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By Isabel Ovalle

he 6,000-plus Chinese residents in Doha got the opportunity to cel- ebrate the Spring Festival here. TAlso known as the Chinese New Year, it is the most important festival for the Chinese, when all family members get together. The origin of Spring Festival can be traced back thousands of years through a series of colourful legends and traditions. According to one of the most famous legends, there lived in ancient China a horned monster named Nian (Chinese word for year), who was extremely ferocious. The monster lived at the bottom of the sea all year round and surfaced only on New Year’s Eve to devour cattle and kill people. Legend says that citizens always hid in their houses before sunset to escape the monster. Until one year, unexpectedly, an old man in red came to the village. Nian appeared as usual, but was flustered by something crack- ling: firecrackers set off by the old man. Seeing the old man’s red clothes and hear- ing the crackling sound, Nian fled back to the sea. After that, people knew that the ogre was scared of the colour red and firecrack- ers. Ever since, on the eve of every new year, families have worn red, hung red lanterns, set off firecrackers and beat drums and gongs to scare Nian until the midnight has passed, and the monster has never returned to the shore again. Over time, this practice devel- oped into a festival, finally becoming the most important celebration in China. Chinese artistes wow Doha PLUS | SUNDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2013 3

The festivities, which begin on the first day of the first lunar month, often a month after the Gregorian new year, started on February 10 this year. To mark the occasion, Qatar National Theatre hosted the show, ‘The Joy of Spring Festival 2013, Chinese Folk Songs and Dances’, last Wednesday and Thursday. The show was presented by My Beautiful Land Folk Music Ensemble under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage. This group was founded in 2002 by several folk musical instru- ment players of the Chongqing Opera House. The group mixed Chinese traditional folk instruments, like Erhu, lute, flute and cymbalo, with traditional and classical music in both modern and diversified styles. In ten years of performances, they have toured more than 20 countries in Europe, America, Asia and Africa, and given over 200 performances. They not only create original music and songs, but also adapt local classical music. Founded in 1950, Chongqing Song and Dance Troupe is a com- prehensive ensemble performing dance, vocal music, orchestral pieces and folk music. The troupe has created and performed music and dances with diverse themes and styles, including Chongqing styles. The programme of the show included performances like the dance ‘Happy Time in Red’, female dance ‘Zhu Zhi Ci’, male solo ‘An Ode to Yangtze River’, group dance ‘Colorful Impressions of the Sichuan Opera’, and a Chinese folk song. The other pieces were a solo dance, ‘Dream of a Young Girl’, which, in classic style, tells the story of a young girl dreaming about her lover, and bamboo flute solo ‘New Song for Herdsman’. The bamboo flute is an ancient musical instrument, and the newly composed piece describes the picturesque scenes on the Inner Mongolia plateau of China with a cordial tune and vivid melody, and introduces to the audience the lively and hardy herdsmen living on the plateau. Other Spring Festival customs include a thorough cleaning of houses to sweep away bad luck from the past year. The custom is an expression of the wish to put away old things to begin a new life. Just before the Spring Festival, every house gets a thorough clean- ing to bid farewell to the old year and usher in the new one. The Chinese also set off firecrackers and fireworks on the occasion. On the first day of the lunar new year, everybody puts on their best clothes and pays ceremonial calls on their relatives and friends, wishing them luck in the coming year. Technology has changed the way the new year’s greetings are conveyed. Now it’s common for people to send greetings by telephone, email or text message. The Peninsula

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Al Khayarin Group of Companies

Al Khayarin Group of Companies (KG Group) celebrated Qatar National Sport Day by organising a half day event in Mesaieed, where around 200 staff members of six companies under KG Group participated in various sports activities. Senior staff members of KG Group comprising of Al Khayarin Contracting, Al Khayarin Interiors, Al Khayarin Travels & Tours, Al Khayarin Switchgear, Al Khayarin Plastic and Al Khayarin Electrical Trading led respective teams. In a message given on the occasion, M Idrees Anwar, CEO, Al Khayarin Group of Companies, appreciated the initiative of Qatar Government to organise National Sport Day. The highlight of the event was closely contested cricket matches in which Al Khayarin Group HQ defeated Al Khayarin Contracting in the final by eight wickets. In volleyball, Al Khayarin Travels defeated joint team of Al-Khayarin Contracting & Trading in the final.

atar Automobiles Company, a subsid- iary of Nasser Bin Khaled Holding, Qatar Automobiles Company marked the Sport Day with a desert Qtrip. QAC employees took off in more than 50 Mitsubishi Pajero heading to the desert, in an ultimate challenge to test their endurance and performance of Pajero on the rugged desert terrain. The competition went on with volleyball and football matches, and other fun-filled contests, that took place in Sealine during the rest of the day in a family fun-filled atmosphere. Ihab El Feky, general manager of QAC, emphasised on the importance of this occasion to motivate the people of Qatar to live healthy lives, increasing their productivity and their ability to give more in their work. He explained that the activities taking place in sports day; contribute to strengthening teamwork and to advocating health awareness among the com- munity, expressing his happiness to participate in the sports competitions with all QAC and Nasser Bin Khaled employees.

or National Sport Day 2013, Salam International Investment Limited (SIIL) organised a host of engaging Salam International Investment Limited sporting activities for almost 400 employees from across Fits entire organisation. The Gate mall organised men’s and ladies’ table tennis tournaments in association with Qatar Women’s Table Tennis Association and the set up provided by the Qatar Table Tennis Federation. The tournament featured Aya Majdi, who participated in the London Olympics in 2012. The employees of AluNasa won a basketball tournament played in the Industrial Area. The sun shone down on around 200 SIIL employees as they marked Sport Day by walking at the Corniche. Gondolania at Villaggio mall was abuzz with SIIL staff as they knocked down bowling pins in a frenzy of friendly competition, with ITC emerg- ing victorious. AbdulSalam Issa Abu Issa, Deputy COO of Salam SIIL: “We are delighted at the staff turnout for our sporting activities on National Sport Day. Our aim was to foster the spirit of healthy competition through games, in addition to highlighting the power of teamwork - both of which are part of our corporate goals. This was also a day where everyone from the Salam family could come together to spend a day away from their daily routines.” SPORT DAY PLUS | SUNDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2013 5

Sharaka Holdings

Sharaka Holdings celebrated National Sports Day with a walkathon event. Over 300 members of the Sharaka family walked together. Diet Delights, a nutrition centre recently opened by Sharaka Holdings provided the participants with a healthy start to the day. Participants gathered at Amari Doha, a hotel owned by Sharaka Holdings, and walked to the Corniche. Subway Qatar Oryx Rotana

Oryx Rotana celebrated Sport Day by organising a number of activities at the running track in Ras Abu Abboud and in the fitness centre. The events started with a 5km mini-marathon. This was followed by Break 500 competition in Subway Qatar has been the sole caterer of National Sports Day events at Al Sadd hotel’s fitness centre where each participant needs to burn 500 calories in 30 club. The events were sponsored by Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) along with minutes on the treadmill. “We are the first country to have such a national Qatar Holding (QH). Around 600 people form different nationalities took part in day and we are very proud of it, and we are sure that we will participate in the activities. The attendees enjoyed fresh food provided by Subway. this every year,” said Kevork Deldelian, general manager of Oryx Rotana.

Katara Hospitality celebrates Sport Day n celebration of the National Sports Day 2013, Katara Hospitality hosted sporting events and activities for staff from across its eight local properties and head office. The Iday witnessed an array of events spread amongst Sharq Village & Spa, Sealine Beach Resort and the Doha Corniche. “Katara Hospitality places great importance on the well being of its employees,” said Hamad Abdulla Al Mulla, chief executive officer, Katara Hospitality. “As well as encouraging people to enjoy sports, this day also gives us the opportunity to mix and bond with colleagues from across hotels under our portfolio and to engage in competitions that build team spirit.” Several sport competitions were hosted at Sealine Beach Resort such as football, beach volleyball, basketball, swimming, cricket and table and lawn tennis. The Six Senses Spa attracted a large crowd of flexible Yoga lovers, while the more competitive team members lined up for a seven kilometer run on the Doha Corniche with Sheraton Doha Resort & Convention Hotel as the finish line. The participating units owned or managed by Katara Hospitality in Qatar were Sharq Village & Spa Doha, Six Senses Spa, The Ritz-Carlton Doha, Sheraton Doha Resort & Convention Hotel, Doha Marriott Hotel, Mövenpick Hotel Doha, Sealine Beach Resort, and Merwebhotel Al Sadd Doha. 6 PLUS | SUNDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2013 MARKETPLACE

Sri Lankan cricketer visits Al Sadd branch of Qatar UAE Exchange Caty Beauty Centre opens in Muaither

Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lankan cricketer, visited Al Sadd branch of Qatar UAE Exchange. The visit was for endorsing the ongoing promotion ‘New Year Surprise’ wherein 101 gifts are waiting for customers. Country head of Qatar UAE Exchange Lakshmi Narayanan honoured the cricketer by presenting a Caty Beauty Centre started operating in Muaither, opposite to Wathnan Mall. Majestic Sword as token of appreciation. Business Development Head Raju Caty provides all beauty services right from hair styling, massage, make-up, Ramachandran, Al Sadd Branch Manager Supin James and other senior officials styling, grooming and more. There is enough privacy and space for all the of Qatar UAE Exchange were present during the occasion. clients, a company press release said.

Teppanyaki week at Chopsticks

hop- sticks restau- Crant at Wyndham Grand Regency Doha hotel will host a Teppanyaki week Mugdha Godse, from February 19 Mohammad till February 24. Azharuddin and “During Imran Baig at the this week at ribbon cutting Chopsticks ceremony. we offer contemporary Japanese Teppanyaki dining experience in friendly atmosphere,” a hotel official said. Teppanyaki is a Japanese style of cooking in which the chef prepares food on a hot griddle, often in front Grand Regal Hotel celebrates grand opening of dinner guests. This gives him the opportunity not only to cook, but also to entertain the guests by performing rand Regal Hotel held its and corporates attended the event. show that our hotel has already gone tricks. Eman Abela (pictured), direc- grand opening ceremony on Around 100 guests were present. through an extensive renovation, and tor of F&B, said: “Chopsticks team Thursday. The event started Evans, well-known keyboardist, who we are still planning a lot of improve- decided to enrich the thrill of watch- Gwith the ribbon cutting cer- can perform songs in 12 different lan- ments for the property. Today’s event ing food prepared and grilled during emony by the chief guests Mohammad guages, came all the way from India to means a lot for all of us and once this Teppanyaki week.” Azharuddin, former captain of Indian play at the ceremony. again I would like to say “thank you” “Our aim is to entertain and offer Cricket team, Member of Parliament, Commenting at the grand open- to all the guests who made this occa- the best of traditional cuisine ‘value for and Mugdha Godse, former model and ing Imran Baig, General Manager of sion remarkable by their esteemed money’ at Wyndham Grand Regency Bollywood actress. Grand Regal hotel, said: “This special presence”. Doha hotel,” Abela added. Representatives of many embassies occasion give us a great opportunity to The Peninsula The Peninsula HEALTH PLUS | SUNDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2013 7

Health Tips Menus labels may sway from DOCTOR those who need them most Obesity in children

Obesity means having too much body fat. howing diners how many Causes, incidence, and risk factors calories are in restau- When children eat more than they need, their bodies rant food items may store the extra calories in fat cells to use for energy later. Sinfluence how much If this pattern continues over time, and their bodies do not they eat — especially among the need this stored energy, they develop more fat cells and least health-conscious people, a may develop obesity. new study suggests. Children are surrounded by many things that make it “It’s encouraging because the easy to overeat and harder to be active. Watching televi- information may help the peo- sion, gaming, texting and playing on the computer are ple who will need it the most,” activities that require very little energy. They can take up said Lorien Urban, who has a lot of time and replace physical activity. And, when chil- researched menu labelling at dren watch television, they often crave the unhealthy high- the Jean Mayer USDA Human calorie snacks they see on commercials. Nutrition Research Center Tests for obesity on Aging at Boston’s Tufts Blood tests may be done to look for thyroid or endocrine University. problems, which could lead to weight gain. Previous studies have found Child health experts recommend that children be that people tend to eat less when screened for obesity at age 6. Your child’s body mass they are told how many calories index (BMI) is calculated using height and weight. However, are in their food, but scientists measuring body fat and diagnosing obesity in children is have not looked at how that different than measuring these things in adults. breaks down across different types of diners. TREATMENT For the new study, research- 1) Supporting your child. ers randomised patrons at a res- The first step in helping your taurant on the Oklahoma State child get to a healthy weight is University campus to use one of to consult with their doctor. The three menus during a two-week doctor can help to set healthy period in late 2010. goals for weight-loss and help One group of diners received with monitoring and support. standard menus without calo- Try to get the whole family to rie information, another group Dr E V Kumar join a weight-loss plan, even if S p e c i a l i s t – P a e d i a t r i c s got menus showing each item’s weight loss is not the goal for Healthspring World Clinic calorie count and the last group everyone. Weight-loss plans got a menu featuring traffic light for children focus on healthy symbols representing calorie lifestyle habits. A healthy lifestyle is good for everyone. counts. 2) Changing your child’s lifestyle. A green light was printed Eating a balanced diet means you child consumes the next to foods with less than 400 right types and amounts of foods and drinks to keep their calories, yellow lights next to body healthy. foods with between 401 and 800 • Know what size portions are child should eat to meet calories and red lights next to your body’s needs for nutrients, without getting too much foods with over 800 calories. of some and not enough of others. By the end of the meal, din- • Stock your pantry and refrigerator with healthy foods. ers ordering off the standard • Fruits and vegetables are good choices for healthy menu ate — on average — 817 snacks. They are full of vitamins and low in calories and fat. calories. That compared to the Ellison and her colleagues from information is helpful,” said • Avoid junk-food snacks like chips, candy, cake, cook- 765 calories people ate when the Oklahoma State University Urban, who was not involved in ies, and ice cream. The best way to keep kids from eating they ordered off the menu with found that the least health-con- the new study. junk food or other unhealthy snacks is to not have these printed calorie counts and the scious people seemed to cut the Under the 2010 Patient foods in your house. 696 calories they ate when most calories in response to the Protection and Affordable Care Children should have many chances to play, run, bike, ordering from the traffic light experimental menus. Act, certain chain restaurants and play sports during the day. Experts recommend they menu. Those people, the research- must list their foods’ calorie get 60 minutes of moderate activity every day. Moderate Although that is only a differ- ers write in the International information on their menus. activity means you breathe and your heart beats faster ence of 52 calories and 121 calo- Journal of Behavioral Nutrition Previous research has found than normal. ries between the standard and and Physical Activity, are “pre- restaurants that are forced Complications experimental menus, the study’s cisely the people that menu to disclose how many calories A child who is overweight or obese is more likely to be lead author said that can add up labelling laws are often trying they’re serving customers end overweight or obese as an adult. Obese children are now over time. to influence.” up changing their menus. developing health problems that used to be seen only in Depending on the person, cut- Ellison said that health-con- Ellison said listing calories is adults. When these problems begin in childhood, they often ting 121 calories per day would scious people might not pay as just one approach policymakers become more severe when the child becomes an adult. lead to about a one-pound much attention to calorie infor- are looking at to encourage din- weight loss over a month. mation because they’re already ers to lighten their load. “It could be substantial if that well informed about nutrition. “The way it’s looking is it’s reduction persists every time Regardless of how health-con- going to take several methods,” you went out to eat, but as a one scious people were, the research- she said. term reduction it might not be ers found the traffic light menu SOURCE: http://bit.ly/12RHdKc effective,” said Brenna Ellison, seemed to have the strongest International Journal of of the University of Illinois at calorie-cutting influence. Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Urbana-Champaign. “I think it’s in line with what Activity, online February 8, 2013. Based on customer surveys, we’ve seen that interpretive Reuters 8 PLUS | SUNDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2013 MOVIE PLUS | SUNDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2013 9

HOLLYWOOD NEWS BOLLYWOOD NEWS Murder 3: Slick thriller

Rihanna is one By Subhash K Jha

Film: Murder 3 Starring: Aditi Rao Hydari, Randeep Hooda, Sara Loren best-selling Directed by: Vishesh Bhatt artists, notching f the truth be told, the essence of this neatly-packaged thriller about up sales of what lies beneath is obtained in the second half where the whole philosophy of the mirror-image and the reflection of the soul in the 25 million Iindividual conscience is given a walloping visual manifestation. Hats off to debutant director Vishesh Bhatt for bringing to life that tricky zone albums and which separates mirage from reality. The film opens on a rather unpromising note. We see a restaurant man- 75 million ager (Sara Loren) take a drunken lout home. Just why she’s do anything so foolhardy in today’s day and age of heightened crimes, is beyond logic. singles They are soon in an intense relationship punctuated by bouts of monoto- nous pseudo-Sufiana songs that add nothing to narrative momentum. worldwide Suddenly mid-way through the narrative finds its bearings to strike a since 2005 deep chord within the plot’s heart and emerge with a cat-and-mouse game where the two ladies, Aditi Rao Hydari and Sara Loren indulge in a cat- and-mouse game that leaves the film’s official hero hopelessly marginalised. February 20, 1988: While it would be unfair to give away the plot, suffice it to say that if you are lucky enough to have not seen the original, this film would knock Robyn Rihanna Fenty you out of your seat. The entire drama is done in the style of a chamber- piece replete with remarkably precise art decor detailing. born in Saint Michael, Barbados While Raju Singh’s background score adds to the aura of foreboding Indian cricket tear-jerker and, yes, Sunil Patel’s cinematography is impeccably radiant it is Aditi 2005: Signs six-album record Rao’s performance as a woman trapped in a maze of her own suspicion who imparts a sense of gamine-like fun to the inherent terror quotient deal with Def Jam Recordings of the drama. Indeed, Aditi is the hero of Murder 3 furnishing a sense of foreboding to after auditioning for Jay-Z. bowls over Berlinale the kinetic goings-on. Sara Loren as the girl on the opposite side of the mirror image has a fetching face and fairly expressive body... language! But Moves to New York the talented Randeep Hooda’s drunken drawls and brooding machismo are now getting repetitive. Time for a reinvention, Hooda. 2007: Third album, Good Girl In terms of visual and emotional fluency and in connecting the super- natural content to a compelling context, Murder 3 moves far ahead of the Gone Bad, spawns four global hits ai Po Che, an Indian film about shore up Ali’s house, causing the oth- Director Abhishek Kapoor told first and second instalments of the franchise. Mired in a mystique that cricket, love and politics set ers to expel him from the partnership. reporters he wanted to make a constantly unravels whispering dark secrets, the film marks an assured including Grammy Award-winning against a tumultuous back- Inevitably it is cricket that brings different type of Indian film and directorial debut for Vishesh Bhatt. IANS Kdrop of brutal sectarian vio- them back together, as they bond again shied away from the traditional Umbrella, featuring Jay-Z lence and an earthquake, bowled over while watching India’s astonishing test Bollywood mix of song, dance and the crowd at the Berlin film festival. victory against Australia in 2001, only music, although the film contains 2012: Ranked by Forbes as In a year in which the main Berlinale the third match in history where a plenty of the colour and spice of competition has failed to inspire much team following on has gone on to win. India. fourth most powerful celebrity, with passion, Kai Po Che (Brothers For The trio begin to rebuild from the “I don’t think it’s a Bollywood Life) sparked cheers and tears from ruins. The more business-minded film, it’s an Indian film,” said earnings of $53m from May 2011-12 a packed cinema as it screened ahead Govind (Rajkumar) expands the sports Kapoor. of its global general release next week. equipment and coaching model into He said he hoped the film’s 2013: Wins seventh Grammy, for Based on the best-selling book The schools, with the help of Ishaan, while format, which intersperses TV Three Mistakes Of My Life, the film Omi (Amit Sadh) finds himself drawn footage from the historic 2001 Best Short Form Music Video for charts the ups and down of three into politics. India-Australia test series and fea- ambitious young Indian men as they Meanwhile, Ali rises through the tures a cameo by Indian cricket We Found Love set up a sport shop and cricket coach- ranks of Indian cricket with a series of star Aday Jadeja, would appeal to ing academy in the Gujurati capital sparkling innings inspired by his men- a wider audience. Illustration: Bob Hoare © GRAPHIC NEWS Ahmedabad. tor Ishaan while Govind falls in love “The world over, people are After a slow start, business begins to with the coach’s beautiful sister played interested in Indian film. People boom — helped by a gripping test series by Amrita Puri. But again, upheaval are curious and want to see more between India and Australia that sees intervenes, this time in the form of the films. But somehow Bollywood films Cohen is UK’s highest paid Hollywood star cricket kit fly off the shelves — and 2002 Gujarat riots. don’t connect with people,” he said. they uncover a precocious young bats- Omi’s parents are burned alive While the politics, religious ten- omedian Sacha Baron Cohen has been named Britain’s highest paid man, Ali, whose talent they nurture. when a group thought to be extrem- sion and cricket were important, Hollywood star. He banked over 20 million pounds in 2012 thanks to They expand their business, opening ists torches a train carrying pilgrims ultimately the film is about the Cbox office success with The Dictator and Les Miserables — however, new premises in a swanky mall, but and activists in the Gujarat town of unbreakable bond between the he missed a place in the Forbes Celebrity 100. The 41-year-old also added their world is shattered by the 2001 Godhra, killing 58 people. three stars, said Kapoor. to his earnings with payment for his role as the voice of the lemur King Ahmedabad quake which reduces their This unleashes a wave of brutal “Politics in India is in every Julien in Madagascar 3. It helped him earn more than fellow countryman shop to rubble and destroys all their sectarian violence that draws in all area. This is what India is about: Robert Pattinson. Cohen pipped Tom Hanks £17m and Brad Pitt £16m, stock. three friends, rips apart their town of cricket, politics, religion and mov- but wasn’t included on the annual Forbes Celebrity 100 list because he The devastating earthquake also Ahmedabad and ends up pitting Omi, ies. But actually this film is about wasn’t considered famous enough in the US. strains the trio’s friendship, as cricket son of a priest, against the family of friendship. coach Ishaan (Sushant Singh Rajput) the rising cricket star Ali, with tragic “I think it is a very important steals their remaining savings to pay to results. story for India.” 10 PLUS | SUNDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2013 FORMULA ONE

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Sebastian Vettel GER Mark 101 starts, 26 wins Webber AUS Finnish reserve driver Valtteri Bottas makes his 46 podiums 196 starts, 9 wins debut for Williams in Australia after just four days 34 podiums at the wheel of the FW35 while Marussia fields two Car: Red Bull RB9 / Engine: Renault RS27-2013 Luiz Razia and Briton Max Chilton Caterham embarks on its fourth year in F1 with Dutchman Giedo van der Garde driving its CT03; !"Esteban Gutierrez steps up from test driver to the Sauber race team

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Papal resignation a PR coup for Vatican journalist

By Tom Heneghan place where the Pope is upstaged by his own gaffes or those of his top ew authors can boast that Pope aides.” Did this come out in your Benedict helped sell their books, daily reporting? but the pontiff’s shock resigna- “There were some things I couldn’t say tion has boosted interest in all until I sat down to write a book. There things Catholic just as veteran were some judgements I couldn’t have FVatican journalist John Thavis is about to expressed in news stories, and not only publish. because I worked for a Catholic news The Vatican Diaries, a behind-the-scenes agency. I couldn’t say in my daily report- look at the faith’s fabled nerve centre, goes ing how disgraceful I found the Legionaries on sale on February 21, just one week of Christ’s effort to spin or deflect criticism before the pope takes the nearly unprec- from their founder (Fr Marcial Maciel, who edented step of quitting as the head of the sexually abused boys and secretly fathered world’s largest church. several children). Thavis, who covered the Vatican for 30 “I also couldn’t say how ridiculous I years until retiring from his post as bureau found it that the Vatican still feels the need chief for the US-based Catholic News to edit the pope’s spoken words to journal- Service last year, had long known Benedict ists, as if there was an official version that believed a pope could resign and worried will supercede his actual words.” he might do it before the book came out. But he says he was as shocked as any- Was there one point when you felt one else when the pope announced his you had to write it? decision. The book is not an analysis of the “When we were touring with John Paul soon-to-end pontificate, but the stories it II in 1988 in Swaziland, the king arrived for tells amount to what Thavis calls “a mosaic the papal Mass after the Pope had started. history of Benedict’s papacy.” He came in a convertible Cadillac with two Thavis, who came to Rome from of his four wives and the pope’s sermon Minnesota to promote the book, spoke at that day was on polygamy. I said to myself, the Vatican press office. somebody should be writing this book and maybe it should be me.” What does it feel like to have Pope Benedict as your PR agent? Religions can be very complicated, “My friends have all emailed me telling especially a worldwide faith like me the pope is my best PR agent. I have Catholicism. Does that make it dif- “For example, the process of declaring 2005 why they didn’t ring right away when to assure them that I did not arrange this. ficult to report on the Vatican? someone a saint is often driven by person- the white smoke started coming out of the The fact my book is coming out now is per- “Most ‘vaticanisti’ — the journalists who alities who are working very hard behind the Sistine Chapel. I was able to tell what it’s fect timing but it’s definitely unplanned. I cover the Vatican — feel a real limitation on scenes. In the case of Pope Pius XII, I think like to be the monsignor who takes deposi- don’t have the gift of prophesy. I worried their reporting. The Vatican is a 2,000 year his cause for sainthood has really been tions from victims of sexual abuse, or the what effect it might have if the pope were institution. Most decisions have a history driven in large part by a German Jesuit, papal gentleman who escorts kings and to resign.” and a back story that often doesn’t get told. an American nun and an American Jewish queens and presidents to meet the pope “When Pope Benedict said in his book activist — an unlikely triumvirate of people.” and then makes style judgments on them.” Did you have any hint he would in 2010 that the use of condoms by a resign now? prostitute may constitute a step towards Are there other reasons why read- You have a whole chapter with “I always thought he would resign. He moral responsibility, the press more or less ers don’t hear more of the stories you stories about the mishaps during spoke about it in a book two years ago. treated it as if it fell out of the sky. There was recount in the book? John-Paul’s globe trotting, the very Then he put the trip to Cuba and Mexico in fact a 10- or 20-year hidden discussion “The original title for the book was scripted visits Benedict has made on his agenda and I thought he wouldn’t. by the Vatican’s moral theologians on this ‘Backstage Vatican.’ Much of what hap- and the antics the journalists get up But when he suddenly named six new very point. That’s the kind of context neither pens at the Vatican is, in a sense, thea- to. That’s another aspect of Vatican cardinals last November, I asked people I nor most reporters can possibly fit into an tre. The conclave is a classic example. life that readers rarely see. in Rome if he was thinking about resigna- 800-word news article.” Generally journalists don’t go poking “I realised that, in all my papal travels, tion. They didn’t seem to be too concerned. around backstage because there’s no time, no one had written a kind of “boys on the But I followed what was and what wasn’t on You argue that poor management no newshole, not enough space to tell the- bus” book and I definitely wanted to include the Pope’s calendar and by January I was in the Vatican leaves individual staff- ses stories. at least one chapter like that. Like most quite concerned. I planned this trip to Rome ers there a lot of leeway to push their “Even when we write long pieces, we people, you come home from the office and because I thought February 22 would be a own agendas. How does that work? tend to write about policy and analysis, your wife asks what happened that day. likely time. That’s the Feast of the Chair of “We all tend as reporters to treat the things that don’t really get at the day-to- After you tell her, you realise that what Saint Peter, which is the feast associated Vatican as a powerful hierarchical institu- day life at the Vatican and how it works. I you’ve just said was a lot more interest- with the authority of the pope.” tion that knows what it’s doing every step wanted to give a glimpse of this backstage ing than what you wrote. So I collected the along the way. The more you dig, the more reality. flavour, the personalities, the atmosphere, In the book, you call the Vatican you find it is much less organised and less “Because we cover the Vatican fulltime, I the humaneness of the place. That’s what’s “a kind of showcase for missteps, hierarchical than it seems and much more actually had the time to go back and ask the missing from most reporting.” distractions and mixed messages, a based on individual personalities. man who rang the bells at the conclave in Reuters 12 PLUS | SUNDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2013 TECHNOLOGY Facebook says it was a target Apps of the DAY 123D CREATURE (£1.49) Even Steve Jobs would’ve raised a sceptical eyebrow if you’d told him of sophisticated hacking a few years ago that in 2013, peo- ple would be modelling digital-clay monsters on their iPads then get- By Joseph Menn and Tim Reid names and email addresses. with the situation, the type of infor- ting them 3D-printed out. That’s Newspaper websites, including those mation on the employee laptops that exactly the idea behind Autodesk’s acebook Inc said hackers had of The New York Times, The Washington were compromised included “snippets” 123D Creature app though: you infiltrated some of its employ- Post and The Wall Street Journal, have of Facebook source code and employee sculpt and paint creatures then ees’ laptops in recent weeks, also been infiltrated. Those attacks emails. export them as images and 3D mod- Fmaking the world’s No.1 social were attributed by the news organi- Facebook said it spotted a suspicious els, or order a 3D-printed version network the latest victim of a wave of zations to Chinese hackers targeting file and traced it back to an employee’s from within the app. iPad cyber attacks, many of which have been coverage of China. laptop. After conducting a forensic traced to China. Earlier this week, US President examination of the laptop, Facebook KICKSTARTER FOR It said none of its users’ data was Barack Obama issued an executive said it identified a malicious file, then IPHONE (FREE) compromised in the attack, which order seeking better protection of the searched company-wide and identified Crowdfunding website occurred after a handful of employ- country’s critical infrastructure from “several other compromised employee Kickstarter now has an official ees visited a website last month that cyber attacks. laptops”. iPhone app. You can use it to see infected their machines with so- Another person briefed on the mat- what projects musicians, artists, called malware, according to a post on “INFILTRATED” ter said the first Facebook employee game developers and other creators Facebook’s official blog released just Facebook noted in its blog post that had been infected via a website where are trying to raise money for and before the three-day US President’s it was not alone in the attack, and that coding strategies were discussed. back them from your phone. And Day weekend. “others were attacked and infiltrated The company also said it identified if you’re running a project, you can “As soon as we discovered the pres- recently as well,” although it did not a previously unseen attempt to bypass keep an eye on your stats, and post ence of the malware, we remediated specify who. its built-in cyber defences and that new updates to your backers from the all infected machines, informed law The Federal Bureau of Investigation protections were added on February 1. device too. iPhone enforcement, and began a significant declined to comment, while the US Because the attack used a third- investigation that continues to this Department of Homeland Security did party website, it might have been an ONE DIRECTION day,” Facebook said. not immediately return a call seeking early-stage attempt to penetrate as SCRAPBOOK (FREE) It was not immediately clear why comment. many companies as possible. Given One Direction’s escalating Facebook waited until now to announce In its blog post, Facebook described If they followed established patterns, global fame, this free iOS app should the incident. Facebook declined to the attack as a “zero-day” attack, con- the attackers would learn about the be a sizeable hit among fans. It’s a comment on the reason or the origin sidered to be among the most sophisti- people and computer networks at all digital scrapbook for fans to paste in of the attack. cated and dangerous types of computer the infected companies. They could photos of the British boy band, cus- A security expert at another com- hacks. Zero-day attacks, which are then use that data in more targeted tomise them with their own photos pany with knowledge of the matter rarely discovered or disclosed by their attacks to steal source code and other and messages, then share on social said he was told the Facebook attack targets, are costly to launch and often intellectual property. networks. iPhone / iPad appeared to have originated in China. suggest government involvement. Another fear for such a popular web- The attack on Facebook, which says While Facebook said no user data site is that hackers could use central SOUND UNCOVERED (FREE) it has more than 1 billion members, was compromised, the incident could controls to infect wide swathes of its San Francisco’s Exploratorium underscores the growing threat of raise consumer concerns about pri- user base at once. museum has launched this inno- cyber attacks aimed at a broad vari- vacy and the vulnerability of personal In January 2010, Google reported it vative and playful iPad app, aimed ety of targets. information stored within the social had been penetrated via a “zero-day” at all ages, which offers “auditory Twitter, the micro blogging social network. Facebook has made several flaw in an older version of the Internet illusions, acoustic phenomena, and network, said earlier this month it had privacy missteps in the past because Explorer Web browser. The attackers other things that go bump, beep, been hacked and that about 250,000 of the way it handled user data. It set- were seeking source code and were boom, and vroom”. It’s an explora- user accounts were potentially com- tled a privacy investigation with fed- also interested in Chinese dissidents. tion of sound, from growling saxo- promised, with attackers gaining eral regulators in 2011. Google reduced its operations in China phones to noisy gum-chewing. iPad access to information, including user According to one person familiar as a result. Reuters TEMPO SMART CALENDAR (FREE) This new calendar app appears Apple challenges loss of iPhone trademark in Brazil to be US-only for now. Developed at SRI, the company behind Apple’s pple Inc, which lost the rights to its iPhone Siri technology, it’s a mobile calen- trademark in Brazil is challenging the ruling dar app that pulls in emails, con- by Brazil’s copyright regulator to prevent local tacts and locations to your plans, Afirm Gradiente Eletronica SA from using the while providing directions, docu- “iphone” brand name. ments, LinkedIn profiles and even The regulator, Inpi, ruled that the rights to the trade- sending apologetic “running late” mark belong to Gradiente, prompting California-based emails and texts. iPhone Apple to request that the decision be reviewed in Latin America’s largest market. DRAWQUEST (FREE) Consumer electronics maker Gradiente had filed its Draw Something isn’t dead just request to use the “iphone” brand in 2000, seven years yet, but developers and startups before Apple launched its smartphone, but received are already trying to push the col- approval to use the trademark only in 2008. laborative-drawing genre of apps Now, in order to keep its trademark rights, Gradiente onwards. Canvas Networks’ new will need to prove to the regulator in the next 60 days effort is really interesting: less a that it made use of the trademark between January 2008 competitive game, and more a daily and January 2013, Inpi said late on Wednesday. Brands Officials from Apple and Gradiente didn’t immediately drawing challenge: it provides the in Brazil must be developed within 5 years of gaining respond to requests for comment. scenario for you to draw and share approval. An Inpi spokesman said Apple could still take the with friends. iPad IGB Eletronica SA, a company formed after the case to court or negotiate an out-of-court settlement Prices mentioned are for UK restructuring of Gradiente, launched its “iphone” line with Gradiente. Suart Dredge / The Guardian of smartphones last December. Reuters COMICS & MORE PLUS | SUNDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2013 13

LEARN Parts of the days:

ARABIC Al yawm Today

Ams Yesterday

Ghadan/ Boukra Tomorrow

Al’laila Tonight

Al‘bariha Last night

As’sabah Morning Adhuhr Noon Hoy en la Historia Al asr Afternoon February 17, 1923 Al massa Evening Howard Carter and Lord Names of daily meals: Carnarvon opened the inner tomb

Al Futoor Breakfast of the Egyptian King Tutankhamun at Luxor. The tomb had been Al Ghada Lunch sealed since 1337 BC Al Asha Dinner 1869: Dmitri Mendeleev, by writing the chief properties of chemical elements on cards and arranging them in various Baby Blues Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman ways, discovered the Periodic Table 1883: The Vacant-Engaged toilet-door sign was patented by an Englishman named Mr Ashwell 1904: Puccini’s Madame Butterfly was first performed at La Scala, Milan 2003: Over $100 million worth of diamonds were stolen in the largest jewel theft in Belgian history Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS ALL IN THE MIND Hagar The Horrible Chris Browne Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.

Zits by Dennis Young and Denis Lebrun

CIRCLE, CONE, CUBE, CUBOID, CYLINDER, DECAGON, DODECAHEDRON, ELLIPSE, HEPTAGON, HEXAGON, NONAGON, OCTAGON, OCTAHEDRON, PARALLELOGRAM, PENTAGON, POLYGON, POLYHEDRON, PRISM, PYRAMID, QUADRILATERAL, RECTANGLE, RHOMBUS, SEMICIRCLE, SPHERE, SQUARE, TETRAHEDRON, TRAPEZIUM, TRIANGLE.

14 PLUS | SUNDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2013 CROSSWORDS

ACROSS 31 Stack in a mag. office 67 Intelligence 27 Source of the all-time 44 Features of many spy CROSSWORD 1 Frankenstein’s 32 Pondered 68 1982 sci-fi film with a best-selling movie- films 1234 5678 910111213 monster had one on 34 Furbys and yo-yos, 2010 sequel related toy line 45 “I bet!” his forehead once 69 Harmonize, informally 30 Quick round of tennis 46 Tin tossed as the first 14 15 16 5 Crop circle, some 37 Entourages for 33 Cut off Frisbee believe Odysseus’ faithful DOWN 35 Copy 49 Sun-Maid tidbit 17 18 19 9 Mahmoud of the wife? 1 Class of ’12 in 2012, 36 Special delivery?: 52 Intuits P.L.O. 20 21 22 23 41 Lorna ___ (cookies) e.g.: Abbr. Abbr. 53 Dearie 14 Lasso 42 Jot (down) 2 Confined 38 No-goodniks 54 Less-than-social sorts 24 25 26 27 15 ___ child 44 “___ Chef” 3 Flashing sign in a TV 39 Spelling, e.g.? 57 Politico Romney 16 Word sung twice 47 Amusement studio 40 Continued, as with a 60 Singer Corinne Bailey 28 29 30 31 before “hallelujah” 48 Long time 4 What a user goes into job ___ 17 One who’s junior to a 50 Blast for help 43 Some records, for 61 Med. group 32 33 34 35 36 jr. 51 Quick smells 5 “Que sera sera” short 63 Va. Tech is in it 18 Acts the heckler at 37 38 39 40 6 Odysseus’ savior the Westminster dog 53 Ricky Martin and Neil AS S MOOG ADDTO BOA TER show? Patrick Harris? 7 Lumps LE T AARE NEONS UNLASH 41 42 43 55 “___ dead people” 8 It lists G.M. and I.B.M. BEARM ARKET TATTLETALEG RAY 20 Commemorative item UMA S S OSC INE INCREASE 56 Cousin of an ostrich 9 Long ___ ME N T HE AHH LANDHO 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 22 Busy one 58 Department in SE 10 Bit of makeup REGULARM EAL S L E I CA 23 “Scat!” FRA SELLERS GASPLANET France 51 52 53 54 24 Cheeses 11 John of Led Zeppelin LE I A SEADOO OTOH TORA 59 Expressions of regret ACO L YTES DOUBLEG LAZED manufactured in the 12 Enthusiasms SO LARM AS S MONO D RAMA 55 56 57 58 Mediterranean? from apartment 13 Online network admins KN I S H OATBRAN MBEKI building managers? OI LS L ICKS BUBBLEG UM 26 D flat equivalent 19 Not just busy 59 60 61 62 63 62 Icelandic epic W ARM EMORIALS PASSLINE 28 Cousin of .org or .com 21 Giving up of one thing HA L E MEGA SEARLE SETA 64 Skipping syllables INKERASER UNLOOSE SAN 64 65 66 29 ___ standstill for another TIETO MIDDLEG RO U N D 65 Romance/ 30 Baseball Hall-of-Famer 24 Half a school yr. LESSEN ORA PR I NTS 67 68 69 thriller novelist Hoag PRO F ORMA STRATA OPERA who batted left and 25 Irish equivalent of CA L E NDARM ONTHS IDLEG OSS IP threw right 66 McDonald’s founder Edward BR A NDO NO IRE NEAT TAP Ray SEN NAS ERROR GELS SLY

HYPER SUDOKU How to play Kakuro: The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some cells will contain two numbers. However, in a crossword the numbers reference clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! They denote the total of the digits in the row or column referenced by the number. Within each collection of cells - called a run - any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be used once.

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate How to EASY SUDOKU play Hyper Easy Sudoku Puzzles Sudoku: Place a digit from 1 to 9 in A Hyper Sudoku each empty cell so every Puzzle is solved row, every column and by filling the every 3x3 box contains all numbers from 1 the digits 1 to 9. to 9 into the blank cells. A Hyper Sudoku has unlike Sudoku 13 regions (four regions overlap with the nine standard regions). In all regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear YESTERDAY’S only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is solved like a normal Sudoku. ANSWER CINEMA / TV LISTINGS PLUS | SUNDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2013 15

Lokpal (2D) (Malayalam) TEL: 444933989 444517001 1 – 2.30, 5.15, 8.00 & 11.00pm 09:00 Football Asia 08:00 News Tad, The Lost Explorer (3D) 10:00 Uefa 09:00 Revolution (Animation) – 2.30 & 4.30pm Champions Through Arab League Eyes Magazine 10:30 Inside Syria Murder 3 (2D) (Hindi) – 6.30pm 10:30 Twenty 20 11:00 News Cricket 11:30 Talk To Al 2 Bangladesh Jazeera MALL Premier League 12:00 News Gambit (2D/Comedy) – 9.00pm Semi Final 1 12:30 Earthrise CINEMA 13:30 Real Nba 13:00 NEWSHOUR Magazine 14:00 News 14:00 Omni Sport 14:30 Inside Syria Mama (2D/Horror) – 11.00pm 14:30 Fa Cup Chelsea 15:00 Al Jazeera V Brentford Man World City V Leeds 16:00 NEWSHOUR Saboba (2D/Action) Leicester V Wigan 17:30 Listening Post – 3.00 & 5.00pm 21:30 Uefa 18:00 NEWSHOUR Champions 19:00 News 3 League 19:30 101 East A Good Day To Die Hard Magazine 20:00 News (2D/Crime) – 7.00, 9.00 & 11.15pm 22:00 Boxing Broner V 20:30 Inside Story Rees 21:00 NEWSHOUR 23:00 Spanish League 22:30 Talk To Al Gambit (2D/Comedy) – 3.00pm Real Madird V Jazeera Rayo Vallecano 23:00 Witness

Saboba (2D/Action) – 5.00pm 13:15 How It’s Made 13:50 Wild France 1 Auction Kings Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story 14:35 16:05 Shamwari: A 15:05 Auction Kings Wild Life (2D/Hindi) – 7.00pm 15:30 Auction Kings 16:35 Wildlife SOS 16:55 Border Security 17:30 Too Cute! A Good Day To Die Hard (2D/ 19:10 Mythbusters 19:20 Call Of The 21:00 Magic Of Wildman Crime) – 9.30 & 11.15pm Science 20:15 Venom Hunter 21:30 Time Warp With Donald ROYAL Paranorman (Comedy) 21:55 How We Schultz Invented The 21:10 Into The PLAZA – 2.30 & 4.15pm World Dragon’s Lair 22:50 Protecting 22:05 Wildest India Mirror Mirror (Comedy) Washington DC 23:00 Amba The 2 – 6.00pm 23:45 Mythbusters Russian Tiger Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola (Hindi) – 8.00 & 10.45pm 13:00 Shane 12:50 Valdez Is Rise of The Guardians Untamed Coming (Animation)– 2.30 & 4.15pm 15:00 Catching Giants 14:20 Ned Kelly 16:00 World’s 16:00 Mgm’s Big 3 Deadliest GPU Screen Melancholla (Drama) 17:00 Kenny And 16:15 The Unforgiven – 6.00, 8.30 & 11.00pm Zoltan’s 18:20 The Mechanic Venom Quest 20:00 Pope Of Snowflake: The White Gorilla 19:00 Monster Fish Greenwich 22:00 Catching Village (2D) – 2.30 & 4.15pm Giants 22:00 Zelig 23:00 World’s 23:15 Crisscross Deadliest GPU 1 Murder 3 (2D) (Hindi) – 6.00pm

Lokpal (2D) (Malayalam) 13:35 The Amazing 13:35 The Treasure – 8.30 & 11.00pm World Of Of The Sierra Gumball Madre Gambit (2D/Comedy) 16:00 Level Up 16:00 The Younger 19:20 The Amazing Brothers – 3.00 & 5.00pm World Of 18:00 Cheyenne 2 Gumball Autumn A Good Day To Die Hard (2D/ 20:35 Regular Show 20:29 Where Eagles LANDMARK Dare Crime)– 7.00, 9.00 & 11.15pm 21:00 Mucha Lucha 22:15 Grim 23:00 Pat Garrett And Adventures Of... Billy The Kid Safe Haven 23:00 Ben 10 (2D/Romance) – 2.30pm Saboba (2D/Action)

– 4.30 & 6.30pm 14:00 Lemony Snicket’s 13:15 Emilie Jolie 3 A Series Of 14:30 The Adventures Unfortunate Of Don Quixote Mama (2D/Horror) – 8.30pm 16:00 Baby Geniuses 16:00 Ploddy Police Car 18:00 Good Boy! 18:00 Despicable Me 20:00 Tamara Drewe 20:00 The Search For Zero Dark Thirty (2D/Thriller) 22:00 The Life Aquatic Santa Paws – 10.30pm With Steve 22:00 Emilie Jolie Zissou 16 PLUS | SUNDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2013 POTPOURRI

Berlin’s beloved polar Events in Qatar A summary of MEDIA SCAN bear Knut back on show issues of the day nut, the hand-reared discussed by the Romeo and Juliet from polar bear who captured Qatari community Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre KGermans’ hearts before in the media. When: Feb 19 - Feb 20; 8pm - 11pm his early death in 2011, returned Where: Drama Theater, Building 16, to his adoring Berlin public as a Katara life-sized model bearing the ani- What: This fast-paced and vibrant new mal’s real fur. production of Romeo and Juliet, by the Knut will stand for a month in iconic Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in the entrance foyer of the city’s • Demand for coordination between inspection at Medical Commission. London, will have its world premiere at natural history museum, which manpower agencies recruiting house- • Discussion on social media about the Katara Cultural Village. The 90-minute has modified its entrance for the maids and the Committee for Recruiting meteor explosion over Russia. production retains Shakespeare’s original anticipated rush of visitors, a Housemaids, and sending daily bulletins • Demand for supply of medicines to phar- language and creates an entertaining museum spokeswoman said. to the agencies about the nationalities macies at Al Wakra Hospital, which do performance for audiences of all ages The museum is keen to stress Ticket: QR100-QR150 available online that can be recruited. not have several medicines prescribed that Knut has not been stuffed. and shops of Virgin Megastores • Residents of Abu Hamour demand early by doctors, especially those for diabetes. Rather, a replica of the bear was made, based on Knut’s skeleton, in completion of work on internal streets. • Residents of Barwa complex in Forever Now one of his favourite poses, and this Stones from roadside excavations are Mesaimeer complaining about delay in When: Until March 31, 2013; 11am-6pm was covered with the creature’s damaging cars and spoiling the look of opening another supermarket. Where: Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art pelt, in a procedure known as der- the place. • Visitors to the emergency unit of Hamad What: Forever Now proposes new moplasty. The model has expres- • Talk about the United Arab Emirates Hospital complain of several people at readings based on the works of five artists sive eyes and a damp nose, museum launching a satellite channel to com- a time visiting patients, which disturbs from Mathaf’s permanent collection. This director Johannes Vogel said. bat the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafi other patients, who need rest and peace. exhibition unpacks new narratives that posit Knut was the star attraction a unique understanding of five diverse artists: of Berlin zoo during his four-year movements. • People are wondering why the authorities Fahrelnissa Zeid, Jewad Selim, Saliba Douaihy, life. His mother rejected him as a • People are talking about the runaway are not taking action against the phe- Salim Al Dabbagh and Ahmed Cherkaoui. new-born leaving the fluffy white housemaids working in the houses nomenon of private cars being used as Free entry cub to be reared by a zookeeper. because they are cheaper and not any taxis at Doha International Airport. Thousands of visitors queued for legal responsibilities because they are • Several citizens complain to the radio The Family hours to watch him frolic in his not under the manpower agency. But it is programme Watani Al Habib that they are When: Until Feb 28; 10am-10pm enclosure, and he inspired a diz- not sure that they are free from infected facing problems in getting visit visas to Friday: 2pm-10pm zying array of merchandise. Where: Anima Gallery, The Pearl-Qatar The bear died suddenly of an diseases because some of them runa- UK, and that their passports are being What: First Guiragossian family exhibition. epileptic fit in March 2011. way before undergoing to the medical kept at the embassy for a long time. Despair, separation, re-union, love... Life Reuters in all its forms is portrayed in the works of Paul, Emmanuel, Jean Paul and Manuella Guiragossian. Free entry IN FOCUS by Amarnath Krishna Tea with Nefertiti When: Until March 31, 2013; 11am-6pm WHERE: Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art WHAT: Offer a critical perspective on how to perceive an artwork, particularly in and from the Arab world. Free entry

Chamber Music at Museum of Islamic Art: Death and the Maiden When: March 7; 6pm Where: Museum of Islamic Art Atrium

Encounter: The Royal Academy in the Middle East Exhibition When: Until March 6; 10am-10pm Where: Gallery 1&2 Building 19 and Katara Gallery Building 22 What: An exhibition featuring over 80 works of art in a wide variety of media by 25 Royal Academicians and 25 prominent artists from across the Middle East. Free entry A photo of horses taken at Katara during Run The World If you want a photograph taken by you If you want your events featured here Peninsula Plus featured here mail it to [email protected] mail details to [email protected] Festival 2013 by a reader.

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