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MISSION STATEMENT: ‘To make every woman wearing my designs feel precious, special and beautiful'. Photo by Jayan Orma 2 GULF TIMES Monday, June 20, 2016 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT

PRAYER TIME Fajr 3.14am Shorooq (sunrise) 4.44am Zuhr (noon) 11.35am Asr (afternoon) 2.58pm Maghreb (sunset) 6.30pm Isha (night) 8.00pm

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ote Unquo u te Road Games (Joséphine de La Baume) hook up and hit the road together. Q If your GENRE: Thriller But when they accept a ride from a local oddball (Frédéric CAST: Andrew Simpson, Joséphine De La Baume Pierrot), the pair fi nds themselves thrown into a deadly game actions inspire others DIRECTION: Abner Pastoll of cat and mouse in which nothing is what it seems. SYNOPSIS: On a sunny summer day in the French to dream more, learn more, countryside, drifters Jack (Andrew Simpson) and Véronique THEATRES: The Mall, Royal Plaza do more and become more, you are a leader. Mall Cinema (1): 9pm; Udta Punjab (Hindi) – John Quincy Adams (Hindi) 2.30pm; Now You See Me: 11pm. The Second Act (2D) 8.45pm; Royal Plaza Cinema Palace Now You See Me: The Second (3): Now You See Me: The Act (2D) 11pm. Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (1): Second Act (2D) 3pm; Road Mall Cinema (2): Dhanak Angry Birds Movie (2D) 2.30pm; Games (2D) 8.45pm; The House (Hindi) 2.45 pm; Road Games Road Games (2D) 4.15pm; Now On Pine Street (2D) 10.30pm. Community Editor (2D) 8.30pm; Kammati Paadam You See Me: The Second Act Asian Town Cinema: Kammati Kamran Rehmat (Malayalam) 10.15pm. (2D) 8.30pm; Now You See Me: Paadam (Malayalam) 8, 9, e-mail: [email protected] Mall Cinema (3): The House On The Second Act (2D) 11pm. 10, 11pm & 12am; Udta Punjba Pine Street (2D) 3pm; Dhanak Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (Hindi) 11pm; Enakku Innoru Telephone: 44466405 (Hindi) 8.45pm; Enakku Innoru (2): Udta Punjab (Hindi) 2.45pm; Per Irukku (Tamil) 7.30pm; Fax: 44350474 Per Irukku (Tamil) 11pm. The House On Pine Street (2D) Gentleman (Telugu) 7.45pm. Monday, June 20, 2016 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY

EVENTS Qur’an Memorisation Chinese Food Culture Festival Spring Exhibition MIA DATE: Until June 23 DATE: June 30-July 9 DATE: Until July 16 The Souq TIME: 10am-11:30am TIME: 8pm- 12pm TIME: 10:30am- 5pm DATE: Until June 24 VENUE: Katara Masjid VENUE: Barwa Commercial Avenue VENUE: QM Gallery Al Riwaq TIME: 11am- 3pm Stemming from its keenness to raise the Want to taste Chinese food? Want to An exhibition of 15 contemporary VENUE: Doha Exhibition and Convention young generation and enforce their bond watch breath taking Chinese performances? Chinese artists, curated by internationally Center with their Islamic identity and principles Well now you can enjoy the authentic acclaimed New York-based Chinese artist The Souq includes stalls extending over Halls of their true religion, the Cultural Village taste and watch wonderful Chinese Cai Guo-Qiang, is on view at the QM 1 and 2 of DECC, showcasing goods from over Foundation-Katara announces the organisation performances at the Dragon Mart China Gallery Al Riwaq. The exhibition is the 250 local and international companies, off ering of its fourth consecutive edition of the Qur’an Mall. Bringing you 10 days of food major highlight presented in the context fashion items and household goods, in addition Memorisation Sessions, during the holy month festivities. Barwa Commercial Avenue, of the Qatar China 2016 Year of Culture. to antiques and carpets. The Souq will be open of Ramadan. opposite Al Watan petrol station from June Artworks exemplifying each and every daily from 11am–3pm and in the evening from 30 to July 9, from 8pm-12pm. artist’s unique artistic language and 8pm–1am, except on Fridays when it will open methodology are displayed in individual from 8pm–1am. The Souq will also cater to Summer Camp & Clinic galleries. children of all ages with a gaming area including DATE: July 3-14 activities such as, karting and mini-football, TIME: 9am which will be open daily from 2pm-2am in Hall VENUE: Al Waab, Al Bustan, Doha 3 of DECC. The camps & clinics are a fantastic opportunity to maintain contact time RedBull Kart Fight! with your coach, whether that is soccer, DATE: June 23-July 1 basketball or multi-sports. Come along, TIME: 9:30pm learn new skills and meet new friends who VENUE: Doha Exhibition & Convention have the same passion and desire for the Center game as you do. Red Bull Kart Fight is at the door! The fi rst Beach Football Championship ever karting competition to be held in Qatar DATE: Until June 25 Karting & Mini Moto Track will establish the fastest amateur kart racer in TIME: 9pm-11:55pm DATE: Until July 1 the country. Kart Fight Qualifi ers and National VENUE: Katara TIME: 6:30pm Final will take place between June 23 -July Al-Frjan committee for football VENUE: Losail International Circuit 1 (except June 28), at the Doha Exhibition & tournaments in Aspire announces the The Karting and Mini Moto Track will be Convention Center from 9:30pm – 11:30pm. launch of the Sixth Edition for Katara Beach open every Thursday and Friday until July 1 Football Championship 2016 in Ramadan after which the track will close until further Katara Workshops on Katara beach football pitch. notice. QR100 per session of 15 minutes. DATE: Until June 25 Helmet mask QR15 – not refundable. TIME: 8pm-10pm Katara Beach Volleyball VENUE: Hall 19, Katara Championship QSports Summer Camp As part of Katara Ramadan events, QSTec, a DATE: Until June 25 DATE: Until Sept 1 member of Qatar Foundation, will be hosting TIME: 9pm- 11:55pm TIME: 8am-1pm solar lantern workshops as a part of its award- VENUE: Katara Beach VENUE: Al Jazeera Academy Al Gannas winning Shams Generation programme. Katara announces the launch of Katara Registration for QSports Summer DATE: Until Oct 30 Children are welcome to participate in building Beach Volleyball Tournament 2016 in Camp 2016 is now open. QSports summer TIME: 9am-11:30am solar lanterns every evening after Iftar, from Ramadan on Katara beach volleyball camps are committed to providing a safe, VENUE: Al Gannas Society 8pm to 10pm. The sessions are free and children court. Participants are welcome from all fun and skill-based experience for kids Al Gannas Association is participating in of all ages are welcome. nationalities provided they weren’t in the between the ages of four and 14. We have a the ‘Our culture is a school’ programme by records of the Qatari Volleyball Association dedicated team of specialist kid’s coaches organising many activities for the students Aspire Active Yoga Fest for the season of 2015 – 2016. and classes and activities are safe, planned, every Monday and Wednesday of the week. DATE: June 21 progressive, active, creative, inclusive and These activities include explanations on TIME: 8:30pm-9:00pm Find your treasure competition designed to maximise participation of all hunting and related tools, kinds of falcons VENUE: Ladies Club at Aspire Zone DATE: Until July 1 children by offering a variety of activities. and preys, in addition to workshop on In celebration of the International Day of TIME: 8pm-11pm how to carry a falcon, set a traditional Yoga, Aspire Active will organise an exclusive VENUE: Katara Shifting Sands tent (made of goat & camel hair), prepare lady only yoga event, from 8pm to 9:30pm. You might be amongst the winners by DATE: Until July 7 traditional Arabic coffee, etc. Instructors will lead the class in guided participating in the competition every VENUE: Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim meditation suitable for all levels. Participation Thursday and Friday after the Tarawih Museum, Alsamariyah Qatari Agricultural Product Yards in this event is free and pre-registration is not prayers and look for the treasure box to win MA students of UCL Qatar are organising DATE: Until June 30 required for Aspire Active members. the QR2500. You are kindly requested, once and curating an exhibition as part of VENUE: Al Mazrooa, Al Zakheera, Al you find the box, to go to the kiosk opposite UCLQurates. In the very recent past, Qatar Khor, Al Wakrah Freej Aspire 2016 building 15 to know if you’re the lucky has undergone a significant transformation; The Ministry of Environment has opened DATE: Until July 19 winner. through these developments, people have the 4th season of Qatari agricultural VENUE: Aspire Zone had to adapt to the changing landscape in product yards for selling locally produced You can come and enjoy fun and which they live. fruits, vegetables, poultry, fish and entertainment at Freej Aspire in Ramadan. livestock. Work in these yards will continue The events include live entertainment shows for seven months. The yards will operate suitable for all family members, sports activities three days a week on Thursdays, Fridays for kids, in addition to shopping and food and Saturdays from 7am to 5pm, with outlets. livestock vendors in Al Mazrooa operating at the same times throughout the week. Ramadan Nights @ Aqua Park TIME: 8pm — 2am Join in our Walk-in Weekends VENUE: Aqua Park DATE: Every Saturday With a special month, comes a special treat VENUE: MIA Atrium from Qatar’s number 1 theme park – Aqua Park. MIA art education and calligraphy teams Come spend the beautiful Ramadan nights offer walk-in workshops in MIA’s atrium at Aqua Park and get to also view the 2016 every Saturday. These walk-in workshops matches on a giant screen. Join other football are for open for all family members. fans and enjoy the UEFA EURO 2016 feeling Sunset Kayaking in France right here in Qatar. Let the fun & DATE: Until June 25 excitement begin! TIME: 4pm FOODIE CHOICE VENUE: Al Thakhira Blood and Arteries exhibition This is a tour designed for the holy month RESTAURANT: Olives DATE: Until July 11 of Ramadan. Enjoy a great sunset paddling LOCATION: Oryx Rotana TIME: 9am-11:55pm in the beautiful mangroves of Al Thakhira. This upscale restaurant offers diverse VENUE: Katara, Bldg 18 After Kayaking, we head back to the beach choices from international cuisine for Creative 4D Exhibition on blood and arteries and go for a potluck Iftar where people breakfast, lunch, and dinner buffet. The with verses from the Qur’an and a free blood share their food! There will be a BBQ set up restaurant opens to an open air terrace test. as well. adjoining the swimming pool.

Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Monday, June 20, 2016 COMMUNITY COVER STORY “I pour a little bit of my heart into each piece I make” — Perihan Mohammed, jewellery designer

THE ARTIST AT WORK: Perihan Mohammed where she is most at home. Photos by Jayan Orma

high school. During my Geology precious by owning a piece of it,” accident,” she reminisces sadly. However, destiny had other By Rubina Singh course, I got fascinated by nature, she says. Nevertheless, the seeds of plans for her. The launch date rocks, minerals and more. It made By 2006, Perihan started a bigger project were sown. “I for “PRECIOUS – Just for You” me see the world we live in from teaching herself diff erent couldn’t just let my dream go cold. coincided with the date of the verything in the a diff erent perspective. There is techniques of jewellery designing. I felt I had a mission and I hadn’t Egyptian Revolution! Thereafter, universe is connected so much beauty surrounding us, “Whenever I passed by a jewellery fulfi lled it yet.” came marriage and four months to everything else, is an yet we can’t be more oblivious to shop, especially those using And what is that mission? down the line Perihan moved to ancient belief strongly such a simple fact. I started surfi ng precious and semi-precious stones, “Making every woman wearing Doha with her family. “Such a established in many the net to learn more about our I felt those stones deserved a more my designs feel precious, special wonderful country with a great cultures,E even today. So too, was earth, climate change, the earth’s unique design. Each stone is like a and beautiful,” she replies. Talking market!” she says, sharing her the case with Perihan Mohammed, crust, seeing beauty in things that fi ngerprint that can’t be matched, about the baby steps towards enthusiasm for the opportunities a Qatari resident of Egyptian most people fi nd catastrophic — copied or found anywhere. And this bringing her business to life, available in Qatar. “However, I origin. From Geology student with like volcanoes and rough climate is how they should be honoured,” Perihan refl ects, “I developed the didn’t think I could start PRECIOUS an interest in science to jewellery changes. In my defence, learning she says passionately, a statement logo with one of the best graphic just yet and I resumed my Human designer with a passion for natural more about these forces of nature that defi nes her ideology as a designers I met, the idea was simple Resources Career.” stones, the seeds of Perihan’s love made me realise that every designer. and the execution was brilliant. Well, 2016, fi ve years and two for jewellery-making perhaps were shattering disaster also gives rise Like many home grown ideas, A lovely Sky Blue Butterfl y made kids later, she decided to leave the sown long before she even realised to the most beautiful and precious Perihan started small, partnering of Crystals. We came up with the security of well paid employment to where she was headed. gems.” up with two close friends. “We name pretty easily however the enable her dream to come to life. Perihan shares her As her fascination for the started it as a trial to brush our slogan took us some time, until “Without knowing much about entrepreneurial experience of subject grew stronger, Perhan skills and test the market readiness we realised that “Just for You” the market, where to start or how giving up the security of a well started reading more and more for new and unique pieces. By the carries the reason behind creating I was going to make it through, I paid job in favour of becoming a about Gemology. “Well, this is end of our fi rst year, we had a huge the brand itself. I started working started again with new designs and self-taught self-starter jewellery how it all started for me. I want to client base. Unfortunately, we had on new designs, and within three only my faith that PRECIOUS would designer with Community. show everyone how beautiful our to wrap it up as one of my partners months I was ready to launch the one day reach its goal.” “It all started back in 2001, in lovely earth is and make them feel passed away in a heart breaking brand.” ‘Just for you’ is not just a tag Monday, June 20, 2016 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY

The launch date for “PRECIOUS – Just for You” coincided with the date of the Egyptian Revolution! Thereafter, came marriage and four months down the line Perihan moved to Doha with her family. “Such a wonderful country with a great market!” she says, sharing her enthusiasm for the opportunities available in Qatar

colouring the sketches and making the designs come to life.” “Well, I must say, what a dream!” “My actual day is something like this: wake up at 6am, rush to A few of the exquisite pieces designed by Perihan. get my daughter dressed, wash up, have her breakfast in less than ten line for her. It is also her mission designs are available on both very hard to grow a brand just from my project, I had imagined that minutes, race out, struggle with statement. “I never repeat a piece. Facebook https://m.facebook.com/ my living room,” she observes the kids will be at school in the traffi c until I drop her off at school. If, a lot of orders come in for the Preciousjust4you/ and instagram thoughtfully. morning and I will wake up, kiss By the time I fi nish preparing lunch same design, I advise my clients to @precious_just4u I can’t say that I Talking about the challenge them goodbye, have my breakfast it’s time to head out again to collect make some changes; use a diff erent understand how to use social media of juggling many roles, Perihan and cup of tea, sit for a while next her. We reach home by 2pm and colour, stones or shape, so that each eff ectively for business. refl ects with refreshing directness, to my bedroom window sketching thereafter, I rest for a while, trying lady has her own unique piece.” “Furthermore, supplies here “I have hopped between jobs, trying for new designs and once the kids to understand how the morning Part of the charm of Perihan’s are way too overpriced, so either I to manage being a full time mum, got back home we will enjoy lunch just zipped past. Usually, this is designs perhaps also lies in her can order them online or travel to a full time wife and a full time together, play for a little and then the fi rst opportunity I get to reach belief that “no- one should be buy them myself, which makes it HR professional. When I started ask my daughter to help me with for my sketchbook and colours denied having something they want and my daughter seizes this as her due to its high price. I customise opportunity to colour all over my designs to suit my customer’s designs,” she says with a fond smile budget.” that belies the challenges that come Every new venture comes with along with the joys of motherhood. its own set of challenges and often, “After the kids sleep, my husband chief amongst them is fi nance. So and I get some time for each other is the case with this initiative as and for friends, returning home well. “Currently, I am working on around 1am. This is when I really trying to fund PRECIOUS, looking feel comfortable to start doing for organisations here in Doha some art.” who can help me with the start up “All things aside, starting a and business planning. I had the signature brand from my living privilege to exhibit my designs room with a four and a one-year- in the fi rst “Handmade in Qatar” old has been quite stressful, yet exhibition last month and am amazingly rewarding. With all the looking forward to a membership ups and downs, the loud noises with QatART. These are some much and messy rooms, they inspire me. needed support networks but it Most of the colours I use for my would be good to have some more.” designs are inspired by nature yet “Marketing for a small one- sometimes the design itself can just person startup is another challenge. pop in my mind while I’m watching Advertising costs are huge! So, them play together, throwing toys that only leaves social media and everywhere.” I have very limited experience “I pour a little bit of my heart in it,” she says, highlighting a into each piece I make, and hurdle frequently faced by many maybe one day, I will write down entrepreneurs in their eff ort the story behind each design,” to reach their target clientele she sums up the experience through an aff ordable yet eff ective enthusiastically looking forward marketing medium. While my MUM THE STAR: Perihan with her children. to times to come. 6 GULF TIMES Monday, June 20, 2016 COMMUNITY PSD sets ‘milestone’ with implementation of new senior high school programme

Philippine School Doha principal Dr Alexander Acosta. Photo by Ram Chand

Prior to its implementation, By Peter Alagos Acosta said PSD graduates had difficulty enrolling in universities in Qatar since the old curriculum he Philippine School lacks two extra years. Doha (PSD) capped the Previous PSD graduates, the first week of its new principal said, are denied college school year with the admission in Qatar and some are full implementation forced to look for schools here ofT the “K to 12 Programme,” that offer grades 11 and 12. To which adds Grade 11 and 12 to the save on expensive tuition fees PSD curriculum, an official told here, Acosta said other parents Community. send their children back to the PSD principal Dr Alexander Philippines. Acosta described the new “There’s no need for the parents curriculum as “historic” and a to send their children back to “milestone” because the two the Philippines to take grades 11 additional grade levels “now and 12 because we now have the guarantees the employability” facilities to offer these levels in of PSD graduates in Qatar and in Qatar. At the same time, being other countries. accredited by the Qatar National Senior students under School Accreditation (QNSA), our A parent checks the list of class sections during the opening of classes at the Philippine School Doha last week. Photo Academic Year 2017 – 2018 will be students will not encounter any by Gab Juanatas the first batch of PSD graduates problems if they decide to go to under the “K to 12 Programme,” college here after finishing Grade According to the DepEd, education, depending on the documents for the change of Acosta said. 12,” Acosta explained. “The Philippines is the last track.” the school’s name from PSD Acosta said the PSD received The DepEd said the “K to country in Asia and one of only Acosta also expressed to Philippine Science School the approval to implement the “K 12 Programme,” under the three countries worldwide (the PSD’s “readiness” in terms of Doha (PSSD). We are hoping to to 12 Programme” from Qatar’s “Enhanced Basic Education Act of other two being Angola and preparations to transfer to its new accomplish this task towards the Ministry of Education and Higher 2013,” covers Kindergarten and 12 Djibouti) with a 10-year pre- campus in Abu Hamour in January end of this year so that when we Education and the Department years of basic education: six years university cycle. Other countries 2017. Currently, PSD has 3,411 open the Academic Year 2017 – of Education (DepEd) in the of primary education, four years like Singapore have 11 years of students enrolled this school year. 2018 at the Abu Hamour campus, Philippines “towards the end of of Junior High School, and two compulsory education, but have “The school is still in the the school will bear its new name,” March.” years of Senior High School. 12 to 14 years of pre-university process of obtaining the legal Acosta stressed. Monday, June 20, 2016 GULF TIMES 7 COMMUNITY

Indian embassy marks International Day of Yoga in Al Khor

The Indian embassy celebrated the 2nd International Day of Yoga (IDY) along with the Indian community in Al Khor by organising a yoga event at Al Waha Club. The programme included remarks by Sanjiv Arora, Ambassador of India; a documentary on IDY; yoga sessions by experts from Aspire Academy and Heartfulness; and presentation of books on Yoga by the ambassador.

Rajagiri Public School marks Father’s Day

The Rajagiri Public School marked Father’s Day yesterday with a variety of activities. The kindergarteners attended a special assembly and presented a fashion show, skit, speeches, and presentations. The primary students also presented speeches, poems, songs and presentations. 8 GULF TIMES Monday, June 20, 2016 COMMUNITY MARKETING

Holiday Villa celebrates Ramadan with clients, partners

In celebration of Ramadan, Holiday in an array of selected cuisines, Villa Hotel & Residence Doha including Arabic, Indian, Chinese, recently hosted a thanksgiving Japanese and Western dishes. Suhoor for its clients, partners Chen said, “Ramadan is all about and suppliers. Held in the intimate embracing the traditions of sharing and serene ambiance of the and emphasizing camaraderie, Diamond Ramadan Tent, the which is the very purpose of the gathering brought a fusion of hosting the Suhoor. It has also traditional Ramadan experience and given us the opportunity to thank international dining to its delighted our partners who has believed guests. in our service throughout the General Manager, Joey Chen and years. The management and the the management interacted with staff are pleased and thankful to the travel trade, corporate clients, be surrounded by a league of media, embassies and partners to unwavering support.” thank them for their presence and Seen here is the general manager continued support. The attendees together with the distinguished were thrilled with a gastronomic fair ambassadors who attended the that brought them around the World Suhoor.

SWBH celebrates its success with partners and customers

Souq Waqif Boutique Hotels (SWBH) held its annual Ramadan Iftar to honour its partners in its Waqif Boutique Hotels, said: “We are delighted to receive our valued partners and major customers success and major customers at the Al Mirqab Boutique Hotel in Souq Waqif recently. The Iftar in this wonderful Ramadan evening, which is a great opportunity for us to meet and express our event generated a wide interest and a large turnout as it featured an open buff et with traditional deep gratitude for their boundless confidence in Souq Waqif Boutique Hotels, and we look forward Ramadan sweets and drinks on display. Mohannad Barqawi, Director, Sales & Marketing at Souq to our continued cooperation.”

Sharq Village and Spa off ers the Sihr Al Sharq experience in Ramadan

This year, Sharq Village and Spa welcomes Ramadan with a festive ambiance themed Sihr Al Sharq or ‘magic of the orient’ with hearty off erings for Iftar and Suhoor. Located in Al-Dasha Ballroom, Sihr Al Sharq welcomes guests as family to Sharq Village & Spa with sweet traditional cookies, homemade drinks and oriental music that take one back to the old days embracing the spirit of this special month. At the ceremonial breaking of fast, guests will enjoy a sumptuous buff et featuring a selection of Ramadan favourites including Middle Eastern specialities and local Qatari cuisines, as well as a variety of international dishes. The culinary team will entertain at live stations serving shawarma, seafood, grilled meats, soups and other nutritious off erings. Guests will also enjoy sweet endings with Arabic sweets and Ramadan traditional juices. As a local tradition, Oud players and an oriental live band will be the highlight every evening entertaining guests to the authentic Sihr Al Sharq Ramadan experience. Al-Dasha ballroom comfortably accommodates approximately 180 guests including traditional majlis settings. For reservations and more information, please call 4425-6666. Monday, June 20, 2016 GULF TIMES 9 COMMUNITY Doha College students learn about banking

WARM WELCOME: Abdulla Saleh al-Raisi, CEO of CBQ, welcomes the Doha College Year 10 students. D Perera of Commercial Bank made a lively presentation to the students.

s part of the “Take banking and finance operate and Your Child to Work use the advances in technology,” Day” that is a added Thawabi. highlight in the Doha The students were told the College calendar, the history of the bank and learnt ACommercial Bank welcomed a about the products and services number of Year 10 students to its and were introduced to the Plaza Branch. various new digital channels and The Bank run their own mobile banking now on offer at internship programme targeting Commercial Bank. The students the young generation, called also had a tour through the the “Young Bankers” summer various departments, where they internship programme. This got the chance to speak with the programme — now in its third employees and observe them in year — aims to offer an insight action. into the banking sector for young This initiative offered students. students first-hand experience “We started the programme of the working environment and with 60 students in our first gave them food for thought in year, by the second year we considering future careers, long DAY WELL SPENT: Doha College students and CBQ staff at the end of the day. were oversubscribed with 120 after their first working day was students,” Reham Sabri Thawabi done. 10 parents for all of their support who works at Commercial Bank Jennifer Stokes, Key Stage 4 with this programme, especially as the AGM & Head of Branch Leader in Doha College, said: Mrs Thawabi from Commercial Network explained. “Within “I have spoken to many Year Bank who welcomed our students the bank this initiative has been 10 students about their day at for the day and provided them incredibly successful, we employ work with their parents and they with such an invaluable workplace these students to advise and help were all, without exception, very experience.” our customers with our digital positive about their experience. Over 80 organisations in channels. As a result, over 800 They have gained a valuable Qatar have offered similar customers are now banking online insight into adults’ day to day life, experiences to the approximately and using our digital channels and as well as contributing themselves 130 Year 10 students, including apps thanks to these internship to a busy workplace. I hope that Injazi, TripleTwo, and other students and the training they TCW day might help them to companies in areas such as provide.” make important career decisions design, engineering, consulting, “Taking part in Doha College’s for themselves in the future or, health, manufacturing, education, ‘Take your Child to Work Day’ is at the very least, instigate career television, hospitality, logistics, another opportunity to explain aspiration discussions with their oil and gas, aviation, transport, this programme to the students parents and teachers at school. telecommunication and the Reham Sabri Thawabi, creator of the ‘Young Banker of the Year’ programme, and give them an insight into how “I would like to thank our Year charity sector. speaks about the importance of banks in everyday life. 10 GULF TIMES Monday, June 20, 2016 COMMUNITY ‘Two-third of cancer Unhealthy lifestyle contributing to cancer in Qatar, says expert at Suhoor-dinn

TOGETHER: From right to left, Uzma Shehryar, president PPFQ; Mohsin Mujtaba, c SKMT representative.

Dr Kulsoom Junejo talking to the audience about prevention of breast cancer. Photos by Saleha Jamil

ore and more time. There is a separate cancer family history of cancer. relatively younger hospital and HMC now has “Two-third of cancer deaths can women are being super specialisation — every be prevented. It is just that we have diagnosed with specialisation is separate with its to do some lifestyle modifications. breast cancer here. own expertise. We have to live and eat healthy, do MApart from genetic problems, the “You can compare these some physical activities and quit chief cause of this high instance facilities with anywhere else in the smoking,” suggests Dr Junejo. of cancer is unhealthy lifestyle. developed world. We do get lots of In Qatar, she says, the Almost two-third of cancer deaths patients from outside,” Dr Junejo government is promoting research are preventable by adopting tells Community. because they know research is healthy lifestyle. In her sub-speciality that is the only way forward to treat this This was said by Dr Kulsoom breast cancer, the ladies who had disease. Weill Cornel Medical Junejo, Consultant Oncoplastic been diagnosed before were in quite College and HMC are both Surgeon at Hamad Medical late stage. But now, it is improving, conducting research on cancer Corporation (HMC), at a Shaukat she says. separately. Khanum Memorial Trust (SKMT) “We are diagnosing more cancers In Pakistan, SKMT is looking to A large number of people from the Pakistani community participated in the confere Suhoor-dinner hosted by the early, although here in this region expand its operations and research. Pakistan Professionals Forum- and especially in the Gulf countries However, the major challenges surface. When we look at statistics, branch of the cancer hospital is Qatar (PPFQ) on cancer awareness we are diagnosing breast cancer in still are lack of awareness and we have to decline about 80-85 also expected by the end of this here recently. age group that is 10 years younger infrastructure. percent of the cases that come year. They already have the land for In Pakistan, the lack of than in the Western population. “We have 150,000 cases being to us because we do not have the it and the hospital there is going awareness on cancer and lack of Their peak is 55, ours is 45 (years). diagnosed in Pakistan annually. capacity,” he adds. to be bigger than both Lahore and health infrastructure is hampering So you can imagine we are having And these are just the cases that Now that Shaukat Khanum Peshawar. the fight against the deadly disease. so many young women affected by we know from when somebody Peshawar is coming up, they are At present, Shaukat Khanum is a Shaukat Khanum Memorial cancer it,” says the expert. goes to the doctor. [Admissions optimistic. It will be bigger than state-of-the-art facility. But there hospital, founded by Imran Khan in In addition to breast cancer to the] Shaukat Khanum Hospital the hospital in Lahore and will be are more than 100 kinds of cancers, 1994, is however going to announce being genetic, another major cause were at its highest last year when it at its full capacity by the end of and they are right now focusing on its third and biggest branch in for it is unhealthy lifestyle. Expats accepted 11,000 patients,” Nadeem next year. The first phase started in what they can tackle and treat. Karachi after inaugurating the in Qatar from Pakistan, India, K Qureshi, Assistant Regional December last year and the project “So we have to make a very tough second in Peshawar recently. Philippines and other countries Manager, SKMT Middle East will be in its third phase by the end call when we get stage IV cancer In Qatar, the facilities have that get diagnosed with breast region, says. of this year. patients, we have to decline them improved immensely over cancer generally do not have a “We are only just scratching the An announcement for the third irrespective of what cancer it is, Monday, June 20, 2016 GULF TIMES 11 COMMUNITY deaths preventable’ ner hosted by the Pakistan Professionals Forum-Qatar. By Umer Nangiana

Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust (SKMT) is planning to build another cancer hospital in Karachi after completing its second in Peshawar.

chairman PPFQ; Sana Salman, general secretary PPFQ; and Nadeem Qureshi, Photo by Umer Nangiana

The speakers at the conference found an attentive audience that wanted to know more about the topic.

Also, at Shaukat Khanum, ongoing process. community stay connected with 70% of the patients that they get “I meet these people on daily social initiatives in Pakistan. “We receive financial assistance to free basis and I can tell you it is the held yet another successful event treatment. There is a committee most humbling experience in and received an over-whelming that sits on each and every case the world. You get people [with response from the community. We before they accept a case. very meagre means] coming and are very grateful for their support “We get our funds from [the contributing whatever they can and and interest in SKMT Suhoor- ence. people]. People’s contribution then people who write whopping dinner and plan to undertake is just amazing. It is the most amounts of donations to the similar initiatives in the future,” unless there is a very strong case to uplifting thing that we have,” hospital. And they do not want says Uzma Shehryar, President give it a shot,” says Qureshi. Nadeem Qureshi, Representative of reveals Qureshi. their names to be mentioned,” says PPFQ. “And this is because the time and SKMT, told the participants about the Although the hospital itself the SKMT representative. “We believe that all people effort that we put into that patient, work that the trust is doing in Pakistan. has revenue generation streams For Shaukat Khanum, next up is should be treated with there is an opportunity cost. By the in the form of 160 laboratories, Quetta after Karachi. The ultimate consideration and dignity. Shaukat time we are done with that patient it becomes painful and pain is not a the income that comes from goal, he says, is for SKMT to reach Khanum Memorial Trust Hospital’s and we would be able to do very very good indicator, says Qureshi. diagnostics and research centres out to every single cancer patient encouraging and supportive little for them, another patient “At Shaukat Khanum, we and symposiums constitutes just in Pakistan and provide them environment allows volunteers and would have progress from maybe create awareness with whatever 40% of the hospital’s revenues. treatment, and if possible provide staff to thrive, and contributes to stage I to stage III,” he explains. we can but at the end of the day The other 60% comes from it to all of them free-of-cost. For the ability to advance this cause,” The biggest challenge is lack of the solution lies with the entire donations that people make. Some that they will have to set up 15 General Secretary of PPFQ Sana infrastructure in Pakistan. For a structure built up where patients make them in lump sum, some in hospitals, given the number of Salman adds. PPFQ Chairman diagnosis to happen, the patient can have regular medical check- sponsoring of patients and some cases diagnosed. Mohsin Mujtaba also spoke at the has to go to the hospital. And ups and have healthcare available come in the form of sponsoring PPFQ continues to play a vital occasion. The dinner was attended people do not go to hospital, until to them,” he adds. parts of the hospital. It is an role in helping the expat Pakistani by a large number of Pakistanis. 12 GULF TIMES Monday, June 20, 2016 COMMUNITY INFOGRAPHIC Monday, June 20, 2016 GULF TIMES 13 LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE COMMUNITY Easy breezy tips for cleaning your wardrobe

ew session of renewal, especially when it or untidy. And spring wardrobes typically consist of comes to trading in your winter coats for many delicate fabrics, which require special care. your summer tees. It’s an ideal time for a fashion revival, so here are a few expert Refresh without dry cleaning tips and tricks that will have you looking The spring means hot, sticky days are quickly Nyour best with minimal eff ort. approaching and that means more frequent trips to the dry cleaners. Help reduce those trips and instead, Swap out knits and heavy fabrics place your favourite resort wear, dresses and elegant Say goodbye to that chunky cable knit sweater — cocktail attire. it’s time to resurrect light linens, beautiful blouses and chic capris. Rather than cram all your clothes Add some new life to your wardrobe into your closet to later overlook some amasing A trendsetting spring look shouldn’t have to cost warm weather duds, store away those winter clothes you. With a little ingenuity, you can elevate your until fall. Easily organise them by putting items in clothing collection and have some fun in the process. labelled, plastic storage containers and housing the To start, look at diff erent pieces and devise three containers in a well-ventilated space. If you don’t diff erent ways you can style each. Everyone falls have extra room for storage containers, another into outfi t ruts, but if you think outside the box, space saving tip is to stow items neatly inside your you’ll fi nd perfect pairings that would otherwise go suitcases. unnoticed. Second, embrace accessories. Pops of colour from scarves, jewellery and hair pieces can Wash to eliminate odours and wrinkles instantly transform a bland outfi t. Clothes that haven’t seen the sunlight in months could use a proper refresh, even if they’re not stained ©Brandpoint

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

As long as you play fair today, you will get exactly what you want The Sun moves into Cancer today and the summer/winter solstice Don’t let something minor become something major today twins. Aries. If you play dirty or slightly dirty, things don›t go your way. It is upon us — depending on which Hemisphere you live in of course. It’s really all in your mind if you do. Getting caught up in your own really is as simple as that. Now is the time for you to not only rearrange your wardrobe and frenzy or someone else›s is never a good thing. clothes, but your habits and exercise routines as well.

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

Unless you feel it’s worth it, avoid drama today Cancers. There is Now that Venus the lover has snuggled up in your past karma zone, Sometimes there are occasions when you need to put your foot plenty of it to be found as per usual and it’s never fun, is it? Especially chances are many of you will find yourself thinking longingly of an down and let everyone know just who’s boss. While many of you with Venus the goddess of love and relationships gracing your sign. ex ‘the one that got away’. Keep remembering Leo›s and you will are so mild–mannered it’s diff icult to believe you could ever get that You should be out matchmaking! realise why it didn’t work out! annoyed...you know better!

LIBRA SCOR PIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

Your ruler Venus snuck into Cancer over the weekend, your tenth Venus the pleasure planet and the Sun are carousing in your fellow Unless you really feel confident about doing something today, play it house of career and reputation, joining up with the Sun and Mercury water sign of Cancer for the next few weeks. In your long distance cool Sags. You have such wonderful ideas constantly racing through the communicator. It’s the right time to focus on your job, your travel zone, this makes it the perfect time for you to fall for someone your mind and many of you are fired up following on from your Full career and your professional future. with a foreign accent or who is visiting. Moon over the weekend.

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

You›re next on the Full Moon circuit Capricorns, with the Sun and Despite your misgivings, you are still open to giving someone or With Venus and the Sun transiting Cancer, your fellow water sign Venus currently in position in Cancer, your opposite sign and something a chance, aren’t you? You never stop trying to see the and romance zone, this is the perfect time for you to be open to relationship zone. Single? It’s a great time to mingle and meet bigger picture and it’s a wonderful thing. everything and everyone. Single means having to work hard to find someone worth meeting. someone you like! So get out there and mingle! 14 GULF TIMES Monday, June 20, 2016 COMMUNITY PUZZLES/CARTOONS

Wordsearch Adam

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ANTIQUES GUNS PLATES Pooch Cafe AUTOGRAPHS JEWELRY POTTERY AWARDS LETTERS RECORDS BELLS MEDALS ROCKS BOOKS MEMORABILIA RUGS BOTTLES MODELS SHELLS CARDS MONEY SILVER CLOCKS MUGS STAMPS COINS PAINTINGS TOYS DOLLS PHOTOGRAPHS TROPHIES FURNITURE PINS WATCHES 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, June 20, 2016 GULF TIMES 15 PUZZLES COMMUNITY

Quick Clues Colouring

ACROSS DOWN 7. Hamper (6) 1. Strife (7) 8. Hurry (6) 2. A dog (7) 10. Concurrence (7) 3. Viper (5) 11. Assign (5) 4. Allegory (7) 12. Stagger (4) 5. Yet (5) 13. Foray (5) 6. Concord (5) 17. Snap (5) 9. Artifice (9) 18. Labour (4) 14. Seer (7) 22. Furnish (5) 15. Traveller (7) 23. Refined (7) 16. Disorder (7) 24. Tremble (6) 19. Thick (5) 25. Mourn (6) 20. Learner (5) 21. Gay (5)

Cryptic Clues

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ACROSS DOWN 7. Shake a case for arrows (6) 1. Old-fashioned people on the board? (7) 8. Does one stop to get a hangman’s 2. Lost faces back on the motorway (7) rope? (6) 3. Five observed all round as a different 10. Illness involving one in mental number (5) upset (7) 4. Drawing a circle in a box (7) 11. Get in trouble for slight colouring 5. Make amends at lunchtime? (5) (5) 6. See 20Dn. 12. Terribly vile (4) 9. Celebrity directors not left on a ship (9) Yesterday’s Solutions 13. Crime resulting from a burning 14. Studying a Berkshire town (7) desire? (5) 15. Issued an edict of French religious belief QUICK CRYPTIC 17. Ring found in department store (5) (7) Across: 1 Undue; 4 Confess; 8 Diction; 9 Plump; Across: 1 Opera; 4 Milksop; 8 Teacher; 9 Nadir; 18. Bring up and back (4) 16. Now for the gift (7) 22. Applied a bandage around an 19. Solemnly undertake to use bad language 10 Rays; 11 Canister; 13 Chef; 14 Glad; 16 Nautical; 10 Fate; 11 Newsreel; 13 Flop; 14 Tart; 16 Coracles; injury (5) (5) 17 Peri; 20 Idiot; 21 Unusual; 22 Genteel; 23 17 Alto; 20 Irene; 21 Monster; 22 Earnest; 23 23. Prizes from conflict among the 20 and 6 Dn. Not working in the wrong Enemy. Therm. communists (7) sequence (3,2,5) Down: 1 Understanding; 2 Decay; 3 Evil; 4 Down: 1 Out of practice; 2 Exact; 3 Ache; 24. Approximately eighteen holes (6) 21. Outstanding own goal sealing victory (5) 25. In order, say, to confine during Canvas; 5 Nuptials; 6 Equated; 7 Superficially; 4 Murder; 5 Linesman; 6 Saddest; 7 wartime (6) 12 Belittle; 13 Caution; 15 Manual; 18 Elude; Parallelogram; 12 Concrete; 13 Forbear; 15 19 Ruse. Permit; 18 Lathe; 19 Gnat. 16 GULF TIMES Monday, June 20, 2016 COMMUNITY BOLLYWOOD The pre-release leak n the long battle that one, which means the movie is nuanced post on Facebook on fi lmmakers having been going to be released almost virtually piracy in which he said, ‘I have fi ghting to keep the Censor untouched. But Nihalani did not never downloaded a fi lm on Board tampering with their really show grace in defeat. torrent, i don’t know how to. movies, a resounding victory When the certifi cate clearing yes occasionally i have seen Ihas just been scored and all thanks the movie was given, he didn’t put downloaded fi lms borrowed from is to . the Board’s name on it and instead friends and found a way to pay for For years he has been at the it mentioned that the High Court them later, by buying them on DVD receiving end of cuts from censors judges were the ones who had done or blurray, and when i say this i also and this time, when they wanted it. But the controversies weren’t say that no one can stop your right Punjab dropped from the title of done yet. to download a fi lm. This time its the movie Udta Punjab, he almost Even before the movie was a diff erent fi ght, its a fi ght against singlehandedly launched a media released, torrents of Udta Punjab censorship and if you are that campaign and then went to court. sprang up on the Internet off ering audience that always downloads And what a stinging verdict the people a pirated print to view. The a fi lm, then i won’t ask you to court has given, castigating the print also mentioned that it was a not do that , please do, but wait Pahlaj Nihalani-led Central copy cleared for the censors. Given till saturday which is the day you Board of Film Certifi cation of how much emotions had been would normally download a fi lm…’ overreaching their brief and saying stretched, many were certain that Even Aamir Khan made a public that their job was just to certify and someone from the Board had leaked statement that if, as was alleged, not censor movies. the print out of spite just to get back it was the doing of someone from Out of all the 13 cuts that the at Kashyap. He himself seemed to the CBFC then it was a disgrace. Board had been demanding from insinuate it. Nihalani, of course, denied any Copies of Udta Punjab have appeared online, leading to rumours that Udta Punjab, the court just upheld But Kashyap also put up a hand in it. someone from the Censor Board may have leaked them.

Yet another issue Kashyap directing it, the movie is expected to make waves. And Another person aff ected by the Nawazuddin is said to have signed on Censor Board was Nawazuddin one more thriller in which he plays Siddiqui, whose movie Haraamkhor the main lead. was also found to be held up by One movie of his, Babumoshai them. After the Udta Punjab issue Bandookbaaz, was however in gained traction, Haraamkhor’s the news for a rather puzzling producer also came out in the media controversy. Chitrangada Singh saying that the Board was refusing was acting opposite Nawazuddin in to give a certifi cate because they it. The movie had been delayed for didn’t like the theme of the movie more than a year after some shots — a relationship between a tuition being fi lmed. They then resumed teacher and his 14-year-old student. shooting recently and just as It is small budget movie but suddenly Chitrangada walked out of because it starred Nawazuddin the the movie following a row with the news got traction and if the Board has director. a rethink on it will be a reaffi rmation Apparently they were shooting of how much weight Nawazuddin’s an intimate scene of hers with name now carries in the fi lm Nawazuddin, when the director industry. became insistent on adding some He was recently seen sharing more sensualism and kissing. She almost equal screen time with had an argument with him over it and Amitabh Bachchan in the thriller decided to quit. Te3n. Also Raman Raghav 2.0 is now going to be released and he plays the Send your feedback to RUMOURS: Akshay Kumar is said to have been paid more than Rajinikanth for Robot 2. central character in it. With Anurag [email protected]

Money matters to the superhit Robot, Akshay had entire fee upfront. Rajnikanth, on charged more than Rajinikanth. A the other hand, would probably be Is Akshay Kumar a bigger star news item on this attributed it to charging a portion of the movie’s than Rajinikanth? Almost certainly the fi lm’s producers really keen to profi ts given that if he started not, considering how the latter rope in a big Bollywood name to charging a fl at rate, it would be too is almost a king to his millions of play the villain opposite Rajnikanth astronomical for any fi lmmaker followers in Tamil Nadu and also a but that still doesn’t add up the to aff ord. So Akshay is probably cult fi gure in the rest of the country. numbers. Rajinikanth is always the getting paid more at the moment So what explains a strange biggest draw of any movie he is in. but after the movie’s collections it rumour that for Robot 2, the sequel Chances are Akshay was paid his might be a diff erent story.

Gift that was not While his movie Kick was being made, there was a rumor that he Bipasha Basu who recently got had gifted a flat in a posh locality married found herself at the centre to co-star Jacqueline Fernandez. of a rather strange bit of gossip. A That one turned out to be a canard newspaper ran a story saying that and, as it so happens, so is this she had been given a Rs10 crore news. house as a wedding gift by Salman Bipasha got onto twitter to refute Khan. it and said, ‘This is the biggest That is a huge amount and not hogwash that I have ever read. RUBBISHING RUMOURS: Bipasha even someone as rich as Salman Why would I take a gift like this Basu has denied receiving a house would fritter it away on a gift. ever from anyone?!??’ Salman has as a gift from Salman Khan for her And he has been earlier too at the not reacted but wouldn’t have had ON HOLD: ’s movie Haraamkhor is also said to have wedding. receiving end of similar news. anything diff erent to say!’ been held up by the Censor Board. Monday, June 20, 2016 GULF TIMES 17 BOLLYWOOD COMMUNITY Films being treated like patients in mental institution: Vikram Bhatt ilmmaker Vikram Bhatt used in the fi lm, Bhatt wrote: “The for writers. “If I cannot tell stories has criticised the censor CBFC had not met any of those about the world I live in, if I cannot board after watching people I had in the fi lm. They just tell stories about the people who Udta Punjab, saying the saw what they should make of live here with me, if I cannot go fi lms being made in the people. There is no foul language in to places where there is pain and countryF are treated “like patients in the fi lm; it is just the language the misery, if I cannot tell you how a mental institution”. people use”. those people speak, if I cannot Bhatt shared his views in an “The doctor did not curse, but distinguish between good and bad, elaborate Facebook post, wherein Tommy, the rock star, did. That was if I cannot give you a slice of life, a he shared his views on the Abhishek the diff erence between the two. slice of the world I live in, then I am Chaubey directorial that was mired Did the CBFC want to make them a storyteller in chains,” Bhatt wrote. in controversy. similar? They wanted to make a The release of Udta Punjab was “Our fi lms are being treated cokehead and a doctor speak the beset with trouble after the CBFC like patients in a decadent mental same lingo? Really?” fi rst suggested 89 cuts, but later institution where shock therapy The Love Games director the Revising Committee asked for is given to all the patients. Then, said that “we are living in very 13 cuts. they lie in the corner in a vegetative dangerous times”. The makers moved the Bombay state, no one any diff erent from the “Udta Punjab wanted to expose High Court which on Monday other,” Bhatt wrote. the menace of drugs but instead it overruled the CBFC-recommended “No individuality... Just lumps of ended up exposing much more. It cuts and cleared it for release with controllable protoplasm adhering to exposed the inability of the keepers just one cut and three disclaimers the parameters of social behaviour of our culture to see that all types of by the fi lmmakers. Co-produced by laid down by minds that cannot see people exist, and we as an audience Phanton Films and Balaji Motion the world for what it is,” he added. have the right to meet them,” he Pictures, the fi lm stars Shahid Criticising the Central Board wrote. Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor Khan, of Film Certifi cation’s (CBFC) He also emphasised on the Alia Bhatt and Diljit Dosanjh. Udta CRITICAL: Vikram Bhatt objection towards the language importance of freedom of speech Punjab released last week. — IANS

Shahid, Alia bravest actors The Arth helmer shared that the in tinsel town: Mahesh Bhatt performance of Alia — who essayed the character of Pinky, a Bihari immigrant, in Udta Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt has lauded his star Punjab is “her best”. daughter Alia Bhatt and actor Shahid Kapoor The fi lmmaker also shared a photograph of for their performances in the fi lm Udta Punjab, supertstar Shah Rukh Khan and the Student Of saying that the two are the bravest actors in The Year actress. He captioned the image: “SRK Bollywood. with my wonder child! Alia simply shatters you Mahesh also praised the Abhishek Chaubey with her gut wrenching performance in Udta directorial, based on drug abuse in the Indian Punjab. Her best!” state of Punjab. “Abhishek Chaubey’s Udta Co-produced by Phantom Films and Balaji Punjab is an outstanding fi lm. Shahid and Alia Motion Pictures, Udta Punjab also features are the bravest actors in tinsel town,” Mahesh Kareena Kapoor Khan and Diljit Dosanjh. – tweeted on Friday. IANS

CANDID: Soha Ali Khan

Loving an actor has its sympathetic to the fact that you travel a pros and cons, says Soha lot, that you work late nights and that you have to pretend to fall in love regularly with Actress Soha Ali Khan, who is married to people on screen. The disadvantages are actor Kunal Kemmu, says loving an actor is that they do the same thing, which can be not an easy task as it comes with “certain frustrating.” advantages and disadvantages”. Soha got Soha, whose last big screen appearance engaged to Kunal in July 2014 in Paris and was in Ghayal Once Again, which featured they got married in January 2015. Earlier actor Sunny Deol, also shares that this year, the couple shot down divorce “romancing” on camera has a role to play rumours, with Soha giving out a message in it. that the bond between the duo is “solid”. She said: “And of course the romance The actress also shared that her mother part which I’m quite like okay with, but still and veteran actress Sharmila Tagore it’s always strange. I think to think about, questioned her decision to get married to you know yourself, but you don’t feel like an actor saying that it will complicate her that when you are romancing someone on life. “Well, my mother said ‘Why are you screen, you know how clinical it is, how marrying an actor, it’s going to complicate unromantic it is.” your life’... I happen to fall in love with an Soha opened up about her marriage, actor and it comes with certain advantages parents and career on the second episode and disadvantages,” Soha said in a of the fourth season of The Tara Sharma statement. show, hosted by actress Tara Sharma. The She went on to explain by saying that episode will telecast on Sunday at Star ACCOLADES: Mahesh Bhatt, left, Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt. “The advantages of course are they are very World and Star World HD. – IANS 18 GULF TIMES Monday, June 20, 2016 COMMUNITY HOLLYWOOD Wrecked lands prime-time slot

when top honchos at TBS read “We just threw everything on been in that situation, we would just so articulate with a fresh point By Greg Braxton the script, they saw more than a the page, not even thinking about have been the fi rst to die. Instead of view, and they were not jaded. promising writing combo — they how you’d shoot it or produce it. of dealing with the most capable, They were themselves — that’s wanted the show. It was just a pilot we’d love to see we wanted to take a plane full of what we fell in love with.” ustin Shipley and his Three years after joining regardless of cost,” said Jordan, 25. lovable idiots and see how they Weitz added that the sensibility younger brother Jordan forces, the Shipley brothers have “It’s just so wild to see something would deal on the island.” of Wrecked fi ts in with Reilly’s had little more than accomplished the near-impossible become so much bigger than us — The inept characters at the directive to develop more original, ambition when they — striking gold with their fi rst and in the best way. We were by far core of the group include Danny “adventurous” fare aimed largely decided to dive into the script, jumping the show-biz line the least-experienced ones in the Wallace (Brian Sacca), who lies at millennials. Executives aren’t JTV sitcom arena — no credits, no from hopeful nobodies to executive writer’s room, but everyone was so to his fellow passengers about the only one impressed by the experience and few connections. producers. “We do realise that patient with us.” being a cop; Pack Hara (Asif Ali), Shipleys. Jessica Lowe, who plays But the 20-something Kansan stuff like this never happens,” said The series looks, at fi rst glance, a sports agent who panics at every Florence, one of the survivors, siblings share an off -kilter Justin Shipley last week as he and like a parody of Lost. A large group turn, and Owen O’Connor (Zach said, “It’s incredible these guys are sensibility that they hoped might his brother prepared for the launch winds up on a remote island after Cregger), who is as clueless about so young but yet so funny. They land them a lower-rung job on a of Wrecked on TBS. The comedy, their plane crashes. But although survival skills as he was about haven’t been beaten down. Usually writing staff . which received a 10-episode the brothers were devotees of being a fl ight attendant. creators of shows have to have Their fi rst script was a twisted order, has become a fl agship in that drama (“Justin still won’t Brett Weitz, executive vice celebrated their 31st birthday.” take on Lost, set on an island with the re-imagining of the network apologise for the ending,” Jordan president of original programming The brothers are now crossing a group of wacky plane crash under the leadership of former Fox quipped), the humour has a more for TBS, said that in a business their fi ngers that Wrecked fi nds an survivors. The set-up was lavish, entertainment head Kevin Reilly. wicked bite. that often leans toward formulas audience and gets renewed. Even the cast large, the jokes large-scale The siblings are still reeling from “Lost was about 40 people on and cliches, the Shipleys and if that doesn’t happen, their bond and the main character — a heroic their good fortune. When Jordan an island, but we only saw about their Wrecked script were a clear — both professional and personal leader blessed with good looks got the word that TBS wanted to 12 people each week,” Justin said. standout that hit a funny bone — has been solidifi ed by Wrecked. and smarts — was killed off in 20 buy their script, he was working “And those 12 were the most even with those who have never Said Justin, “I can’t imagine minutes. his afternoon shift at Trader Joe’s. handsome and the most capable. seen an episode of Lost. writing with anyone else. I’ve They were realistic, seeing the His brother was holding down a But we always wondered about Said Weitz, “If you give someone heard how some partnerships fall idea more as a calling card than a mundane job at a company that the 30 people in the back, the ones who’s diff erent a shot, sometimes apart. I can’t see that happening pitch. “It was such a big expensive makes educational fi lms — “the who would say, ‘What’s happening brilliance comes through. And with us. No matter how bad it gets, idea, we knew no one would ever kind you see in the waiting room of up there? We can’t hear you.’” when these guys came in, we just we’re still brothers.” — Los Angeles make it,” said Justin, now 27. But your dentist.” Said Jordan, “We know if we had wanted to adopt them. They were Times/TNS

STRIKING GOLD: A still from Wrecked. Monday, June 20, 2016 GULF TIMES 19 HOLLYWOOD COMMUNITY Lopez homeschools her kids due to busy career

inger-actress Jennifer Lopez has admitted she sometimes has to educate her children Max and Emme because her Sglobe-trotting career means they miss a lot of school. The On the fl oor hitmaker — who currently has a residency at Las Vegas’ Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino — said “homeschool” is great for her eight-year-old twins, reports femalefi rst.co.uk. “They are super happy, well- adjusted, loving, caring kids, and that’s the most important thing. We well get them educated. Homeschool is great for them when we have to do it,” Lopez told Fox 5 channel. “The most important thing is that they are with their mother — that they don’t feel abandoned by a parent,” she added. The 46-year- old star receives a lot of criticism for the way she has chosen to raise her children — whose father is her ex-husband Marc Anthony — but she said that she has found a way to block out the negative comments. BALANCING ACT: Jennifer Lopez “Everybody’s like, ‘You should have them in school. They need that she and her kids will never “I am not normal, so our life is not friends.’ It can drive you crazy,” she have a “normal life” because she is normal. I have come to terms with DIFFERENT PATH: Angelina Jolie said. constantly on the road due to her that. I want to be there with them. I However, Lopez understands career. don’t want to miss it. It is going to go My children don’t want to are learning seven languages be actors: Angelina Jolie between them. “I asked them what languages they wanted to learn and Kylie Jenner to launch Kim Kardashian’s Actress Angelina Jolie said her Shiloh’s learning Khmer, which two ‘exclusive’ lipsticks expensive skincare children don’t want to follow in is the Cambodian language, Pax regime her footsteps and become actors. is focusing on Vietnamese, Mad Reality TV personality Kylie Jenner is set Jolie has six children — Maddox, has taken to German and Russian, to launch two “exclusive” lipsticks in her Reality TV star Kim 14, Pax, 12 , Zahara, 11, Shiloh, 10 Zahara’s speaking French, Vivienne Kylie Cosmetics make-up range. The reality Kardashian demonstrated and seven-year-old twins Vivienne really wanted to learn Arabic and TV personality made the announcement in a her six steps to priming and Knox. “None of my kids want Knox is learning sign language,” Snapchat video, reports femalefi rst.co.uk. her face prior to applying to be actors. They are actually very Jolie spoke on Radio 4’s Woman’s The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star her cosmetic products, interested in being musicians,” Jolie Hour, reports femalefi rst.co.uk. donned a natural-looking aesthetic as she posed which total almost $1,000. spoke on BBC Radio 4’s Women’s The actress shared that you don’t in the clip, which was captioned: “Two more The actress shared the Hour, reports femalefi rst.co.uk. know “who your children are until exclusive shades coming next Friday.” video on Snapchat, “I think they like the process they show you who they are.” Kylie’s clip then panned to show two lip kits reports femalefirst.co.uk. of fi lm from the outside. Mad is “They’re just becoming whoever encased in their boxes with the signature pouting In the social media clip, interested in editing. Pax loves they’re going to be. They’re lips with liquid dripping over them with the Kim is seen caressing her music and deejaying,” she added. interested about other cultures,” caption Secrets, followed by a string of kiss emojis face with This Works In Jolie shared that her children she added. — IANS emblazoned across the snippet. – IANS Transit No Traces 60 Pads, which are infused with rosewater and mint, and Ruby Rose does Tom Hiddleston heads to gym in continues to moisturise 300 sit-ups a day Taylor Swift ’s car with a jojoba, black currant and Anastasia Beverly Hills Actress Ruby Rose has Actor Tom Hiddleston was spotted Hydrating Oil. Speaking admitted she keeps her heading to the gym in singer Taylor Swift’s about her daily skincare abs defi ned by doing 300 car following his romantic vacation in treatment, she said: “I kind sit-ups a day. The Orange Rhode Island with her. However, Swift of put this all over my body is the New Black star keeps was not seen with him. The 35-year-old too.” her washboard abs intact actor looked fi t while walking to the fi tness Kim continues to by following the gruelling centre after getting out of the singer’s car, smother herself in regime every evening, reports aceshowbiz.com. Guerlain Orchidée NOT SKIN DEEP: Kim Kardashian reports femalefi rst.co.uk. He sported a black T-shirt and workout Impériale The Longevity Taking to her Instagram shorts with matching trainers. Hiddleston, Concentrate cream. She account last week, the who donned wayfarer sunglasses, explained: “I’m going to put this on all over my face after 30-year-old actress looked radiant as he was all smiled when the oil, but wait 10 minutes for it all to soak in.” uploaded a photograph paparazzi photographed him. Swift broke Kim continued to demonstrate how she defines her neck showing off her abs while up with Scottish DJ Calvin Harris earlier with Lancer’s Contour Décolleté, before finishing off with wearing a crop-top. this month, and just weeks after their split, Kiehl’s Super Multi-Corrective Eye-Opening Serum, which “Life is better after 300 the 26-year-old was caught holding hands she used for the first time in the personal video. Speaking sit-ups,” she captioned the and taking some selfi es with Hiddleston on about the final product in her regime, she said: “I’ve never image. — IANS the beach in Watch Hill, Rhode Island this used this eye serum before, but I’ve got to start wearing week. — IANS IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Tom Hiddleston more eye cream.” – IANS 20 GULF TIMES Monday, June 20, 2016 COMMUNITY

ON THE PLATE: The Iftar and Suhoor menu comprises both Oriental and Western dishes besides live fast food and cooking stations. Turkish delights at Sultan’s Tent The Ramadan tent at W Doha once again dazzles visitors with

its huge spread and grand bazaar of traditional Turkish artefacts The menu at W Doha off ers live stations for sushi and seafood.

On the big screens, the matches Istanbul, represented by their Vice- and it is heavy. The glass used in it is on detail in the designs. Then there By Umer Nangiana from Euro 2016 grab the audience’s President Necat Can. normal but the pipe is made out of are the carpets galore. attention as Iftar gradually transits “These are handmade, silver- pure leather with velvet wrapping on The fi rst to catch your eye is a into Suhoor that goes on till 2am. plated and gold-plated ware. All the top. light-coloured silky spread hanging t is that time of the year when Right outside the tent is designs are from the Ottoman Can also has jewellery, stones, half by the wall and the rest rolled ‘Sultan’s Tent’ lands in W the grand bazaar showcasing empire era worked with by pearls and beads’ ornaments on out on the fl oor. “It is all Turkish. Doha with all its grandeur. traditional Turkish artefacts and contemporary artists in Turkey,” Can display with original ideas and We have three kinds of carpets; silk- Bringing with it a ‘grand handicrafts. From swords to vases, tells Community. Established since designs. on-silk, wool-on-silk and wool- bazaar’ of Turkish handicrafts, the Turks gave signature designs 1997, his company exports Turkey’s At his company, they take orders on-wool on display. They are all Ithe Ramadan tent at the hotel to everything they touched. Apart renowned decorative art to 35 for customised designs in stones, hand-made, hand-spun and dyed. once again dazzles visitors with its from more orthodox art forms, the countries, from the US to Japan. silver or brass for necklaces, One piece of 2X3m would not take opulence. Ottoman era’s artists earned a name Even the simplest of utensils are bracelets or rings according to less than eight months to make,” Designed on the traditional in decorative arts. eloquently fi nished. A gold-plated people’s taste and style. They use the informs Can. Sultan’s tent, it hosts a number of Be it silverware or gold and silver ware used for keeping meat, rice Ottoman-era antiques as models for He has carpets that can be spread special cuisine stations providing ornaments, the Ottoman artists or even fruit at the dinner table is all their jewellery designs, he adds. under your feet in the drawing the best of both Oriental and established their own language in designed tomb-shape and is not Stone jewellery is very popular rooms and the more fancy ones that Western food complemented by live this form of art which incorporated expensive. Can says considering the particularly among the youth in are hung on the walls as decoration stations for sushi and seafood. features from all other civilisations value of these artefacts, the price is Turkey. Even if the stone comes from pieces. The decorative art in Besides a huge spread of popular they came in contact with. very aff ordable. There are products outside, the designing on it is done contemporary Turkey, Can says, is Ramadan dishes, you can get at least Handmade and modelled on from China, Syria and other places in Turkey by local artists, making it very big. Thousands of people from three kinds of Turkish ice creams original ideas from the Ottoman in the world, but the Turkish-made unique. all over the world visit their country and other delights. And the service, era, these artefacts, including silk originals are the best, claims their The Turkish traditional jewellery every year and love the types of attired in traditional Turkish red, will carpets have been brought to Doha owner. is unique from other countries in a artefacts which have both usage and serve you tea and coff ee at your table. by the Pillows Store company from Again, it is brass in the main plate way that it is lighter with more focus exhibition value.