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Trundling down dun-coloured P | 7 mountain slopes, they disregard hard stares and vulgarities from passing men, revelling in an activity that HEALTH seemed unthinkable for previous • Study links traumatic generations of Afghan women brain injury to –- riding a bicycle. The country’s increased dementia risk 10-member national women’s cycling team is challenging gender stereotypes, often at great personal P | 11 risk, training their eyes not just on the 2020 Olympics but a goal even more ambitious — to get more TECHNOLOGY Afghan women on bikes. • Android spreading to watches, cars and TV SYMBOL OF P | 12 LEARN ARABIC • Learn commonly used Arabic words FREEDOM and their meanings P | 13 2 PLUS | SUNDAY 29 JUNE 2014 COVER STORY
Bicycle a new metaphor of freedom for Afghan women
By Anuj Chopra bottoms, jerseys and helmets, Marjan and half cyclist came out to cheer them on the way to a dozen team members, all aged between 17 and Paghman, waving, applauding, and exuding rundling down dun-coloured mountain 21, set out for a training ride from Kabul to the enthusiasm that is not shared by most of her slopes, they ignore hard stares and vul- hills of neighbouring Paghman. extended family. garities from passing men, revelling in Mindful of turning heads and ogling eyes, “My daughter is living my dream,” said Maria Tan activity that seemed unthinkable for they rode in the amber light of dawn through Rasooli, mother of 20-year-old university stu- previous generations of Afghan women — riding a landscape of grassy knolls, fruit orchards and dent Firoza. a bicycle. tree-lined boulevards. “My parents never allowed me to ride The sight of a woman on a bicycle may not be A little boy dressed in a grubby shalwar a bicycle. I can’t let the same happen,” she unusual in most parts of the world, but it is a strik- kameez stopped by the wayside and stared at said, adding that she and her husband kept ing anomaly in Afghanistan where strict Islamic the girls with wonder and amazement. relatives and neighbours in the dark about mores deem the sport unbecoming for women. Up ahead, dour-looking bearded men in a their daughter’s sport because “they just won’t The country’s 10-member national women’s Toyota minivan pulled up parallel to the cyclists understand”. cycling team is challenging those gender stere- -- their stares were more menacing. Thirteen years since the Taliban were toppled otypes, often at great personal risk, training But the wheels continued to spin as the from power in a US-led invasion, Afghan women their eyes not just on the 2020 Olympics but a women powered ahead undaunted. have taken giant strides of progress with access goal even more ambitious -- to get more Afghan They have become accustomed to the hostility, to education and healthcare. women on bikes. often accompanied by insults: Female lawmakers are no longer an anomaly “For us, the bicycle is a symbol of freedom,” “You’re bringing dishonour to your families.” in Afghan politics and the ongoing election saw said Marjan Sidiqqi, 26, a team member who is “Go home.” the participation of the country’s first woman also the assistant coach. But the team say they are emboldened despite vice presidential candidate. “We are not riding bikes to make a political such attitudes -- partly due to the encouraging That marks a sea change in women’s rights statement. We’re riding because we want to, support from unexpected quarters. from the Taliban-era, when women weren’t because we love to, because if our brothers can, allowed to leave their homes without a male so can we.” ‘Living my dream’ chaperone and were brutally repressed and con- One crisp morning, dressed in tracksuit Fully cloaked in black, the mother of one signed to the shadows. PLUS | SUNDAY 29 JUNE 2014 3
But gender parity still remains in the incident, which drove and diet with Shannon Galpin, a distant dream as conservative Mohammed Sadiq, head of the an American competitive cyclist attitudes prevail. Afghan Cycling Federation who who is coaching the team for the That sentiment is portrayed in was trailing the women in his forthcoming Asian Games in a mural by graffiti artist Shamsia SUV, into a paroxysm of fury. South Korea. Hassani on the walls of a Kabul He chased down the men — Back on the training ride, the cafe: burqa-clad women trapped the two pillion riders escaped, exhausted girls gathered by a in a watery universe — an alle- but he caught the driver by his freshwater stream in Paghman gory of women in the post-Tali- collar and hauled him over to the to refuel on naan bread, raisins ban era who have a voice but still police headquarters. and cottage cheese. cannot be heard. Sadiq, who established the Near a roadside kiosk where On a recent training team in 2003 after his own fresh plums, cherries and mul- ‘Boys or girls?’ daughter expressed an interest in berries dangled from strings, a session outside It’s hard to reason with self- cycling, said the women’s safety curious Afghan man sidled up to Kabul, three young proclaimed arbiters of “morality” was a constant concern — and Marjan. who regard a woman mounted on plans for international troops to “Are you with those cyclists Afghan men riding a a bicycle as unconceivably risque, pull out of Afghanistan by 2016 going around the mountain?” he say members of the cycling team. has perpetuated those anxieties. asked. motorbike swooped On a recent training ses- “If the Taliban return, the first Startled, Marjan’s eyes darted sion outside Kabul, three young casualty will be women’s rights,” around as she braced for trouble. out of nowhere and Afghan men riding a motorbike he said in an interview in Kabul’s “Yes,” she replied hesitantly. sideswiped one of the swooped out of nowhere and old city. “Are they boys or girls?” the sideswiped one of the cyclists, As he spoke, half a dozen young man enquired. cyclists, 18-year-old 18-year-old Sadaf Nazari, who women, some sporting kohl- Marjan’s face lit up with tripped and tumbled on top of accented eyes and henna-dyed bravado. Sadaf Nazari, who Marjan. hair, convened in his living room “Girls,” she beamed proudly. tripped and tumbled on Marjan badly injured her back for a discussion about nutrition AFP top of Marjan. 4 PLUS | SUNDAY 29 JUNE 2014 CAMPUS
PEC students achieve 100 percent sucess in SSC-II examination
The students of Pakistan Education Centre Doha Qatar achieved excellent results in the SSC Part-II Annual Examination 2014 conducted by the FBISE, Islamabad. Maaz Khurram got 999 marks out of 1050 and stood first at Pakistan Education Centre. Abeer Yasmeen Babar got second position by securing 993 marks while Ambreen Riaz stood third with 985 marks. As many as 140 students appeared in SSC-II Exam from PEC. 40 percent of them secured A1 and A grades, 47 percent B grades and 1 2 3 others C grades. Maaz Khuram Abeer Yasmeen Ambreen Riaz Ahmad Shams
Ahmed SafiullahAmna SharifAyesha Nadar Bilal Shakeel Duaa Tahir Fatima Ali Hiba Shakeel Abrar Ahmad
Khadija-Tul- Khizra Mariam M Amin Maryam M Farooq Muhammad Faizan Muhammad Khalid Kamran Januja Aisha Sultan Kubra Azam Yousaf
Sarah Saleem Shaima Raees Sufyan Rizwan Taimiyyah Tariq Shah Zubair Iqbal Zulaika Musab Khan Niazi
BFPIS presents excellence awards top achievers
right Future Pakistani International School hon- Boured its top achievers of the last academic ses- sion in a ceremony held at the office of the Chairman of Board of Directors of BFPIS. Two students, who excelled in Federal Board, Pakistan’s Examinations in the last session were awarded I-Pads in recognition to their outstanding results. Masooma Safeer and Fatima Haji Mohammad topped not only the local schools in Doha but also succeeded to win Academic Scholarship from the Federal Board due to their results. Abdul Rehman Mohd Al Meer, Chairman, BFPIS, handed over the aawrds to both students. He appreci- ated the exceptional performance of the students and lauded the efforts of the academic staff for maintain- ing high educational standards at BFPIS. Qazi Mohammad Asghar, Member, Board of Directors, and Imran Waheed, Principal BFPIS, were also present on the occasion. The Peninsula COMMUNITY / MARKETPLACE PLUS | SUNDAY 29 JUNE 2014 5
Giant Ralph Lauren bag displayed at Villaggio Trinity College of London Music exams o celebrate the launch of the new variations of its iconic Ricky Bag, Ralph Lauren is Music Lounge, a music and arts training centre, located in Al Texhibiting a giant Ricky Bag at stores around the world. This month, the exhibit trav- Wakra, held its maiden Trinity College of London music exams elled to the Galeries Lafayette flagship in Paris, where a pop-up shop has been installed to recently. Out the 32 students who appeared, 25 students achieved showcase the new clementine giant Ricky Bag, before continuing its adventure to Qatar at distinctions and 7 got merits. This music school conducts regular the Ralph Lauren store at Villaggio Mall. classes in piano, keyboard, guitar, violin, drums, Indian vocals and The giant Ricky Bag, in vibrant red, made its debut in September, 2013 at Saks Fifth Avenue dance. This is the first time Trinity College of London held music in New York City before greeting visitors in the entryway of the New York women’s flagship exams in Qatar. Music Lounge is a venture by celebrity pianist store on Madison Avenue and the Ralph Lauren Greenwich, Connecticut store. In February from India Stephen Devassy. of this year it travelled all the way to Isetan Department Store in Japan.
G4S Qatar holds Cash360 product launch
4S Qatar recently organised to provide information and promote a G4S Middle East Regional Cash cash acceptance devices and product “Cash360 Product Launch”, a technologically-advanced G4S Qatar Director, gave overviews of G4S Qatar models, and how this cash management Gcash solutions seminar, at the offering for optimum cash manage- cash business, and G4S Strategy on solution can significantly affect the fast Oryx Rotana Hotel. Selected clients ment solution for retail and banking. Cash360 — end-to-end solution on cash growing cash business worldwide. from various financial institutions, Dr Saif Al Hajri, G4S Qatar CEO, management cycle — respectively. Also, part of the programme was an retail outlets, non-government insti- welcomed the guests, while Sherif Fred Scherf, Managing Director and actual product demonstration and one- tutions and other corporate custom- Bukhtiar Daula, G4S Qatar Cash Owner of CashAccSys Pty Ltd, deliv- on-one discussions with the clients. ers attended this event which aimed Solutions Director, and Neil Evans, ered a presentation on various Cash360 The Peninsula
DMIS holds talent fest
MIS organised the ‘Skill o Panorama’ talent fest reflecting the artistic and cultural talents Dhidden in the students and providing them with a platform to express themselves. A wide variety of house–wise competitions were conducted on stage like dance, music, recitation, medley, elocution, jam, skit, face painting and fancy dress. Literary events like essay writing, shortstory writing, PowerPoint presentation, drawing competitions and collage mak- ing added colour to the fest. The Sapphire House came first with the highest score. “The joyous occasion marked the closing of the school and the beginning of summer break with students taking home with them the memorable moments of triumph and excitement,” a school press release said. The Peninsula 6 PLUS | SUNDAY 29 JUNE 2014 FOOD
July Fourth celebrations didn’t always include pie
By Michele Kayal provided an inventive way to handle inferior ingredients and those past their prime, says then add pie weights or beans. pple pie may be as American as chef Walter Staib of Philadelphia’s historic Strawberry To make the streusel the Fourth of July, but it prob- City Tavern. topping, spread the rest of ably wasn’t on the table when the “You didn’t have any freezers, there were Streusel Pie the crust mixture evenly on Aholiday first began. no aeroplanes,” Staib says. “Food looked a rimmed baking sheet. Bake “There wouldn’t have been a whole lot of pretty dishevelled after being in a cellar. Start to finish: 30 minutes, plus both until lightly browned. The apples around this time of year,” says Mary Many pies were created to camouflage the cooling topping will be done in about Thompson, research historian at Mount look of the foods. They were all a byproduct Servings: 8 12 to 15 minutes; the crust will Vernon, the plantation estate of George of how the food looked. But the flavour was Ingredients: take 20 to 30 minutes. Remove Washington. “They would have eaten them still there.” For the streusel: the foil from the pie crust and all from last year, and this year’s crop Pies offered variety in the menu, culinary 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour set both pans aside to cool. wouldn’t have come in yet.” historians say. Unlike today’s well-trimmed, 1 cup oats While the crust bakes, From blueberry to strawberry to the pie pre-tenderized meats, animal flesh in those 3/4 cup packed brown sugar make the filling. In a large that combines them to represent the flag, days was tough and needed to be braised 1 teaspoon cinnamon saucepan, combine half of the pie is associated with Independence Day. into submission. Pies provided an attractive 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt strawberries with the sugar But back in the 18th and 19th centuries, delivery device. The soft, stewed meat and 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) and salt. Bring to a simmer when the holiday was still new, pies weren’t vegetables inside pliant pastry also provided unsalted butter, diced over medium heat, then cook celebratory at all. They were simply a way the perfect texture for certain segments of for 5 minutes, or until the of life. the population. For the filling: strawberries are very juicy and “These were not treats,” says Amanda “Pie was easy to eat,” Staib says. “People 2 quarts strawberries, hulled starting to break down. Moniz, an executive of the American had very bad choppers because there was and diced, divided In a small bowl, combine the Historical Association and author of the no dental hygiene.” 1/4 cup granulated sugar lemon juice and cornstarch. blog History’s Just Desserts. ‘’They were con- The configuration of the 18th century Pinch salt Stir into the simmering venience foods and they were frugal food.” kitchen also had a lot to do with making 2 tablespoons cornstarch strawberries and cook, Pies served multiple functions for early pies a fixture on tables from cottages to 2 tablespoons lemon juice stirring, for 1 minute, or until Americans. They were the original street presidential dinner parties. Hearth cook- Zest of 1 lemon thickened. Remove from the food, Moniz says, a handy slice serving as ing was imprecise, and recipes descriptive, heat and stir in the remaining plate, utensil and sustenance all at once. often referring to cooking in a “slow oven” Method: strawberries and the lemon Crust was often made of coarse ingredients or over a “quick fire.” ‘’Cakes are harder Heat the oven to 400 F. Coat zest. Spoon the filling into the such as rye and suet, she says, and wasn’t to bake,” says Susan Stein, senior curator a 9-inch pie pan with cooking crust and sprinkle the cooked meant to be eaten. It was simply a vehicle at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. “Getting spray. streusel over the top. Allow to for the nutrition inside. your fire exactly right requires a lot of skill. In a medium bowl, mix cool completely. “Centuries ago this would have been fast As a baker, pies are more forgiving than together the flour, oats, brown Nutrition information per food,” Moniz says. “People would have been baking a cake.” sugar, cinnamon and salt. serving: 430 calories; 170 walking through the street hawking pie. If Pies both savoury and sweet were gener- Use your hands or a pastry calories from fat (40 percent you didn’t have your own cooking facility ally eaten at room temperature, says Staib, blender to mix in the butter of total calories); 19 g fat (11 g you could just buy a slice of pie the way you which would have allowed busy cooks with until the mixture resembles saturated; 0.5 g trans fats); 45 mg buy a hot dog from a cart today.” small kitchens to make the pie in advance coarse crumbs. Press two- cholesterol; 64 g carbohydrate; 5 But not all pies had disposable crusts. and free up the oven for other purposes. thirds of the mixture into the g fiber; 32 g sugar; 5 g protein; 130 Hannah Glasse, author of the 18th century But the line between savoury and sweet bottom and up the sides of the mg sodium. equivalent of Joy of Cooking, had several reci- also was unclear. Savoury pies contained prepared pie pan. Gently press (Recipe by Alison Ladman) pes for crust, as did Amelia Simmons, who sweet elements, says Moniz, and sweet pies a sheet of foil into the pan, AP wrote the 1796 American Cookery, the first often contained savoury elements. And some American cookbook. Pies with a fine crust pies were just plain strange. BOOKS PLUS | SUNDAY 29 JUNE 2014 7
By Pauline Askin award for this. Also, there was a spike in police recruitment during o help keep herself safe the course of Eagle Four. and sane while making Forty-five percent of Afghans television dramas in have access to television, so it’s TAfghanistan, Australian definitely seen as the most effec- producer Trudi-Ann Tierney tive tool to education, entertain- devised an ever-more elaborate ment because illiteracy rates are game of hide-and-seek in her head so high. in case the Taliban launched a surprise attack. Any embarrassing moments Imagining what it would be like you remember? to hide in the top of a wardrobe, We were doing an incredibly the middle of a lake or buried tough shoot and we had 15 child among a herd of goats, she men- extras. Children on set at the tally weighed the pros and cons best of times are difficult to deal of them all, as she explains in her with. Here were 15 Afghan chil- new book Making Soapies in Kabul. dren who probably barely watched A chain smoker who lived in the television, let alone appeared on most polluted city in the world, it. They had no concept of not she endured typhoid, six different looking at the camera. We were types of stomach bugs and pneu- behind schedule and all the kids monia during what she said was started wandering away. I called the most exhilarating experience to my producer and said, “Where of her life. are those kids going?” She said, Tierney spoke recently about “They’re going to school”. I just living and working in war-torn completely lost my mind and I Afghanistan which led to her first screamed, book. “Nobody is going to school today - alright!” All the kids stopped What were you doing there? and I literally stopped these kids My first job in television in from going to school. Kabul was to write an eight part I felt absolutely awful. I thought, drama serial for our Pashtun “Here I am, I’ve come over here to audience sponsored by a for- try and help these people and I’m eign embassy. It was to contain basically stopping the kids from messages to counter narcotics. getting an education!” This concept of doing messaging through drama serials as opposed During long shoots, how did to a billboard was a very new idea you pass the time? in Afghanistan, where 86 percent One of my favourite games was of the country is illiterate. “What would you do if the Taliban came now?” We would go to some How does producing a TV location in the middle of nowhere, series in Australia differ from there’d be a bit of a mountain and Afghanistan? a few trees and I’d literally think, In Australia you’ve got plenty “What would I do if the Taliban of resources and experienced and turned up?” trained staff. In Afghanistan we You had to be inventive. It was had mainly untrained young peo- something to pass the time but ple because television was banned also something that stuck in the for 10 years under the Taliban. back of your mind. The average age of our company My favourite was the bam- was 24 years old. boo stick and I honestly believed that could work. You’d get under What were some of the the water and use the stick as a hardships? snorkel. The only trouble was I Intense heat, working through wouldn’t know when the Taliban Ramadan and crews working had left and I could be under the Intense heat and crew working strictly to rule. Initially I thought water for hours and get bitten by I could lead by example, I’d lug a fish - that was the only setback a beach umbrella and a makeup with that one. strictly to rule. Initially I thought kit up a hill in 40-degree (104 F) heat. I coaxed, I wheedled, I joked, What are some of your mem- I could lead by example, I’d lug I jabbed ... and finally, I yelled! orable moments? My crew stood waist deep in There were constantly people streams to get the best angles, walking around the office looking a beach umbrella and a makeup trudged up mountains at 4am like the walking wounded because to film sunrise. They were very our makeup artist had to practise young, enthusiastic, hard-working her craft. It got a little bit excit- kit up a hill in 40-degree (104 young people with a willingness ing because everyone wanted to to learn how to make television. have a stab wound and everyone wanted to have a bullet wound. I’d F) heat. I coaxed, I wheedled, I Were you successful? have to say, “No! The makeup kit Eagle Four (our mission to por- is going away for today” because joked, I jabbed ... and finally, I tray the Afghan National Police I thought we’re going to run out as professional, hard-working and of latex and have to get another honest), was the biggest television makeup kit. yelled! drama production ever mounted Making Soapies in Kabul” is in Afghanistan. published by Allen & Unwin. We received an international Reuters 8 PLUS | SUNDAY 29 JUNE 2014 ENTERTAINMENT PLUS | SUNDAY 29 JUNE 2014 9
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Chris Brown to have own reality show? Ek Villain: Deeply flawed, inger Chris Brown is likely to star in his own reality TV show. Black SEntertainment Television (BET) is said to be eager to sign a deal with fatally self-defeating Brown, who was released from jail earlier this month, as they want to By Subhash K Jha create a series based on his life after prison and his battle to stay out of trouble, reports femalefirst.co.uk. “BET has made it clear to several production companies the network Film: Ek Villain would absolutely air a Chris Brown reality series, chronicling his life after Cast: Siddharth Malhotra, Shraddha Kapoor, Riteish Deshmukh jail,” said a source. Directed by Mohit Suri The US network is said to have recently held a focus group here to gauge the reaction of prospective viewers. The majority of the participants said iddharth simmers they would tune in to the show, just to watch the 25-year-old struggle. and scorches the Brown was released from jail June 2 after serving 108 days for violating Sscreen with his his probation, which stemmed from his assault on his then girlfriend and implosive one man singer Rihanna in 2009. against the world act. The “Yeah 3x” hitmaker, who was sent back to jail after being thrown As a loner on a ram- out of court-ordered rehab in March, is determined to stay on the right page after the love of track and only take the medication prescribed for his bipolar disorder. his life is killed, he brings to the table a certain intensity which unfortunately, in this case, can only go this far and no further. We are looking at Adams gives first class seat to soldier a film that is deeply ctress Amy Adams reportedly gave her flawed and fatally Afirst class seat on a flight to a US soldier self-defeating. and travelled in the economy cabin of her Much was expected from director after Aashiqui 2. Alas, Suri chooses to Delta flight from Detroit. wallow in unnecessary and at times prolonged brutality rather than focus The 39-year-old, who was born on a mili- on the tender love story between the seething brute and the bubbly babe. tary base as her father was in the army, was Not that there is anything new to offer in the love story. The silent reportedly travelling from Detroit to Los indignant loner and the gregarious chirpy girl next door...haven’t we seen Angeles on a busy Delta flight Friday morn- Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bhaduri take those two characters to the ing when she spotted a soldier in uniform and acme of perfection in Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Mili? generously asked a flight attendant to swap Ek Villain is Mili over-heaped with a maelstrom of mayhem, mostly their seats, reports femalefirst.co.uk. uncalled-for and sometimes atrociously out of place. The action sometimes Eyewitness Jemele Hill, who co-hosts borders on the utterly ludicrous. This isn’t first time when the director ESPN’s “Numbers Never Lie”, told NBC’s seems to enjoy visualizing the exploits of a sadistic serial killer. In Murder “Today” show via email from the plane: Transformers: Age of Extinction: Series 2 too, the graphic gruesome killings of the serial offender were recorded “When we were waiting to board, I saw her with an embarrassing backhanded relish . glance the soldier’s way and then she said The killer in Ek Villain is a henpecked husband moonlighting as a guy something to the person she was travelling who believes if life treats you bad, you use do the same with other people’s with. Once we boarded, I saw she was in first gets a reboot, but no transformation lives. class. I was upgraded to first class and she was a couple rows behind me. Providentially, this incoherent serial killer is played by Riteish Deshmukh “I think she must have said something to the flight attendant, because who interprets the character with more cogency than it demands. before we took off she had vacated her seat and the flight attendant brought comedy when evil men and robots are just character and plot development, Suri diminishes the brutality of the serial offender by offsetting it with By Stephanie Merry the soldier to her seat.” characters led by Mark Wahlberg. out to get Optimus Prime. One such but also simple transitions. The movie the love story between the criminally inclined introvert (Siddharth) and She added: “I just thought it was incredibly classy and thoughtful.” He plays Cade Yeager, a kind of mad person is Harold Attinger (Kelsey moves both too slowly and too quickly, the sunshine girl (Shraddha) who insists on telling criminally unfunny t’s only natural to get a lit- scientist inventor who runs a robot- Grammer), the head of a CIA pro- as scene transitions appear to have jokes. Shraddha’s eyes speak volumes. So unfortunately does her mouth tle excited about the title of ics repair shop in Texas. He can’t fix gram aimed at destroying all Autobots. been stripped or significantly short- in this film. How I wish our cinema would stop equating volubility with Transformers: Age of Extinction, a machine to save his life, but when His henchmen include a Decepticon ened during the editing process. Even vivacity. Iand not because it means another a decaying semi winds up in his care, (a.k.a. a bad-guy Transformer) named the lengthy run time isn’t sufficient More regrettable are the plot’s mood swings. In spite of the tragic instalment of talking machines battling he has no trouble bringing it back to Lockdown and a heartless creep played to develop the many story lines, from overtones the love story never quite acquires the wings that you’d expect De Niro stopped filming for World cup to the death. It’s the word “extinction.” life. Of course, this isn’t just some old by Titus Welliver. When these preda- a subplot involving Tess’s secret boy- a romance between two such good-looking people to. In spite of some eteran actor Robert De Niro had filming on The Intern halted so he Could this mean that Michael Bay is truck: It’s Optimus Prime, the benevo- tors discover where Optimus Prime is friend (Cade doesn’t let her date), to a beautifully enacted moments of fragile passion between the lead pair, it all Vcould watch a World Cup soccer game with fans in a nearby building. throwing in the towel on his loud and lent leader of the Autobots (a.k.a. the hiding, neither the Autobot nor Cade’s scientist, played by Stanley Tucci, who comes undone in the second-half when Siddharth and Riteish do a farcical The 70-year-old actor took a break from shooting in Brooklyn, Thursday lumbering franchise after this fourth good-guy Transformers). friends and family are safe. Cue the wants to take old Transformer parts face-off replete with the most atrocious dialogues and scenes that make to watch the USA play Germany in the World Cup after finding a group chapter? Wahlberg has a great screen pres- action. and create newer, better Transformers them look like two school boys fighting over who’s larger. of fans in a nearby house who were hosting a viewing party, reports con- Ha. ence and gets off some good one-liners Some of the special effects are amaz- that he can control. We can all guess The sinister often makes way for the silly, specially when musician Remo tactmusic.com. Actually, a fifth movie is reportedly during the movie’s early moments. He’s ing. Bay shot the movie in Imax 3-D, how well that goes. Fernandes shows up as a gangster replete with an accent that is as hard to Executives on the movie had originally asked officials at a nearby apart- in the works. The extinction in the title a single father to the teenaged Tess and he makes the most of the technol- Distractions, meanwhile, abound, identify as the Korean film that Suri has adapted into this strange brew of ment building to help the movie legend be able to see the game in his trailer. refers to the fact that some loathsome (Nicola Peltz), and just when you’re ogy. Watching a steamship get sucked whether they’re music-heavy slow- the brutal and the tender. Even more bizarre is Kamaal R Khan’s character. An email was sent which read: ‘’Our lead actor, Robert De Niro, would Transformers were responsible for the wondering how this girl’s shorts could into the air by a spaceship, only to motion sequences that look reminis- However Shaad Randhawa playing cop displays a powerful screen very much like to watch the World Cup game, today at 12 pm. Would it be annihilation of dinosaurs, and they be so microscopic — Cade makes some be thrown back to the ground, might cent of CSI: Miami or absurd product presence. possible to place a small portable satellite on the building rooftop ASAP may have a similar plan for humans. comment about how she needs to have viewers covering their heads. placement. The lingering close-up There are many lapses of continuity in the storytelling all trying to pass and run a cable to the street to help facilitate this request?’’ The movie begins in prehistoric times remember to use cold water and air The problem is quantity. There are so of a Beats Pill speaker is especially off as a stylish non-linear love story told backwards. One of the turning However, following the request, a resident stepped in to invite the Taxi before bringing us to a modern-day dry next time she’s doing laundry. But many action sequences related to so egregious. points in the story when Siddharth’s character befriends his wife’s killer’s Driver star to watch it with them. reality, and the unfolding of all those the relative pleasure of those first min- many story lines that midway through And then there are the self-referen- little son in a church, is such a wildly improbable shot in the dark, you A neighbour told the Business Insider: ‘’We got another email from a eons feels like it’s happening in real utes is thanks largely to T J Miller, an epic fight, you might find yourself tial scenes in which an older charac- wonder what the director was thinking! neighbour saying he talked to the crew and apparently he found a house time. The movie clocks in at an aston- best known as the outlandish Erlich wondering what exactly started this ter, who once owned a movie theater, In trying for a merger of mayhem and emotions the film finally falls of people watching it and joined them.’’ ishing 2 hours 45 minutes. on HBO’s Silicon Valley. He has a simi- particular battle and what the objec- laments the current state of cinema: apart like the shattered pieces of a broken heart. We expect so much and Production was halted for two hours so the legendary actor could enjoy This Transformers is technically a lar role here, as a somewhat clueless tive is other than destruction for the All these sequels, and they’re all just get so little. That’s life. IANS the game. reboot, and one thing the movie has bum with a hilariously outsized sense sake of it. garbage, the man sighs. It might be going for it is its lack of Shia LaBeouf. of self-worth. All those minutes devoted to crunch- funnier if it weren’t so true. Instead, we follow a new cast of But there isn’t a lot of time for ing metal come at the expense of not WP-Bloomberg 10 PLUS | SUNDAY 29 JUNE 2014 MILITARY
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Complex heart tests raise cancer risk
Radiation from standard X-rays do not significantly raise cancer risks for young children, in general, but children undergoing more complex procedures with higher radia- tion have higher risks, says a study. “Cancer risk overall is relatively low, but we hope that this awareness will encourage providers to limit radiation exposure in chil- dren, when alternative procedures can offer the same benefit with less radiation,” said Jason Johnson, an assistant professor at the Study links University of Tennessee Health Science Center in the US. Researchers reviewed medical records to traumatic find the most common imaging procedures, calculated how much radiation organs absorb during each procedure and then used a report from National Academy of Sciences in the US brain injury to to analyse lifetime cancer risks based on the amounts of each procedure’s exposure. Lifetime cancer risk increases ranged from 0.002 percent for chest X-rays to 0.4 increased percent for complex CT scans and cardiac catheterisations. The study appeared in the journal Circulation. dementia risk Dynamics of cancer chain in cell membrane unravelled By Kathryn Doyle In new findings, scientists have discovered TBI who develop dementia and many with TBI who how clusters of a protein are linked to cancer don’t,” Barnes said. “Having a TBI just increases the damage cell membranes. lder military veterans who have suffered risk.” The findings on these protein clusters, or a serious head injury are more likely to be Veterans with head injuries in the study were more aggregates, could help guide design of new diagnosed with dementia than uninjured likely than uninjured veterans to have other health anti-cancer drugs. Oveterans, according to a new study. problems including diabetes, high blood pressure, “The aggregate is a large substructure that The report looked at traumatic brain injury (TBI), depression and PTSD. imposes some kind of curvature on the mem- which includes concussions, skull fractures and bleed- “Head trauma is pretty controversial still,” said Dr. brane - that is really the major observation,” ing inside the skull. Rodolfo Savica of the University of Utah School of said lead researcher Alemayehu Gorfe from “There have been a fair number of previous studies Medicine in Salt Lake City. the University of Texas Health Science Centre that have looked at the relationship between TBI and “We know it can increase risk of dementia in the at Houston, US. risk of dementia, and some have found an associa- long run, but not everybody who is exposed to this The researchers created coarse-grained tion while others haven’t,” said lead author Deborah trauma develops problems,” Savica, who wrote an edi- molecular dynamics simulations of the Ras E. Barnes, from the University of California, San torial accompanying the study, told Reuters Health. protein. Francisco and the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Other health issues that exist alongside head trauma More than one-third of all human cancers Medical Center. are also important, he said. are associated with somatic, or post-concep- She and her colleagues sought to clarify the rela- Since veterans with TBI were more likely to have tion, mutations in Ras proteins. tionship by taking into account other conditions, diabetes and high blood pressure as well, this is likely “Mutations on one of the Ras proteins, like depression and post-traumatic stress disorder a group that is more prone to disease or more vulner- Kristen or K-Ras, are responsible for 90 (PTSD). able, Savica said. percent or more of pancreatic cancer cases,” “And we found that, even after accounting for these “We should follow up more carefully with these peo- Gorfe said. other factors, older veterans with a history of TBI ple,” he said. “Whenever you have additional (health “It tells you that it is a very, very important were 60 percent more likely to develop dementia,” issues), if you are depressed or have PTSD, you have anti-cancer drug target,” he added. Barnes said. to tell your doctor.” Scientists today have little understanding of Dementia affects five percent of people in their 70s Head injuries are common among both veterans and how or what happens when Ras proteins form and 37 percent of those in their 90s, according to past non-veterans, affecting as many as one in five Iraq and small, nano-sized clusters on the membrane. research. Afghanistan vets, Barnes said. “It is these nanoclusters, these transient For the new study, the researchers examined the Veterans with head injuries may be able to lower substructures on the cell membrane that medical records of more than 188,000 US veterans their risk of dementia by engaging in physical, mental assemble and disassemble quickly, that are ages 55 and older who had undergone a medical evalu- and social activities, making sure high blood pressure involved in signal transmission,” Gorfe said. ation between 2000 and 2003 and did not have demen- and diabetes are well controlled and getting treatment Gorfe’s computer simulations showed Ras tia at the time. for any mental health conditions such as depression proteins cluster together, or form aggregates, The veterans all visited the doctor again at least and PTSD, she said. on the cell membrane. And this led him to once between 2003 and 2012. “We found that there was an additive relationship question what they might do there. According to their records, 1,229 of the veterans had between mental health conditions and head injury, so Ras acts like a switch that must be turned been diagnosed with TBI. Between 2003 and 2012, 196 that veterans who had both of these risk factors were on for cells to reproduce. of those with a history of TBI developed dementia, or more likely to develop dementia than those who only The problem is that when Ras genes get 16 percent, compared to 18,255 of the veterans without had one,” Barnes said. mutated, that switch just would not turn off, TBI, or 10 percent. “In addition, they may be able to lower risk of and that leads to out of control cell growth. Veterans with TBI also developed dementia an dementia by doing their best to minimize future head The study was published in the Journal of average of two years earlier than those without TBI, injuries by doing simple things to protect their brain, Physical Chemistry Letters. according to results published in Neurology. like wearing helmets and seat belts,” she said. Agencies “Of course, these numbers reflect population aver- SOURCE: bit.ly/NwhhyY Neurology, online June 25, ages, so there will be many individual veterans without 2014. Reuters 12 PLUS | SUNDAY 29 JUNE 2014 TECHNOLOGY Android spreading to cars, watches, TV
oogle is expanding its empire to cars, watches, businesses and televisions. The technology titan laid out a sweeping Gvision at the opening of a sold-out develop- ers conference in a keynote presentation streamed online to millions of people across the world. “We are beginning to evolve our platforms beyond mobile,” Android and Chrome teams chief Sundar Pichai said of how Google’s twin operating systems are being adapted to work with one another and with new types of computing hardware. Google’s goal, according to Pichai, is to have its software be a foundation for applications, services or digital content delivered seamlessly across the increasingly diverse array of Internet-linked screens in people’s lives. A new LG G smartwatch and a freshly-announced Gear Live smartwatch by Samsung that both work with the “Android Wear” platform debuted Wednesday at the online shop Google Play. On-stage demonstrations included ordering a pizza in seconds, fielding reminders and messages, and using voice commands on smartwatches. An eagerly awaited Moto 360 smartwatch is due to to be equipped by the end of this year. Google is giving televisions “the same level of atten- join the Android Wear lineup later this year. Android Auto brings apps like Google Maps and tion that phones and tablets have enjoyed,” according “These are the first three watches, but there are Spotify music service to an “interface built for to Android engineering director Dave Burke. more on the way,” Pichai said. driving,” according to a freshly formed coalition Android smartphones, complete with voice com- of technology and car companies called the Open mand features, could be used to direct searches and Android on the road Automotive Alliance. more on television screens, an on-stage demonstra- Android Auto software for cars, synching smart- Google also announced another shot at smart tion showed. phones with in-dashboard screens and controls, is televisions with Android TV software for what are Games from the Google Play shop could also be being shared with automakers, and vehicles are set typically the biggest screens in homes. played on televisions.
Expanding Google empire “The Google empire is trying to grow,” Gartner Google making low-cost smartphone consumer technology research director Brian Blau said on the sidelines of the San Francisco keynote oogle announced it was work- apart from rivals. is scan, unreliable or just non-existent. presentation. ing on a low-cost smartphone The variations result in popular third- Having more people tune into “Google is trying to be more like Apple; create Gaimed at emerging markets as party applications typically not work- websites or services mean expanded more consistent experiences with devices that work part of an initiative called Android One. ing across the array of Android devices, opportunities to make money from together.” The Android-powered handset will frustrating users who want the latest online advertising or providing tools that Handset or tablet makers are free to customize be built with a basic set of features fun, hip or helpful mobile mini-program. connect shops with customers. free Android software to suit hardware and set them- including FM radio, have a screen Android One software for low-priced Google does not make money from selves apart from rivals, but this has resulted in pop- slightly smaller than five inches (12.7 smartphones in emerging countries hardware, with its own branded gadg- ular applications working on some gadgets and not centimeters) and be priced at less than could bring some consistency across ets meant to set standards and show off others in a situation referred to as “fragmentation.” $100, Google senior vice president devices, according to Gartner con- software capabilities with an eye toward Apple, on the other hand, so tightly controls Sundar Pichai said. sumer technology research director inspiring electronics manufacturers to software powering iPhones, iPads and iPod touch “We are going to be launching it Brian Blau. raise their games when it comes to devices that developers can more easily target broad around the world, but will launch in “Google really needs to have a solu- Android or Chrome devices. audiences. India first in the fall of this year,” Pichai tion for emerging markets with low-cost Developing countries have become Improving how well popular services or applica- said. devices,” Blau said. prime targets for smartphone makers, tions work across Android devices should also entice He added that Google was working “It is going to be a long, tough road and Android software made available users to “lock in” to the platform the way Apple with carriers in India to provide afford- to have an impact there; it is going to free to handset makers has proven devotees remain loyal to the Cupertino, California able telecom service packages to go take years to bring the next two to three to be popular with budget-conscious company’s gear, according to Blau. with the smartphones, which could in billion people onto the Internet.” buyers. The news came a day after “Lots of variations of Android make developers many cases provide Internet access for Microsoft said it would sell an Android- work harder to support all those devices,” the ana- the first time. Internet everywhere powered Nokia smartphone at a price of lyst said. The Android One initiative sets out Google is collaborating with handset $135, a device also apparently aimed at “A consistent experience will help Google in the to work with smartphone makers and makers and others in the industry to emerging markets customers. long run.” others in the “ecosystem” to pool field affordable smartphones that are In April, Google acquired Titan Google also showed off steps it is taking to make resources and standardize hardware high quality and come with reasonably Aerospace, a maker of solar-powered Android devices along with its services offered in the platforms to provide “turnkey solu- priced data plans. drones that could be used to boost Internet “cloud” amenable to workplaces. tions” for making handsets, according Handsets will be made by Google Internet access to remote areas. Improvements include tools for separating per- to Pichai. partners and launch with an initial range Google also is developing Project sonal and company uses of mobile devices, as well as “There are many people -- billions of “sub-$100” smartphones. Loon, which uses large balloons for better handling of files made using Microsoft Word, of people, in fact -- who still don’t have “We’ve long wondered what poten- transmitting Internet signals to regions Excel or PowerPoint programs. access to a smartphone,” he said. tial could be unleashed if people that are not currently connected. Pichai made a point of addressing criticism that “We want to change that.” everywhere had access to the latest “They are to some degree becom- women engineers are scarce in Silicon Valley firms. Low-cost phones powered by technology and the world’s informa- ing an ISP (Internet service provider) Among those watching the conference online was Android have proven popular in devel- tion,” Pichai said. “It’s time to find out.” because they have to,” Blau said of a group of female developers in Nigeria, said Pichai, oping markets, but have been vexed Google and Silicon Valley rival Google’s efforts to provide online con- who noted that more than a fifth of those taking part by “fragmentation” because handset Facebook have made priorities out nectivity through projects such as Loon in the conference are women. makers customize the software to suit of connecting with people in parts of and even Fiber high-speed broadband “We are working hard to elevate women in com- different hardware or set themselves the world where Internet connectivity lines in the United States. AFP puter sciences,” Pichai said. AFP COMICS & MORE PLUS | SUNDAY 29 JUNE 2014 13
LEARN ARABIC Reptiles and Insects
Serpent ouçban Scorpion Çaqrab Spider Çankaboot Cockroach ar oor Hoy en la Historia Locust Jarada June 29, 1956 Ant Namla American playwright Arthur Miller married glamorous movie Beetle ounfousa star Marilyn Monroe. He wrote the screenplay for her final film, The ç = ‘a’ in ‘agh’ when surprised Misfits, but they divorced in 1961 1940: Influential Swiss-German artist Paul Klee died in Muralto-Locarno 1949: South Africa’s government Baby Blue by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman banned racially mixed marriages 1974: Isabel Peron was sworn in as President of Argentina. She was the first non-royal female head of state in the West in modern times 1999: A Turkish court sentenced Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan to death for treason. It was later commuted to life imprisonment Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS ALL IN THE MIND Hagar The Horrible by Chris Browne Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.
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ABAFT, ANCHOR, BALLAST, BEAM, BELOW, BINNACLE, BOOM, BRIDGE, CATAMARAN, CLIPPER, COMPASS, CROSSJACK, CUTTER, DECK, FELUCCA, GAFF, GUNWALE, HALYARD, HELM, HULL, JIGGER, KEEL, KETCH, KNOTS, MARINA, MAST, MIZZEN, MOORING, NAVIGATION, PORT, PORTHOLE, PROW, RIGGING, RUDDER, SAILS, SAILOR, SCHOONER, SEAFARER, SLOOP, SPARS, SPINNAKER, STARBOARD, STERN, TACK, VESSEL, VOYAGE, YACHT, YARDARM. 14 PLUS | SUNDAY 29 JUNE 2014 CROSSWORDS
ACROSS 44 Holder of a pair of 4 Showed politeness at the 35 Butch Cassidy and the 54 What’s not for big shots? CROSSWORD 1 ___ skirt queens front door Sundance Kid, e.g. 55 38-Across’s genus 1234 5678 910111213 5 “The Tao of Pooh” author 46 Shiner 5 Certain ring bearer 37 Drifts away 56 “Ah, my Beloved, fill the Benjamin 47 Milk sources 6 Relative of a gemsbok 40 Quaker product Cup that clears” poet 14 15 16 9 One with ergophobia 49 N.B.A. Hall-of-Famer 7 ___ Schwarz 43 Chardonnay feature 57 “I say” sayer 17 18 19 14 “Look what I found!” Walker 8 Fictional substance in a 45 “Whatever!” 58 Menu section cries 50 Belgian battleground Disney film 48 Fancy suite amenity 59 Threat ender 20 21 22 15 Kind of tradition during W.W. I 9 Zodiac symbol 51 In and of itself 60 Time of 1944’s Operation 16 “___ talk?” 52 Letters in car ads 10 U.S.S. Enterprise chief 52 Ball mate Neptune 23 24 17 “Good thing I don’t have 54 “Truthfully …” engineer Geordi ___ 53 Mr. ___ 63 “… goes, ___ go!” 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 the same problem!” 57 Brought up to speed 11 Where reruns run 19 Following 61 Yokel, in slang 12 Overly precious SHAFT BL I P PRET 33 34 35 36 37 20 River of film 62 Classic rock song in 13 Mister, overseas AIDAN OONA LALA 21 1986 top 10 hit for Billy “Easy Rider” 18 ___ Balls PR I NTSOFTH I EVES 38 39 40 41 Idol 64 G.W. competitor 22 Christmas hymn SENT P I TH NA I VE 23 That’s the point 65 P.D.Q. Bach’s “I’m the beginning 42 43 44 45 AG I N EMUS 24 Meal at which to drink Village Idiot,” e.g. 24 Events at which people LOS INGPAT I ENTS 46 47 48 49 four cups of wine 66 Rep. Darrell of California are dead serious? 25 Part of a pickup line? 67 Like the myth of 25 Some pyramids SEL IG L INT OBE 50 51 52 53 28 “___, boy!” Ragnarok 26 In two, say UCLA YOURS TWI X 29 Earth goddess created by 68 Luxury hotel name 27 Ohio city WSW of MA I L ANG HA I RY 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 Chaos 69 Locale for a Village Columbus PRESENTSOFMIND People hit, informally 61 62 63 33 Expanse 28 It’s possessive WIKI IDOL DOWN 36 “Apparently” 30 Some buggy drivers ATTIC POLI GIGI 64 65 66 38 What fell in the Fall 1 “Scrubs” locale: Abbr. 31 Name on a bottle of JUMPATTHECHANTS 39 That is the question 2 “Don’t even think about it” Sensuous Nude perfume 67 68 69 41 Robert of “Quincy, M.E.” 3 Bats 32 Half of an old comedy team ATEE VOIR STOOL 42 One who may need a shower? 34 Caen cleric RUNS GEOS TENSE
HYPER SUDOKU How to play Kakuro: The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some cells will contain two numbers. However, in a crossword the numbers reference clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! They denote the total of the digits in the row or column referenced by the number. Within each collection of cells - called a run - any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be used once.
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Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate How to EASY SUDOKU play Hyper Easy Sudoku Puzzles Sudoku: Place a digit from 1 to 9 in A Hyper Sudoku each empty cell so every Puzzle is solved row, every column and by filling the every 3x3 box contains all numbers from 1 the digits 1 to 9. to 9 into the blank cells. A Hyper Sudoku has unlike Sudoku 13 regions (four regions overlap with the nine standard regions). In all regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear YESTERDAY’S only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is ANSWER solved like a normal Sudoku. CINEMA / TV LISTINGS PLUS | SUNDAY 29 JUNE 2014 15
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Who’s who New Zealand schoolboy wins Events in Qatar right to keep hair long Hekayat Khaleejiya (Khaleeji Stories) - Stories from Kuwait By Nick Perry his description of himself as a “typical When: July 2-3; 8pm-10pm teenager.” In fact, the school described Where: Museum Of Islamic Art judge ruled that a New Zealand him in court as a “nice young man.” What: A quarterly screening series A schoolboy need not cut his hair The judge noted that “an insight into to showcase cinematic voices from before returning to class and that his Lucan’s character can be gleaned from the Gulf region. Q&A sessions with Catholic high school had been wrong the fact that in March this year he the filmmakers to gain insight into to suspend him for having long locks. received a civil bravery award for partici- their work and process. (www. Sixteen-year-old Lucan Battison pating in the rescue of two young women, dohafilminstitute.com) Ticket: QR 35, students: QR 25 Dr Mohamed Al Khawaja, was suspended last month from St who nearly drowned in dangerous swim- John’s College in the town of Hastings. ming conditions at a Hawke’s Bay beach.” Associate Professor, Building Our Collection: An Mechanical and Industrial Principal Paul Melloy said Battison had The judge also noted that Battison breached a rule that states students represented St John’s in rugby and Insight Into Museum Art Engineering Department, must keep their hair short, tidy, off loved attending the school, in part Collecting Qatar University their collars and out of their eyes. because his faith was important to him. e received his BS in When: Till August 30 But Battison argued his naturally Battison’s parents Troy Battison and Where: Museum Of Islamic Art Mechanical Engineering curly hair would look unruly if cropped Tania Doidge said in a statement their son What: The exhibition looks at why from Seattle University, MS H and he was prepared to wear it in a bun had never broken the rules because his MIA collects Islamic art, and how in Mechanical Engineering from to comply with the school’s standards. bun kept his hair off his collar and out of the museum’s collecting practices Washington University and PhD Rather than cut his hair, the student his eyes. “In 2014, when girls’ hair lengths shape our understanding of Islamic in Mechanical Engineering from and his family took their case to court. at school aren’t questioned, why should art through artistic and cultural Washington University. He has In his decision, New Zealand High the rules be different for boys?” they said. connections between different regions published 9 papers — 2 confer- Court judge David Collins found the In his ruling, Judge Collins noted of the Islamic world. The majority of ence papers and 7 other papers schoolboy’s actions weren’t harmful that one of Battison’s lawyers had featured objects have never before in very reputed journals (such as or dangerous to other students, didn’t tried to provide the school board’s dis- been on display. the International Journal of Heat amount to serious misconduct, and ciplinary committee with statements Entry Fee and Mass Transfer and the ASME, therefore didn’t warrant suspension. from two hairdressers, one of whom Journal of Heat Transfer). His He also found St John’s didn’t provide said Battison’s hair was already short Etel Adnan in All Her research interest include MHD flows, enough clarity in its hair rules to ensure and would “look like ‘an untidy afro’ if Dimensions heat exchangers, gas turbines, and students could comply with them. it was cut shorter,” but that the com- When: Till July 6 thermal insulations. While the school disagreed with mittee apparently chose not to accept Where: Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Battison’s hairstyle, it didn’t dispute the testimony. AP Art What: Mathaf presents an exhibition of the work of Lebanese-American visual artist, poet, playwright and essayist IN by Lemuel Muyo Lampa Etel Adnan, that is curated by Hans FOCUS Ulrich Obrist. (for timings www.mathaf. org.qa) Tickets required
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