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Community Community Best Buddies Tierra Qatar hold Mestiza, The P6programmes P16 Mexican Folk in partnership with Dance Company, Stenden University participates in 4th Qatar and Michael E Cultural Diversity DeBakey High School. Festival at Katara. Thursday, January 30, 2020 Jumada II 5, 1441 AH Doha today 130 - 230 COVER Doha musings STORY Soumaya Akbib, President of Art & Culture without Borders, a Spanish non-profit organisation, has taken to Qatar with aplomb. P4-5 REVIEWS SHOWBIZ Star-studded cast shines powerful Oprah promises a ‘deeper’ discussion light on true hero of Vietnam War. on American Dirt amid controversy. Page 14 Page 15 2 GULF TIMES Thursday, January 30, 2020 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT PRAYER TIME Fajr 4.58am Shorooq (sunrise) 6.20am Zuhr (noon) 11.48am Asr (afternoon) 2.56pm Maghreb (sunset) 5.18pm Isha (night) 6.48pm USEFUL NUMBERS The Great Alaskan Race to save the small children of Nome, Alaska, from a deadly DIRECTION: Brian Presley epidemic. CAST: Brian Presley, Treat Williams, Brad Leland Emergency 999 SYNOPSIS: A group of brave mushers travels 700 miles THEATRES: Royal Plaza, The Mall, Landmark 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 Little Women telling the beloved story of the March sisters - four young DIRECTION: Greta Gerwin women each determined to live life on their own terms. CAST: Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh SYNOPSIS: Jo March refl ects back and forth on her life, THEATRES: Royal Plaza, Landmark, The Mall ote Unquo u te Q“Climate is what we expect. Weather is what we get.” – Mark Twain Community Editor For movie timings and Kamran Rehmat further details please scan e-mail: [email protected] the QR code above with your Telephone: 44466405 mobile phone camera or visit qatarcinemas.com Fax: 44350474 Thursday, January 30, 2020 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY To register for the seminar WhatsApp on 30771895 with your name and telephone number. It is a free seminar. Qatar Food Fest WHERE: Sheraton Hotel Park WHEN: Ongoing till April 30 TIME: 4pm — 1am The festival is currently happening at Sheraton Hotel Park. Qatar Food Fest features 77 stalls, food trucks, and trolleys, bringing culinary and cultural experiences from all corners of the globe to visitors and residents in Qatar. Hobby Classes WHERE: Mamangam Performing Art Centre WHEN:Saturday – Friday Mamangam is an art and performance centre started with a vision of spreading our knowledge, interests and experience in various disciplines in arts across diff erent countries for children and adults. We off er regular classes in disciplines like traditional classical dance, art and craft, Bollywood and hip-hop styles, Carnatic PK MUSIC FEST - JUNOON shows, raffl e draws, and Chinese New Year music, robotics, percussion instruments, WHERE: Qatar National Convention celebrations. keyboard, yoga, zumba and martial arts like Centre Karate, Shaolin Kung Fu and Kalari. For those WHEN: Today who wish to register for more details, visit TIME: 7pm onwards www.mamangamqatar.in The most sought-after rock band from Pakistan is coming in town on the ‘reunion tour’ bringing with them, their nostalgic and jingoistic gig. Ali Azmat, Salman Ahmad and Brian O’Connell will feed souls with their non-stop act of chants and anthems, which we all have been hearkening at for the past couple of decades. MAHATHMA PURASKAR After School Activities SAMARPPANA KALA SANDHYA” WHERE: Atelier WHERE: ICC Ashoka Hall WHEN: Ongoing WHEN: Today Music and arts activities for students Fun Day Club is hosting an award taking place after they fi nish their day in presentation event along with Janananma Artistic Gymnastic Classes Keto Diet at Elite Medical Centre school includes Group Music lessons, Hip- Charitable Trust to mark the death WHERE: Qatar Academy Msheireb WHERE: Elite Medical Center hop, Ballet, Drawing and Painting, Drama anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand WHEN: Ongoing WHEN: February 8 Theatre & Taekwondo. Ages between 5 and 10 Gandhi, Indian lawyer and anti-colonial TIME: 3:15pm – 4:15pm TIME: 11am years old after school hours. nationalist. For the last fi ve years, The Olympic sport using horizontal bar, Janananma Charitable Trust has been rings and fl oor exercises on mats for the organising ‘Mahatma Gandhi Cultural Forum children from age 4 till 16. Makeup Masterclass Award. The event will honour the eminent WHERE: Msheireb Downtown, M7 Building personalities of the Indian community WHEN: Tomorrow leaders. TIME: 3pm onwards Shop Qatar presents The Masterclass by celebrity makeup artist Mario Dedivanovic. Mario will share his trademark beauty tips and secret tricks guiding you into the making of his genius and how he applied it to his highly renowned muse Kim Kardashian West. Metro Street Food Shop Qatar 2020 WHERE: DECC Metro Station WHERE: Malls in Qatar WHEN: Ongoing WHEN: Ongoing till tomorrow TIME: 12:30pm TIME: Entire day Street Food is the ideal venue for a leisure Shop Qatar has something for everyone, experience for the whole family off ering over including beauty masterclasses, fashion 20 dine-in options and 18-hole World Mini- shows, shopping off ers, mall activities and Golf setup. Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Thursday, January 30, 2020 COMMUNITY COVER STORY “Art is a universal language inspired by beauty” — Soumaya Akbib, fashion designer and art enthusiast Photo supplied EXHIBITION: Soumaya Akbib standing in front of the works of Tomas Baletzena. I have only praise for the social reforms led by Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser and her work in the fields of education, science and community development. This has paved the way for the art scene in Doha to be vibrant ‘ — Soumaya Akbib ’ Thursday, January 30, 2020 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY “We are planning to propose an exhibition of four women photographers that are adventurers and have travelled the world. They are Ana Maria Chediak (Ecuador), Esmeralda Martin (Spain), Mariacruz Sainz de Aja (Mexico) and Moudhi Hamad Abosatwa al-Hajri (Qatar) and, of course organising another exhibition of Spanish Artists in Doha for 2021” — Soumaya Akbib Work by Aixa Portero. By Mudassir Raja between people of diff erent ethnic Princess Ana Maria al-Senussi of How and when your interest collection. backgrounds and religions. Libya, Prince Paden Namgyal of in art started? With all your Sikkim, Princess Amal Alayamini experience how do you defi ne How would you best describe lobalisation has When were you got connected al-Sabah from Kuwait, Princess art? the art scene of Doha? Do you not only brought with the organisation? What Mina Lehari, Yungchen Lhamo, I have always been interested have any plans to return to people of diff erent have been the salient activities Dr Alice Kandell and Countess in fashion and fashion is greatly Qatar with more artists? countries together of the organisation so far? Yelitza Karoly amongst others. infl uenced by art. Art is a language Doha has become an but also magnifi ed the I started with a project in 2018 I have organised another very inspired by beauty. The beautiful extraordinary city. I have only Gdiff erences and gaps among diverse that was a commercial event successful Spanish-Arab Fashion thing about art is that it is a praise for the social reforms led communities. To bridge the gaps called Spanish-Arab Fashion with the Kingdom of Morocco universal language that we can all by Her Highness Sheikha Moza and understand diff erent people in that I organised at the Santiago as the guest country last year in understand and be touched by it. bint Nasser and her work in a better way, the role of art cannot Bernabeu Stadium, Madrid. Madrid, an art workshop with the fields of education, science is crucial. The idea was a fashion festival underprivileged children of Tangier, Please share your views on and community development. In eff orts to familiarise the of Arab designers and Spanish an art workshop with women how has the Spanish Artists in This has paved the way for the people of Qatar with the art and designers — to unite two different saved from slavery and sexual Doha exhibition fared? art scene in Doha to be vibrant. culture of Spain, the exhibition cultures through fashion — and exploitation in Madrid last summer So far, it has been very Thanks to the fantastic work entitled Spanish Artists in Doha it was a great success. There, I and now the Spanish Artists in successful. The foundation of HE Sheikha Al Mayassa bint has been going on in Katara. The met Charles Markeaton-Mundy, Doha exhibition. is extremely grateful to Belen Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani and exhibition contains 65 fascinating and he offered to join forces On the 3rd of April we have Alfaro, Spanish Ambassador to the team of Qatar Museums, Doha works of 13 Spanish artists put on with me if I started a non-profit our third award ceremony in Qatar, and Dr Khaled bin Ibrahim is a must see destination on the display at Building 47. organisation, and that is how Tangier. This year’s honourees al-Sulaiti, General Manager of world art scene. Art & Culture without Borders, Art & Culture without Borders are namely; Prince Ermias of Katara Cultural Village, for their We are planning to propose a Spanish non-profi t organisation, was born.