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his exhibition features the centrality of the female form to the artwork of the Qajar Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto Tperiod in Iran (1785-1925). Through a variety of historical objects from or the music lovers in Qatar, Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra will be MIA’s collection, in juxtaposition with photo- Forganising Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto at Opera House in Katara graphs and contemporary artworks inspired by Cultural Village. the Qajar period, they explore the meaning of the image of women at the onset of modernity. Where: Opera House, Katara Cultural Village When: May 13; 7:30 pm (seating begins 20 minutes prior; late Where: The Museum of Islamic Art comers cannot be seated) When: Until June 11 Tickets: QR 75-200 Ticket: Free admission Check http://www.mia.org.qa for details Doha Mums Summer Market
anting to shop for gift items, jewellery, artwork, clothing, hand- Wcrafted items, or Qatar souvenirs? This is the summer market that you could head to. Taking place at Radisson Blu Hotel on Salwa Road Intersection, there will be about 90 vendors with some from Works from Mathaf Collection, vol. 2 Dubai as well. Where: Radisson Blue Hotel, Doha he exhibition features an exhibition of conceptual Emirati art- When: May 14, 11am to 4pm (those wanting to avoid crowds can ist Hassan Sharif, titled: “Hassan Sharif: Objects and Files”. The opt to pay QR50 to shop between 10am and 11am) Texhibition includes a selection of artist archives and object instal- lations from between 1981-1987, during which time Sharif established new, self-imposed systems of repetition, duration and chance in the Ramadan Bazaar 2016 execution of his work. Sharif’s works are showcased alongside four significant and in- ri Lankan Majlis Qatar (SLMQ) will host Ramadan Bazaar 2016 fluential artists from across the Arab world, including Faraj Daham Stomorrow at Stafford Sri Lankan School Doha. Apart from shopp- (Qatar), Saloua Raouda Choucair (Lebanon), Inji Efflatoun (Egypt) and ping, there will be a free medical camp, kids zone, games and various Farid Belkahia (Morocco). other fun activities for the entire family.
Where: Ground floor of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha Where: Stafford Sri Lankan School Doha When: Until September 4 When: May 13; 3pm to 10pm Time: 11am-6pm, Fri: 3pm-8pm, Monday closed Tickets: Free entry Ticket: Free entry
02 FRIDAY 13 MAY 2016 Some events mentioned here are for next week. We are EVENTS giving you headstart so that you book your tickets in advance. Scan& Watch Scan the QR code to watch videos from The Peninsula newspaper Art of Islamic Geometry Kutnu Fashion Show at The Ritz Carlton Doha Workshop By Aziza Iqbal
practical introduction to Islamic geometric Apattern. In this one-day taster workshop, participants will be guided step-be-step through the construction of an Islamic Geometric pattern, Hamad Bin Khalifa Medical City Hospitals on paper using traditional techniques. After the geom- etry, the workshop continues with the design transferred on artist paper and painted using harmonious colours in watercolour or gouache. Each class ends with a finished painting. A new patter is taught in each class, so students are invited to attend multiple sessions. All materials will be provided. No previous experience neces- sary. Suitable for all levels.
When: Until May 25; 5pm to 8.30pm Where: Katara Art Studio B19 Entry: QR200 for each workshop All workshops are single day workshops Age: 16+ Classes will be conducted in English
iDiveQatar Origami Family Workshop
t’s time to hit the Qatar Sky! Skydive Qatar is holding a skydiving event from May 3 to May 31 in which the adrenaline junkies can sign 14 May 2016 Birds Origami Iup and get a chance to jump from an aircraft at 13,000 feet over the 28 May 2016 Flowers Origami Al Khor desert. Both male and female certified instructors are available. * Workshops will be in English. * Age 6 and above. Where: Al Khor Airport When: May 3 to May 31 Where: Katara Art Studio B19 Tickets: Tandem jump (QR1,899 including a souvenir video & pho- Time: 3pm-5pm and 5pm-7pm tos); Certified Solo Jump (QR150 with Rig rental QR240 ) Admission: QR100 per session
FRIDAY 13 MAY 2016 03 In Japan, where all notable things are grouped in trios, Iya is one of the “three hidden valleys.” TRAVEL Few know about this mysterious, remote valley in southern Japan
By Mark Jenkins Visiting the Iya Valley last summer, I didn’t make shops, restaurants and - most egregiously - a large The Washington Post it to Chiiori. It’s far off the main road and is now a parking deck jammed against one side of the ravine. rather expensive hostelry, managed by a nonprofit Away from the road, the view is more rustic, although group Kerr founded. But I was glad to see that pic- the 148-foot-long vine bridge is crowded with people he Japanese know the Iya Valley for its re- ture, just to prove that someplace I’d read about who move gingerly from slat to slat, clinging to the moteness, alpine scenery and vine bridges in the region actually existed. I’d found little other vines that hold everything together - or appear to - and for being the fabled 12th-century ref- evidence that there was anything there, except the 46 feet above the river. uge of the Heike clan. Tourists are unlikely history reflected in the name Iya Valley, which means According to local lore, Heike warriors (also known Tto know it at all, but if they do, it’s probably “Ancestor Valley.” as the Taira) strung bridges made of vines that could because of Alex Kerr. In the age of crowdsourced data, there’s little un- be severed quickly to prevent their enemies from At the tourist information office near Tokyo Sta- charted territory. Yet in 2015, Google Maps showed pursuing them. These days, though, the tendrils wrap tion, I tried to explain this to the two very nice women nothing in most of the Iya Valley save mountains, the around steel cables. The same is true of the three behind the counter. They were visibly surprised that Iya River and a few twisting roads. (Cursory informa- other vine bridges, all of which cross the same bend a foreigner was planning to visit the valley, which tion on a few more places has been added since, of river near the opposite end of the valley, in the nestles in the mountains of Shikoku, the smallest of but the map is still largely empty.) When I arrived at area known as Higashi (“east”) or Oku (“deep”) Iya. Japan’s four main islands. Oboke, the closest train station, I had only a vague The valley and surrounding mountains combine Kerr, a writer whose study of Asian languages sense of what awaited me. traditional Japanese attractions - regional delicacies and culture began as a 9-year-old in Bethesda, Mary- In Japan, where all notable things are grouped and hot-spring spas - with ones that can be found land, discovered the Iya Valley in 1971, when he was in trios, Iya is one of the “three hidden valleys.” Still, much closer to Washington: hiking, camping and a college student. He soon bought an unoccupied it’s not exactly the South Pole. Trains arrive at Oboke white-water rafting in warm weather, leaf-peeping farmhouse there and renovated it, painstakingly re- almost hourly from dawn to midnight, and a pair of in fall, skiing in winter. Although the highest peak, storing the thatched roof. He named the place Chiiori, tag-team buses can traverse the entire basin in about Mount Tsurugi, is gently sloped and a mere 6,413 or “House of the Flute.” two hours. But the buses don’t make the complete feet high, the tightness of the Iya gorge provides I gave a brief account of this, which I’d read about trip in winter and run only on weekends for most of dramatic vistas suggestive of loftier climes. The sense in Kerr’s 1996 book, “Lost Japan.” The women smiled the year. The longest period of daily service is from of enclosure renders the terrain mysterious, which and shook their heads, as if this was the sort of thing mid-July to the end of August. may be why Japanese accounts of the valley - such only Westerners could possibly know about. Then they There are frequent runs from Oboke to Kazura- as “The Tale of Iya,” which screened at the DC En- handed me two brochures produced by the area’s tour- bashi (which means simply “vine bridge”) at the west vironmental Film Festival this year - tend toward ist boards. On the cover of one was a picture of Chiiori. (“nishi”) end of the Iya gorge. It’s a touristy area, with the fanciful.
04 FRIDAY 13 MAY 2016 Local specialities include small roasted fish on a stick, TRAVEL encrusted with salt and served whole.
IF YOU GO
Getting there Oboke is less than two hours by JR train from Okayama, the closest major city on the main island of Honshu, and about 80 minutes from Takamatsu, the largest city on Shikoku. The trips are covered by JR rail passes. Shikoku Kotsu runs buses directly from the station to Kazurabashi and the central valley villages, ending at Kubo. Transfer there to the municipal bus to Nagoro, the Oku-Iya vine bridges and the base of Mount Tsurugi. The fares vary by distance. My round trip, which included some walking, cost about $20. Bus schedules in English are available at the information office in Oboke station. Online sched- ules are available only in Japanese.
Where to stay Kunelasob 442 Enoki, Nishi-Iya-Yama-Mura k-n-a.com/eng.htm A traditional guesthouse that, un-traditionally, has a non-Japanese name and serves vegetar- ian and vegan communal meals. About two miles from Oboke; free pickup from the train station is available. About $92 per night, including dinner. Iya Kazurabashi Camp Village Nishi-Iya is as far as most visitors get, because be- From Nagoro, I walked toward the Oku-Iya vine bridg- 620 Sugeoi, Higashi-Iya yond there the road is often reduced to a single lane. es, a mostly uphill hike. There’s a dam just beyond the Campsite and cabins on the far side of the Large mirrors are positioned at the turns, and bus sched- town, and I spied a few men in industrial apparel. More vine bridges. Campsites are about $4.50; cabins ules must accommodate a fair amount of backing up and than once, though, the workers turned out to be stuffed. about $45. Toilets and showers, but no food avail- pulling over to let vehicles pass in the other direction. The twin kazurabashi at this end of the valley are able on site. I saw no Westerners past Kazurabashi; my fellow pas- known as the Niju (“double”) or husband-and-wife sengers were mostly locals, including two teens in school bridges. The manly crossing is the higher, scarier one. Where to eat uniforms and some hardy silver-haired mountaineers There’s also a third way, a vine bridge that carries a Kazurabashi food stalls outfitted with the latest hiking gear. rider-propelled cart; it’s called yaen, meaning “wild mon- Zentoku 162-2, Nishi-Iya-Yama-Mura Between the west and east bridges are several farm key,” because the vehicle supposedly lurches savagely Several open-air food stands in the Kazura- villages, none apparently thriving, with a handful of as it crosses. But I watched as a woman and a young bashi gorge sell the usual Japanese fare and local shops, post offices and a few restaurants. Kyojo is home boy crossed, and it seemed a gentler passage than the specialties, such as small roasted fish on a stick, to most of the businesses, while Ochiai has thatched vertiginous one across the husband bridge. encrusted with salt and served whole. homes (a few restored as guesthouses), a Shinto shrine The Iya flows freely at both ends of the valley. This Soba Dojo and an eatery that both serves soba, the noodles made is rare in Japan, which has encased most of its rivers in 651 Higashi-Iya, Ochiai from locally grown buckwheat, and teaches how to concrete. But Oku-Iya is more picturesque than Nishi- Serves soba made from local buckwheat and make it. Iya, and its vine bridges are in a forested area that’s offers lessons in Japanese in how to make it. En- Kubo, where a transfer to the twice-daily municipal secluded and serene. Even with kids splashing in the trees $5 and up. bus is required to continue into the deep, had no evident river and scampering up the rock staircases, this was commerce. There was one reminder of urban Japan’s perhaps the most peaceful place I’ve been in Japan. What to do kawaii (“cute”) culture as we chugged east: Coming from There’s a fee to enter the bridge area, but no busi- Nagoro the otherwise staid bus driver’s cellphone, I could hear, nesses beyond there. Across the road, a gift shop offered Along Route 32, Oku-Iya “Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it’s off to work we go.” souvenirs and soft-serve ice cream in a half-dozen fla- “Scarecrow Village” is both an amusing and Rural Japan is losing population, and traditional vors, including soba. (I went for vanilla.) Aside from a eerie place. Two buses a day stop here during peak agriculture is waning. In Iya, the decline has inspired a campground across the river, there’s little else except season. No tourist facilities. Free. guerrilla art project. The second hamlet past Ochiai is those exemplars of Japanese civilization: drink vending Kazurabashi Nagoro, where humans are outnumbered by life-size machines and well-kept public bathrooms. Zentoku 162-2, Nishi-Iya-Yama-Mura upholstered figures. They sit and stand all along the The second and final westbound bus leaves the A suspension vine bridge, scenic river and wa- main road and sometimes well off it. These mute villag- Oku-Iya vine bridges around 3:30 p.m. Because I wasn’t terfall. Open sunrise to sunset. Admission free, but ers fish, ride tricycles, chill in recliners with their shoes packing a tent or sleeping bag, I needed to be on it. I crossing the bridge costs about $5 for adults and off and wait perpetually at the bus shelter. regretted my early departure, but shortly after the Kubo about $3 for children. “Scarecrow Village” was created by Ayano Tsukimi, transfer, an afternoon storm arrived. The sun vanished, Oku-Iya Kazurabashi an artist who grew up in Nagoro and moved back there the sky closed in, and rain raked the bus all the way Sugeoi 620, Higashi-Iya about 15 years ago. Struck by how empty her home town back to Oboke. Three vine bridges, including one with a rider- had become, Tsukimi began to repopulate it with these Iya now felt like the Colorado Rockies, albeit at half propelled cart. Open sunrise to sunset. Admission padded people. She hasn’t commercialized the project the elevation. Mists nearly filled the narrow chasm, ob- about $5. in any way, which is somewhat surprising in souvenir- scuring much of the one-lane road and nearly all the happy Japan. There are no “Scarecrow Village” mugs or mountains. Suddenly, the valley looked like the kind of Information T-shirts, but then Nagoro doesn’t have even a grocery place where someone, or even a whole clan, could just miyoshinavi.jp/english store or cafe that could peddle them. vanish into the landscape.
FRIDAY 13 MAY 2016 05 An estimated 1 trillion plastic bags are used worldwide each year. The best thing to do with them is to reuse them - or buy reusable bags and avoid them altogether. YOUNG EDITORS
By Harrison Smith The Washington Post A stream where no one should
n a noisy warehouse in Capitol Heights, Maryland, the waste of 900,000 people zooms along a maze of swim is good for the environment conveyor belts. There is shredded paper, dirty plastic, old aluminum and shattered glass. Smashed soda Icans bob amid coat hangers, telephone books and discarded lawn chairs - all of it hurtling through a sorting system that will allow most of these ratty old things to be recycled into new materials. This high-tech, government-run facility is known as the MRF (pronounced “murph”), the Materials Recycling Facility. There are hundreds of places like it around Amer- ica, taking the waste people toss into recycling bins and sorting it into immense bales of paper, plastic, glass and aluminum that manufacturers buy and use to create new objects. “We use recycled products all the time without even realizing it,” says Desmond Gladden, an environmental planner who oversees the MRF for Maryland’s Prince George’s County. “The carpet we’re standing on right now” - nothing fancy, the kind of woven carpet you might see at school - “is made from recycled plastic materials.” Plastic goods such as soda and water bottles are separated at the MRF, Gladden explains, and then ground into tiny chips by the manufacturer, cleaned with an acid solution and woven into a polyester fiber to become carpeting. Glass bottles, broken or whole, can be melted down and turned into new bottles. Aluminum cans can be used to make new cans and other products. It’s an almost magical transformation that helps the environment in two big ways: by reducing the amount of materials that are needed to make new products, and by reducing the amount of waste that ends up incinerated (burned to ashes) or sitting in a landfill. trucks carrying discarded items from Prince George’s Gladden says that since the MRF converted to single- Different cities and counties recycle in different ways, residents, schools and businesses. stream in 2007, adding super-smart sorting equipment, accepting some recyclable items and not others. The In recycling lingo, it’s called a single-stream facility: recycling has increased by about 30 percent. Capitol Heights MRF sorts about 230 tons of waste each Recyclables are dropped into one bin instead of be- You can recycle almost anything with a recycling sym- day, drawing from an ever-present pile created by dump ing separated by material. That makes recycling easier: bol on it, Gladden says. Look for the three arrows that form a triangle: a symbol that the item is usually recycla- ble. On plastic goods, you might also see a number inside the arrows: “That refers to the type of plastic that’s being recycled,” he says. The numbers go from 1 to 7. Last year, the MRF decided it would no longer accept plastic with the number 4, technically known as low- density polyethylene (polly-ETH-el-een). You probably know it as flimsy grocery bags. An estimated 1 trillion plastic bags are used worldwide each year, and many of them end up in places such as the ocean, where they are harmful to the environment. It would be good if we could recycle them, but Glad- den says the bags jam the MRF’s sorting machines, and because they quickly become dirty, they can’t be sold to manufacturers to make new products. The best thing to do, then, is to reuse them - or buy reusable bags and avoid them altogether. It takes about 20 people - manual sorters and ma- chine operators - to keep the trash flowing at the MRF, moving it from dump trucks to sorting lines to bales of sorted goods and off to manufacturers. The toughest job may be that of the presorters, says Jerald Boyd, who leads the facility’s operations. They’re the ones who are “armored up” with heavy gloves and face masks to pull things that can’t be recycled off the conveyor belts. What they find often isn’t pretty: toilet seats and cinder blocks, barbells and bowling balls. “But mostly,” Boyd says, “it’s just plastic bags.”
06 FRIDAY 13 MAY 2016 Animals have evolved different means to balance sleep needs YOUNG EDITORS with the need to stay alive. Ever wondered ... how animals sleep?
By Howard Bennett Giraffe moms can go weeks without sleep after giving The Washington Post birth. Because giraffes are vulnerable during the time it would take to get up from lying down, they usually sleep standing up. or most kids, the biggest concern about sleep Bats sleep upside down hanging from branches, the is being told to go to bed before you want to. tops of caves and other structures. It’s thought that a bat’s Things are different for animals. Unless animals wings aren’t strong enough to lift them off the ground. Fare at the top of their food chain, most can’t af- By sleeping from a high perch, they get extra momentum ford to get a good night’s sleep. (Or a good day’s sleep, as they drop into flight. if they’re nocturnal.) Why? Because they have to worry Mallard ducks can control whether to use regular about whether someone will try to eat them while they’re or unihemispheric sleep depending on the risk. Ducks snoozing! on the outside of a group will sleep with one eye open, Animals have evolved different means to balance watching for predators, while those in the middle sleep sleep needs with the need to stay alive. Because sleep with both eyes closed. can be measured only with a brain-wave test called an Like people, rats go through multiple stages of sleep, EEG, some “facts” about the sleep habits of animals are including REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, which is as- based on observation. After all, would you try to get a sociated with dreaming. Scientists have recently proved brain-wave test on a shark? that rats dream. If you have nightmares about rats getting Dolphins have something called unihemispheric into your attic, just think that they may have nightmares sleep. This means one side of the brain sleeps while about humans trying to kill them. the other is awake. (The higher brain functions of most Sea otters wrap themselves in kelp and float on their complex animals are divided into left and right hemi- backs when they sleep at night. The kelp provides some spheres.) When this takes place, one eye is open and camouflage and prevents them from drifting too far be- the other is closed. It’s presumed dolphins do this so cause of ocean currents. it’s easier to swim to the surface for air and to watch If an animal is lucky enough to be a house pet, it for predators. has been promoted to the top of the food chain. That’s Giraffes spend a lot of time foraging for food, and why dogs and cats can be found sleeping in the most their only defense against predators is speed. (They can vulnerable but adorable position - on their backs, paws run up to 35 miles per hour.) It’s estimated that giraffes outstretched with their soft tummies begging to be get about two hours of sleep in the form of short “naps.” rubbed.
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FRIDAY 13 MAY 2016 07 The 2017 Kia Sportage is a front-engine, compact front-wheel-drive crossover- WHEELS utility vehicle available with front-wheel-drive or all-wheel-drive. Kia Sportage is something to truly cheer about
By Warren Brown The Washington Post
don’t like worrying. Simply because I want a vehicle to look nice doesn’t mean I want eve- rything and everyone to stay away from it, to Iavoid putting tiny scratches or fingerprints on it, or getting into it with dust on their feet. The vehicle has to live, it has to share my joy of ownership, provide joy to all who use it. To do that, it cannot be precious. It must be unquestionably good, yes - high quality, even - but not the least bit precious. It matters not that royalty or celebrity might have owned or driven it. All that means is that they had some common sense. For me, the idea that I can get almost everything offered in a far more expensive vehicle at a some- what affordable price - $34,895 - is something to cheer about. And let’s be clear about this: It truly is some- thing to cheer about, the 2017 - correct, 2017 - Kia Sportage SX Turbo AWD crossover-utility vehicle. Examples: - Both interior and exterior craftsmanship sub- stantially have been improved for 2017. - There are two available petrol engines: a 2.4-lit- er four-cylinder rated at 181 horsepower and 177 pound-feet of torque; a turbocharged (forced air) 2-liter four-cylinder rated at 240 horsepower and 260 pound-feet of torque. I drove the turbo-2 SX Sportage. to what I was doing. I got stopped by a polite, kind, going 81 mph in a 50-mph zone. He could have Except, well, stupidly, I stopped paying attention professional, firm New Jersey state trooper while given me a ticket. Instead, he had mercy on my gray hair (lots of it), and he responded favorably to my respect for him - “Yes, sir” and “No, sir,” that sort of thing. Also, I did not argue. When you are moving 81 Bottom line: Obey the in mind that the Sportage mph in a 50-mph zone, you shut the heck up, readily speed limits. Nuts & Bolts primarily is designed for admit wrongdoing, apologize profusely and promise Also: Put the compact urban use. Cargo capacity not to do it again. Kia Sportage on your fam- with all seats in place is I got stopped on Good Friday. In the Roman ily transportation shopping list. It is well worth 30.7 cubic feet. With seats folded, cargo capac- Catholic Church, this is the Year of Mercy. Maybe it, available in front-wheel and all-wheel-drive. ity is 60.1 cubic feet. that officer was Catholic. All I know is that he cer- Ride, acceleration and handling: Sportage The fuel tank holds 16.4 gallons of gasoline. tainly could have given me a hard time. Instead, with the turbo-2 gets good marks in all three. Regular is okay. Premium is recommended for he looked at me and said: “Sir, you know better Body style/layout: The 2017 Kia Sportage best performance. I split the difference and than that. You could kill yourself or someone else. is a front-engine, compact front-wheel-drive bought 89-octane. It worked just fine. Slow down!” crossover-utility vehicle available with front- Mileage: I average 23 mpg on the highway I slowed down on my way to that day’s journey wheel-drive or all-wheel-drive. Trim levels - neither great nor horrible. in New York City. When I left the New York-New include base LX, mid-grade EX and highly Safety: Standard equipment includes ven- Jersey area, I obeyed the speed limits all the way equipped SX Turbo, which was driven for this tilated front discs and solid rear disc brakes; to my home in Virginia. column. four-wheel antilock brake protection; emer- It wasn’t so bad. The 2017 Sportage SX is de- Engine/transmission: The 2017 Kia SX gency braking assistance; pre-collision safety signed for easy cruising. The vehicle I drove was Turbo comes standard with a 2-liter, gasoline, system; stability and traction control; adaptive loaded with almost every advanced electronic safety turbocharged, four-cylinder, 16-valve engine headlamps; side, head and curtain air bags. item imaginable: electronic park assist, forward col- with variable valve timing delivering 240 Note: This column strongly recommends lision mitigation with automatic brake assist, lane horsepower and 260 pound-feet of torque. purchase of available advanced electronic keeping assistance. The engine is mated to a six-speed auto- safety items. And, oh, I really was an idiot: matic transmission that also can be operated Pricing in US: The 2017 Kia Sportage starts The onboard navigation system in the Sportage manually. at $34,295. Price as tested is $34,895 including SX displays the extant speed limit and how fast you Capacities: Seating is for five people. Keep $892 in mostly cosmetic options. are moving against it. Had I paid attention to that, I would’ve avoided going 81 mph in a 50 mph zone. Dumb! Thank God for merciful police!
08 FRIDAY 13 MAY 2016 Less is more during summers – be it for a beach BEAT THE HEAT party or a late night office party. For a beautiful you this summer
By Anisha Bijukumar The Peninsula When it comes to summer makeup, ne of the top concerns for minimal is the best women while heading out during summers is the make- look to go for. Oup. Even a few minute walk from the parking to the interiors of our office can mess up our look if not prop- erly done. And there is nothing messier tone and add radiance without making than a face with melting makeup. And you feel heavy. Apart from this, it is also this happens not just because of the hydrating and healthy for the skin plus sweat and oil that your skin produces most moisturizers also contain sunscreen during summers but also because of for added protection against UV rays. improper application of the wrong To shine strategically, use light- beauty care products. catching liquid highlighters. Apply a One of the best and easiest look touch of highlighter on top of cheek- to opt for during summers would be bones, brow bones and down the nude makeup or minimal makeup. Ir- bridge of the nose (not all the way to respective of the event you are getting the top of the nose or it will look oily). ready for, super-heavy makeup during With a little practice you will be able to summers is just a put-off. Less is more get the right dewy look as if you just during summers – be it for a beach moisturized your skin. party or a late night office party. Use a lip stain rather than a lip gloss Skip the base entirely and opt for or lipstick as it has better staying power concealers to cover spots and blem- and looks most natural. Opt for one ishes. Just dab on a slight coat of with SPF so as to not just add colour waterproof concealer using your fingers but also protect against UV rays. and you are good to go. This product Brighten your eyes using eye shad- is a woman’s best friend during sum- ow. For a summery and smoky eyes mers as it does a good job of hiding look smudge burgundy or deep cop- away those uneven skin, fine lines, dark per eye shadow all over your lids. Opt circles and pimples, if any. for a long-wearing cream to powder For a sheer glow, use a tinted mois- eye shadow with a glimmer to define turizer. This would even out the skin your eyes. How to store your beauty care products
here have been instances when perfumes smell weird or mascara have dried out or the hand cream has gone thin. The best thing to do is keep Tyour skin care kit cool by keeping them in a refrigerator. If you can’t find space in the fridge, then the next best option would be a dark drawer at the ground level. For your perfumes, store them in a box and in a shadowed corner of your house. Nail polishes even in winters stay best in the fridge. The bottle fit neatly in the egg tray and the life of the product is much longer. Also every beauty product has a shelf life indicated on it. Always check the best before date and use it accordingly.
FRIDAY 13 MAY 2016 09 What exactly is contemporary bohemian design? And DESIGN what makes it so appealing? Peace, love and subtlety: A new breed of boho
By Megan Buerger · without encountering a fiddle-leaf fig or The Washington Post macramé tapestry. Design bloggers, ea- ger to embrace their inner gypsies, have filled Instagram with pictures of rooms ave you been bitten by the decked in rich jewel tones, tribal prints, boho bug? The style has gone quirky trinkets and more plants than a viral, spreading from retail and treehouse in Topanga Canyon. Htrendy restaurants into our The look is almost obnoxiously homes, and suddenly it’s hard to go a day omnipresent, and yet it’s somehow
still hard to define. What exactly is you unique,” says designer Alex Der- contemporary bohemian design? And inger, 45, who co-owns Ivy Lane Living what makes it so appealing? in Alexandria, Virginia. “When it’s done To start, it’s more than a revival of poorly, it can look cluttered or kitschy, ‘70s hippie chic. Back then, the look or, worst of all, inauthentic. That’s when was quite literal, marked by a casual, eyes start rolling.” affordable assembly of mismatched Fair enough. So what are the tricks Moroccan lanterns, patchwork quilts to pulling off a bohemian look without and mattresses placed cozily on top seeming like a phony? of layered varicolored rugs. Today, the First and foremost, exercise re- look is more polished and dialed down, straint. Avoid anything too obvious with an emphasis on curation and edit- unless it speaks to you personally, says ing - say, less like a scrapbook and more Victoria Smith, 56, who runs the popu- like a magazine. In her book “The New lar design blog SF Girl by Bay and now Bohemians,” designer Justina Blak- lives in Los Angeles. Although it can eney attributes the boho craze to the be tempting to follow a playbook that fact that today’s creative professionals tells you exactly what to buy - dream have “little distinction between work catchers, paper lanterns, a bunch of and play” and want homes that reflect area rugs - she encourages readers their lives and their lifestyle. to do the opposite. “You wouldn’t fill “When it’s done well, it’s a catch-all your closet with only pieces from one term for a home that looks collected designer’s collection, would you?” she and personal. It highlights your adven- says. “Shop patiently, be willing to wait tures, experiences, the things that make for pieces that mean something to you.”
10 FRIDAY 13 MAY 2016 Many mass retailers are embracing the bohemian trend by scouring art markets DESIGN around the world for pieces that would do well in their stores.
Balance is important, so try to jux- tapose bright patterns and colors with clean, modern elements such as con- crete floors, whitewashed walls and minimalist art. And resist the urge to arrange everything in pairs. “With small accessories like candles, souvenirs and picture frames, stick to odd numbers,” Deringer says. “They’re more pleasing to the eye.” Not everyone has closets full of pieces from flea markets in Paris and Marrakesh, but that’s not a problem. Chain stores are a reality for most people and can be a great place to find foun- dational pieces, or what Deringer calls “fillers.” For example, an Ikea couch is a fine place to display pillows hand-sewn by a relative, and a sleek bookcase from Crate & Barrel, such as the $799 Beckett 3-High Shelf, provides a nice framework for photographs and favorite books. Many mass retailers are embracing the bohemian trend by scouring art markets around the world for pieces that would do well in their stores. West Elm’s North American retail stores dedicate a “Local” section to artists from the sur- rounding community. The company also offers products - such as honeycomb vases from the Philippines or wood- carved kitchenware from Foxwood Co, world’s premier flea markets end up at an Annapolis, Maryland studio - labeled chain stores, anyway. “fair trade certified,” meaning they pro- “No joke, I just bought a rattan day- mote sustainable livelihoods. bed at the Alameda flea market a few “It’s all about handcrafted,” said months ago,” she said. “I’d never seen Nancy Soriano, an editorial director at anything like it, I fell in love with it, and West Elm. “We want pieces that tell a I bought it for $500.” Sure enough, she story.” Earlier this year, the company continued, Urban Outfitters now sells an began posting short docu-style videos Amira Carved Wood Daybed, available on its website about the artisans, how in two color combinations, for $429. The the pieces are made and where they product description reads: “Crafted from come from. natural Mango wood in a simple and Smith says today’s design industry rustic design. Complete with intricate works so quickly that it’s only a matter carved detailing for a boho touch we of time before treasures found in the love.”
FRIDAY 13 MAY 2016 11 List of movies running in Qatar cinemas. Get your friends or families together, grab a bucket of popcorn and enjoy a weekend flick. FILMS
NOVO ROYAL PLAZA The Angry Birds (Animation) 2D 10:00am, 4:00 & 10:00pm VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER 3D 12:00noon & 6:00pm 3D Arabic 2:00, 8:00 & 11:55pm Angry Birds (2D/Animation) 11:30am, 1:30, 3:15 & 5:00pm Captain America: Civil War(2D/Action) 11:00am, 1:30, 2:00, 5:00, 6:30, The Jungle Book(2D/Action) 6:45pm Mah-E-Mir(2D/Urdu)2:45pm 8:00, 11:00, 11:30 & 11:45pm Captain America: Civil War (2D/Action) 8:30 & 11:00pm Term Life (2D/Crime) 10:00am, 12:00noon, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 8:00, 10:00pm & 12:00midnight Azhar (2D/Hindi) 11:15am & 11:15pm Hepta(2D/Arabic) 7:30&9:00pm The Trust (2D/Thriller) 11:30am, 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 & 11:30pm The Trust (2D/Thriller) 2:00 & 7:15pm IP Man 3 (2D/Comedy) 10:00am, 3:10 & 9:20pm The Perfect Match (2D/Romantic) 3:45pm Kangar Hoppiena (2D/Arabic) 12:00noon, 5:10 & 11:20pm All Roads Lead To Rome (2D/Comedy) 11:15am & 5:30pm The Perfect Match (2D/Romantic) 1:10 & 7:20pm Term Life (2D/Drama) 1:00 & 9:45pm The Jungle Book (2D/Adventure) 10:00am, 12:00noon, 2:00, 4:00 & 6:00pm Term Life (2D/Drama) 11:30am, 4:30 & 9:30 Kangar Hoppiena (2D/Arabic) 5:30pm All The Roads Lead To Rome (2D/Comedy) 8:00, 10:00pm Hellions (2D/Horror) 11:30pm & 12:00midnight Hellions (2D/Horror) 1:20, 5:20 & 9:20pm Mother’s Day (2D/Comedy) 11:00am, 3:00, 7:00 & 11:00pm Hepta (2D/Arabic) 11:30am, 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30 & 9:30pm AL KHOR Captain America: Civil War (3D IMAX/Action) 12:00noon, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00pm & 12:00midnight Angry Birds(Animation)10:30am, 12:30, 2:30, 4:30&6:30pm MALL Captain America: Civil War (2D/Action) 11:00am, 2:00, 5:00, 8:30 & 11:30pm The Trust (2D/Thriller) 11:00am & 9:00pm 24 (Tamil) 8:15 & 11:15pm 24 (2D/Tamil) 1:00 & 10:45pm Azhar (2D/Hindi) 1:00pm Jacob’s Kingdom of Heaven (Malayalam) Kangar Hoppiena (2D/Arabic) 3:15pm 11:15am, 2:15, 5:15, 8:15 & 11:00pm The Perfect Match (2D/Romantic) 3:45pm Hepta (2D/Arabic) 5:15 & 9:00pm TERM LIFE All Roads Lead To Rome (2D/Comedy) 5:30pm The Jungle Book (2D/Action) 7:15pm Term Life (2D/Drama) 7:15 & 1:15pm Angry Birds (2D/Animation) 11:30am, 1:15, 3:00 & 4:45pm Captain America: Civil War (2D/Action) 6:30 & 9:00pm Hellions (2D/Horror) 11:30pm Jacob’s Kingdom of Heaven (2D/Malayalam) 11:00pm ASIAN TOWN
Jacob’s Kingdom of Heaven (Malayalam) 1:00, 3:00, 4:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:30, 9:00, 10:00pm, 12:00midnight & 01:00am 24 (Tamil) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:00, 10:00pm & 01:00am A guy wanted around town by various hit men hopes to stay Baaghi (Hindi)12:45 & 3:15pm Azhar(Hindi) 12:45, 5:45&11:30pm alive long enough for his life insurance policy to kick in and Note: Programme is subject to change without prior notice. pay out for his estranged daughter. BABY BLUES
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12 FRIDAY 13 MAY 2016 Feeling lazy to go out? Stay inside with a hot karak, some healthy chips and start solving these puzzles. We PUZZLES have some number crunching ones and also the traditional crossword.
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Easy Sudoku Puzzles: Place a digit from 1 to 9 in each empty cell so every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains all the digits 1 to 9.
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TV LISTINGS
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08:00 News 11:30 Killer 08:30 Women Karaoke Make 12:30 Rangoli ALL IN THE MIND Change Gulf 09:00 Al Jazeera Season 5 World 13:00 Foodshala 10:30 Inside Story Season 5 Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal, 11:00 News 13:30 Ten On Ten vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards. 11:30 The Stream 14:00 SaReGaMa 12:00 News Pa 2016 12:30 101 East 16:00 Fear Files ADAPTATION, AGAINST 13:00 NEWSHOUR Season 2 THE ROPES, ALIEN, ALONG 14:00 News 17:30 Vishkanya CAME POLLY, AMADEUS, 14:30 Inside Story 18:00 Tashn E ANNIE HALL, BABE, BASIC 15:00 Lifelines: Ishq INSTINCT, BEN HUR, The Quest 18:30 Kaala BIG FISH, BRAVEHEART, For Global Teeka CABARET, CASABLANCA, Health 19:00 Meri Saasu CHICAGO, CONFIDENCE, 11:00 Counting Cars 12:05 Dirty Rotten 16:00 NEWSHOUR Maa 11:25 DAREDEVIL, DIE HARD, DR Lost Worlds Survival 17:00 News 19:30 Yeh Vadaa 12:15 13:00 ZHIVAGO, EVITA, GHANDI, American Building Wild 17:30 The Stream Raha Pickers 14:00 Street Genius GHOSTBUSTERS, 18:00 NEWSHOUR 20:00 Ek Tha 13:05 Storage Wars 16:00 Supercar GLADIATOR, GOLDFINGER, 19:00 News 13:55 Fifth Gear Megabuild Raja Ek Thi INSOMNIA, IRIS, JAWS, 19:30 14:45 Shipping Wars 17:00 The Yard Rebel Rani LANTANA, LOST IN 16:00 Mountain Men 20:00 Supercar Architecture 20:30 Jamai Raja TRANSLATION, MAD MAX, 16:50 Ax Men Megabuild 20:00 News 21:00 KumKum MIRACLE, MR DEEDS, 18:30 Lost Worlds 20:50 The Yard 20:30 Inside Story Bhagya NETWORK, PEARL HARBOR, 19:20 American 21:40 Dirty Rotten 21:00 NEWSHOUR 21:30 Tashn E PLATOON, PSYCHO, ROCKY, Pickers Survival 22:00 News Ishq 21:25 Duck Dynasty 22:30 Big, Bigger, SIGNS, STAR WARS, 22:30 Rebel Geeks 22:00 Vishkanya 22:40 Grave Trade Biggest THE LORD OF THE RINGS, 23:00 Head to 22:30 NH10 23:30 Duck Dynasty 23:20 Filthy Riches THE STING. Head
FRIDAY 13 MAY 2016 13 The tongue is the conduit for another person within, its cadence a keeper of memory. LANGUAGE
By Lara N Dotson The Washington Post
y daughters are humming and Mother making hand motions, singing “Way up in the sky, the little birds fly,” a folk song my husband grew up with, while I get them ready for bed. I don’t know the lyrics tongue and my well, and I hum as they make bird Mwings with their hands. My 6-year-old asks, “Mama, did you sing this song when you were a little girl?” I shake my head, thinking of how small moments like daughters’ this expose the breaches between my childhood and that of my daughters, the gaps between memories and places. I did not grow up with the same lullabies as my husband, whose first language is English. I moved Spanglish to the mainland United States from Puerto Rico in early elementary school and worked hard to learn English, an incomprehensibly nonintuitive language to someone whose first language is phonetic. My childhood memories are etched in Spanish, inflected with phrases and colloquialisms difficult to anchor outside of a small Caribbean island. The words of my early childhood drip with sun and warmth, fast waves emanating easily from my lips like the salsa music on my mother’s car radio. While now fluent and nearly devoid of any accent, in English, it flows through my lips distinctly and always more slowly. The pacing is simply different to my ear. My voice is lower in English, more severe. In Spanish, it is higher, nuanced and flowing. I am undoubtedly a different iteration of myself in each language. Despite many trips to see relatives, the world of my daughters has been shaped primarily in English, absent the trilling “r” and the swoop of the “ñ.” For me, there is a sadness at the lack of continuity, at the As a scholar and language educator, the irony idea that the sweetness of my grandmother’s sto- ries, told as she told them while sipping her café con of struggling to teach my children my native leche, could end with me. I make an effort to speak to my daughters in Spanish, but it hasn’t yet been language, when teaching others comes easily, enough to achieve fluency. I grieve for an intangible something I want to retain. As my girls get older, strikes me as tragicomic. Yet it makes sense that there is an increasing sense of urgency to explain, teach and reclaim Spanish, with its irreverence and what is intimate is harder to undertake, more layered history. As family lore echoes farther back in my memory, the retelling of stories falls short with- difficult to feel you are doing right. out the same words and rhythm familiar to me. The tongue is the conduit for another person within, its cadence a keeper of memory. If I do not teach my daughters, they will not know me, their mother, fully. I think of how common this curious kind of grief in shared experience as a space of possibility. Rather Perhaps it is because I am now close to the age my must be to any parent who has emigrated. You want than a wedge, language can be a path that leads you mother was when we came to the United States that I your children to bloom where they are planted and to your roots while stepping out on your own. have a new appreciation for holding onto my mother firmly be of a place. Yet you want them to know and Before bedtime, I sing them “Pollito, chicken, gall- tongue and passing it down, making my daughters honor their origins because that is what made you ina, hen, lápiz, pencil. . .” a bilingual preschool song the custodians of a lineage and language that is also as their parent who you are, and is therefore a piece I learned in Puerto Rico. We made up hand motions theirs. My daughter knows her Baba, as she calls my of who they are. and danced around the couch, stepping between mother, speaks with an accent, but what does that As a scholar and language educator, the irony of languages. My mother tongue is Spanish. Their mother accent mean to her? Will she understand that an ac- struggling to teach my children my native language, tongue will be English and Spanish, maybe Spanglish. cent is a living thing, the guardian of another language when teaching others comes easily, strikes me as I will work harder to give them the vocabulary and and the cultural history it underlies? Will she intuit tragicomic. Yet it makes sense that what is intimate the tools to find themselves in translation. Language that behind the cadence of her grandmother’s words is harder to undertake, more difficult to feel you are is heavy with histories and lineages, but I want my - even behind my own speech - are lifetimes shaped doing right. Thus far I have been frozen by the specter children to be light in spirit, to carry the weight of by words and sounds so different from the ones she of failure, and likely creating anxiety about the very what they have been gifted however they so choose. learns in school? Will she grasp the challenge it is to thing I want my children to attain. I look at my girls, Dotson-Renta is a scholar of romance languages create a whole life in a language other than the one so young and open, and it strikes me that I need to and postcolonial literature. She writes, edits and that lives inside of your head? begin to meet them where they are, to see the gaps Tweets.
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Stir-Fried Ground Lamb and Eggs 25 By Bonnie S Benwick 2 1/4 teaspoons finely ground coriander The Washington Post 1 large onion 2-inch piece fresh ginger root 6 extra-large eggs op Chef Masters winner Floyd Cardoz identifies 1 1/2 teaspoons ground turmeric this recipe in his new cookbook, “Flavorwalla,” as 1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper Tthe quintessential stir-fry from street carts that he Leaves from 4 stems mint and fellow students in Bombay would slurp down after Leaves from 4 stems cilantro or flat-leaf parsley long nights at their desks. The New York chef makes it at home, and now I do, too. The ingredients are simple Method and few, yet the flavor’s complex. Season the ground lamb well with salt and pepper. Monitoring the heat under your pan is key here, as Combine 1 1/2 teaspoons of the oil, the ground co- is a gentle incorporation of the lamb, so the eggs stay riander and the teaspoon of black pepper in a large creamy. saute pan over medium heat; cook for 2 minutes or Serve with diced ripe tomatoes or baked tomatoes, until fragrant. Add the lamb; increase the heat to high and soft, warm roti or flour tortillas. and cook for about 5 minutes, stirring, until no trace of Return the lamb to the pan; cook for 2 minutes, then Adapted from “Flavorwalla: Big Flavor. Bold Spices. A raw meat remains but the meat still looks juicy. Transfer reduce the heat to medium-low. Shove the onion-lamb New Way to Cook the Foods You Love,” by Floyd Cardoz to a bowl. mixture to one side of the pan. Pour in the eggs on the (Artisan, 2016). Peel and chop the onion to yield 1 1/2 cups. Peel open side and cook, stirring, just until they are barely set and mince the ginger to yield 1 1/2 tablespoons. Whisk and still creamy; be patient and incorporate the ground Ingredients: 4 servings the eggs in a medium bowl until well blended. lamb gradually. Season lightly with salt. 12 ounces ground lamb Reduce the heat to medium, then add the remain- While the eggs are cooking, mince the mint and Kosher salt ing 1/4 cup of oil to the pan; once it’s heated, stir in cilantro or parsley leaves; gather them together and 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus more the onion, ginger, turmeric and cayenne. Cook for add to the pan. Remove from the heat. as needed about 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the onion Divide the lamb-and-egg mixture among individual 1/4 cup plus 1 1/2 teaspoons canola oil is translucent. warmed plates. Serve right away.
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