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How to Become Youtube Creator delivery of clinical and preventive services. This Shuttle Badminton and Tug-of-War). For times throughout the week. Workshop fi ve-day conference is designed to celebrate more details and registration, please e-mail : DATE: January 30 and encourage discourse, learning, research and [email protected] or contact 550 Luc Tuymans: Intolerance TIME: 10am-2pm quality improvement in the areas of emergency 91659/66612969/33549050/44439319. DATE: Until Jan 30 VENUE: Entube Center medicine and public health. Organised in VENUE: Qatar Museums Gallery Alriwaq Entube Center invites you to join a workshop collaboration by Hamad Medical Corporation Conference on Human Rights in Arab Qatar Museums will present a retrospective on How to Become Youtube Creator from 10am (HMC) and the Supreme Council of Health Region of the work of Luc Tuymans, the fi rst solo show to 2 pm. Participants will learn the basics of (SCH), this exciting conference will provide DATE: Jan 13-14 of the artist in the Gulf region. The exhibition, online TV, the incentive and drive behind the attendees with information about the most VENUE: The Ritz Carlton Intolerance, a comprehensive survey of the phenomenon of online TV, the composition of recent clinical developments in emergency The conference aims to highlight appropriate artist’s work, will include a series of wall the online TV market, how money is being made medicine and public health. and necessary approaches of the United Nations paintings and a new body of work, ‘The Arena’, and how to capitalise on the phenomenon, the human rights system, particularly the role of created specifi cally for the show. Curated by standards that need to be met in order for the ACS Doha Open Day OHCHR in protecting human rights in the Lynne Cooke, Senior Curator of Special Projects channel to be successful, and more. DATE: January 16 Arab region in light of the current situation; in Modern Art at the National Gallery of Art TIME: 9am-11am how to improve States’ engagement with UN Washington. Global Organization III Conference VENUE: Al Gharaff a treaty bodies’ mechanisms, and to follow-up DATE: Jan 16-17 ACS Doha invites you to attend an informal eff ectively on the Universal Periodic Review’s VCUQatar Spring 2016 VENUE: Qatar National Convention Center Open Morning for prospective families recommendations. DATE: Jan 25 Qilaa for Training and Consulting will interested in visiting the school and fi nding VENUE: Al Tadamoun Signal, Doha City organise the third Training Conference towards out how the IB can enable pupils to gain places Aspire Park Cinema Learn new skills and deepen your Global Organisation, with the participation of at the best universities. Come along and meet DATE: Ongoing until Feb 5 understanding of art and culture at VCUQatar. a group of experts and leaders of prominent current families and students, as well as the TIME: 6pm-8pm Choose from a large selection of art, design and institutions in Qatar and GCC, as well as a Head of School. To reserve your place please VENUE: Aspire Park craft courses at VCUQatar in Education City signifi cant number of scholars and researchers register via our website: http://bit.ly/1meKTSq Aspire Zone Foundation, in collaboration or at IAID (Academy for Dance, Music & Arts). interested in management. or to fi nd out more please visit: http://www. with Jeem TV, is presenting for the fi rst time Register online now, visit www.qatar.vcu.edu/ acs-schools.com/open-mornings-acs-doha. children movies on its giant screen behind community. For more details you can call IAID Katara QatART Handmade Market Hayat Plaza, every Thursday and Friday from at 44320974 / 44411234 / 66710589 or e-mail DATE: January 15 Neuroscience Conference 6pm to 8pm. us at [email protected]. TIME: 3pm DATE: Feb 18-20 VENUE: Katara, Bld 19 VENUE: Sheraton Hotel Qatari Agricultural Product Yards Handmade Market with a wide variety of The 1st Qatar Annual Neuroscience DATE: Until June 30 handcrafts from Qatar-based makers of art, Conference, organised by the Neurological VENUE: Al Mazrooa, Al Zakheera, Al Khor, FOODIE CHOICE craft and design. Come support our creative Institute at Hamad Medical Corporation, off ers Al Wakrah community, pick up unique products and a comprehensive educational programme The Ministry of Environment will open the RESTAURA NT: Taj Rasoi get inspired! Come and support creative specifi cally designed for the Mena region 4th season of Qatari agricultural product yards LOCATION: Marriott Hotel, Old Airport that will have signifi cant emphasis on for selling locally produced fruits, vegetables, Area practical aspects of common neurological poultry, fi sh and livestock. Work in these yards The food on off er is a pleasant blend of and neurosurgical disorders. The scientifi c will continue for 7 months. The yards will Indian recipes. The restaurant has a great programme committee has invited world operate three days a week on Thursdays, Fridays service and the quality is just exceptional leaders in their fi elds to share their knowledge and Saturdays from 7am to 5pm, with livestock making dinner a good night out with loved with the attendees. vendors in Al Mazrooa operating at the same ones.

Jewellery and Watches Exhibition DATE: Feb 23-27 VENUE: Doha Exhibition and Convention Center Doha Jewellery and Watches Exhibition (DJWE) is being held once a year in Qatar. This show is one of the most exclusive in the world for high level wealthy individuals interested in fi ne jewellery and unique pieces, watches, gemstones, and diamonds, all represented by more than 500 exclusive international brands. endeavour! Entrance is free and everyone is Additionally, a number of educational seminars welcome. will be delivered on jewellery and watches throughout the week. Arabian Drag Racing League DATE: Jan 15 Aspire Run the Park TIME: 4pm DATE: Until Feb 13 VENUE: Qatar Racing Club VENUE: Aspire Park Join us at Qatar Racing Club for all 5 rounds Aspire Zone Foundation will organise a series of the Arabian Drag Racing League. Food and of four races on Saturday once a month on drinks are available. Children will enjoy the January 16 and February 13. Participants should children’s play areas on each side of the track compete in at least three out the four races to with giant infl atable slides and bounce houses win a medal and prize. They have to be there an and eat cotton candy. Everyone will enjoy seeing hour before the race. the world’s fastest cars zoom down the track, from 0 to 360km per hour in just 4 seconds! Sports Meet The fourth Indian expatriate sports meet Workers Sports 2016 organised by Youth Forum, in collaboration DATE: Jan-Nov with Al Arabi Sports Club, will be held on TIME: Thursday- Friday February 9 and 12, 2016. The event, organised VENUE: QSports in solidarity with Qatar National Sport Day QSports is pleased to announce that for various Indian expatriate organisations registrations are now open for the most exciting in Qatar, aims at creating a healthy sporting sports programme for blue collar workers of culture and fostering co-operation among Qatar. It comprises outdoor football league, community members. cricket (T-16), indoor volleyball, futsal and The offi cial inauguration of the meet will be basketball. The event kicks off in late January held on Qatar National Sport Day — February and will continue throughout 2016. 9. The inaugural ceremony will be attended by eminent sports personalities of India and ICEP-Q 2016 Qatar, as well as the representatives of various DATE: Jan 14-18 government and non-government authorities. VENUE: Qatar National Convention Center The competitions will be held in 8 individual Emergency medicine plays an important items (100, 200 and 1500m Race, Long Jump, public health role in the management of chronic High Jump, Javelin Throw, Shot Put and Arm conditions, injuries and health risks and the Wrestling) and 03 group events (4 X 100 Relay,

Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Monday, January 11, 2016 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Don’t overdo or digital eye can leave you high and dry A survey of 10,000 people reveals the harm we’re doing. Symptoms include, in order of prevalence, neck/shoulder/back pain, eye strain, headache, blurred vision and dry eyes

Twentysomethings are the most likely the group started issuing its annual survey time they reach for their smartphones in the By Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz age group to say they suff er symptoms, at 73 in 2012. Women, who are more likely to be morning to turn off their alarm and check percent, and are also the most likely to say device multitaskers, are more likely to report email, Goodfellow said. they juggle multiple devices and read the symptoms than men. But there are concerns about more t used to be that staring at a computer news on smartphones, whose small screens Digital eye strain, which used to be called permanent eff ects. Some emerging research screen all day was bad for your eyes. require extra eyeball exertion. computer vision syndrome, is becoming has linked cumulative and constant exposure Now we interrupt that staring to look “It’s the problem everyone has but no-one more widely recognised as a diagnosis, said to the high-energy blue light emitted from at our smartphones, smartwatches, knows they have,” said Dr Justin Bazan, a Geoff rey Goodfellow, associate professor digital screens with damage to the light tablets and e-readers, all while keeping Brooklyn-based optometrist and medical at the Illinois College of Optometry and an receptors at the back of the eye. That could Ian eye on the TV. And that, it seems, is adviser to The Vision Council. “Millennials attending optometrist at the Illinois Eye lead to age-related macular degeneration, especially bad. are experiencing the most symptoms but also Institute. which is the loss of central vision, Goodfellow Three-quarters of people who use two have most normalised it.” It is, for the most part, a temporary said. or more devices simultaneously report While heavy screen time has been a way problem. The discomfort typically Evening exposure to blue light symptoms of digital eye strain, compared of life for many years, the proliferation of results from the tiny muscles in the eye wavelengths, important for colour perception with just over half of people who use one all sorts of digital gadgets has made it more working overtime to focus on objects in and being alert during the day, has also been device at a time, according to a survey of diffi cult to escape. Nearly 60 percent of close proximity and adjust to diff erent shown to disrupt the melatonin that regulates more than 10,000 people that was released survey respondents said they use digital lighting levels, Goodfellow said. Failure circadian rhythms, making it hard to sleep. recently by The Vision Council, a trade group devices for fi ve or more hours a day. to blink, which happens when people are Yet a third of Americans who are aware of representing manufacturers and suppliers of Sixty-fi ve percent of respondents overall concentrating, also dries out and irritates the potential damage don’t do anything to the optical industry. said they experience symptoms of digital eyes, he said. curb their exposure, according to The Vision Symptoms include, in order of prevalence, eye strain, which typically develop after Most people recover after taking a break. Council survey. neck/shoulder/back pain, eye strain, two or more hours in front of a screen, a Even those who are glued to their tablets “It will be interesting to see, 30 years from headache, blurred vision and dry eyes. share that has remained about steady since until bedtime typically feel refreshed by the now, what is the long-term toll on our eyes Monday, January 11, 2016 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY

STRESSED OUT: Vinnie Sikka spends 10 to 14 hours a day in front of a computer screen, working from his home off ice in Darien, Illinois, as a freelance procurement consultant and running a side venture selling custom dress shirts online. from using all of these devices,” Goodfellow the room, so your pupils don’t have to keep spine surgery at the New York Spine Surgery They come with or without a prescription. said. adjusting to varying light levels. If you’re in and Rehabilitation Medicine. A 60-degree Also available is computer software that Even though it’s not known if there’s a dark room, set the screen to a dark setting, bend puts about 60 pounds of weight on the cuts some of the blue wavelengths on the lasting physical harm, Vinnie Sikka can and if in a bright room, brighten the monitor. cervical spine, his research found. screen. A free one for Windows is f.lux, attest to the eff ect on short-term workplace Also, pull the drapes to reduce glare. Consider investing in computer glasses, which shifts the screen’s brightness from productivity. Blinking keeps the eye moist and protects which are tinted yellow or have other high-energy blue light during the day to a Sikka estimates he spends 10 to 14 hours it from irritants, so when 15 to 20 seconds coatings to fi lter out high-energy light soft yellow when the sun goes down in hopes a day in front of a computer screen, much pass between blinks, as happens in front of and are customised to focus on the mid- of preventing sleep disruptions. — Chicago of it scrutinising PowerPoint or Excel digital screens, eyes dry out and can burn. distance range for viewing digital screens. Tribune/TNS spreadsheets on his laptop. About six Remember to blink a few times every few hours in, he said, his eyes start to give out. seconds, or make it a point to blink after Text blurs. Headaches creep up. Errors go reading a paragraph. unnoticed. People tend to hold their smartphones 8 “You start seeing exclamation points when to 12 inches from their face, which increases they’re actually 1s,” said Sikka, who works strain as eyes try to focus. A better distance from his home offi ce in Darien as a freelance that is also realistic: Make a fi st, and put procurement consultant and runs a side it at your chin, and hold your phone at venture selling custom dress shirts online. your elbow. And keep your head up: The Early in his career, he could handle that heavy continual weight we put on our spines when screen time. But now, at the ripe age of 36, “I we stoop our heads to read smartphones, tend to jumble things,” he said. called “text neck,” can lead to early wear and “In equations that I should be able to do tear, degeneration and surgery, according to in my sleep, I will have a brain freeze and put research published last year by the chief of something that’s not correct at all,” Sikka said. Sikka tried an anti-glare guard on his screen, but it had little benefi t, and he takes breaks from the offi ce every few hours to give his eyes a rest. He has an astigmatism that has worsened over the years. Though it has not been connected to computer use (he gets his eyes checked by his wife, an optometrist and a colleague of Goodfellow’s at the Illinois Eye Institute), underlying conditions can exacerbate eye strain. There are ways to give your eyeballs a break. Here is some advice from Goodfellow and Bazan. A relaxed eye automatically focuses on a distance of about 20 feet or more away. Hence the 20-20-20 rule touted by the American Optometric Association to refresh your eyes: Every 20 minutes, take a 20-second break, and look at something 20 feet away. If that isn’t a practical schedule to keep, take a fi ve- minute break from digital devices every hour. Position your computer to be arm’s length away, untilted, at a height that allows you to look down 4 to 5 inches at your work. Magnify the text to a 15- or 16-point font so you’re not tempted to slump forward to make it out. If you can, avoid doing work curled up on a couch for too long, which throws posture, and therefore eyes, out of whack. It’s better for your body to be in a chair with both feet on the fl oor. Match your screen to the brightness of 6 GULF TIMES Monday, January 11, 2016 COMMUNITY Narrating the story of Syria’s Little Gandhi

LITTLE GANDHI: Ghiyath Matar was a key organiser in leading peaceful protests in his homeland. The film features interviews with Ghiyath’s fellow activists.

death at the hands of the Syrian government By Umer Nangiana at the age of 26. His death spurred despair and international outrage. “The fi lm was made to build a better ll he wanted was peace. He understanding of what the Syrian Revolution fought violence with fl owers and is all about and what it stands for. To unveil killing of fellow human beings the truth about the real young educated Syrian was “impossible.” In return for heroes who initiated the movement in Syria his peaceful overtures, he was way before the Arab Spring,” said the team. captured,A detained, tortured and killed. But The aim was to remind the world about the his sacrifi ce did not go completely in vain. It lives that were sacrifi ced in order to keep the stirred reaction from his countrymen which Syrian movement a peaceful uprising, in spite went on to inspire people even beyond his of the unprecedented violence by the Syrian country’s borders. regime. He was given the title of ‘Little Gandhi’. The It was created with the sense to raise Syrian embassy in Doha and Katara Cultural awareness and educate the world about the Village Foundation presented the well-known grave human rights situation in Syria, and documentary fi lm, Little Gandhi, by award it was produced via one of the Transitional winning Syrian director Sam Kadi at Katara Justice Programs sponsored by the Drama theatre here on Saturday. International Development Research Centre The documentary follows the life of peaceful (IDRC), the Syrian Center for Political and Syrian activist Ghiyath Matar, who became Strategic Studies (SCPSS). internationally known as Little Gandhi for his Little Gandhi, they added, is a source of initiative of facing security fi re and violence Director Sam Kadi has been recognised by the prestigious Cinema for Peace for raising awareness inspiration and a heroic story that needs to be with fl owers and bottles of water. of human rights issues through his films. told and shared with the rest of the world. Ghiyath was a key organiser in leading The documentary has been directed by peaceful protests in his homeland Daraya, a The fi lm features a series of interviews with Syrians into a direction of peace, while fi ghting award winning director Sam Kadi. Kadi is the district in the suburbs of Syria, against one of Ghiyath’s fellow activists who knew and grew for their basic human rights that they until writer and director of critically acclaimed the most vicious regimes in the 21st century, up with him, besides depicting the harsh living now are desperately deprived of. feature drama The Citizen. The Citizen was the inspiring people worldwide. standards in Syria. It shows how the villages During each protest that he organised with recipient of fi ve awards on the international His brutal torture and death at the age of 26, and towns once bustling with life were now in other activists, Ghiyath laid water bottles fi lm festival circuit, and was named among the merely a few months after his marriage with ruins. for the troops to drink from, attached to the “Best 10 Films of 2013” by Examiner.com. a baby on the way, outraged the international The fi lm shows the atrocities committed bottles, were fl owers and sticky notes reading, Kadi has been recognized by the prestigious community and erupted one of the most against Syrian children and peaceful protestors “Why are you killing me?” Cinema for Peace for raising awareness of violent uprising in modern history. who wanted nothing but their children to live All throughout the barrel bombs, tear gas, human rights issues through motion pictures, “Ghiyath was a model for the educated freely in their country. Like them, Ghiyath bullets and chemical weapons, protestors and was invited to speak about the same youth of Syria who preached the peaceful way fought for a better world for his unborn child, continued to march the streets each Friday subject before the International Criminal of demanding and fi ghting for their rights one he never met, because his life was taken chanting that they will no longer accept the Court at The Hague, Netherlands in 2012. and their dignity,” the members of the fi lm’s too soon. humiliation that has been brought upon them. In 2014, the SHOAH Foundation, founded production team told the audience in a post- He was someone who fought bullets with Ghiyath then paid the ultimate price for by acclaimed director Steven Spielberg, chose screening discussion at the drama theatre. fl owers, an iconic fi gure who led the masses of his bravery. He was captured and tortured to Kadi as a “Spotlight Juror.” Monday, January 11, 2016 GULF TIMES 7 COMMUNITY

The star that went unnoticed at Qatar Open The fashion contest organised has been rather long,” added the By Anam Arsalan by Qatar Museums Authority and 22-year old Yemeni national, who the National Museum of Qatar in was born in Qatar. partnership with VCU-Qatar and What’s even more surprising f you lie supine to watch the the Centro Universitário Belas is the fact that Morshed has been stars, those that dazzle you Artes de São Paulo (Fine Arts supervising the hostesses, part- with their beauty and aura, Centre University of Sao Paolo) time, at the ATP and WTA events chances are you might ignore charted a course for Morshed, for close to seven years now. “I that little fl ame of the candle which for an avid fashion buff love the tennis and I like doing a thatI keeps the darkness at bay. could be dazzling. lot of part time jobs. I enjoy the Friday evening, even as the stars “After my win, I was invited to ambiance it offers.” from the tennis world burned present my designs and mood- Morshed, now a graduate is all bright and kept the audiences boards at an exhibition in Sao set to take on her first regular job. occupied at the Qatar ExxonMobil Paolo where designers from Qatar “I graduated in May last year. I Open, one little flame was busy and Brazil were showcased their should be starting work anytime doing her job without being works,” said Morshed. soon at Galeries Lafayette as an noticed, leave alone thanked. Based on the mood-boards, Administrative Buyer,” said the She was Kinda Morshed. the judges selected five finalists 22-year-old, oozing confidence. Morshed, a student of the from each country to work on “The papers are in the process, Virginia Commonwealth their designs. Post which an elite so I am just waiting for the good University in Qatar (VCU-Qatar) panel of jury assessed 10 garments news anytime soon.” won ‘Kheit Competition’ as a and selected one winner from However, education is still high junior in 2014. each country. Here too Morshed on her mind as she gets ready for The competition christened emerged first. her Masters’ programme. “I have after the Arabic word for thread, So how did tennis come about gots a scholarship from Al Bin was one of the many cross-cultural into the picture? Ali for it. I am keen on pursuing AT WORK: Kinda Morshed goes about her business during the Qatar activities taking place in Doha “Frankly, I don’t even recall a career costume design that’s ExxonMobil Open at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex in Doha on as part of ‘Qatar-Brazil Year of how I met the manager here, who probably the reason why I did well Friday. Culture’. offered me this part time job. It at the Kheit Competition.” 8 GULF TIMES Monday, January 11, 2016 COMMUNITY

SPEECH: Indian Ambassador Sanjiv Arora speaking at the event. Prominent Indian expats in Qatar attended the event. Indian community celebrates Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2016

large number of Indian expats chief guest. The event began with a minute- contribution of Indian diaspora to the After the keynote address, the gathering in Qatar attended the Pravasi long silence to pay tribute to the martyrs country’s development. watched the live webcast of the speech of Bharatiya Divas 2016 (PBD) who sacrifi ced their lives in the recent attack In his keynote address, Ambassador Sanjiv Minister of External and Overseas Indian recently at Doha Marriott. The in Pathankot, Punjab. Arora congratulated all three apex bodies for Aff airs Sushma Swaraj, from New Delhi. celebration was organised by ICC President Girish Kumar in his co-ordinating an event of this magnitude and The live webcast was followed by Athe Indian embassy in association with the welcome address gave a warm welcome and thanked the Indian expats for their presence. a presentation on Make in India by Indian Cultural Centre (ICC), Indian Business thanked all the dignitaries and members of The ambassador talked about the signifi cance Ambassador Arora. He also informed those Professional Network (IBPN) and the Indian Indian diaspora present at the event, which of the day, and named and praised PBD present about the Make in India week, which Community Benevolent Forum (ICBF). is the fi rst ever Local Pravasi Bharatiya awardees from Doha: Padmashri Adv. C K will be held in Mumbai from February 13 to Indian Ambassador Sanjiv Arora was the Divas celebration in Qatar. The event marks Menon and Hassan Chougle. February 18, 2016.

Hundreds attend Komiq’s Family Winter Gathering & Camping

Hundreds of Indonesians working at the Qatar Fertilizer Company (Qafco) participated in the “Komiq’s Family Winter Gathering & Camping” at Sealine Beach recently. The event featured traditional Indonesian games such as shack race, tug-of-war, and marble on spoon race. The participants also got to enjoy live barbecue at the picnic. Monday, January 11, 2016 GULF TIMES 9 COMMUNITY

DPS MIS holds TEDxYouth@DPSMIS

The 1st edition of TEDxYouth@DPSMIS was held recently in the The five speakers who shared their ideas were: Abhipray Sahoo neuroscience start-ups, being prepared for the future by school auditorium. The theme of the event was “The Power of (Graduate of Rice University), Cyril Anand (Assistant Director turning problems into opportunities, risk-taking and facing Uncertainty”. of Ooredoo), Dr Anu Jossan (Business & Economics Professor) disabilities. The goal of this event was to communicate ideas that will Adulraman Sajid (COO of The Youth Company) and Nawaal The event was planned and executed by a team of nine make people embrace uncertainty — that not knowing Akram, (member of the Qatar Paralympics Team, a model and students of Grade XII of DPS-MIS. They were supported by the something makes us strive and opens opportunities for growth a standup comedian). school management. The participants were young students and gives us the motivation to evolve and grow. The ideas discussed were on a wide range of topics from from both Indian and international schools.

Cinema-lovers assemble at FCC for Kazhcha Sangamam 2015

Cinema lovers in Qatar assembled at Friends Cultural Centre (FCC) as part of the Kazhcha Sangamam 2015 recently. Short films made by the participants of a short film competition conducted by the FCC during Qatar Keraleeyam Cultural Festival were shown on the occasion. Mujeeb Rahman, a journalist, reviewed the films. Muthu ICRC, Faisal Arikodiyil, Majeed Nadapuram and Jaleel Kuttyadi presented the trophies to the children who made and acted in the films. Moreover, Hisham Madayi was elected as the new Co-ordinator of FCC Kazhcha. 10 GULF TIMES Monday, January 11, 2016 COMMUNITY

SIS students win in ‘Qatar School Youth Festival 2016’

The SIS team won the overall championship in the Voice of Kerala ‘Qatar School Youth Festival 2016’. Hadiya Zakariya of Class VIII was awarded the Kalathilakam. The senior students also won the group championship.

Isaan launches new menu for 2016 rand Hyatt Doha’s fl avours and simple preparation. For the ultimate Thai experience, Isaan is inviting Doha Chef Somporn’s new menu Isaan off ers the opportunity residents to begin the includes signature dishes such as to celebrate the fl amboyant New Year with the the popular grilled whole sea bass preparation and distinctive authentic and bold Thai in pandan leaves, which is bound to fl avours of Thailand at Grand flG avours of the restaurant’s new entice the taste buds. The award- Hyatt Doha’s very own Chatuchak menu. Located on the second fl oor, winning restaurant provides guests Weekend Market Brunch every the signature restaurant, Isaan, has with diff erent off erings to present Friday. The Chatuchak Weekend become 2015’s leading southeastern them with the full Thai experience. Market Brunch off ers a unique and restaurant in Doha, according to the Being one of Thailand’s favourite authentic Thai experience in Doha hotel, winning multiple awards. dishes, Isaan invites guests to with a very rich and diverse menu. Thai chef de cuisine Somporn experience the diff erent types The outstanding Thai Chatuchak Sintawee is an expert at and fl avours of curry with Isaan’s Weekend Market experience takes presenting authentic cuisine in a ‘Curry Nights’ every Monday from place every Friday for Brunch from contemporary style. Specialising 7pm until 11pm, priced at QR95. 12:30pm to 3:30pm. You can enjoy in Thai cuisine, Chef Somporn Diners can appease their appetites a soft drink brunch for QR290, dug into his culinary repertoire to with unlimited curry to share with a special beverage package for design a carefully selected menu the choice of fi sh, beef, chicken, QR399 and the Moet brunch for showcasing the Isaan region’s bold mussels or vegetables. QR680. Sea bass in pandan leaves at the restaurant. Monday, January 11, 2016 GULF TIMES 11 COMMUNITY GU-Q professor explains Afghanistan’s endless war

LECTURE: Dr Anatol Lieven believes the future of Afghanistan may be one where neither the Afghan regime, politically divided and on artificial US life support, nor the Taliban opposition, would ever regain dominance over the whole country.

eorgetown University frequently attended by faculty, in Qatar (GU-Q) Dr Lieven concluded that the most likely future students, and staff , as well as professor Dr Anatol scenario is one of, “long messy warfare between diplomatic and government Lieven spoke to a representatives. packed on-campus various actors with much of the Taliban controlling “Dr Lieven’s personal travels to audienceG in a lecture titled the region, his relationships and “Afghanistan: War Without End?” some of the country, and with support of the US and interactions with the key players He shared his observations other regional actors like India and Russia allowing in Afghanistan’s complex political, as a journalist embedded with military, and social landscape, the mujahideen following the their allies to hold other pieces of land” provided our audience with withdrawal of Soviet troops in the insights that went well beyond late 1980s and as a researcher in knows they won’t get back the of the Taliban controlling some of that: “Afghanistan is now more textbook analysis and scholarship. Afghanistan since the overthrow maximum level of control they the country, and with support of dependent than any other time in This is what makes our public of the Taliban, and explained the enjoyed in 2001.” He described the US and other regional actors its history. 90% of the state budget lecture series such a fascinating, current challenges Afghanistan is this impasse as possibly leading to like India and Russia allowing depends on outside aid. 100% of and successful, opportunity for presenting the forces and foreign a “peace of exhaustion”, where no their allies to hold other pieces security is provided by the US. The the Qatar community,” said the policy choices of the United single force is capable of winning of land.” He predicted that this hope is that in some future stage Director of CIRS, Dr Mehran States. nor interested in breaking up the scenario will continue until “US Afghanistan will be able to develop Kamrava. Lieven set out his arguments for country. and Western support ends, and its own resources but that hasn’t Anatol Lieven is a GU-Q why the future of Afghanistan may After off ering comparisons disintegration of the country even begun.” The risk of removing professor based in Doha, Qatar be one where neither the Afghan between the eff ects of Soviet begins.” that support and causing state who worked as a British journalist regime, politically divided and on military withdrawal in 1989 and He cited the main factor collapse is compounded by the in South Asia and the former artifi cial US life support, nor the the withdrawal of most US troops for why the US would not be collapse of Iraq and Syria, and the Soviet Union from 1986 to 1998. Taliban opposition, would ever today following President Obama’s able to withdraw entirely from rise of the Islamic State. He is a visiting professor in the regain dominance over the whole dangerous initial promise to end Afghanistan, despite President His presentation was part of the War Studies Department of King’s country. “It is now inconceivable engagement by the end of his Obama’s promise to do so, as the Monthly Dialogue Series hosted College London and a senior fellow that national Kabul forces, term, Dr Lieven concluded that country’s total dependence on by the university’s Center for of the New America Foundation in without peace and co-operation the most likely future scenario foreign aid. “One thing remains International and Regional Studies Washington DC. His latest book, with the Taliban, can reconquer is one of, “long messy warfare the same now as after USSR (CIRS), one of many public events Pakistan: A Hard Country, was the southeast. And the Taliban between various actors with much withdrawal in 1989,” he said, is open to the Doha community, and published in 2011. 12 GULF TIMES Monday, January 11, 2016 COMMUNITY INFOGRAPHIC Monday, January 11, 2016 GULF TIMES 13 LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE COMMUNITY Six fresh ways to enjoy potatoes

Season with new flavour Grilled potatoes favourites Potatoes are the perfect Spice up your baked or roasted addition to your backyard potatoes with healthy toppings barbecue menu. Grilling potatoes that really raise the bar on adds a unique flavour you can’t nutrition and flavour. Start with get from the stove or oven. Create a plain, thick and creamy yogurt your own spud rub with onion and a good source of protein. If powder, lemon pepper, paprika, you’re serious about spice, try sea salt and ground cumin and adding a tablespoon of Sriracha coat potatoes with a little extra and orange juice to a half-cup virgin olive oil. Place the potatoes of your yogurt, mix, and add a on a grill rack or basket, and dollop to your potatoes. Love a within 15 minutes, you’ll have Mediterranean flair? Top your yourself the most spectacular side taters with Greek yogurt mixed dish. with lemon, garlic, roasted red peppers and oregano. Customise a nutritious breakfast hash Wholesome mashed Drizzle a tablespoon of extra potatoes virgin olive oil in a skillet and add Mash your potatoes with a low- diced potatoes (fresh, frozen or fat spread, yogurt or skim milk for refrigerated) with bell pepper and that creamy, delicious texture you onion, cover and cook on medium love, without all the extra calories. heat for 10 minutes. To serve with soft-cooked eggs, use a spoon otatoes are the Here’s a little inspiration for cut into thin slices. Toss the Slim-belly baked potato bar and make 4 shallow depressions vegetable that take potato dishes sure to become freshly cut slices in one beaten Families will love a baked potato in the hash and carefully crack an breakfast, lunch, favourites in this year: egg white. Spray a non-stick pan bar. Top a baked potato with egg into each hollowed-out spot. dinner and snacks to with cooking spray and evenly ground turkey, salsa and light Cover the pan and cook eggs for the next level of yum. DIY potato chips space the chips throughout the sour cream for taco night, or top 5 minutes, or until the whites are TheyP are quick to disappear but This is a super easy and pan. Bake slices at 400 degrees F your potatoes with tomato sauce, set and yolks are still runny, then also quick and easy to buy, prepare delicious recipe. Boil a russet for 35 minutes, turning halfway turkey pepperoni, Italian blend serve immediately. and serve. Not only are potatoes potato and a few purple potatoes through. Top chips with sea salt or shredded cheese and other veggies uber satisfying. for 5 minutes, drain, dry and a sprinkle of bleu cheese. for a pizza-style delight. © Brandpoint

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

Today’s Moon shines in Aquarius, your 11th house of hopes, wishes If you fish for compliments today Taureans, you might not get them. Librans and Aquarians are great matches for you and good people to and friendship makes this a great day for you to plan something What you might get it false praise and encouragement and then go to for advice and for a calming session as well. Librans especially special with a good friend. Someone who will lift you out of whatever have someone steal your thunder. Literally. aren’t prone to pulling the trigger as much as you are, so if you need slump you’re in. a good person to balance your mood, seek one or more out.

CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

Just because you tried and failed at something last time doesn’t Behind the scenes activity favours you — career or socially today. Anything can happen Virgos — so your attitude is key today. Current mean you will fail again this time around. You have great instincts for And the fact that you don’t have proof of this in your hot little hand influences are nudging those amongst us who have diff iculty going knowing what works for you and what doesn’t — so make sure you right now doesn’t mean that it won’t be along shortly. with the flow — which is some of you. Keep your mind and your trust those instincts. heart open to changes and new developments.

LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

Make sure you have a clear end result in mind and a road you know You could very well discover that you have quite a loyal fan club Venus the planet of love and money along with Saturn the planet of you need to travel on. Do you have anyone you can ask for a favour today. People who have your best interests at heart and are always focus and discipline are joined together in your sign. These are very or guidance about those things you might not be 100% sure about. up for giving you props and making you feel good about yourself. diff erent planets and you could find that one part of you wants to go out and play and the other side wants to stay home and nest.

CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

You might be feeling more stubborn than usual today and dig in It should be much easier to come up with a strategy for dealing with If you need more time today, make sure you take it Pisces. Don’t rush your heels when it would be much smarter for you to listen to your a complex work, property or family matter. This should be welcome everything and then realise you had much more time to complete heart, kick up your heels and let life’s current carry you along with it. news, since this problem has likely been impersonating a persistent something. Otherwise you will simply have to redo it all over again in rash or itch you can’t seem to get rid of. order to please yourself. 14 GULF TIMES Monday, January 11, 2016 COMMUNITY PUZZLES/CARTOONS

Wordsearch Adam

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ALBANY JONESBORO SAVANNAH ATLANTA LA FAYETTE TOCCOA AUGUSTA LA GRANGE VALDOSTA CANTON LAWRENCEVILLE WINDER COLUMBUS MACON WOODBINE DALTON MARIETTA ZEBULON DECATUR PERRY GREENVILLE ROME Codeword Every letter of the alphabet is used at least once. Squares with the same number in have the same letter in. Work out which number represents which letter.

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Sudoku

Bound And Gagged

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. Monday, January 11, 2016 GULF TIMES 15 PUZZLES COMMUNITY

Quick Clues Colouring

ACROSS DOWN 7. Take away (6) 1. Preamble (7) 8. Frolic (6) 2. Tidy (7) 10. Alien (7) 3. Shun (5) 11. Carrying chair (5) 4. Inert (7) 12. Gang (4) 5. Dwelling (5) 13. Riddle (5) 6. Dull (5) 17. Devout (5) 9. Great age (9) 18. Desire (4) 14. Image (7) 22. Twist (5) 15. Realm (7) 23. Idea (7) 16. Sparkle (7) 24. Sheen (6) 19. Bulge (5) 25. Revenue (6) 20. Poetry (5) 21. Shared (5)

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ACROSS DOWN 7. The animal will move up and down and 1. Leave Don’s cab to be repaired (7) act strangely (6) 2. Jack meets Donna, lost in desert (7) 8. Be the first to talk about food ... (6) 3 . Bookmaker providing breakfast, 10. ... And where it’s eaten (7) perhaps (5) 11. One who enjoys a takeaway? (5) 4 . Capone, thrown out of the country, 12. Gas that none use? (4) finds another (7) 13. He left Michael to make the demand (5) 5. Sudden movement at front of room (5) Yesterday’s Solutions 17. Lock of hair found in bedroom of 6. Work in a transplant unit? (5) mistress (5) 9. Something put in the pen (9) QUICK CRYPTIC 18 . Loose change I keep in study (4) 14. Pointers I lose round part of Lancs. (7) Across: 1 Pitch; 4 Rosette; 8 Numeric; 9 Quest; Across: 1 Capon; 4 Mammoth; 8 Retains; 9 22. Deprived of thirty seconds with you 15. Plan for company officer to appear at 10 Code; 11 Ancestor; 13 Doom; 14 Acid; 16 Defer; 10 Ugly; 11 Feminine; 13 Flee; 14 Shoe; and I (5) court (7) 23. Complain at vehicle being on the line? 16. It helps with intake when one is going Insecure; 17 Area; 20 Knave; 21 Assegai; 22 16 Retailer; 17 Amos; 20 Night; 21 Gremlin; 22 (7) under (7) Nursery; 23 Eaten. Element; 23 Inset. 24. Skip a sound bet (6) 19. Imagine not being in the picture! (5) Down: 1 Panic-stricken; 2 Timid; 3 Hire; 4 Down: 1 Circumference; 2 Petal; 3 Neil; 25. Cher performance held in church 20. The one on the other side (5) Recant; 5 Sequence; 6 Treated; 7 Extermination; 4 Muster; 5 Midnight; 6 Offside; 7 Horse nursery (6) 21. Tiler repairing a certain amount (5) 12 Concrete; 13 Despair; 15 Dreary; 18 Right; 19 chestnut; 12 Belittle; 13 Fatigue; 15 Weight; 18 Isle. Miles; 19 Yeti. 16 GULF TIMES Monday, January 11, 2016 COMMUNITY BOLLYWOOD

Brand recall asked him whether they should move out of the country and it led to becoming a Aamir Khan is fi nding out that huge controversy. The tourism minister, speaking on issues connected to politics on his part, defended the change saying can have repercussions. For a long time, that Aamir had not been dropped as the he was the face of Indian tourism as its brand ambassador; the contract had brand ambassador and regularly seen in merely come to an end and they decided advertisements related to it. not to renew it. Suddenly, out of the blue, he and the Aamir gamely put out a statement that rest of India has come to know that he said that he had been honoured to be will no longer hold that position. The Indian tourism’s face for 10 years and had reason is said to be a retaliation by the not charged anything for it. He added that government for his recent statement at he had no problems with the change and an event that there was an atmosphere of wrote, ‘Whether I am brand ambassador intolerance in the country. or not, India will remain Incredible, and Aamir had said that his wife had even that’s the way it should be.’

SOON TO BE FREE: Sanjay Dutt is going to be released 18 months before his sentence gets over.

ENDED CONTRACT: Aamir Khan will no longer be the face of Indian tourism. Reduced time his was something many people had Dutt’s lawyers say that these are legal options had anticipated but it still made them open to everyone and his parole and remission are Not a villain Amitabh to play the villain in it. Amitabh angry when the announcement fi nally all rights that prisoners are entitled to. And that if says that he phoned Rajnikanth, who is happened. Sanjay Dutt who is serving other prisoners did not avail of them, the solution Amitabh Bachchan is once again back also a good friend, for advice on whether a fi ve year prison sentence for an illegal is to make every prisoner aware of his rights. on the big screen with Wazir, which he should take up the movie. armsT possession case that dates back over two Bollywood, of course, has welcomed the released last week. He plays one of the Interestingly, Rajnikanth told him decades is going to be released 18 months before reduction of Dutt’s prison term with many main characters in the thriller that also not to do it because the audience would his sentence gets over. fi lmmakers expressing their happiness over it. stars Farhan Akhtar. not accept Amitabh in a villain’s role. The state government which permitted this is There is also a public interest litigation fi led in Last year was a good one for Amitabh Amitabh followed that advice and was saying that Dutt is being given remission for good court saying that this sentence reduction should with an unexpected blockbuster in Piku. not seen in Robot. behaviour while in prison. What shocks many not be allowed to happen. Wazir is a movie in a diff erent mould but And there is some truth to the idea is that in the time that he is said to have already The chances of the court stepping in to if it becomes a hit then it will reaffi rm that his fans don’t like him as a villain. served, Dutt has been out on parole for various overrule the government are not very high if Amitabh’s never-ending success. During One of his worst movies was the Sholay reasons and that adds up to almost three months. it meets the provisions of the law. It will be an interview recently he revealed a rather remake by Ram Gopal Varma in which he For reasons which are all too apparent, the prison interesting to see what Dutt will do about his interesting anecdote that highlights the played the character of the iconic villain authorities and the government always seem career once he returns. twists and turns that his career makes. Gabbar Singh. to be very benevolent when it comes to Dutt’s He is 56 years old and his days might be very When Robot, the Tamil movie starring imprisonment. well over as a standalone hero. In any case, he Rajnikanth that went on to become a He is said to have reported back late on one was being increasingly seen in character roles superhit in 2010, was being planned, Send your feedback to occasion when he had been granted furlough before he went to prison. He could, of course, its director Shankar had in fact asked [email protected] to go home but that has not gone against him. also turn producer as so many stars are doing. Meanwhile tens of thousands of other prisoners And then there might be the option of getting continue to languish in jail without any such into public life, since his late father Sunil Dutt concessions. was a successful politician and so is his sister.

the Censor Board’s certifi cation. To his annoyance and baffl ement, Jha was asked to make rather bizarre changes. He says that when he submitted the movie he was told that there were too many abusive words in it and he would need to bleep them out if the movie was not be given an ‘A’ certifi cate which makes only adults eligible to watch the movie. Jha says that if he had agreed to those demands then there would be bleeps in more 50 places in the movie. Jha’s experience comes in the wake of the James Bond movie Spectre having a kissing scene’s length shortened. The man at the centre of all these controversies and who gets the most CENSORSHIP: Prakash Jha was asked to bleep fl ak for it is the Censor Board chairman Pahlaj out abusive words in more than 50 places in his Nihalani, a fi lmmaker who has himself in the past film by the censor board. made some movies which had language loaded with sexual allusions. Censor issue He however seems to be in some discomfort now with the government ordering a panel to The latest fi lmmaker to raise a banner of revolt look into reforming the Censor Board. Shyam against the Censor Board is Prakash Jha. His Benegal, who is a much-respected member of movie Jai Gangaajal, starring Priyanka Chopra, the fi lm fraternity, heads it and the initiative has is set to be released and, as is the norm, has to get found wide support. STAR: Amitabh Bachchan is back on the big screen with his latest film Wazir. Monday, January 11, 2016 GULF TIMES 17 BOLLYWOOD COMMUNITY

Vivek Oberoi to turn Akshay Kumar to appear producer this year Actor Vivek Oberoi, who is busy judging the talent hunt show India’s Best Dramebaaz, says he is on India’s Best Dramebaaz all set to turn producer this year. “I am busy setting up my production company. I am all set to turn producer this year. I have two to three scripts ready and we are still deciding on the best script,” Vivek told IANS. Ask, Vivek if he will also be acting in his produced fi lms, he added: “It depends on the script. If the fi lm needs me to be part of it then I will happily do that.” Meanwhile, the actor is enjoying the role of the judge on India’s Best Dramebaaz and thanks the makers to allow him to judge the second season as well. “There is so much of negativity around us so these kind SHIFTING GEARS: Vivek Oberoi of shows takes you to a diff erent world altogether. I am glad that I years through a series of tasks and am judging the second season of challenges that will groom them this show as well.” as actors and test their creativity, The talent hunt show puts spontaneity and acting capabilities. children in the age range of 5-13 – IANS

Raft aar raps for Khatron Ke Khiladi video. I hope the audience will love this new version of Khatron Ke Rapper Raftaar, best known Khiladi,” Raftaar, who was seen as for his songs like Bottle, Swag a contestant on dance reality show SPREADING THE WORD: Akshay Kumar mera desi hai and Dhup chik, has Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Reloaded, said come up with a new single for the in a statement. ctor Akshay Kumar will Filmmaker Sajid Khan, who is “Housefull” and “Housefull 2”. upcoming stunt-based reality The music video will go on air at be seen promoting his seen on the judging panel of the Meanwhile, Vivek also shared show Khatron Ke Khiladi- Kabhi Sansui Stardust Awards. Khatron forthcoming reality show alongside actors Vivek Oberoi an image with his fans on Twitter. Keeda Kabhi Peeda. Ke Khiladi- Kabhi Keeda Kabhi drama fi lm Airlift in the and Sonali Bendre, also took to He wrote: “With my brothers @ The video of the special song Peeda will feature celebrities like TV show India’s Best the micro-blogging site to share a akshaykumar and @SimplySajidK will feature actor Arjun Kapoor, Jay Bhanushali, Sidharth Shukla, ADramebaaz. photograph of himself with Akshay rocking it on the sets of who will be seen hosting the show. Faisal Khan, Mahhi Vij, Parvathy “On the sets of @ZeeTV’s and his Airlift actress Nimrat Kaur. #IndiasBestDramebaaz @ZeeTV,” “This is the second reality show Omanakuttan, Tanishaa Mukerji, India’s Best Dramebaaz today “#indiasbestdramebaaz he wrote. The special episode with the channel where my voice Sana Saeed, Himmanshoo (Saturday),enjoying all the airlifted by my friend @ featuring the Airlift stars will be will echo till the end. Khatron is Malhotra, Aishwarya Sakhuja, #dramebaazi! These kids will akshaykumar and @ aired next week on Zee TV. totally my kind of show and I am Tina Dutta, Vivan Bhatena, Yuvraj #Airlift your mood! @AirliftFilm NimratOfficial,” tweeted Sajid, Directed by Raja Krishna glad to have got the opportunity Walmiki, Mukti Mohan and #IBD,” Akshay posted on Twitter who has worked with Akshay Menon, the film will release on to lend my voice for the music Raghav Juyal. – IANS on Saturday. in films like “Heyy Babyy”, January 22. — IANS

Lovely to be working in Vizag, shooting for S3! Lovely Wasn’t happy with special with Suriya to be working with @Suriya_offl effects in Ghayal...: Deol again: Shruti Haasan again after 7am Arivu, and of course Hari sir too! #memories Actor-filmmaker Sunny Deol Actress Shruti Haasan, who is #nostalgic,” Shruti tweeted. The says that his dissatisfaction shooting for the third instalment shooting of the project started last with the special effects of his of Singham titled S3, says it’s week. Directed by Hari, S3 also upcoming film, Ghayal Once “lovely” to be working with actor features actress Anushka Shetty in Again. was the reason behind Suriya again. The 29-year-old the lead role. pushing its release date. actress had previously worked The fi lm will have music by “I was not completely happy with Suriya in 7aum Arivu. “Back Harris Jayaraj. — IANS with everything I’m doing right now especially my special effects. So I could not see myself investing two years in the film and then releasing it hurriedly without having the special effects in place. So for me, that was the main reason.” said Sunny at the episode shoot of the television series, CID as part of promotions of the film. “But now I’m happy that I can take a sigh of relief and that I wasn’t putting up the film in extreme hurry,” he further added. From January 15, the new release date of the film has been shifted to February 5 and it is now set to clash with slew of films PURSUIT OF PERFECTION: Sunny Deol such as Sanam Teri Kasam, BHK [email protected], LoveShhudaa it himself. But he said: “We’re in the first version left off. The film and Direct Ishq. talks with couple of production is reportedly based on a real-life Sunny had said in an interview banners, let’s see which ones we event in the life of a Mumbai before that several production shake hands with.” police officer and also stars Soha houses had backed out of the Directed by Sunny, Ghayal Once Ali Khan. — IANS COLLABORATION: Shruti Haasan, left, and Suriya project forcing him to produce Again will continue from where 18 GULF TIMES Monday, January 11, 2016 COMMUNITY HOLLYWOOD DiCaprio may get Oscar due with The Revenant

The special effects are statuettes, has a soft spot for excellent, be it a scene of actors in physically demanding Glass fighting a grizzly bear or roles. plunging off a cliff on horseback. That of Glass is an example par But Glass’s journey is also an excellence. DiCaprio described emotional one, fuelled by fear, the filming, done in Canada and CHILLING TALE: Leonardo DiCaprio in a still from The Revnant. hunger for vengeance and Argentina, as the hardest he has the pain of having lost his entire ever done. “We had a massive eonardo DiCaprio eats a Mexican director Alejandro triumph of the human spirit.” family. crew that had to logistically move piece of real bison liver Inarritu, DiCaprio, 41, plays a fur The ordeal DiCaprio endures The film handicapping website from these remote locations in his new movie The trapper named Hugh Glass out on as Glass is a far cry from his role Goldderby.com says that thanks through these incredibly harsh Revenant, a harrowing the frontier of 1820s America. The as a flashback teen version of a to his portrayal of Glass, DiCaprio winter landscapes,” he said. tale of revenge and movie, which came out last week, rich man named Mason Capwell is very likely to win the prize for “Like these fur trappers, we had Lsurvival in a frigid setting of the is based on a true story. on the soap opera Santa Barbara, best actor in a dramatic role at the to adapt to our environment.” American Old West. Is this what Glass is betrayed by colleagues which aired in the 1980s and 90s. Golden Globe awards, and best To wit: DiCaprio was forced the guy has to do to win an Oscar, who rob him, leave him for DiCaprio shot to global fame with actor at the Oscars on February to film buck-naked in the snow, after 25 years of acting and five dead — buried alive — and kill Gilbert Grape in 1993, playing 28. climb snow-covered mountains Academy Award nominations but his half-Indian son. Glass must alongside Johnny Depp. A favourite actor of Martin in sub-freezing temperatures ultimately no statuette? then survive on his own, without The Revenant marks a powerful Scorsese (Gangs of New York, wearing thick furs, spend hours The original plan was for him to a weapon, in a harsh, frozen return for Inarritu, whose film Shutter Island, The Wolf of Wall lying still in the cold, or swim in bite into a simulated organ —“this landscape, with just one thing on Birdman about a washed-up actor Street), DiCaprio has won two frozen rivers. Then there was the red, gelatinous sort of pancake” — his mind: revenge. trying to make a comeback on Golden Globes, for his work in the bit with the raw bison liver. but DiCaprio said no, it looked fake. DiCaprio said the movie, Broadway won four Oscars last latter and in The Aviator. The Revenant, which cost nearly “I wanted to get the real thing,” he which has enjoyed strong reviews year, including best film and best He has come up empty-handed $135mn, gets a thumbs-up from told NBC’s Today show this week. and a string of nominations director. The new flick brings with his five Oscar nominations, 81% of film critics who see it, “It was completely disgusting. in Hollywood awards season, together heart-stopping action however. according to Rottentomatoes. My reaction is very much on captures “the poetry of what scenes by master cinematographer But his time may have come com. It seems set to be a box- screen, which is a nauseating it means to have all the chips Emmanuel Lubezki and fabulous because the Academy of Motion office success as well: Its first- one.” stacked against you, to have very footage of a snowy wilderness Picture Arts and Sciences, which weekend revenue is forecast at In the latest film by acclaimed little chance of survival and this filmed in natural light. votes on who gets the coveted around $35-40mn. – AFP Monday, January 11, 2016 GULF TIMES 19 HOLLYWOOD COMMUNITY

Star Wars: Episode VIII eyeing Powley for lead?

While Star Wars: The Force Awakens is trying to set more box offi ce records, the eighth episode of the series may see actress Bel Powley joining the cast. Praised for her performance in the 2015 drama The Diary of a Teenage Girl starring Kristen Wiig and Alexander Skarsgard, Powley is believed to be in contention for a lead role in the eighth episode, reports aceshowbiz.com. English actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw was previously rumoured to be eyed for the role, which is being said as a “pivotal character.” Since the role is kept secret, fans have yet to know what kind of relationship this character has with other new characters who appear in The Force Awakens like Finn (John Boyega), Rey (Daisy Ridley) and Kylo Ren (Adam Driver). Powley and Mbatha-Raw are not the only candidates to play the said role. It was previously reported that Orphan Black star Tatiana Maslany was in contention for the part, joining Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin) and Olivia Cooke (Me & Earl & the Dying Girl). Neither Disney nor Lucasfi lm has confi rmed those reports. Directed by Rian Johnson, Episode VIII will release in US on May 26, 2017. — IANS ROPED IN? Bel Powley

Kendall dating Harry Styles, confi rms Khloe Khloe where she opened up about together hanging out, so to me the couple’s relationship status. that’s dating,” she added. Reality TV star Khloe Kardashian However, she didn’t comment Rumours that Kendall and Styles says she’s pretty sure her sister whether the duo are “like were romantically linked began to Kendall Jenner is dating singer boyfriend-girlfriend”. “Nowadays swirl over the holidays when they Harry Styles. “Do I think they’re I don’t know. People are weird with were spotted getting cozy on a dating? Yes,” Khloe told etonline. stuff . So, I don’t know their title. yacht while vacationing together in com on the set of Kocktails With But I mean, they were in St Barts St Barts on New Year’s eve. — IANS

Madonna ‘constantly crying’ ACROSS THE TABLE: Ridley Scott over estrangement from son

Singer Madonna is reportedly “at her wit’s end” over her estrangement from her 15-year-old son Rocco and her Ridley Scott in talks ongoing custody battle with her ex-husband Guy Ritchie. “She has been crying constantly over what’s going on with Rocco,” an insider told usmagazine.com. to direct The Prisoner The 57-year-old pop star, who said that her children meant the world to her, was completely unhappy with the irector Ridley Scott has been in the works at Universal situation. As previously reported, Rocco had expressed is in talks to direct for several years now, reports “very clearly that he didn’t want to return to New York” The Prisoner, the aceshowbiz.com. and decided to stay with his father in London. big-screen version of The movie adaptation is being “Rocco is a typical 15-year-old who wants to do what 1968 British television produced by Scott Stuber and he wants,” the insider explained. Rocco also said that it’s Dseries of the same name. Several Dylan Clark of Bluegrass Films. hard for him to stay at Madonna’s house without his sister A-list writers have had a shot at Interstellar director Christopher Lourdes, who went away to college in Michigan last year. penning the drafts of the script over Nolan also circled the fi lm at one “Rocco misses Lola so it’s really hard for him not having the years, including Christopher point. her around at Madonna’s house,” the source added. McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects). While Scott is prepping the “He is incredibly close to her so it’s really hard for him The most recent version was by Prometheus sequel, he is in the to be alone at his mom’s without her.” William Monahan (The Departed). midst of Oscar campaign of The Madonna and Guy divorced back in 2008 after eight Universal and Scott are now Martian, which is up for Best years of marriage. In 2006, the former couple adopted looking for a new scriptwriter to Picture in the Musical or Comedy at son David Banda Mwale Ciccone Ritchie from Malawi. – come on board the project, which the Golden Globes. — IANS IANS DISTRAUGHT: Madonna

Salma Hayek’s living ‘better life’ Kim, Kanye won’t have another baby?

Actress Salma Hayek doesn’t envy her Reality TV star Kim Kardashian and her pre-baby body as her life is “so much better” husband and rapper Kanye West will reportedly ever since she welcomed her eight-year-old not have another baby after their second child daughter Valentina with husband Francois- Saint West. Henri Pinault. Doctors have told Kim that it’s too risky for her Hayek took to Instagram to share a throwback to conceive again, a source told etonline.com. photograph of herself before she gave birth to “This is defi nitely the last baby Kim is having her daughter, reports femalefi rst.co.uk. herself,” the source said. “Doctors told her “This was my waist before pregnancy. Now getting pregnant again is just too risky. The two it’s not the same but my life is so much better,” pregnancies did so much damage to get body, it’s she wrote alongside the image. just not worth it. If she wanted more, adoption The 49-year-old earlier revealed she never wouldn’t be out of the question,” added the exercises. source. She said: “I have the bad habit of not The couple welcomed Saint on December 5 last exercising and not eating healthy food. year. I’m sometimes lazy with the maintenance. Kim already has a daughter named North West NO REGRETS: Salma Hayek Altogether, it’s a lot of work.” — IANS with Kanye. – IANS 20 GULF TIMES Monday, January 11, 2016 COMMUNITY

Members of the Bayanihan serenading guests at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC in this file photo. Bayanihan comes to Doha Filipinos to dance for her, their own One of the oldest and most celebrated dance company in the ancestral ethnic or tribal dances. She noted them down and captured their movements and translated Philippines, Bayanihan Dance Troupe, will stage a performance in Doha them into the stage for the Bayanihan dancers to revive, to interpret, and preserve up to the present time and today as part of Cultural Diversity Programme. By Anand Holla for posterity.” Unfortunately, today, the descendants of those katutubo ith the very University in 1956. The following Diversity Festival which includes In a detailed piece on this cultural ethnic dancers of 50 years ago, promising Cultural year, it was formally organised as the performance of Bayanihan. heritage, Bayanihan: The Treasure have literally lost their indigenous Diversity Festival the Bayanihan Folk Arts Center with Events like these allow diff erent Chest of Filipino Dances and Culture, roots along with their vernacular being launched at the Bayanihan Philippine Dance countries, including the Philippines, Guillermo Gomez Rivera wrote, languages, dances and songs, feels Katara last morning, Company as its performing arm. to showcase their culture and thus “When there was none and no one, Rivera. “Their assimilation into the theW Filipino community of Qatar “Both the centre and the dance create increased awareness and a there came Bayanihan, the Filipino ‘new Americanised culture’ through is especially elated about reveling company were tasked to research on better appreciation of these divergent Dance Troupe. And this happened education in compulsory English, in the performance of the oldest and preserve indigenous Philippine cultures for the benefi t of Qataris and half a century ago. This is why or the pervasive media, has made and arguably the most celebrated art forms in music, dance, costumes the expat communities in Qatar. In Bayanihan today is the depository of them forget their memory about dance company in the Philippines, and folklore; to restructure and my view, the sharing of cultures in almost all Filipino dances, dresses themselves. Thus, any Filipino Bayanihan Dance Troupe, today and enhance these research fi ndings the form of performing arts is an ideal and songs.” dance troupe that came, or comes, tomorrow, at 7.30pm. to evolve repertoires suited to the way to bridge gaps and diff erences, Rivera further observed, “In the after Bayanihan was founded, will Organised as part of the demands of contemporary theatre; further strengthen ties among 1960s, National Artist Lucrecia have to copy those dances compiled Intercultural Dialogue and Cultural and to promote international nations, and build new acquaintances Úrtula went to Mindanao, to the and translated to the stage by Diversity Programme of Unesco in goodwill through performances at and promote tolerance in our multi- Cordilleras, and to almost every National Artist for Dance, Lucrecia Qatar and funded by Katara in order home and abroad,” says a note on cultural society.” island to look for katutubo ethnic Úrtula.” to promote cultural diversity and the dance company by the Cultural cross-cultural understanding and Centre of the Philippines. awareness, the festival is all set to Since its formal organisation, bring performing groups from a total Bayanihan has gone on 14 major tours of 20 countries, representative of – each lasting anywhere between six all continents, to Katara to perform months to a year – to Asia, Australia, three days each. The performances Africa, Europe, the Middle East and will be organised every week until Americas, apart from around 100 May 25 to mark the World Day for short tours to foreign countries. If Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and that doesn’t put Bayanihan’s globe- Development on May 21. trotting feats in perspective, this Flagging off the festival in pomp would: In half a century, Bayanihan and splendour is a dance troupe from has performed in six continents, 66 Philippines that is as representative countries and 700 cities across the of the land’s cultural riches as it world. can get. Today and tomorrow, at The multi-award winning the Esplanade in front of the Katara company, both nationally and Amphitheatre, starting 7.30pm, internationally, Bayanihan has the Philippine national folk dance “awakened a new pride among company Bayanihan will take the Filipinos in their cultural heritage,” Doha audience into folklore and the note further points out, saying it beyond. The entry is free. has also added a new dimension to Drawing its name from an ancient the country’s dance tradition and has Filipino tradition called Bayanihan, built a rich reserve of international which means working together for goodwill. As the Washington Post a common good, Philippines’ most remarked in its piece on the troupe in famous folk dance troupe has wowed 2001, “At 44, Bayanihan is looking as the world with its eye-catching pretty and gracious as ever.” costumes and stunning physical Wilfredo C Santos, Ambassador feats. of the Philippines to Qatar, told It was Dr Helena Z Benitez who Community, “We congratulate founded the Bayanihan Folk Dance Unesco and Katara Cultural Group of the Philippine Women’s Village for holding the Cultural BEWITCHING: The Bayanihan dance troupe in action. Photo courtesy: Sony Centre for Performing Arts