’d come up with among the chart elite. Their album spent all 63 weeks in the top 40. Utopia, has gained by far the highest years ago. So many world events are the concept of appropriate designs After spending exactly a year in the top 40, Glory Days dropped down chart placing of his solo career. It bad news so I thought I’d put together for diff erent areas of the city. For to number 46 for one week last November. It bounced straight back to debuted at number three on the a collection of stories which have example, I designed a bike rack in the number three in the following chart. Billboard 200 and number 16 in brought about positive changes. They shape of a dollar sign for Wall Street.” Britain. are not grand schemes, just small, Fabricated by the art gallery David Bowie Although Talking Heads did earn pragmatic innovations that genuinely through which David exhibits and places in the UK top ten with their work. My objective is that people sells his work, the bike racks adorned The world’s first statue of the late David Bowie was recently unveiled in fi nal three albums, the band with should leave the lectures feeling New York’s streets for about a year the English town of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. whom David found fame never uplifted and more optimistic about before they were sold at auction. Created by sculptor Andrew Sinclair, it is a multi-faceted work of art charted higher than number 15 the future.” “Riding a bike used to be regarded depicting a relaxed Bowie looking at a variety of the alter egos he used in America. This mark was made Lecturing provides yet another as completely uncool. But attitudes during the course of his career. Entitled Earthly Messenger, speakers by their 1983 album, Speaking in string to David’s bow. He has have changed. Bikes are now cool in mounted above the piece play a Bowie song every hour between 9am Tongues. scored numerous theatre and fi lm diff erent ways. You can be just as cool and 9pm. “It’s very pleasing that people seem productions winning the Best Original riding an old junker as a top notch Located in the town’s Market Square, the statue was already attracting to really appreciate my new album,” Score Oscar for his work on Bernardo racing bike.” tourists wanting to see, and be photographed by, the lifesize artwork. David smiled. “Some critics have said Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor. He He does, however, recognise that But others took a diff erent view. Within two days of the unveiling, a American Utopia is my fi rst true solo created an album of classical music, bike riding is not for everyone and vandal had daubed paint on the sculpture. He also spray-painted Feed album for 14 years. But there were 1981’s The Forest, founded record is all too aware that accidents can the Homeless First on the ground in front of the statue and RIP DB on the many diff erent musicians who made labels, initiated his own Internet radio happen. wall beside it. their contributions to the songs on station, written books, exhibited “A few years ago, I had a spill when His act of vandalism was captured on CCTV but police have yet to identify Grown Backwards. There are not as works of art and pursued so many I skidded on the cobblestones of West the culprit. Local volunteers helped in the process of cleaning up the many but still some other musicians more fi elds of activity which even 14th Street in New York. I broke a statue and removing the graff iti. who have performed with me on the included designing bicycle racks. couple of ribs but didn’t get much Bowie’s link to Aylesbury is that he debuted two albums, Hunky Dory and new album. “Cycling is one of the things I’m sympathy or help from the New York The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars, and first “The diff erence between these really passionate about. A bicycle police offi cers. One of them did at performed as his Ziggy Stardust persona in concerts at the town’s Friars two albums and the three others I’ve has been my main form of personal least ask if I was David Byrne.” music venue during the early 1970s. Tuesday, April 3, 2018 GULF TIMES 15 SHOWBIZ COMMUNITY Sunny recalls emotional breakdown in TV biopic
By Arundhuti Banerjee
ate mails and criticism were part of what Sunny Leone faced much before she made the transition from an adult fi lm star to Bollywood. She says the brickbatsH didn’t come her way because she is in India, but due to the mindset of the society as a whole. Sunny’s life story is set to be unveiled in an upcoming biopic Karenjit Kaur – The Untold Story of Sunny Leone. “Many people have the misconception that people started criticising me when I decided to come to India, but that is not true. I started getting hate mails and criticism when I was around 21 years old. “So it has nothing to do with the country, but society in general. That was the fi rst time I faced real hatred,” Sunny said in an interview. The show Karenjit Kaur, which will soon start streaming on the OTT platform ZEE5, revolves around the journey of Sunny, who was born as Karenjit Kaur in a middle class Sikh family in Canada. It will trace her transition from being a little girl to becoming an adult fi lm actress and from there to her rise in Bollywood. “Like many families, there are some problems in our family, too. There is love, hate, emotional moments in all our lives, but our parents protected my brother and me from all the negativity, as much as they could. “But at the age of 21, when you see people CONTENT: Sunny Leone says she has no complaints from life. are saying really nasty things about you, it aff ects you so badly... I was vulnerable and and everything happens for a reason. I have like Karenjit Kaur is an opportunity for her to their twin sons were born via surrogacy. broken from within emotionally,” said the no complaints.” express herself. She wants them to enjoy the freedom of actress, whose sensational dance moves have Sunny’s big ticket to India came with a “When the producers of the show came to choice when they grow up. added glamour to songs like Baby Doll, Laila season of Bigg Boss, after which she landed us almost a year ago, they wanted to unveil “Adulthood is a phase where people main Laila and Pink Lips. her Bollywood debut with Jism 2. the real me. There is a curiosity about my life become rebels at times and one cannot do On how her parents dealt with the hate Since then, the actress has appeared in and there is a person who is not what you see anything with that, can we? As a mother, I that came her way, Sunny said: “Reverse several fi lms like Ragini MMS 2, Ek Paheli on the Internet. want them to be good people who do not hurt psychology always happens and that was Leela, Mastizaade, One Night Stand and Tera “I know I could have kept my personal anyone physically and emotionally. defi nitely the case with me and my parents. Intezaar. story to myself, but you see, through this “My kids should not cheat anyone, they They were thinking that if they forcefully She has also appeared in youth television show, I am actually getting a chance to should not steal from people... I may or may stop me, I might just gain more curiosity and reality shows like MTV Splitsvilla, Box express myself, my real self,” said the young not agree with their choices in life, but as then I might not return from that world. Cricket League: Season 2 and Man vs. Wild mother of three children. individuals that is their choice. I think all I “Of course, I went to a diff erent direction with Sunny Leone. Sunny and her husband Daniel Weber want as a mother is my children should not that my parents did not want me to... But I Unapologetic about the choices she has become parents of three children — Asher, go through such hatred from the society that want to say that I love my life the way it is made in life, Sunny says she is glad a show Noah and Nisha. They adopted Nisha, and I faced,” she added. — IANS
Mirren reveals secret to age-defying looks Stella goes solo for the fi rst time in 17 years ending their co-operation on good terms Actress Helen Mirren, 72, says getting her and she will forever be grateful for their eyebrows tattooed on is the secret to her age-defying Fashion designer Stella McCartney has “incredible partnership”. looks. cut the brand Kering’s 50 per cent share “I have had an incredible relationship “I’ll tell you what I had done recently, which I out of her fashion empire in a bid to move with Kering, and fi rst and foremost with love — I got my eyebrows tattooed,” Mirren told forward with an independent business. the Pinault family, whom I consider to be dailymail.co.uk. The 46-year-old has been in partnership great friends. I’m incredibly close to them. “I was fed up of my brows barely being there and with the luxury French fashion group for We had such a successful business together, when one of my girlfriends got it done, I thought that 17 years, and they jointly launched her an incredible partnership. We never had they looked great. They are very lightly and delicately self-titled fashion house. But, she has any hiccups,” she told WWD magazine. done — but it means that when I get up in the morning decided to buy back their 50 per cent hold Francois-Henri Pinault, the chief and I have no make-up on, at least I have eyebrows. in her brand so she can focus on building an executive offi cer of Kering, released a It’s made a huge diff erence,” she added. independent business, reports femalefi rst. statement confi rming the decision to part She is no stranger to having inkings, after getting co.uk. ways saying he was “proud” of the success a tattoo of interlocking V’s meaning “love thy Stella, the daughter of Beatles legend they have achieved together and promises a neighbour” while “very drunk” in Minnesota. Paul McCartney, insists the two parties are “smooth transition” in the market. — IANS RICH BROW: Helen Mirren. — IANS 16 GULF TIMES Tuesday, April 3, 2018 COMMUNITY
Shafallah, Best Buddies members visit MIA on World Autism Day
useum of Islamic and Prevention [USA], the Art (MIA) yesterday identifi cation of newborns having held a row of Autism Spectrum Disorder is one in activities for 88 children. Shafallah Center for Best Buddies Qatar in partnership PeopleM with Disabilities and Best with Shafallah Center for People Buddies Qatar members to mark with Disabilities aims to raise the World Autism Awareness Day. matters of people with Autism to As many as 60 autistic facilitate their social integration participants enjoyed the tour to and help them to be effi cient the museum, learning the variety particles in Qatar community, and the history of Islamic art and equal to people without autism, innovations. The visited the library with rights for work, education and attended some art workshops. It and social opportunities suitable was a joyful and exciting time which to their abilities. We should spread encouraged the members with awareness and support concerned autism to socialise and to improve autistic people and their families their creativity and imagination not only on 2nd of April but every through learning and art workshops day.” experience. At the end of the Salim Abdullah al-Marri, Deputy activities, they received gifts. Director of Learning and Outreach Amal bint Abdullatif al-Mannai, at MIA, said, “We are proud to Acting Director of Shafallah Center partner with and support Shafallah for People with Disabilities, said, Center and Best Buddies Qatar on “Qatar marks World Autism the day. We strongly believe that Awareness Day on April 2 referring this world-leading museum and its to the United Nations General collections deserve to be shared as Assembly resolution 62/139. Today widely as possible with people of all we have an opportunity to highlight backgrounds and we continuously the true achievements of Qatar engage in activities designed to in the domain of care for autistic celebrate the accomplishments people and to defi ne more goals to support to exercise their rights,” their families facing a scale of people and to provide them with and infl uence of Islamic cultures succeed in their integration.” she said. challenges. Therefore, we have opportunities for education, and civilisations. We are pleased “Shafallah Center and Best ‘Empowering Women and Girls developed plans that enable training, rehabilitation and social to host the people with autism Buddies Qatar closely co-operate to with Autism’, the theme of the families of persons with autism life in the community,” she added. to contribute to their social provide suitable social environment United Nations on World Autism to participate in programmes, Laalei Abu Alfain, Executive integration and education about or people with autism through Awareness Day in 2018, aims at which facilitate their integration Director of Best Buddies Qatar, said, Islamic art. We are looking forward educating, social interactions and ensuring them the descent life into community and provide them “This year World Autism Awareness to welcome people with diff erent empowerment. On World Autism and fulfi lment of their rights for suitable opportunities to develop Day holds more domestic and disabilities and hold mutual events Awareness Day, we intend to re- education, work and freedoms. themselves. On this occasion, we international campaigns than earlier with Shafallah Center and Best affi rm our commitment to promote “In this regard, we affi rm call upon all governmental and due to rapid increase of the number Buddies Qatar in line with the full participation of all people with our support to women and private institutions and individuals of people with autism. Accordingly, museums strategy and Qatar Vision autism and ensure them all the girls with autism, as well as to jointly support the autistic to the Center for Disease Control 2030.”