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COVER STORY At home, in Qatar Fouad al-Emadi, virtuoso Kuwaiti artist, holds forth on his interesting journey and fascinating work. P4-6 Photo by Jayan Orma 2 GULF TIMES Sunday, January 14, 2018 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT

Nails DIRECTION: Dennis Bartok CAST: Hauna Macdonald, Leah Mcnamara, Ross Noble SYNOPSIS: Dana Milgrom (Shauna Macdonald) is a track coach and mother who’s survived a near-death car accident, only to fi nd herself paralysed and trapped inside her own body. Forced to communicate via an artifi cial voice programme and hooked to a breathing machine, she becomes convinced that a terrifying presence called Nails exists inside her hospital PRAYER TIME room. No one believes her – not even her own husband, who think she’s Fajr 5.01am experiencing a mental breakdown. As Shorooq (sunrise) 6.21am her marriage disintegrates and her grip Zuhr (noon) 11.43am on reality starts to shred, Dana fi ghts Asr (afternoon) 2.44pm to convince the doctors and staff that Maghreb (sunset) 5.02pm Nails is real and intent on destroying Isha (night) 6.36pm her.

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to the biggest playback singer Bollywood Laugh Out Loud and butters, as well as handicrafts and has ever seen, Shop Qatar brings to you the WHEN: Feb 9 gardening supplies. super talented super versatile Sonu Nigam WHERE: Intercontinental Doha The Live in Doha. Sonu Nigam concert will be City Breakdance Classes the finale to the Bollywood week of Shop TIME: 9am- 1am WHEN: Sunday-Wednesday Qatar. The event will be hosted at the Doha Eat, have fun and Laugh Out Loud with Breakdancing is part of the Hip Hop Exhibition and Convention Center. Sonu two of the finest Filipino comedians – culture that originated in New York Nigam and his crew of 32 members, which Wacky Kiray and Boobita. The event will and has since spread all over the world. includes musicians, dancers and top visual, start with a brunch meet and greet with Breakdancing is an athletic and acrobatic light and sound engineers will ensure Doha Wacky Kiray and Boobita. In the afternoon style of dancing, which can often appear is treated to a concert of a lifetime. The onwards, the activities will be: Komikero/a to defy the laws of physics. This extreme tickets are starting from as low as QR50. (a stand-up comedy contest), videoke dance-sport uses tremendous upper- The three-hour concert will be opened challenge, band performances, a comedy body strength for tricks and poses and a by top local performers who are putting show with guest artist and dance party. For great way to get into shape and have fun. together an unplugged session. further information call 7777-8542. Register now by calling 33003839 or e-mail [email protected] Amazing African Circus Remote-controlled car racing track WHERE: Hyatt Plaza WHERE: Aspire Park WHEN: Until Jan 21 WHEN: Thu, Fri, Sat EVENTS TIME: 5:30pm TIME: 4pm-10pm From January 8 to 21, the Amazing Aspire Zone Foundation has created a Souq Waqif Spring Festival African Circus will be at Hyatt Plaza food custom-made track specially designed WHERE: Souq Waqif court area starting from 5:30pm. Bring for remote-control car racing, for car WHEN: Ongoing lovers across Doha. Interested motorsport TIME: Evening enthusiasts can try the race track opposite Souq Waqif is hosting Spring Festival the Aspire Academy, from 4pm to 10pm on events until April 25. The festival is Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. organised by the Organizing Committee of the Private Engineering Office. This Outdoor and five-a-side football year’s festival offers a range of family- pitches friendly fun including parades, shows, WHERE: Aspire Zone plays, music featuring top stars and WHEN: Daily children’s entertainment. Spring Festival TIME: 7pm-11pm will also present fine arts events in the Aspire Zone’s five-a-side football Reggae Beachfest Doha various sections of Souq Waqif Arts Center, outdoor pitches opposite Al Waab Street WHEN: Thursdays and Fridays including workshops directed to all visitors. are available every day from 7pm until 11pm WHERE: Oyster Beach Bar at St. Regis from Sundays to Thursdays, and on Fridays Hotel Art Exhibition and Saturdays from 7am-11pm. TIME: 8pm onwards WHEN: Until Jan 16 In collaboration with Reggae Beachfest WHERE: W Doha Hotel & Residence your friends and family and come enjoy the Mahaseel Festival in Dubai, Qatar will witness the best rasta TIME: 9am-7pm show. Entry is free. WHEN: Thu, Fri, Sat nights around. The organisers say, “We’ve W Doha Hotel & Residences, the first WHERE: Katara got the setup sorted to get you feeling the luxury lifestyle hotel in Qatar, is hosting the Winter Festival at Katara TIME: 9am-10pm Caribbean vibe. Along with our resident works of local artist Fahad al-Obaidly at WHERE: Katara Visitors to the festival can expect a band Earthkry all the way from Jamaica, the property’s in-house Art 29 gallery. The WHEN: Jan 24-28 variety of products from local vegetables, we have so many big names in the Reggae exhibition titled “Exploring Expression” is TIME: 4pm flowers, honey and meat, poultry and scene lined up at this huge beachfest!” be open to the public until January 16 daily Cultural Village Foundation-Katara diary items. For those of you looking for Entrance fee is QR50 at the door. For more from 9am to 7pm. will launch its 2018 edition of the Winter traditional Qatari food, there will also be information, please call 44460105. Festival on January 24 and will continue stalls selling homemade foods such as Gold Workshop For Teachers until January 28 at Katara esplanade. Machbous. Farm-grown goods include Zumba Session WHERE: Marriott Marquis This year’s edition draws a significant aubergines, peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes, WHERE: Bin Omran WHEN: Jan 17 participation of ministries, institutions courgettes, cauliflower, herbs, and chilis. WHEN: Sundays This one-day workshop will be about and private sector centres that are all set to There are also animal products such as TIME: 7pm - 8pm English, Math, Science, Social Studies, present a wide range of diverse events that chicken, milk, cheese and eggs from Qatari Participate in Zumba Sessions (Adults) History, ICT and new technologies for include performances, theatrical shows and companies like Baladna and Al Waha every Sunday. For more information call your classroom. Part of workshop will educational workshops. In this edition of Poultry Company. 33003839 or [email protected] include working through a selection of the festival, the Childhood Cultural Center new resources and materials relevant will organie several children activities B.Square Mall Grand Event Salsa Nights to Early Years up to University teaching including competitions and games, with WHERE: Al Thumama, Doha WHERE: The Irish Harp-Sheraton environment. gifts distribution. Qatar Heritage and WHEN: Ongoing Grand Doha Identity centre is also featuring a unique TIME: 6:30pm WHEN: Every Wednesday educational theatrical show highlighting The only mall in Qatar dedicated to TIME: 9pm the winter season besides numerous entertainment, B.Square Mall will occupy Get ready for some Latin beats every entertaining activities, organised with an a total space of 26,000 sq.m and 250 car Wednesday night, where all the salseros aim of a acquainting the public and children parking spaces, as well as provide a range and salseras in town meet and party all with the Qatari cultural and national of shopping, services, and entertainment night. Entry is QR50 for gents. Ladies enter identity, and Qatar’s flora. These festivities options. free. For details call 4485 3000 are sought to afford the children a glimpse on Qatari life style during winter. Torba Farmers Market Off -Road biking tour WHERE: Education City WHERE: Zekreet WHEN: Ongoing WHEN: Fridays TIME: 9am Blue Pearl Experience Qatar is offering Qatar Foundation (QF) has partnered the country’s first off-road biking tour. with Torba Farmers Market, a Qatar-based Ride in the desert on a fat bike to explore initiative that aims to deliver organic the local flora and fauna spot desert and locally-grown food and homemade wildlife, hike up jebels, chill in the magic of products, to host a weekly market in the Richard Serra statues and this unique Education City. Open to the public, the landscape. Participants will get to cross market be held at QF’s Ceremonial Court, the desert riding fat bikes from Zekreet accessible from gate 2, every Thursday from to the Richard Serra statues, on a route of 9am-4pm and every Friday from 8am-11am approximately 13kms. The route is easy to Sonu Nigam in Doha and 2pm-5pm.The name ‘Torba’ is derived ride and suitable for people with average WHERE: Doha Exhibition and from Arabic, and means “the pure soil that fitness. You must be able to ride. Kids aged Convention Center feeds, nourishes, and nurtures.” A wide 9 and older are also welcome. The fee is QR WHEN: January 19 range of fresh, locally-grown items will 220 (QR190 for ages 9-14) and includes bike TIME: 5pm - 11pm be on offer, including organic fruits and and safety equipment. The activity lasts From a TV anchor of a music show, now vegetables, homemade preserves, syrups, about 2.5 hours.

Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Sunday, January 14, 2018 COMMUNITY COVER STORY “I want visitors in an exhibition to stop in front of my paintings for five minutes” — Fouad al-Emadi,al- Kuwaiti surrealistic artist

As a surrealistic artist, one goes beyond reality. It is like painting one’s dream on a canvas

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CANDID: “Mixing realistic and surrealistic is my art. But it is not easy. Many people want me to teach them. But if you do not possess similar imagination, you cannot do it,” asserts Fouad al-Emadi. Photos by Jayan Orma Sunday, January 14, 2018 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY

IN A CLASS OF HIS OWN: Fouad al-Emadi making a point whilst showing his work.

standstill in the interim. When I By Mudassir Raja “I love Qatar. For me, this country is a paradise. was managing my father’s factory in It is an oasis for my art. This country has something Qatar, I began thinking that I needed to improve my painting. I put in a uwaiti artist Fouad magical. The government respects all and the small advertisement in a newspaper al-Emadi is a long for an art academic teacher in 1994 time Qatar resident. application of law is equal for all” as I wanted to be a professional as He is also a successful an artist. businessman, who fi rst My offi ce was in the Industrial madeK his mark in Kuwait, and then, Area. I set up my offi ce in the factory Qatar. As a painter, he continues to as a studio. After my offi ce hours, thrive in surrealistic art. I would get involved in painting. A few days ago, Community I would take up a brush and do interviewed him about his life and nothing but paint. career as an artist. Sitting with Many teachers responded to my Fouad in his aesthetically designed advertisement. I got a call from and well equipped studio in Matar Ziyad Baquory, an Iraqi art teacher. Qadeem spoke volumes about his At the time, he was working at the craft. Youth Creative Center. I joined the Excerpts from the interview: Iraqi teacher as a student when there were no members at the Centre. The Please tell us briefl y about Youth Creative Center was in its yourself and your work. early days. I was born in Kuwait. I graduated When he asked me what I wanted from Kuwait University and to pursue, I told him that I wanted obtained a degree in Business to learn classic and realist paintings. Administration. My father was a He told me that I had to be patient businessman and I started working with him. He said his teaching with him when only 14. After would be like an army training. graduation, I started managing one I worked with him from 4pm to of his companies. I also worked for 9pm every day for an year. Then, Kuwait National Bank as I wanted to I started working on oil painting learn how a bank works. and reproducing some of the best At the same time, I was pursuing works in the world. He worked hard painting as a hobby. I took part with me and enabled me to disprove in many art related events in the critics, who felt I would not be able university. to learn the art. I did not learn painting when I When I was learning, Qatar was young. However, when I was National Bank held a competition of in kindergarten, I got a certifi cate artwork on Arab culture. I chose a describing me as an “artist”. I was Pakistani in an Arab dress, who was perhaps, diff erent from other sisters; I’m 4th in line. because I had a premonition that I moved to Qatar as all my family my friend, as a subject and painted children. When they ran after I left Kuwait just before the Gulf something bad was going to happen. was already in Qatar. My father also him. However, the organisers toys, I would go to a stationery crisis in 1990 when my country was I went to Saudi Arabia and joined a had a good business set-up in Qatar. rejected my work. This motivated shop, looking for painting books, invaded. I had my own business bank in Jeddah. How did you manage to pursue me to prove my worth as an artist. notebooks, and coloured pencils! and a house at the time, but I told After the Iraqi forces occupied painting and master the art? We are four brothers and fi ve my father I wanted to leave Kuwait Kuwait, I felt very bad. At that time, My work as an artist was at a Continued on Page 6 6 GULF TIMES Sunday, January 14, 2018 COMMUNITY COVER STORY

Continued from Page 5 What is your next goal? Actually, I do not like to be How do you see your work famous. It can end my personal life. today? Now, people have started liking Today, I see no-one around the my work and I have been taking world as mature in surrealistic art as part in diff erent exhibitions. I want I am. I have been sharing my work to establish an art curriculum. I at exhibitions in diff erent countries. want my style to be taught. Mixing In one of the exhibitions, there were realistic and surrealistic is my art. 4,000 paintings but no surrealistic But it is not easy. Many people want work except mine. The exhibition me to teach them. But if you do was held last year. Many artists ask not possess similar imagination, me how I have been doing all this. you cannot do it. I translate my Some would joke that I have had help imagination on the canvas. from a jinn. All my surrealistic works tell What piece of advice will you stories. Everything in a painting give young artists? is interconnected and tells a story. Again, I would say, do not My paintings are like poems. I like duplicate; create something new. Arabic poetry and tell poems in my If you cannot create something paintings. I am also a poet. I translate new, please drop the brush and do the meaning on the canvas. something else. A surrealistic piece of work should be perfect from all sides. In the As an artist, how do you see beginning my surrealistic work was Qatar? about politics. As a surrealistic artist, Here in this country, I feel one goes beyond reality. It is like peace for myself. I am actually a painting one’s dream on a canvas. businessman. My assistants support I am very comfortable when I me in my businesses. I only come to paint. I am quite satisfi ed with what I my studio for painting. I love Qatar. have achieved. I put my imagination For me, this country is a paradise. on canvas and let people interpret How do you see young artists should make something new. If you My work is not for this time; my It is an oasis for my art. This it. I want visitors in an exhibition to nowadays? are duplicating work of others, you work is for all times. After ages, when country has something magical. stop in front of my paintings for fi ve There is a big problem in Arab are not an artist. I am also against people will look at my work, they The government respects all and minutes. I respect visitors and want countries (with artists). They are abstract art. People who do not know will feel something about themselves the application of law is equal for them to respect my work as well. duplicating Europeans. An artist art, start creating abstract work. in it. all. Sunday, January 14, 2018 GULF TIMES 7 COMMUNITY

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2018 at Indian Cultural Centre

The embassy of India in Doha, Qatar Ambassador of India P Kumaran in association with the Indian Cultural was the chief guest of the function. Centre organised Pravasi Bharatiya Special speech was delivered Observance Day 2018 recently at by Pravasi Bharathiya Samman ICC’s Ashoka Hall. Presentations Awardee Hassan Chougule, ICC about Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Advisory Council Chairman. and remembrance of PBD 2017 Ambassador Kumaran, in his speech, were shown. The meeting was appreciated the Indian community in well-attended by more than 200 Qatar for their loyalty and hard work members of the Indian community, and requested them to continue including last year PBD delegates and strive for even better. He also from Qatar and other Indian requested the Indian community to community members. support the Government of India ICC Vice-President A P Manikantan initiatives. welcomed the gathering. Last ICC General Secretary Juttas Paul year’s Pravasi Bharathiya Awardee delivered the vote of thanks. ICC Dr R Seetharaman, CEO of Doha Joint Secretary Sriraja Vijayan Bank, was the Guest of Honour. conducted the programme.

DPS-MIS lifts the Mathemagic Trophy

Bilal Assadi (IX C), Sanidhya Patel (IX C), Dhushyanth (IX C), Aina Fatema Asim Merchant (VIIIC), Modern Indian School, Birla Public School and the Ideal Indian School contested for the trophy. Madhav Jayachandran Ramachandran (VIII C) and Jaefar Shameem (VIII C) of DPS-MIS have The team from DPS-MIS scored 225 points. They were followed by the Al Khor International School emerged champions in the Mathemagic Competition, the inter-school quiz contest organised by (BC) with 174 points. The Al Khor International School CBSE scored 151 points and secured the third Qatar Gas and Rasgas and hosted by the Al Khor International School. Ten schools including DPS- position. The highly competitive contest is held since 2003 for students of Grades VIII and IX. Five Modern Indian School, Al Khor International School (BC), Al Khor International School (CBSE), Doha teams progressed from the preliminary to the final round of the competition. 8 GULF TIMES Sunday, January 14, 2018 COMMUNITY Sports-passionate Doha College students meet Sir Mo

oha College students and the local community. Many recently donned of its staff and students are also their finest PE kits part of running and triathlon at an exclusive clubs in Qatar and participate in meet and greet with competitions throughout the year. Dthe 2012 and 2016 double gold Doha College features athletics, Olympic champion and legendary triathlon and cross country as distance runner Sir Mohamed permanent Extra-Curricular Farah, who was in town for the Activities, and every year they hugely anticipated Ooredoo Doha reward their most accomplished Marathon. sports people in a high-profile Alongside local fans, athletes Sports Awards Ceremony. Their and sporting communities, close association with Evolution the blue-decked DC students Sports Qatar ensures that new enjoyed their moment with “Mo” sporting talents are identified and other sporting heroes from and developed each year, and in Australia, Germany, Italy, United 2017 Doha College has introduced Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Turkey a new qualification to enrich and the USA, at the Mall of Qatar, student experience – the BTEC organised by Qatar Tourism Diploma in Sports Coaching. Authority. “I love running and train Sir Mo Farah, Britain’s most regularly. Meeting Mo was a successful distance runner, fantastic chance, just thinking of participant in the Ooredoo Doha his success will make my training half marathon of Friday, January easier,” said Connor, one of the 12, was also joined by special Doha College students. INTERACTION: Sir Mo interacts with Doha College students at the meet. guests Toff Wahab – Head of the Political Section at the British Embassy in Qatar, and Stuart Elder – CEO of Mall of Qatar. Paul Young, Vice Principal at Doha College, also in attendance at the event, said about Mo Farah’s visit to Qatar: “For the students to meet such an accomplished athlete, who attained unprecedented success through dedication and perseverance, is a once-in-a- lifetime opportunity. It can only inspire them to emulate the work ethic and determination that helped him achieve so much in his career so far.” Doha College, one of the oldest British International Schools in Qatar, has a remarkable history in athletics. Attesting to that is the well-established DC 5 & 10KM Race, the 7th edition of which took place only recently with outstanding participation and results from both DC members EXCITED: Doha College students with Sir Mohamed Farah.

Radisson Blu Hotel appoints new Executive Sous Chef

The Radisson Blu hotel in Doha has announced the appointment of Chia Jue Xian as its new Executive Sous Chef. A Singaporean national with international hospitality experience, Xian holds a diploma in culinary skills from Shatec–The Singapore International Hotel & Tourism College. Sunday, January 14, 2018 GULF TIMES 9 ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY

FIGHTER: Ranger Christoph Jaster shoulders almost all the responsibility for the environmental UNDERSTAFFED: Jaster shows a map of Tumucumaque National Park in his off ice in protection of Tumucumaque National Park in the Brazilian Amazon, a reserve the size of the Netherlands, the Brazilian city of Macapa. He is one of only two high-level rangers who are in charge of where illegal gold mining and deforestation are threatening rainforests. protecting the large park from destruction. Lone forest ranger fights destruction of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest

Guiana and the former Dutch colony of Schulz-Kampfhenkel later wrote a book Trees that should be protecting the climate By Georg Ismar Suriname. named Raetsel der Urwaldhoelle (Enigmas of by absorbing carbon dioxide keep being hacked The 53-year-old forestry expert had come Jungle Hell). down to obtain tropical wood and to make from Germany to Brazil with his parents, after “The geographic information from the way for power plants, gold mines and soy bean razilian forest ranger Christoph his father found a job working in development expedition is very precise and interesting,” farms, which are irrigated with the ill-famed Jaster is not a man to shrink from projects. Jaster says. herbicide glyphosate. challenges. Jaster studied forestry in Curitiba, became Eight decades later, Jaster shares The remote Amapa state, where He shoulders almost all the a Brazilian citizen and was hired by the responsibility with only one other high-level Tumucumaque is located, has largely been responsibility for the environmental Environment Ministry in 2003 to protect staff member for the protection of the park, spared from such activities that have plagued Bprotection of Tumucumaque National Park Tumucumaque. where hunting and deforestation are banned, Brazil so far. in the Brazilian Amazon, a reserve the size of However, Germans had been in the area long but which budget cuts have made increasingly But illegal gold mines are already operating the Netherlands, where illegal gold mining before Jaster came, as evidenced by a cross that diffi cult to control. here, leading to trees being felled and mercury and deforestation are threatening rainforests stands deep in the jungle. Expeditions to fi nd out about the situation being released into rivers, where indigenous that play a key role in the fi ght against climate It displays a swastika and the inscription: of mammals, butterfl ies or birds can last for people report the presence of “mercury fi sh.” change. “Joseph Greiner died here on 2.1.36 [January weeks, with the participants sometimes having While many Brazilians criticise the small- “We are totally understaff ed,” Jaster calmly 2, 1936] from fever while serving German to carry their boats in rivers where they could be scale tourism that exists in the area, Jaster – observes while laying out a map showing a vast research.” swept away by currents or where the water level whose work includes that of guide – believes green region fi lled with rivers, but hardly any Greiner likely belonged to a secret expedition has sunk too low. it can help preserve the rainforests by bringing roads. that biologist Otto Schulz-Kampfhenkel led Brazilian President Michel Temer is accused income to indigenous groups campaigning At most, only up to 2,000 people live in along the River Jary from 1935 to 1937 that by environmentalists of prioritising economic against their land’s destruction. the area of nearly 40,000 square kilometres, allegedly was commissioned to look into the interests over the protection of the Amazon Even if Tumucumaque has not experienced one of the largest rainforest protection possibility of creating an outpost for the Nazis and its indigenous people, dozens of whom are large-scale economic exploitation so far, “it is areas in the world, which borders on French in the South American rainforest. reported to be killed annually. on its way,” he warns. - DPA

IMPORTANT: A river flows in Tumucumaque National Park in Brazil, one of the world’s largest. 10 GULF TIMES Sunday, January 14, 2018 COMMUNITY POP SPOT

in brief

William Orbit / Madonna only for them to instantly disappear into vapours. The idea or ideal of Acclaimed producer William Orbit is someone who is impossible to pin working on a documentary to mark down.” the 20th anniversary of Madonna’s Neither Roland nor Curt appear in seventh studio album, Ray of Light. the video for I Love You But I’m Lost. The album was released in February, It can be seen at www.youtube.com/ 1998. It introduced electronica to watch?v=8RxlpQTgqO4. Madonna’s musical range and is still hailed as perhaps the most iconic of The Cure her stellar career despite the Queen of Pop issuing a further six studio The Cure will celebrate the 40th albums during the intervening years. anniversary of the release of their first The documentary will cover single by headlining the BST concert everything that went into creating in London’s Hyde Park on July 7. They Ray of Light. It will detail each event lead a line-up which also features including how Madonna came to Goldfrapp, Slowdive, Editors, The abandon her original work with Twilight Sad, Ride and Interpol. producers Babyface, Patrick Leonard Renown for their crowd-pleasing and Rick Nowels and switch to three-hour concerts, it is interesting working exclusively with William. to see how The Cure have developed “Madonna wanted to explore her from their early years in the music vocal ability,” William stated. “She had business. Fans can perhaps draw their taken singing lessons for her role in own conclusions after checking out a the ‘Evita’ film and felt her previous 23-minute set performed at Apeldoorn recordings had left a whole piece of in July, 1980, for the Dutch TV show, YOUNG: Still just 17 years old, it has taken Lil just over a year to become a popular rapper. her voice unused. Popkaravaan de Vara. “We spent a long time in the studio, Their sophomore album, Seventeen four and a half months, experimenting Seconds, had been released three with various sounds. I don’t know months earlier. The band presented no if this would be allowed nowadays. particular image at the time and was There was no fear of an artist creating concentrating solely on their music. Lil Pump, hottest something different back then. Some critics have described this era as “Even as it was, I would have spent The Cure at their best. See if you agree more time on some of the songs. We by viewing the performance at www. actually worked quickly. Madonna youtube.com/watch?v=cNFl3XmufkU. would sometimes say to me ‘Don’t gild American Rapper the lily.’ In other words, let’s move on, MGMT keep it rough, don’t try to make things too perfect.” American indie-rockers MGMT issued Lil Pump was considerably labels. Two weeks before he turned There is no word as yet if the their self-titled third studio album By Geoff rey Rowlands worse. Having been expelled 17, Lil Pump signed his record deal documentary will be shown on in September, 2013. Fans have been from all the regular schools in his with Tha Lights Global and Warner television or simply be released on waiting patiently for new material district, Pump was given a place Bros. DVD. It may well appear as part of a since then but it looks like the band’s t has taken Lil Pump just over at an opportunity school. These The former used its network of 20th anniversary reissue package for latest album, Little Dark Age, should a year to become one of the are institutions which seek to help 60 social media ‘infl uencers’ to Ray of Light.” finally be released in February. hottest rappers in America. students who have encountered a push his music to their 160 million The title track was issued as the lead Still just 17 years old, Lil range of problems. Yet Lil Pump followers. The latter were looking Tears For Fears single last October. This has now been Pump, real name Gazzy was even kicked out of this school to establish a bigger presence in the followed by When You Die. Garcia,I began uploading his songs in the 10th grade for fi ghting and urban music market. It was 2004 when Curt Smith and There are accompanying videos for to SoundCloud in 2016. The fan inciting a riot. This combination saw a six-fold Roland Orzabal released their last both songs. Drawing comparisons response was such that, within Although Smokepurpp had increase in Lil Pump’s SoundCloud original recording as Tears For Fears. with The Cure, New Order and months, he was co-headlining the his sights set on a career in music and Instagram following. The The album, Everybody Loves a Happy Pet Shop Boys, Little Dark Age No Jumper tour with fellow Miami production, Lil Pump had no plans major label marketing off ered by Ending, seemed an appropriate is posted at www.youtube.com/ rapper / producer Smokepurpp. to become a rapper. Warner Bros. led to high profi le title. Despite continuing to play watch?v=rtL5oMyBHPs. When You Die “It was Smokepurpp who got me “I loved rap and I’d sometimes guest artists such as 2 Chainz, some concerts, nothing new was can be found at www.youtube.com/ into rapping,” said Lil Pump. “My freestyle over Smokepurpp’s beats Gucci Mane and Lil Yachty forthcoming as fans were only offered watch?v=tmozGmGoJuw. cousin introduced us when I was 13 but I didn’t really want to record. appearing on Lil Pump’s self-titled solo albums from Curt Smith and and Smokepurpp was 16. He was It was only Smokepurpp pretty debut commercial mixtape. It hit re-releases of old Tears For Fears Troy Ave already making beats as a producer much making me record Pump number three on the Billboard 200. recordings. but wasn’t selling anything. which made me realize I was a good His latest single, Gucci Gang, Word came as long ago as 2013 that Brooklyn, New York, rapper Troy Ave “I was hanging out at his house rapper. matched this position on the Hot Curt and Roland were working on new has kept up what has become his while he was making this beat. “I had my other (illegal) means 100. It also reached number two Tears For Fears material. But as time Christmas tradition. Taking his stage He encouraged me to do a free of income though so I still wasn’t on Billboard’s Hot R&B / Hip Hop passed and no new songs appeared, name from Troy Avenue, a street near style on the track. I just used a thinking about rap as a career. It Songs chart and has become a solid it seemed like the fans would be his boyhood home, the man born as headphone mic rather than a was only when Pump suddenly hit throughout much of the world. disappointed. Roland Collins has released White normal microphone. We called had 10,000 views on SoundCloud Lil Pump’s style has been The release of yet another Christmas 5, the latest in his series of the song Pump and it sounded that I started to think diff erently. described as ‘lo-fi rap’ and likened retrospective album, Rule The World free Christmas mixtapes. good. It was the fi rst track I put on That number is nothing now. By to the D.I.Y. music of 1970s punk - The Greatest Hits, initially appeared Despite the title, don’t look for any SoundCloud.” the time it reached six million, I bands. Other artists such as as nothing to get excited about. But traditional holiday songs among Troy’s His association with thought why not give rap a shot.” XXXTentacion and Ski Mask the further reading revealed it would work. The tracks on these mixtapes Smokepurpp, real name Omar Lil Pump was not discouraged by Slump God also hail from south contain a pair of brand new songs, are everything which might be Pineiro, has played a major role in the SoundCloud people removing Florida and pursue a similar mode Stay and I Love You But I’m Lost. expected from a modern-day rapper. Lil Pump’s rise to stardom. his lyrically controversial work. of performance. But it is Lil Pump The latter has now been issued as a They just happen to be released Problems at high school were With Smokepurpp’s help, he who has emerged as the pack single. Explaining the song, Roland around Christmastime as Troy’s gift to a common bond. Although released a string of hugely popular leader. said; “It’s about the haziness, the his fans. Smokepurpp claims to have been tracks such as Elementary, Broke “Those other guys might blurred lines within a relationship. The The new mixtape can be heard and a quiet individual, he admits to My Wrist and Movin’. be good but none of them has sense of having someone and then downloaded for free at www.datpiff. having been regularly suspended This kind of interest did not achieved what I’ve done. I’m the losing them in the same instant. Like com/Troy-Ave-White-Christmas-5- for fi ghting. escape the attention of record special one.” putting your arms around that person mixtape.877350.html. Sunday, January 14, 2018 GULF TIMES 11 INFOGRAPHIC COMMUNITY 12 GULF TIMES Sunday, January 14, 2018 COMMUNITY CARTOONS/PUZZLES

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Sudoku is a puzzle based on a 9x9 grid. The grid is also divided into nine (3x3) boxes. You are given a selection of values and to complete the puzzle, you must fill the grid so that every column, every anone is repeated. Sunday, January 14, 2018 GULF TIMES 13 PUZZLES COMMUNITY

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ACROSS DOWN 1. Because of the insect 1. Was the man a wash-out as a trapped earlier (6) guide? (8) 4. You owe it to him as 2. Stable companions? (4,7) the figurehead, tired or 3. Get a lift free: an excellent otherwise (8) start (4) 10. A literary contract (7) 5. The new owner at the end 11. If the mount’s frisky, start turned out to be well-known reining in: that’s the cure (7) (8) 12. Until now, having no right to 6. The pretty girl was her home- a seat (4) help (4-6) 13. What the sign-writer does 7. High ground? Nonsense! Just when people start fighting the other way round! (3) (4,6) 8. Do some more skipping 16. Beat, in a return, the beast (6) when slack (6) 17. Is least upset when you leave 9. “A deer,” said the beater (5) Answers (3,4) 14. Be highly amusing? (5,1,5) 20. Ignored the food tipped onto 15. A really strong punch? That’s the sack (7) hard to say (3-7) Wordsearch Codeword 21. For a centrefold, it’s new (6) 18. Stayed to put one pipe inside 24. Subject to there being a the other (8) solution to it (10) 19. Left behind, Ned played in 25. She got in bad with “16” (4) the return game (8) 27. Want to get into the money 22. The girl in the romance is a and to cut across on work (7) fool (6) 29. Hack out sand and rock (7) 23. In business, make plain (5) 30. In the dole distribution, the 26. When you back, a stake that’s girl found a source of easy very high (4) money (8) 28. A dad who’s lost a tot (3) 31. Was pouring when she took the boy out (6)

Yesterday’s Solutions

Across: 1 Fancies; 5 Spotted; Down: 1 Fire-alarm; 2 Noblest; 3 9 Rabid; 10 Crustacea; 11 Indecorum; 4 Sock; 5 Studiously; Agency; 12 Diatribe; 14 Altar; 15 6 Octet; 7 Ticking; 8 Drake; Aquilegia; 18 Male model; 20 13 Maidenhead; 16 Loyalists; Yield; 22 Penchant; 24 Claire; 17 Addressed; 19 Lancers; 21 26 Evergreen; 27 Slugs; 28 East Epicure; 22 Piece; 23 Hague; 25 End; 29 Distend. Enid. 14 GULF TIMES Sunday, January 14, 2018 COMMUNITY LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE Hair hacks for winter he drop in temperature for fi ve minutes before rinsing off and cold wind blowing with lukewarm water. can take away the You can also opt for hair masks moisture and natural for a silky and smooth hair look. oils of your hair, making Also, use a broad comb and run themT dry and visibly dull. It just through your hair, so that the needs a little bit of time and care conditioner covers the entire hair and you can easily retain the shine area. in your hair, say experts. To prevent dandruff , follow Shikhee Agrawal, Head – these simple steps: Training, The Body Shop India, and beauty expert Blossom z Brush the scalp to dislodge Kochhar list down some tips to any fl akes and dead skin cells and keep in mind for hair care during apply dandruff control lotion to winter: the scalp. Massage gently for 7-10 minutes. Regular trims: Trimming helps z Add an anti-dandruff you get rid of split ends during shampoo in a bowl and mix with the winter season when hair ends a little water. Apply the mixture become dry and static. Trim your to your hair with a cotton swab. hair every few weeks to get rid of Spray the hair with water and rough hair. massage gently for 10 minutes. Opt for dry shampoo: Dry Put the hair under shower cap for shampoo is best used to revive embarrassed in the crowd, so opt comb in wet hair, this will lead to is very new, unique and eff ective another 10 minutes and rinse off . limp air by getting rid of excess for dandruff care shampoo along breakage as they are fragile. for hair care. z After shampoo, towel-dry oils. Dry shampoo also seals the with hot oil treatment. Opt for a hair scrub: Using a Conditioning: Deep the hair. Apply dandruff control hair natural oils and removes Shampoo less: It may recover hair scrub may help you exfoliate conditioning is the one thing that conditioner on the hair strands. excess oil. A dry shampoo is very and retain hair moisture. Frequent your hair. This takes away the dead is a must for the winter season for Leave on for two minutes and handy and makes you ready to go shampooing washes off the skin layer that leaves your hair keeping hair lustrous and strong. rinse. anywhere, anytime. protective layer of natural oils smooth. Then wash with water. Remember to condition and mask z Apply dandruff control Deal with dandruff : Flaky from hair. So shampooing less can Scrubbing takes your hair on a your strands with a nourishing concentrate all over the scalp, skin on the hair scalp is dandruff . help you lock the moisture level. tour of complete relaxation and conditioner/butter for a smooth massage gently with your fi nger Dandruff can make you feel While shampooing less, do not cleanliness. Opting for a hair scrub and un-tangled stroke. Leave it on pads and leave it on. — IANS

ARIES TAURUS GEMINI March 21 — April 19 April 20 — May 20 May 21 — June 20

Your mind always tends to be quick and agile, Aries, but today you Some new equipment made available for your use might prove Today you could find yourself searching for a particular piece of might find it going a thousand miles an hour as a result of intriguing fascinating, Taurus, and you're apt to want to learn as much as you knowledge that you need in order to move on with something you're new information received through books, newspapers, television, or can about how it works. Therefore, this is a great day to increase your doing, Gemini. You'll probably find it, perhaps through a friend or the Internet. Discussions with others could also contribute. You might computer skills. You might also want to try your hand at sound or video colleague. Or else it might show itself suddenly, making you want to decide to embrace some innovative new concepts that could lead to an recording. Art combined with modern technology could well be a shout, "Eureka!" After that, it's smooth sailing all the way. expansion of your horizons. primary focus for today. CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

Today you might find yourself working with an exciting group of Social events could put you in touch with some exciting new people, Contacts made through friends or colleagues, perhaps younger people, people, Cancer. Perhaps this involves an opportunity to increase your Leo. They may either share a current interest of yours or bring you might bring new ideas for bettering your home life, Virgo. Perhaps skills or a new project or even a whole new job. Your mind is quick and opportunities to expand your interests. A lot of stimulating discussions a new housemate wants to move in, you could install some new especially innovative, so don't be surprised if you're able to contribute could well result. If you're currently romantically involved, expect these equipment, or you might even have the chance to move to a roomier far more than you would have expected. Don't think your eff orts will go developments to bring you closer together. If you aren't, you could well place. These are only ideas to be considered, however. Final decisions unappreciated. meet someone new and exciting. should wait for a later day. LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

Discussions with close friends, children, and romantic partners take on Visitors to your home today might engage you in discussions of Your mind is sharp, quick, and full of ideas, Sagittarius. Discussions with an especially exciting aura today, Libra. New information is likely to be innovative ways to increase your income, Scorpio. This may either others bring useful information that could well open new doors for circulated that might make a big diff erence both in your household and be through the use of computers or through other forms of modern you if you make the most of it. Group activities should prove especially in your community. It also could make a diff erence to your mind. technology. You might find that you have a talent for such activity that stimulating for you at this time. By the end of the day, your brain should you never realized before. You also might be enticed into going to a be buzzing. Take a walk and clear your head before you go to bed or meeting or lecture on the subject. else you'll never be able to get to sleep. CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

Newspapers, books, and TV are apt to bring a lot of new, exciting, and The opportunity to make a change in your life, which you may have Paperwork involving money could be a real drag today, Pisces, but useful information your way, Capricorn. This might set your mind been contemplating for a long time, could finally manifest itself today, someone close to you might just show you a way to get it done quickly going in such a direction as to bring new ideas for projects or business Aquarius. This could be a move to a new neighborhood, a return to and eff iciently on computers or via another technological innovation. opportunities your way. Discussions with others who share your school for an advanced degree, an entirely new profession, or all of the You might actually find that you like doing it this way. Your mind is interests could contribute even more. above. Whichever it is, expect to spend a lot of time throughout the day especially sharp, so this is just the day to try to expand your intellectual discussing it with friends and family. horizons along with your technical skills. Go to it! Sunday, January 14, 2018 GULF TIMES 15 SHOWBIZ COMMUNITY

Honoured that that cinema brings nations cinema brings together,” Amitabh yesterday nations together: Big B tweeted. On the acting front, Amitabh Amitabh Bachchan has been has three fi lms in his kitty — invited to meet the ambassadors Brahmastra, 102 Not Out with of several countries, here and the veteran actor Rishi Kapoor and megastar feels honoured that Thugs of Hindostan, which also cinema can bring nations together. stars Aamir Khan, Fatima Sana “French Ambassador invites Shaikh and Katrina Kaif. me to Bonjour India a Ballet Brahmastra, an upcoming performance. American Consulate fantasy adventure trilogy, is General invites me for tea to meet directed by Ayan Mukerji and also ex-ambassador. Ambassadors/ stars Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor. Consulate General of Japan, The trilogy’s fi rst part will release Australia, Israel and Pakistan visit on Independence Day, August 15, and pay social calls. Honoured 2019. – IANS

AFFABLE: Paddington 2 has the potential to become a family classic.

Paddington 2 is CANDID: The megastar says ambassadors of diff erent countries keep paying him social calls.

Rajeev Khandelwal The actor, who is currently busy is open to do exciting with Alt Balaji’s digital series Haq projects Se, says his doors are “always charming from open for any kind of interesting Actor Rajeev Khandelwal and exciting projects”. says he is willing to work on any “I do not know when television medium if he is offered exciting is going to offer me something projects. exciting but I am very open to Asked if he plans to make a doing exciting projects on any comeback on the small screen, medium,” he added. start to finish Rajeev told IANS in a recorded Haq Se, which also stars response from Mumbai: “Since the Surveen Chawla, revolves around Directed and co-written by Paul King (of the time I started my career, I have been four blood-bound sisters with By Rafer Guzmán off-kilter British comedy series The Mighty Boosh), doing and dabbling in everything. So passionate dreams, all yearning Paddington 2 throws its affable hero into the least for me, doing fi lms and television, for one thing: fulfilment. It is likely place: prison. digital... I could be doing anything... a modern-day story of dreams, addington, the well-mannered little bear Wrongly convicted of robbing an antiques shop, Somebody has to come up with desires, love, war and the eternal named after the London train station Paddington is sentenced to an astounding 20 years something exciting and then you pursuit of happiness, set against where he’s found, made his big-screen alongside some of the country’s most hardened may fi nd me doing something which the unsettling unrest of Kashmir. debut in 2014, more than 50 years after criminals. While Paddington gets used to bedtime you might not expect me to do.” – IANS he first appeared in a children’s book by with no story, Mrs Brown and her family search for MichaelP Bond. It’s a mystery as to what took so long the real thief. (Hugh Bonneville returns as Mr Brown, — perhaps the advances in computer technology while the now-older Madeleine Harris and Samuel finally made a live/animation hybrid movie possible Joslin again play the children.) — but at any rate Paddington was a pleasant surprise, Grant essentially steals this whole movie as a sunny little family film with the endearing voice the thief, an egotistic, washed-up actor named of Ben Whishaw as our hero and a terrific Nicole Phoenix Buchanan. (He and Paddington coveted Kidman as an evil taxidermist. Released in dreary the same curio in that shop, a pop-up book that January, though, it never quite found its audience. clearly has more than aesthetic value.) Grant shines Now comes Paddington 2, an even better movie almost as brightly here as he did in Florence Foster that deserves a better fate. Maybe moviegoers will be Jenkins, finding the perfect mix of nastiness and intrigued by Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water), who harmlessness that makes for a great kiddie villain. returns as Paddington’s adoptive mother, Mrs. Brown. Another bright spot here is Brendan Gleeson as Maybe the much-improved bear animation will pull in Knuckles McGinty, an irascible jailhouse cook whose viewers. The fi lm’s real selling point, though, is once heart is softened by Paddington’s famous marmalade again its villain, this time played by an irresistible sandwiches. Hugh Grant. Add in a whimsical storyline and an All in all, Paddington 2 has a warmth and wit that’s overall air of British charm, and Paddington 2 has the missing from many a children’s movies. Don’t let potential to become a family classic. your January go by without it. – Newsday/TNS WILLING: Rajeev says he is willing to work in any medium. 16 GULF TIMES Sunday, January 14, 2018 COMMUNITY

CHAMPIONS: The Tunisian team celebrate their victory. Tunisia wins first Inter-Community Beach Volleyball Tournament

president said, “I am glad to see a By Mudassir Raja lot of communities taking part in the tournament. The QVA is ready to extend all its facilities for future he Tunisian team tournaments also. We will like to see emerged champions more and more communities living in of the fi rst Inter- Qatar to take part in beach volleyball Community Beach tournament in coming years.” Volleyball Tournament Ambassador Kumaran, in his organisedT at Al Gharafa Sports speech, said, “It is a very good Club. They beat Sudan in the fi nal initiative by the ISC. The ISC, match on Friday evening to lift the since its start, has done very good Apparel Challengers Cup. For the to arrange diff erent sporting third position, Egypt overcame events at community level. We are Nepal. Earlier, in the fi rst semi- thankful to the QVA for providing fi nal, Tunisia beat Egypt, while support and facilities to make the Sudan ousted Nepal in the second tournament successful.” semi-fi nal. All players were then led by The two-day-long festival a band from the Birla Public attracted a huge number of School in a march past of the people from diff erent expatriate ACTION: A match being played during the tournament. ground. Spectators from diff erent communities. Fan zones with communities cheered their teams, stalls serving cuisines from Srilanka, Lebanon, and Senegal. Talking to Community, Mohd players in the tournament. He said waving their national and Qatari diff erent countries were set up. The The organisers had divided the 30 Habib Nabi, General Secretary that winning or losing does not fl ags. Following the march past, inaugural ceremony on Thursday teams into 10 groups. Preliminary of ISC, said, “The winning team matter much. He said that they two colourful cultural shows were featured a variety of cultural matches were played on Thursday. appreciated the tournament. They would continue holding the event presented. The fi rst show was performances too. The second round – quarter-fi nals, said that they enjoyed playing and hoped that more and more presented by the Indian community The Inter-Ccommunity Beach semi-fi nals, and the fi nal – was on with diff erent teams and were teams and communities will take and called Punjabi Bhangra. The Volleyball Festival was organised by Friday. very happy to meet expatriates part in the next tournament.” second show was presented by the Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA) The prize distribution ceremony from diff erent communities Earlier on Thursday, a colourful Ghana community and featured and Indian Sports Centre (ISC). was held immediately following living in Qatar. They said that ceremony was held to open the classic dances from the country. A total of 30 teams from the fi nal. The winner’s trophy such kind of sporting events tournament. The dignitaries Talking to Community, Puby 14 countries took part in the was handed to Tunisia by QVA should be conducted regularly for present on the opening ceremony Attricky, a member of the Ghana tournament. More than 200 beach Technical Director Hussein Imam communities providing players a were QVA President Ali Ghanem community, said, “People seemed Volleyball players took part in the Ali. The runners-up trophy to platform and communities a social al-Kuwari, Indian ambassador to enjoy the sport and the festival. tournament. Sudan was given by QVA Beach activity.” P Kumaran, Nepali ambassador We got a chance to meet a lot of The other countries that took Volleyball Head Roberto Reggiani. He added, “Speaking on the Ramesh Prasad Koirala, and senior people from diff erent countries and part in the tournament included: The medals and the trophy for the prize distribution ceremony, offi cials from the embassies of Sri cultures. Such events should be Qatar, India, Pakistan, Morocco, third position was given to Egypt by Hussein Imam Ali appreciated the Lanka, Morocco, and Bangladesh. held regularly and should also have Ghana, Philippines, Bangladesh, ISC President Nilangshu Dey. participation of a good number of Speaking at the opening, the QVA cultural activities.”