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[email protected] THURSDAY 30 APRIL 2015 • www.thepeninsulaqatar.com • 4455 7741 IWED OPENS More than 110 exhibitors are participating in the 8th International Wedding Exhibition and Fashion Show, which opened at the Doha Exhibition Center yesterday. P | 2 SCHOOL STUDENTS THE LESS FUSS, SALMA HAYEK PAYS AWARDED FOR THE BETTER THE TRIBUTE TO HEALTH RESEARCH SHORTBREAD LEBANESE ROOTS BY WCMC-Q WITH THE PROPHET P | 7 COMMON MENTAL DISORDERS IN OLDER ADULTS P | 3 P | 9P | 11 | THURSDAY 30 APRIL 2015 | 02 EVENT Dana Al Fardan opening the exhibition. opening day. One’s wedding day is undoubtedly the most special day in IWED 2015 kicks off at life and a celebration where every detail is of utmost significance. This is what makes such an event so important and successful as wedding ideas, hopes and dreams can be brought to life by Doha Exhibition Center the experts,” said Qatar Expo CEO, Hadi Al Zain Ali. he 8th International Wedding 110 exhibitors, sponsors and partners accompanied by live singers from the The exhibition and fashion show Exhibition and Fashion Show are participating in a unique showcase Fuzion Band, will be Zaffat Show from event is expected to attract over (IWED 2015) opened yester- of the best that’s available in wedding Ya Hala Events, and folkloric dance 13,000 local and international visitors. Tday at the Doha Exhibition products and services in Qatar. performances by Luca & Lucia and Al The event brings forth new exhibits Center (DEC). Daily fashion shows from well-known Jamal from DNA Records. showcasing the changing styles of an Celebrity Qatari socialite and founder designers are on schedule including Frames Salon, official hair stylist international wedding concept with of DNA Records, Dana Al Fardan Rachad Itani Couture, Waham Abaya, sponsor, and Isadora, exclusive make exhibitors originating from Qatar, Italy, launched the four-day exhibition in Athari Al Kuwait, Velvet Abaya, Samar up sponsor, are holding live hair and India, UAE, Bahrain, Lebanon, Kuwait, the presence of representatives from Abou Raad, Sposabella, Laura Abaya, makeup demonstrations to expose visi- KSA and United Kingdom. organisers Qatar Expo, VIPs, celebrities, La Bourjoisie, Dana Riad the Label and tors to new trends in wedding hair and IWED 2015 is open to the public sponsors, exhibitors and the media. Dentella Design, to name a few. makeup styles. until May 2 at the DES from 12noon to IWED 2015 has gathered the top Different entertainment performances “It pleases us to see that both love 10pm with ladies-only visiting times set names and labels in the wedding plan- held daily add up to the joyful ambi- and business are still blooming in the between noon and 3pm all throughout ning, hospitality, fashion and related ence of the event. In addition to vari- wedding industry as IWED Qatar 2015 the four days of the exhibition. industries under one roof. More than ous Arabic dance group performances received a full house of visitors on its The Peninsula | THURSDAY 30 APRIL 2015 | CAMPUS 03 School students awarded for health research he ten winners have been School, which had two separate Sixteen-year-olds Saeed Al Merri and you get just the right amount.” announced in an innova- winners. Mohammed Al Marghi, from the Audio Mohammed Saeed of Ossama Bin tive annual competition to Dr Javaid Sheikh, Dean of WCMC-Q, Education Complex, chose smoking as Zaid Independent School worked with Tencourage young people to said the standard of the competition their topic, creating a 3D poster that used a group of friends to create a poster think about their health. The Challenge had been very high. models of cigarettes as a funeral pyre. about obesity. Poster Competition is now in its third “The judges were very impressed “Smoking has a negative effect on He said: “We chose obesity because year and is organised by Weill Cornell with the academic work that all of health,” they explained, “but before our it’s a major issue for Qatar that affects a Medical College (WCMC-Q) in Qatar as the students had put in to their post- research we didn’t know that smoking lot of people here. The problem is that part of its Sahtak Awalan: Your Health ers. can affect the heart and can discolor people are eating too much fast food First campaign. As well as promoting “Health is one of the most valuable the eyes. and not enough people have an exer- good health, the competition also aims gifts that we have and it is so important Art teacher Nourelhadi Osman said cise program that they follow. But we to inspire students to become the doc- that we take the time to make a con- that the poster competition had been say in the poster that the most impor- tors and scientists of the future. scious effort to live healthy lives, not just a valuable educational tool and had tant thing is to have the self-motivation Students from 30 middle schools for our sakes but also the sakes of our come at the right time as it coincided to eat healthy food and to exercise across Qatar were invited to under- families and friends. The Your Health with National Stop Smoking Week so regularly.” take a research project on a health First campaign encourages people to Saeed and Mohammed took their mes- Sahtak Awalan: Your Health First topic and approximately 300 posters do just that – think about their health sage to the rest of the school. is a five-year educational public health were submitted in total. The post- and then make the right choices,” he The students then joined a discus- program launched by WCMC-Q in 2012 ers were judged by doctors from said. sion led by Nesreen Al Rifai, WCMC-Q’s in association with the Supreme Council WCMC-Q and the top ten posters Each school was awarded a trophy Chief Communications Officer, in which of Health and the campaign’s strate- – from nine schools - were awarded while every student received an indi- they explained their posters and their gic partners, Qatar Foundation, the prizes. The nine schools to win tro- vidual prize presented by Dr Marco reasons for choosing their particular Supreme Education Council, Occidental phies were Audio Education Complex, Ameduri, WCMC-Q’s Associate Dean topic. Petroleum Qatar, ExxonMobil and Qatar Qatar Leadership Academy, English for Pre-Medical Education. Qatar Leadership Academy cadet Olympic Committee. The campaign is Modern School Al Khor, Al Hammad Topics chosen by the students Mohammed Al Fadli, 13, chose sunlight aimed at all ages groups but has a spe- International School, Ossama Bin Zaid included obesity, car accidents and as the topic of his poster. He said: “If cial focus on encouraging young people Independent School, Qatar Canadian nutrition. Some of the students will you get too much sunlight you can get to make healthy lifestyle choices so that School, Mesaieed Independent now be chosen as ambassadors for the burnt but if you don’t get enough your they develop good habits at an early School for Girls, Al Ahnaf International Your Health First campaign, promoting body won’t make enough vitamin D, so age that will stay with them into adult- School, and Al Hikma International healthy lifestyle choices to others. you have to be careful and make sure hood. The Peninsula | THURSDAY 30 APRIL 2015 | 04 CAMPUS ASD presents second annual GATE-D Talks tudents from the American School of Doha’s (ASD) Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) programme presented Sat Texas A&M University Qatar for the second annual GATE-D Talks, cre- ated by Anita Churchville, ASD High School Learning Support and GATE Coordinator. This is in collaboration with Dr Students from ASD’s Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) at the Texas A&M University Qatar. Adrian James, Program Coordinator for Tutorial Services Academic Success Center, Texas A&M University Qatar, to discuss academic research. The goal presentations. Several parents, teach- selected, conducted research about who has been instrumental in being a was to identify an issue (global or local) ers and students from ASD, including a problem linked to the subject and liaison between ASD and Texas A & M. and come up with creative solutions to staff and faculty from Texas A & M were then posed an innovative solution. This For the GATE-D Talks, 12 ASD GATE solve the issue/problem. The topics pre- in attendance. is exactly the kind of problem solving students chose a topic or an issue that sented were as follows: Video games The audience included Dr Deborah that they will need (and society needs) was of personal interest to him or her, as a solution to social anxiety, Drone Welch, ASD Director, who was extremely in the workplace to solve problems in or about which they were passionate. technology, Gender slotting, Limitations impressed with the topics chosen as the future.” Some students decided to work in teams of North Korea media, Using solar agri- well as the eloquent execution of each The team of students included: Aaya of 2 or 3, while others worked alone. culture to mitigate the effects of global presentation. Dr Welch stated: “The Aboulnaga, Raghav Acharya, Soomin Mentors for the GATE Plus Program (past warming, Solving Infrastructure issue in range of topics was fascinating and Chung, Vandana Dronadula, Spencer participants) mentored them through the Russia for World Cup 2018 and Girls’ included scientific, political, sociologi- Francis, Ashley Hammonds, Julie research process and honing of the topic. education in rural India. cal and psychological subjects. The Jung, Niall Kelly, Charlotte Lombard, Dr Adrian James also came to meet with Each talk was between 4 and important point was that the students Akash Nivarthi, Adithi Sanjay and Isaac the students at the start of their project 10 minutes long, in TED-Talk style were passionate about the topic they Whiteley.

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