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Community Community Doha Modern Popular Indian School Indian stand- P6organises P16 up comedian an interactive Raju Srivastav session for the and DJ Akbar mothers of the Sami to perform students. in Doha today. Thursday, February 21, 2019 Jumada II 16, 1440 AH Doha today: 130 - 240 Mission Impossible To save the Earth someday, team builds spacecraft COVER STORY to crash into an asteroid and shove it off course. P4-5 REVIEW BOLLYWOOD A gangster epic from Judge me, but don’t judge Colombian perspective. my kids: Ajay Devgn. Page 14 Page 15 2 GULF TIMES Thursday, February 21, 2019 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT PRAYER TIME Fajr 4.48am Shorooq (sunrise) 6.04am Zuhr (noon) 11.48am Asr (afternoon) 3.05pm Maghreb (sunset) 5.33pm Isha (night) 7.03pm USEFUL NUMBERS Dumplin beauty queen signs up for her mum’s pageant as a protest DIRECTION: Anne Fletcher that escalates when other contestants follow in her footsteps, CAST: Danielle Macdonald, Jennifer Aniston, Odeya Rush revolutionising the pageant and their small Texas town. SYNOPSIS: The plus-size, teenage daughter of a former THEATRE: The Mall, Landmark, Royal Plaza Emergency 999 Worldwide Emergency Number 112 Kahramaa – Electricity and Water 991 Local Directory 180 International Calls Enquires 150 Hamad International Airport 40106666 Labor Department 44508111, 44406537 Mowasalat Taxi 44588888 Qatar Airways 44496000 Hamad Medical Corporation 44392222, 44393333 Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation 44845555, 44845464 Primary Health Care Corporation 44593333 44593363 Qatar Assistive Technology Centre 44594050 Qatar News Agency 44450205 44450333 Q-Post – General Postal Corporation 44464444 Humanitarian Services Offi ce (Single window facility for the repatriation of bodies) Ministry of Interior 40253371, 40253372, 40253369 Ministry of Health 40253370, 40253364 A Star is Born Jackson Maine discovers and falls in love career takes off , the personal side of Hamad Medical Corporation 40253368, 40253365 DIRECTION: Bradley Cooper with struggling artiste Ally. She has just their relationship is breaking down, as Qatar Airways 40253374 CAST: Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, about given up on her dream to make it Jackson fi ghts an ongoing battle with his Sam Elliott big as a singer until Jackson coaxes her own internal demons. SYNOPSIS: Seasoned musician into the spotlight. But even as Ally’s THEATRE: Royal Plaza The Mall Cinema (1): Royal Plaza Cinema Palace ote Unquo Kikoriki Deja Vu (2D) 2:30pm; (1): Kodathisamaksham Balan Qu te Kodathisamaksham Balan Vakkeel (Malayalam) 2:15pm; “The wish Vakkeel (Malayalam) 4:15pm; Alone/Together (Tagalog) 5pm; for healing has always Upgrade (2D) 7pm; Total Battle Angel (2D) 5:15pm; Alone/ Total Dhamaal (Hindi) 7:15pm; Dhamaal (Hindi) 8:45pm; June Together (Tagalog) 7:30pm; Alone/Together (Tagalog) been half of health.” (Malayalam) 11:30pm. Time Out (Arabic) 9:30pm; 9:30pm; Total Dhamaal (Hindi) The Mall Cinema (2): June Upgrade (2D) 11:15pm. 11:30pm. (Malayalam) 2:15pm; Gully Boy Landmark Cinema (2): Royal Plaza Cinema Palace — Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Hindi) 4:45pm; Alone/Together Kodathisamaksham Balan (2): Kikoriki Deja Vu (2D) (Tagalog) 7:30pm; Fighting With Vakkeel (Malayalam) 2pm; 2:30pm; Gully Boy (Hindi) My Family (2D) 9:30pm; Total Kumbalangi Night (Malayalam) 4:15pm; A Star Is Born (2D) Dhamaal (Hindi) 11:30pm. 4:45pm; Total Dhamaal (Hindi) 7pm; The Knight Of Shadows The Mall Cinema (3): 7pm; Total Dhamaal (Hindi) (2D) 9:30pm; June (Malayalam) Natasaarvabhowma (Kannada) 9:15pm; Total Dhamaal (Hindi) 11:30pm. 2:15pm; Alita: The Battle Angel 11:30pm. Royal Plaza Cinema Palace Community Editor (2D) 5:15pm; Dumplin’ (2D) Landmark Cinema (3): (3): Alita: The Battle Angel Kamran Rehmat 7:30pm; The Knight Of Shadows Kikoriki Deja Vu (2D) 2:15pm; (2D) 2:15pm; Kikoriki Deja Vu e-mail: [email protected] (2D) 9:30pm; Gully Boy (Hindi) Natasaarvabhowma (Kannada) (2D) 4:30pm; Then Came You Telephone: 44466405 11:30pm. 4pm; The Knight Of Shadows (2D) 6pm; What They Had (2D) Fax: 44350474 Landmark Cinema (1): Gully (2D) 7pm; June (Malayalam) 7:45pm; Upgrade (2D) 9:45pm; Boy (Hindi) 2:30pm; Alita: The 9pm; June (Malayalam) 11:30pm. Gully Boy (Hindi) 11:30pm. Thursday, February 21, 2019 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY rings and floor exercises on mats for the children from age 4 till 16. Ballet Lessons WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier WHEN: Ongoing TIME: 4pm – 8pm For more info e-mail at registration@ atelierqatar.com or call on 33003839. After School Activities WHERE: Atelier WHEN: Ongoing Music and arts activities for students taking place after they finish their day in school includes Group Music lessons, Hip- hop, Ballet, Drawing and Painting, Drama EVENTS Grand Prix of Qatar 2019 Theatre & Taekwondo. Ages between 5 and WHERE: Losail International Circuit 10 years old after school hours. Baladna Cultural Festival WHEN: March 8 – 10 WHERE: Baladna Park TIME: 1pm – 9pm Hobby Classes WHEN: Ongoing till March 1 The opening race will be held under the Cycling: Losail Circuit Sports Club WHERE: Mamangam Performing Art Baladna Park will embark you on a floodlights. Ticket can be purchased on- WHERE: Losail Circuit Centre delicious and rich journey this time of year, line. WHEN: Ongoing WHEN:Wednesday – Monday through the Baladna Culture Festival. The TIME: 5pm Mamangam Performing Art Centre, is festivities will take place each Friday and Losail Circuit Sports Club, in association a holistic performing arts institution and Saturday of the month of February and will with Qatar Sports For All Federation, a one stop solution for adults as well as include food, dance shows, entertainment invites all cyclists, runners and walkers children looking to explore their talents and cultural handicrafts from across the to train under the floodlights of Losail in various art forms. We offer classes in world. For further information 44246000. International Circuit every Wednesdays. contemporary, Bollywood, hip-hop and Indian classical dance forms, along with MIA Park Bazaar 2019 classes for music, art and crafts, karate and WHERE: Museum Of Islamic Art yoga. Additional services include dance WHEN: Ongoing education and choreography. For details, TIME: 12pm – 8pm call 33897609. MIA Bazaar will be having a vibrant mix of 350 stalls. MIA Park Bazaar is a modern version of the old souq tradition. The stalls are going to offer a wide range of gastronomies from all over the world. Syria Matters Exhibition You can also browse and grab handcrafted Where: Museum of Islamic Art artefacts, accessories, canvases, fashion When: Ongoing till April 30 wears, designer ornaments. Time: 9am – 7pm Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) in Doha presents a major exhibition, co-curated by MIA Director Dr Julia Gonnella and Rania Abdellatif, as part of the MIA ten-year anniversary celebrations. Arabic Calligraphy Workshop WHEN: Saturday – Wednesday TIME: 6pm Arabic Calligraphy workshop is back. Come and learn the artistic practice of Arabic handwriting and calligraphy at Mehaseel Festival Music and Arts Atelier. WHERE: Katara Cultural Village The lessons will take place every WHEN: Ongoing till March 31 Artistic Gymnastic Classes Saturday, Monday and Wednesday at Mehaseel Souq will be open every WHERE: Qatar Academy Msheireb 6pm. For more information, contact Thursday, Friday and Saturday until 31st of WHEN: Ongoing till February 28 [email protected] March. It is a perfect market to get amazing TIME: 3:15pm – 4:15pm local fresh produce. The olympic sport using horizontal bar, Dance and Instrument Classes WHERE: TCA Campus, Behind Gulf Times Building WHEN: Wednesday – Monday Learn the movements of dance styles in Bollywood, Hip Hop and also the musical instruments such as Piano, Guitar, Keyboard for adults as well kids and move in the world of music. For details, contact 66523871/ 31326749. Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Thursday, February 21, 2019 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Countervailing force Scientists want to hit the asteroid moon with enough force to bump it, but not break it apart. ‘We’re just going to give it a love tap,’ Andy Rivkin, the mission’s co-lead and planetary astronomer at APL, tells Tim Prudente team of scientists, astronomers and engineers meets weekly in a conference room on a Howard ACounty, Maryland, research campus and plans to save the It’s very exciting. You are world. “Keep calm and carry DART,” actually doing something reads a poster on the wall. DART — the Double Asteroid for the fate of humanity Redirection Test — is their plan to avert catastrophe. It’s also Nasa’s fi rst mission not to explore space, but to defend against it. — Elena Adams, mission’s The research team at the Johns lead engineer Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel plans to launch a spacecraft, speed it up really fast and smash it into an asteroid. BOOM! The impact, they hope, will ‘ bump the big space rock off ’ Thursday, February 21, 2019 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY course — actually more like what to do if they discover one on a nudge it slightly. Someday, the collision course with Earth. thinking goes, this method may Hollywood portrayed such CLOSE ENCOUNTERS save humans from the fate of the events in Deep Impact and dinosaurs. Armageddon. In both movies, “Kind of like a big missile,” said mankind narrowly escapes doom Elena Adams, the mission’s lead by planting nuclear bombs and engineer. “It’s very exciting. You blowing the asteroids to pieces. are actually doing something for It’s not that easy. the fate of humanity.” Nasa has considered nuking an An estimated 100 tonnes of asteroid with warheads, but that space debris falls to Earth every risks turning a single incoming day, according to scientists rock into a shower of debris as with the Nasa’s Jet Propulsion happened in Deep Impact. Another Laboratory at the California plan calls for fl ying a spacecraft Institute of Technology.

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