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COVER STORY 2 GULF TIMES Sunday, August 5, 2018 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT

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EVENTS stalls will feature products from all over the world on the Eid. The Summer Shopping HEC Paris Masterclass Souq has started from June 14 till August WHERE: 15th fl oor, Tornado Tower 31. Colour your summer at Doha Exhibition WHEN: September 9 and Conventional Centre, West Bay during TIME: 5pm – 7pm Summer Entertainment City 2018 with HEC Paris is organising ‘The Journey of over 75 activities and games, more than 40 Innovation: From the Innovator to Eco- food and 132 retail outlets and amazing live systemic Innovation’, an opportunity to learn performances. Get set for an exciting and more about company innovation with HEC eventful summer in 2018. Paris Associate Professor Frederic Dalsace, MSc from HEC and an MBA with honors from Hobby Classes Harvard Business School and both MSc and a WHERE: Mystic Arts Centre behind Al PhD Management from INSEAD. Hilal Focus Medical Centre WHEN: Wednesday – Monday Summer Sessions with Evolve and Mystic Art Centre, is a holistic performing Westin arts institution and a one stop solution for WHERE: The Westin Doha Hotel and Spa adults as well as children looking to explore WHEN: Ongoing till August 25 their talents in various art forms. We off er TIME: 9am – 1pm classes in Carnatic Music, Hindustani Music, Enjoy a morning of moving, eating and Karate, Yoga, Zumba, Classical Dance, Salsa, feeling well with a 60 minutes yoga session Hip Hop, contemporary and Bollywood balanced with healthy breakfast bites dance forms. Personalised lessons, effi cient followed by time to revitalise by the pool. mentoring and exposure to stage helps our Stimulate the rest of your day through Summer Activity Drawing and Painting, Calligraphy, keyboard learner to walk out as a confi dent performer culinary experiences with the added 20% WHERE: Aspire Zone and dance. The camp will run for 7 days a at the end of their course. For details, call discount in all the restaurants and café. WHEN: Ongoing till August 15 week from 8:30am – 1pm. You will be able to 44723680/33897609. TIME: 8am – 2pm see the activities and schedules that will be Minipolis Summer Camp Children can enjoy various activities held for every week and register your kid. For Dance and instrument classes WHERE: The Pearl-Qatar such as football, taekwondo, swimming, details, call 44373259. WHERE: TCA Campus, Behind Gulf Times WHEN: Ongoing till August 31 gymnastics, aerobics, and recreational games. Building TIME: 9am – 5pm WHEN: Wednesday – Monday An Edutainment Entertainment summer Special Needs Summer Camp Learn the movements of dance styles in camp is now in Qatar where kids can enjoy WHERE: HOPE Qatar Center for Special Bollywood, Hip Hop and also the musical their time by discovering the world of Mad Needs instruments such as Piano, Guitar, Keyboard Science, and spend a good sharing time in WHEN: Ongoing till August 15 for adults as well kids and move in the world making new friends while baking, enjoying TIME: 8:30am – 12:30pm of music. For details, contact 66523871/ their meals, watching cinema, doing aerobics HOPE Qatar Center for Special Needs 31326749. and so much more. is organising a very unique summer camp bringing together children with and without Outdoor and fi ve-a-side football IAID Summer Workshop special needs in a fun and entertainment pitches WHERE: IAID fi lled programme from July 16 – August 15. WHERE: Aspire Zone WHEN: July – August This camp led by a multinational team will WHEN: Daily It’s time to set your kids summer activities enhance empathy, teamwork, and friendships TIME: 7pm – 11pm today with IAID, the pioneer in conducting between the diff erently abled children and Aspire Zone’s fi ve-a-side football outdoor workshops in Qatar since 2001. IAID’s other children aged 4 – 18. The camp will run pitches opposite Al Waab Street are available Summer Workshop features fun and exciting for 5 days a week from 8:30am – 12:30pm for Summer Camp for Kids every day from 7pm – 11pm. activities. It only means more singing, one month and include various edutainment WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier, Villa 57 playing and dancing for the sweet little ones activities. For details, call 55751754 / Bin Omran Arab and German Tales Exhibition aged 3 years and above. 55385687 WHEN: Ongoing till August 31 WHERE: Qatar National Library TIME: 7:30am – 2:30pm WHEN: Ongoing till August 18 Summer Camp Doha’s Kids Summer Camp where artists The exhibition is organised within the WHERE: Music Lounge are made! The A to Z of kid’s summer camp framework of Qatar–Germany Year of WHEN: Ongoing till August 30 – from artworks, dance and music lessons Culture and provides an insight into the TIME: 9am – 12pm and PLAY in between. For ages 5 years and up. history of Arabic and German fairy and This summer camp is designed to give Contact [email protected] and folk tales, and how the two traditions every camper a skill to create music through mobile 33003839. influenced each other. 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Summer Camps WHERE: Mamangam Performing Art Centre, Al Hilal WHEN: Ongoing till August 31 TIME: 8am – 12:30pm Mamangam Performing Art Centre will be holding Summer Camps in its Al Hilal branch for two batches of age groups from 4 -18 yrs. The summer camps will include Yoga, Karate, Art and Craft, Music, Hip-hop, Bollywood, Choreography Lessons - Brazilian Indian Classical and Contemporary dance. Zouk For details, call 33897609. WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier near MOI WHEN: Ongoing till September 15 Summer Camps Brazilian zouk is characterised by the WHERE: TCA dancers’ undulating bodies and the girls’ WHEN: Ongoing fl owing hair. Dancer or not, depending on TIME: 8:30am – 1pm the style of Brazilian zouk, you’ll be able The TCA is holding Summer Camps in its to choose connection and embrace with branch for all students, ongoing from June long graceful steps. The fi nal performance 24. Every two weeks, a new batch will begin is scheduled to be on 15 September as a for every child to join and learn new forms of fl ashmob. art. The summer camps will include Abacus,

Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Sunday, August 5, 2018 COMMUNITY COVER STORY “Balancing time my biggest challenge” —Richard Quest, CNN anchor

To actually find time to myself, to go and have fun, to go and see things, is a ‘constant challenge ’ SUNDAY CONVERSATION Sunday, August 5, 2018 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY

diff erent type of travel show that was By Vishnu Makhijani not about telling people about cutesy restaurants or see this or see that exhibition. There’s plenty of people e is one of the most who do that extremely well. animated anchors on TV, “We wanted to tell people about a boundless bundle of the cities. World of Wonder doesn’t energy who anchors two mean grand and big. ‘Wonder’ can daily business shows on be just something interesting like weekdaysH and has just embarked on a Washington which is powerful or travel off ering. CNN’s Richard Quest Berlin which is sexy. The ‘Wonder’ says not only is his act natural, but comes from seeing and experiencing, balancing time is probably the biggest which is why we came up with the challenge he faces, particularly in a phrase ‘We’re going to interesting social media-driven world. places to meet fascinating people’,” “I think balancing time is probably Quest explained. the biggest challenge that I face. I host How were the three cities that the daily shows Quest Means Business initially feature in the show selected and Quest Express plus the monthly — was there a criteria? programme Quest’s World of Wonder Underlying all the cities that have — so to actually ﬁ nd time to myself, to been chosen so far, “there is a reason, go and have fun, to go and see things, is a modern-day reason where the city a constant challenge. and the people have changed in the “Having said that, of course, I do IN THE NEWS: Richard Quest makes his presence felt in whatever he does. recent past”, Quest said. love what I do, I do love where I go, I do Thus, Germany with its current love these sorts of experiences that I’m television”, Quest described it as be able to tell. The ﬁ rst words out like to think over the last 20 years questioning and immigration able to enjoy and, for that reason, it’s “natural”. of your mouth would be, ‘That’s I have developed a style, a way of and issues of political diffi culty; not totally work,” says Quest, 56. “The anchoring style is natural. fake, it’s false, it feels wrong, it’s not doing things that is perhaps unique Washington because of Donald Does this mean there’s no time to let If it wasn’t you would be able to tell. natural.’ to me but it is really up to others Trump; Athens because of the his hair down and just chill? Now, is it maybe an exaggerated “So, there’s an element of to determine whether or not I’ve austerity that has wreaked havoc on “I have to bear it all in mind that you performance — perhaps. There has performance, there’s an element of succeeded,” Quest said. so many people and changed society. have to have a balanced life. And I think to be an element of performance in projection because it is television, it How did the present series come “So, we wanted to show these very that’s the diffi culty that many people television. But that is not the same is an entertainment media, it is an about? famous cities, what their DNA is like face today between the onslaught thing as saying it’s an act. You would informative media, but it is me. I’d “We knew we wanted to make a and how that DNA might be aff ected of social media, the tyranny of the today,” Quest explained, adding: “We urgency from e-mail, the constant are still deciding where to go.” travel. It is diffi cult, there is no easy “There has to be an element of performance in Quest’s World of Wonder can be solution. Do I have time to chill? I try. I television. But that is not the same thing as saying it’s summed up thus: “We’re going to try and go to the beach, I try and lay in interesting places to meet fascinating the sun, I try and read books... but it’s an act. So, there’s an element of performance, there’s an people...We’re not tourists, we’re not easy,” the Liverpool-born Quest, travellers. It’s a show about meeting who resides in New York, explained. element of projection because it is television, it is the people who reveal the heart of the As for his rather unique anchoring city and help you understand what style, which CNN itself says, an entertainment media, it is an informative makes the place tick, leading you to “masterfully bridges the gap separating media, but it is me” that ‘wow’ moment when you realise business news and entertaining you belong.” — IANS

RICHARD QUEST: BIO

Early life and career He was born on March 9, 1962 in Liverpool, England. He holds British nationality. Richard Quest started his career in journalism as a trainee journalist at the BBC in 1985. He joined the financial section in 1987 and moved to New York City in 1989 to become the BBC’s North American business correspondent. After that, he worked for the BBC as a business correspondent from the United States as part of its BBC News 24 channel. He reported on and discussed the world stock market.

CNN career Richard Quest, in 2001, joined CNN for the launch of business International. Since then, he has covered a variety of events for CNN including an analysis of the US elections as American Quest. He also covered the start of the circulation of euro banknotes and coins as well as the last commercial flight of the Concorde as one of the passengers of the event. In 2006, he let pass an opportunity to join Al Jazeera English News. In 2015, he hosted the first season of ABC game show 500 Questions. Richard Quest, on June 8, 2015, appeared as a contestant on The CNN Quiz Show: The Seventies Edition special playing StandUp for Kids. He was accompanied by his partner Brooke Baldwin. He is also an Aviation Correspondent for CNN. He extensively covered the story of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that went missing on 8 March 2014. He is also the author of the book The Vanishing of Flight MH370: The True Story of the Hunt for the Missing Malaysian Plane, published by Penguin Random House on 8 March 2016.

Personal issues In 2008, Quest was arrested for possession of crystal methamphetamine in New York City’s Central Park. He was found wandering around at 3.40am with drugs in his pocket. At the trial, he was ordered by State Court Judge Anthony Ferrara to go into rehab and to undergo drug counselling for six months. In 2014, Quest revealed that he was a homosexual. He is not yet married.

Net worth According to celebritynetworth.com, he has an estimated net worth of $4 million. 6 GULF TIMES Sunday, August 5, 2018 COMMUNITY Indian Cultural Centre bids farewell to long time staff

Indian Cultural Centre (ICC), under the patronage of the Embassy of India, recently hosted a farewell for Purushothaman Cherichal Puthan Purayil, a long time staff of ICC. Purushothaman has been a part of ICC for 14 years in various capacities. The event was attended by notable members of ICC committee, including Milan Arun, President of ICC; Hassan Chougle, Advisory Council Chairman ICC; Nilangshu Dey, President of ISC (Indian Sports Centre); along with managing committee members, advisory council members and past managing committee members and staff of ICC. Hassan Chougle presented a memento on behalf of ICC to Purushothaman. Speaking on the occasion Purushothaman thanked the Embassy of India and ICC Managing Committee and colleagues for the support over the years. Aster Volunteers launches ‘Lets Drink’ campaign

Aster Volunteers in partnership is believed to have some form of kidney with Radio Malayalam 98.6 FM disorder and related diseases. Drinking recently launched a campaign, ‘Let’s less or insuffi cient water is the main Drink’ at the MIA Park. The campaign reason behind this and many people encourages public to consume more are not aware about the importance water during summer in order to of more water intake in summer. Last avoid dehydration and kidney related year we distributed more than 30,000 diseases. Aster Volunteers is a global bottles of drinking water to the public CSR programme that was launched and this year we are targeting 40,000 by Aster DM Healthcare, the largest bottles to be distributed.” healthcare provider in the region. Dr Joy P George, Urologist at Aster 40 people volunteered at the event, Medical Centre Al Hilal, also spoke including the members of Radio about the importance of water intake Malayalam 98.6, employees of Aster during summers on the occasion. He and representatives from other social & said, “Children and older adults are welfare organisations of Qatar. especially at risk of being dehydrated Commenting on the initiative, Dr due to the way their body responds to Sameer Moopan, Chief Executive hot climate. This can be avoided by Offi cer at Aster DM Healthcare, said, drinking suffi cient amount of water “As per the statistics issued by the throughout the day. A healthy person Nephrology division of Hamad Medical needs 2 to 3 litres of water intake daily Corporation, one in ten Qatar residents to avoid dehydration.” Sunday, August 5, 2018 GULF TIMES 7 MUSIC COMMUNITY

PRESENTATION: The violinist gives a presentation at the Lincoln Center in New York. Though he’s only 24 years old, Arteaga became a symbol of resistance against the Venezuelan government after VIOLINIST: Wuilly Arteaga plays violin during a protest against the Venezuelan government an image of him playing violin spread. in Caracas. Fiddler who defied Venezuelan police rebuilds life in New York

a piano that dominates the living room. It is a containers in the South American country, When I came here, many threats from the By Mamen Sala kind of addiction, as if he were obliged to do where hyperinflation has contributed to a government started intensifying, they were it every time he comes in. Next to the piano, massive economic crisis and sent hundreds death threats. I became frightened and Arteaga keeps two violins and a notebook. of thousands fleeing abroad. decided to stay for a while.” s Wuilly Arteaga walks “[The piano] was left to me by a friend The International Organization for “Wuilly basically represents the essence home through the Midtown so I could practise when I came to New Migration puts the number of Venezuelans of non-violent resistance in the face of neighbourhood of Manhattan, York,” says the musician, who was trained living abroad at 1.6 million, while the violence,” says Roberto Gonzalez, a lawyer he looks at everything around by El Sistema, a publicly financed voluntary country’s opposition estimates that it could representing the foundation. him with the wide-eyed sector music education programme in be as high as 4 million. At the forum, a well-known wonderA of a child. Venezuela. During the anti-government entertainment personality who wants to Peaceful, relaxed New York is a far cry In contrast to the dangers he faced in demonstrations, Arteaga says, he was shot remain anonymous offered Arteaga the from the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, Venezuela, Arteaga now leads what he calls in the face, jailed and tortured “ only for possibility of staying in New York. where Arteaga faced riot police while the life of “a normal person,” studying protesting.” “I wanted to stay, but I had no place to playing his violin a year ago. English in the mornings and dedicating the He was released after 19 days in August live, and he said he had a flat and I could “In Caracas, I was used to the greatest rest of the day to what he most loves: music. 2017. stay there until I found something. I like dangers, but I like this, it is very calm. It has “I play in the New York underground every “I’m not free because my country is not it a lot, because all the other flats in the taught me to be a bit calmer,” the 24-year- afternoon and make a living out of that,” free,” he told the news portal La Patilla at building have been rented out to musicians old musician says. Arteaga explains while playing the piano. the time. “I’m going out to resume my fight and I feel at home.” When thousands of Venezuelan Later on, he arrives at the Times Square for freedom, in the only way I know how to While in New York, Arteaga has disobeyed protesters clashed with police between underground station and starts playing in do it, through my music.” orders back in Venezuela to report regularly April and July 2017, pictures of Arteaga a corner near the entrance to a platform. A But Arteaga does not like recalling those to courts, a situation that prevents him from wearing a jacket with the country’s colours group of young people dance to his rhythms times, and he changes the subject. “What I returning home for the time being. and bowing the strings of his violin went while Venezuelan compatriots come to have really enjoyed in New York is freedom. His lawyer is working to get him a out around the world, turning him into greet him. In four hours, he has earned 200 I’ll never feel freer than now.” residence permit that would allow him to something of a peace icon. dollars. Arteaga was invited to the city by stay in New York and make use of all the A year after the protests in which more “In Venezuela, I had to play in the the non-governmental Human Rights opportunities the city has to off er. than 100 people were killed, the son of a underground to survive. Police took my Foundation, which asked him to play his But no matter how embedded he may humble Venezuelan family is rebuilding his violin away and I was left without a violin violin and to talk about the situation in have become in New York, the musician’s life in New York. and living on the streets. We sometimes ate Venezuela at a forum in October 2017. thoughts are back with his family and As he gets home, the ﬁ rst thing Arteaga from garbage,” he recalls, distraught. “I was invited and decided to come for friends in Venezuela, a country he is does is to pass his ﬁ ngers over the keyboard of Many people are still eating from garbage 15 days, but the idea was to go back again. constantly talking about. – DPA 8 GULF TIMES Sunday, August 5, 2018 COMMUNITY TRA Astoria appeals as gatew Founded a little over 200 years ago as America’s first settlement in the West, Astoria finds itself buoyed these days by a tourist-fuelled revival

MARKETPLACE: From May through O produce, food and more in downtown.

PICTURESQUE: The wide stretch of the Columbia River as it meets the Pacific, seen from the Astoria Column.

homes beckon from the hillsides. wheel of a 1954 Mercury Monterey, One of the area’s biggest By Alex Pulaski Downtown, a bit of Americana squired my wife and me around tourist draws, Fort Clatsop, is lives on in the form of spice shops, town one night in June, pointing itself a product of rebuilding and a butcher shop, bookstores and out where Astor’s first ship that community co-operation. This was et history lingers here, Gimre’s Shoes, which opened came here, the Tonquin, probably the site where Meriwether Lewis, palpable and powerful, in 1892 and is believed to be the moored. Where, much later, the William Clark and their party just a two-hour oldest family-run shoe store Scandinavian fishing workers endured a wet, hostile winter in drive from the state’s in the West. Parks, beach and settled. And the plant that Bumble 1805-06. metropolitan centre of the waterfront are eminently Bee Seafoods shuttered in 1980. A replica of the original log YPortland. explorable on foot or bike. “When I first moved here in structure burned in 2005. Fourteen At the apex of Coxcomb Hill, the Back in the early 1800s, after 1965, Astoria was a community months later, thanks to the work mural-wrapped Astoria Column Lewis and Clark wintered near that people drove through on the of hundreds of volunteers, a newly traces the area’s evolution, from here, a German immigrant named way to somewhere else,” Garner constructed fort reopened. Capt Robert Gray’s 1792 discovery John Jacob Astor envisioned said. “Until the mid-’80s or early of the Columbia River (named for this confluence of the Columbia ‘90s’, the economy was pretty Barges and gliders his ship, the Columbia Rediviva) and the Pacific as the hub of an much fishing, canning or logging. We interspersed our history to the Lewis and Clark Expedition international trading empire. We needed something else.” lessons with a leisurely walk to the railroad’s arrival in the late From his home in New York, Astor through downtown and its shops. 1800s. accrued a fortune in real estate and Investment in the future We savoured a memorable dinner SAVOURY: French toast with fresh berr At the Columbia River Maritime trading animal furs and soft gold. Twice in its history, in 1883 and at a newer entrant downtown, Bakery & Cafe. Museum, vivid exhibits paint But his dream for the city that 1922, much of Astoria burned to Carruthers Restaurant. We biked a cycle of risk and reward. The ultimately bore his name was never the ground. Each time the city along the waterfront, under the and plopped down a dollar each for river’s violent collision with realised, in large part because of rallied and rebuilt, just as it later studious gaze of a bald eagle a balsa-wood glider at the Astoria the ocean spins a constant tale bad timing: War broke out in 1812 did to create a new tourism-based perched on a power pole. Column gift shop. of destruction and death, some between England and the fledgling economy. We watched from our balcony We climbed the circular staircase 2,000 vessels and 700 lives later, United States, a year after Astoria’s Over the past 35 years, the Port at the Cannery Pier hotel as giant to the column’s observation deck it’s known as ‘the graveyard of the founding. of Astoria has spent more than barges drifted by on the Columbia, and launched our gliders into the Pacific.’ Later, the region’s economy grew $10 million in pier improvements packed with wheat bound for Asia. wind. They carved circles in the A reminder of the long-gone reliant upon timber and fisheries. to attract and retain cruise ships. We meandered through three-plus air, casting swift shadows on the Astoria trading post survives in Astoria, which once proudly called In 2018, 25 vessels are expected to blocks of street vendors hawking history enshrined on the column a green-paint street outline. A itself the ‘Salmon Canning Capital bring more than 44,000 visitors. produce, crafts and more at the itself. monument stands there, but the of the World,’ fell on hard times in Since 1998, the community has Astoria Sunday Market. city’s economy has moved along: the late 20th century as fishing runs raised roughly $9 million to restore And we did what we always do If you go thriving bakery/café, commerce’s dried up, consumer habits changed the 1920s-era Liberty Theatre, when we visit Astoria indeed, what turn toward tourism. and canneries closed. now home to concerts, plays, practically everyone does. We Where to stay: Opened in Brightly painted Victorian Dick Garner, sitting behind the public forums and much more. drove to the top of Coxcomb Hill 2005 on the onetime site of a fish Sunday, August 5, 2018 GULF TIMES 9 AVEL COMMUNITY way to the Oregon coast

October, the Astoria Sunday Market features more than 150 vendors of crafts, STRIKING: Nine miles of paved cycling trails wind through the 4,300-acre Fort Stevens State Park.

ATTRACTION: The bare bones of the Peter Iredale, a British four-masted bark that ran aground in 1906, are a magnet for beach visitors to Fort Stevens State Park. y compote and whipped cream is one of the tasty dishes served at Blue Scorcher walk from Cannery Pier Hotel & is the replica of Fort Clatsop, so you can launch it into the breeze Spa. The Mayan salad (roasted beets where the Lewis and Clark from the observation deck. and yams, quinoa and more) is a riot expedition wintered in 1805-06. Flavel House Museum was home cannery, the Cannery Pier Hotel & beans and cheddar cheese, plus of colour and fl avour, and cod fi sh ‘n’ In summer months, park rangers to George Flavel, a Columbia River Spa embraces its past with historic salsa and more), or French toast chips are moist and tender. in period dress conduct camps Bar pilot, and his family from 1886 photos throughout. All of the well- topped with fresh berry compote and programmes and guide canoe to 1893. This Queen Anne-style appointed rooms have balconies and whipped cream What to do: and kayak tours. Fort Stevens house (more a mansion at 11,600 and gas fireplaces, and they come Carruthers Restaurant serves Columbia River Maritime State Park has been converted to square feet) boasts a magnifi cent equipped with binoculars, so you modern American fare and Museum is unparalleled in Oregon a 4,300-acre park with nine miles library and other rooms decorated can scrutinise ship traffic passing inventive cocktails in a hip for its interactive, comprehensive of paved cycling trails and a broad with period pieces from the 1800s right outside on the Columbia downtown setting. The jumbo exhibits, the fishing industry and beach that includes the wreckage some of them holdovers from the River. prawn cocktail is astoundingly civilian and military shipping. of the Peter Iredale, a British bark Flavel estate. good, as are the braised short ribs Admission includes a visit to that ran aground here in 1906. Heritage Museum, formerly Where to eat: with polenta. Desserts (example: the historic lightship Columbia, A climb up, the circular staircase city hall, now houses small but Blue Scorcher Bakery & Cafe a berry, peach and apple crisp) are moored riverside, which served as of Astoria Column’s 125-foot-tall informative exhibits on John Jacob is cosy, friendly and full of close-your-eyes amazing. a floating lighthouse until 1979. tower yields sweeping views of Astor and his expansion plans in baked goodness, such as Huevos Casual yet aiming high, Lewis and Clark National the Columbia River, but first buy a the West, the timber and fi shing Scorcheros (two eggs over rice, Bridgewater Bistro is just a brief Historical Park’s crown jewel balsa-wood plane in the gift shop industries.– Chicago Tribune/ TNS 10 GULF TIMES Sunday, August 5, 2018 COMMUNITY QUIZ A quest to symbolise peace

visiting Agatha Christie in Cornwall, and ended up stuck in a railway station in Devon without anything good to read, or to purchase. He came up with an idea and, on July 30 1935, he founded something which is considered as the ﬁ rst mass market of a certain concept. What is it? Penguin Books. It started revolution in paperback publishing.

The world’s longest running was having lunch music show was fi rst transmitted with my navy live from a converted church in colleagues when Manchester on BBC ONE, New the incredible Year’s Day in 1964. It ran for news of the atomic 2,204 episodes over a period of “Ibombing of Hiroshima arrived. 42 years ending in July, 2006. The information was sketchy. But Name this show. as a technical offi cer just out of the Top of the Pops, also known as college with a degree in physics, I TOTP understood what the bomb was and what it meant to Japan. The future Name all Beatles who could has never been more uncertain. read (and write) music? For many months, I had known None. that Japan was losing the war. But PEACE: Hiroshima’s Flame of Peace was lit in 1964 to honour the victims of the nuclear bombing and will be I also knew that the military would extinguished only when the nuclear threat has been completely eliminated from the face of the Earth. In which year was Adolf want to fi ght to the last man.” Hitler nominated for Nobel That was Akio Morita, the man General Antonio Guterres will against the insanity of mutually What was the signifi cance of Peace Prize. who personifi ed Japan’s rise from make a historical visit to Nagasaki, assured destruction. Oleander being made the offi cial 1939. It was later withdrawn. postwar rubble to industrial riches, Hiroshima Mayor will deliver The time starts NOW. Being at fl ower of Hiroshima? in ‘Made in Japan.’ the annual ‘Peace Declaration’ in peace is the happiest and most It was the fi rst thing to bloom Born this day in 1930, he took Hiroshima was selected as the the city’s Peace Memorial Park, precious thing for humankind. again after the 1945 bombing. his fi rst airplane fl ight at the fi rst target. At 8:15am on August 6, Yoko Ono will unveil ‘Imagine Welcome to the world of ‘Nutty’s age of 6. He earned his pilot’s 1945, an American B-29 bomber, Peace Wish Tree’ campaign, plus Infotainment. YAYS!’ license on his 16th birthday christened ‘Enola Gay’ (after the commemorative ‘Abolish Nuclear even before he received his mother of its pilot, Colonel Paul War’ banners, fl oating lanterns and Who are ‘hibakushas’ in driver’s license. Identify the boy Tibbets), dropped the fi rst atomic origami peace cranes. Japan? below who made “a giant leap bomb, ‘Little Boy.’ The explosion It comes a little more than Surviving victims of Hiroshima for mankind” shortly before his wiped out 90 percent of the city. an year after the ‘Treaty on the and Nagasaki bombing. 39th birthday. And in a continued tale of horror, Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons’ and just three days later, Major was passed with support from 122 After WWII, most of (Answer next week. Answer to Charles Sweeney fl ew another B-29 UN members, but without backing Hiroshima would be rebuilt, last week’s photoquiz: Sirimavo bomber,‘Bockscar’, and dropped from Japan, despite being the only though one destroyed section Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka, then ‘Fat Man’ at 11:02am in Nagasaki nation to have suff ered a wartime was set aside as a reminder of Ceylon) (the initial target was the city of atomic attack, or any of the major the eff ects of the atomic bomb. Kokura). nuclear powers that constitute the Name this structure which was And the world changed forever. fi ve permanent members of the UN designated a Unesco World The attacks claimed an estimated Security Council. Heritage site in 1996. 200,000 lives almost immediately, Hiroshima’s Flame of Peace was The A-Bomb Dome with the death toll continued to rise lit in 1964 to honour the victims over the decades due to radiation- of the nuclear bombing and will In the fi eld of entertainment, related sickness and injuries. be extinguished only when the what is an EGOT award? Buildings were incinerated; houses nuclear threat has been completely EGOT is an acronym for ‘Emmy, BLOSSOM: Oleander was made the were gone with hundreds of people eliminated from the face of the Grammy, Oscar, Tony’ in reference off icial flower of Hiroshima since it with burns, walking all around like Earth. It’s time to extinguish it to persons who have won all four was the first thing to bloom again an army of ghosts. “Water, water,” forever. It’s the time to inveigh awards. after the 1945 bombing. they would say. But the water was so contaminated that they would Who owns a company called die after the fi rst sip. The groans Duchy Originals in UK? eventually faded as people died Prince Charles. one after another. For many of the Tribe NI.yays less fortunate, the battle continued The legend goes that Allen long after the dust settled and the Lane was returning from shattered cities were rebuilt. 1. Born as Erik Weisz, he took his stage name from his idol and At this point in time, it is a tale another magician. In 2002, the US Postal Service put a hidden What’s the Good Word? physical world (b) watchful (c) boring worth telling once again. 15,000 image on his commemorative stamp. With the use of a special (d) clandestine nuclear weapons remain stockpiled lens that could be obtained at the post offi ce, his image would 1. Exsanguine: (a) active (b) 7. Gourmand: (a) petite (b) collapsing around the world, with hundreds appear to be bound in chains. Name him. considerate (c) enormous (d) anaemic (c) dinghy (d) connoisseur of good of them prepared for launch at Harry Houdini 2. Rhinoplasty: (a) nose molding food a moment’s notice. This week (Hani Mahmoud, Al Maha Academy for Boys , Doha) (b) humongous task (c) rivaling (d) 8. Quidnunc: (a) unconventional (b) marks the 73rd anniversary of the threaten inquisitive (c) novice (d) shackled horrifi c and inhumane A-bombing. 2. Pandiculation is the scientifi c term for which very common 3. Futz: (a) waste time (b) real-life (c) 9. Fuscous: (a) dark and somber in It does resurrect a catalogue of act? favor (d)belly color (b)nestled (c) profitable (d) brutal painful memories, alongside a The act of stretching and yawning. 4. Opsimath: (a) hit man (b) person 10. Pantagruelian: (a) wicked strengthened resolve to voice our (Helen M, Home-maker, Wakrah) who learns late in life (c) sensuous (d) (b) enormous (c) anonymous (d) opposition to nuclear warfare. geek equivalent There will be numerous Do you have some interesting bytes to share? And, does yourvibe 5. Glaikit: (a) rigged (b) thoughtless memorial services in addition attract you to the ‘Tribe NI.yays!’ Every week two of your best questions (c) espionage (d)corporate Answers: 1 (d); 2 (a); 3 (a); 4 (b); 5 (b); 6 to countless peace concerts will be featured here. Please do write to us at [email protected]. 6. Extramundane: (a) beyond the (a); 7 (d); 8 (b); 9 (a); 10 (b); and exhibitions. UN Secretary Sunday, August 5, 2018 GULF TIMES 11 INFOGRAPHIC COMMUNITY 12 GULF TIMES Sunday, August 5, 2018 COMMUNITY CARTOONS/PUZZLES

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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. Sunday, August 5, 2018 GULF TIMES 13 PUZZLES COMMUNITY

Super Cryptic Clues Colouring

ACROSS DOWN 1. Providing you do it in a 1. Holding the cask, walks up to lissom kind of way (6) get the scraps (8) 4. Caused to blunder on one 2. The main reasons why an point, was exposed (8) estate agent does good 10. First the nail broke when I business? (5,6) hammered it in (7) 3. Posed with the face up-tilted 11. They shoot the children (7) (4) 12. A blotchy something in 5. In pouring rain gets into port monsieur’s boot (4) (8) 13. So nine are squashed flat; 6. Tax is the devil and soon it has nine out of sixty-three one ruined (10) (3,2,5) 7. Dessert at the ornithologists’ 16. Made a fuss, but gave the dinner? (3) job to (4,2) 8. A request for music to 17. The gentle sound of accompany the medication? clacking tongues (7) (6) 20. Just say to the people, “ 9. Tree that doesn’t sound much No, it is wrong” (7) to look at (5) 21. Anyway, L .... Doone was a 14. Why, logically, you can’t twit! (6) be expected to get a new Answers 24. Catch fish by magic? licence? (5,6) (4,1,5) 15. Produced an abridged Wordsearch Codeword 25. He might give you two version, as agreed (10) lovely black eyes! (4) 18. Gracious about the ridiculous 27. There are indeed, levies to poems he writes (8) be returned in them (7) 19. Father Reed’s mistaken; it’s 29. Where one learned to the other way round (8) start courting girls (7) 22. Nicks the music (6) 30. People passing time 23. The coal that’s left in the bag shopping? (8) (5) 31. Drunk as Cherry was at 26. Catch up a bit (4) the cocktail party (6) 28. A run near the end of the game (3)

Yesterday’s Solutions

Across: 1 Sighted; 5 Musical; 9 Down: 1 Strategic; 2 Galilee; Ruler; 10 Crusaders; 11 Teller; 3 Tormentor; 4 Dock; 5 12 Sting-ray; 14 Guest; 15 Mountebank; 6 Stain; 7 Cheerio; Albatross; 18 Caparison; 20 Set 8 Lusty; 13 Jam session; 16 up; 22 Practise; 24 Impale; 26 Test match; 17 Supremely; 19 Chevalier; 27 Tense; 28 Shorten; Placebo; 21 Trainer; 22 Packs; 23 29 Ashtray. Toast; 25 Irma. 14 GULF TIMES Sunday, August 5, 2018 COMMUNITY LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE New study says smoking can aff ectect breastfeeding breastfeeding habitshabits

omen, please take note. And fathers who smoked were signiﬁ cantly New mothers exposed less likely to prefer breastfeeding when to cigarette smoke in compared with non-smoking partners. their homes may stop “Our study did show that smoking breastfeeding sooner as partners may aff ect the mother’s decision comparedW to those who are not exposed to to stop breastfeeding and that paternal and second-hand smoke, a new study suggests. household smoking exposure is strongly E-study, published in the journal associated with a shorter breastfeeding Breastfeeding Medicine, found that exposure duration,” Tarrant said. to household smokers had a substantial According to the researchers, nicotine is negative eff ect on breastfeeding practices. transmitted in the breastmilk to the child “Our study showed that just being in and it may reduce the overall quantity of a smoking household — whether it was the breastmilk. There is also the concern the husband, mother or member of the regarding the environmental exposure of extended family — reduced the time that a second-hand smoke on the child. child was breast fed,” said lead author Marie “We know the eff ects of environmental Tarrant, professor at the University of British tobacco smoke on young babies is very Columbia’s Okanagan Campus in Canada. detrimental as babies who are around “In fact, the more smokers there were smoking are more like to get respiratory in the home, the shorter the breastfeeding infections and other experience other duration,” Tarrant added. respiratory problems,” Tarrant said. For the study, the research team involved “However, if a mother is breastfeeding, more than 1,200 women from four large the beneﬁ ts of her doing that still outweigh hospitals in Hong Kong. the negative eff ects of the smoking as long The researchers found that more than as she maintains good smoking hygiene and one-third of participants had partners or doesn’t expose the baby to tobacco smoke.” other household members who smoked. — IANS

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

Career responsibilities may require a temporary separation Travel arrangements may have to be put off because of unexpected You may feel especially lonely, overworked, and passionate today, from a partner today, Aries. This is apt to be upsetting and rather developments that keep you where you are, Taurus. You may be Gemini, and therefore longing for the company of your partner. But disheartening, but there’s likely nothing you can do about it except worried about the consequences, but don’t waste your energy. You'll responsibilities involving you both could well be keeping you apart. work as quickly as you can so that you can finish and get back to be able to make the necessary trip, and accomplish whatever you're This could be more than frustrating — it could make you gloomy. your partner. Make sure your friend knows what's going on. You hoping to do — just not today. Worry will only stress you out. The Don’t let that happen. Concentrate on your work and finish before don't want to cause any more upset. only productive way to deal with this is to keep moving. evening. You'll see your friend then. CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

Upsets in the home could occur today, Cancer. You and other Expected calls or deliveries may prove more trouble than they're A temporary delay in receiving some expected funds might force members of your household are on edge and liable to snap at the worth, Leo. You could get involved in endless games of phone tag, you to postpone a much—needed purchase, Virgo. Don’t make least provocation. Someone could get all flustered over a minor and deliveries might come when you're out. This can be avoided if yourself crazy over this. It isn’t worth the stress. The delay is problem and storm out. Don’t worry. At day’s end everyone should you’re prepared. Make sure everyone knows what you're expecting disheartening, but it isn't a cancellation. Your money will arrive and see events in their proper perspective and all be friends again. Hang so they can watch for it. Tell people the best times to phone and be you’ll be able to go ahead with your plans. In the meantime, keep in there. available at those times. Don't worry. You'll manage. yourself busy. Hang in there. LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

Some older visitors to your home, perhaps your parents, might be Beware that creative eff orts involving modern technology, such In spite of the leaps and bounds you’ve taken over the last several too vocal in their assessment of how you’re handling a situation, as computer graphics, recording, or film, might suff er from “too months, Sagittarius, a slump could set in as you start to doubt your Libra. You’re particularly sensitive today, and far less tolerant many cooks.” Everyone has a diff erent idea of how things should be ability to attain your goals. A disheartening and unexpected setback of criticism than usual. Don’t lash out. Causing a rift won’t solve handled. If this is your project, make sure everyone knows you’re the may have occurred, but you’ve never let this sort of thing stop you anything. Change the subject and take whatever course of action boss. If you have partners, discuss the situation rationally with them. before. Don’t fall into this trap now. Brace yourself, reassess your you feel is best. Don’t sabotage your enterprise because of disagreements. methods, and get back in the saddle. CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

Are you waiting to hear some important news, Capricorn? Significant This isn’t a good day to travel, Aquarius, especially by air. Long lines A friend or colleague involved in an enterprise with you could be career matters may be involved. This isn’t a good day to sit around at the ticket counter, endless delays, and lost luggage could be the inhibited in some way by lack of money, Pisces. This might involve waiting. Your call will probably come late, when you least expect it. result. This may not even be a good day to plan a trip, although you some unexpected adjustment on your part, perhaps finding Turn on your voicemail, get dressed, and go out and do something can consider your options. If you must fly today, get to the airport someone else to temporarily fill in. It’s a pain, but you and your else for a while. Otherwise you could well drive yourself crazy early, travel light, and take something good to read. That will make colleagues will manage, and your friend should have it together in hoping for the news. Hang in there. it bearable. time. Find a way to work around the situation. Hang in there. Sunday, August 5, 2018 GULF TIMES 15 SHOWBIZ COMMUNITY Can Kareena-Saif control son’s exposure to media?

CANDID: Michal Douglas says second generations are rare in terms of success. Douglas warns kids of lack of success

Actor Michal Douglas has warned his children that they may not be as successful as he is. “We have talked all about it. They have seen good fortune but they understand it’s really about... if they have that joy of performing and want to do it, then great. It’s not easy. Second generations are rare in terms of success. Or third generations. So we wish them well.” “You are always happy to see someone young have something they’re interested in,” Douglas told i newspaper. However, he said that him and his Spartacus star father Kirk have spent some time reminiscing about their respective careers and are both excited about the youngsters carrying on the Douglas name on the big screen, reports femalefi rst.co.uk. “I was just out in LA and I saw dad and we were kind of CONCERNED: Kareena Kapoor Khan, left, Saif Ali Khan ad their son Taimur, right. The couple is concerned about over exposure of their reminiscing, and I said, ‘Look at us, dad, between the two son to the camera. of us we’ve done over 160 movies in 80 years, and we got four more Douglases coming up here, so this could easily out on the social media and never allowed want Aaradhya’s normal childhood to be be 250 movies in 100 years!” he said. – IANS By Subhash K Jha paparazzi to access her children’s lives. vandalised by the paparazzi. I think there is a huge takeaway in Meryl’s I brought up my concerns with pronouncements on privacy for celebrities in Aaradhya’s grandfather, who sighed in areena Kapoor Khan and Bollywood who complain that their children resignation. “Ab kya keren? The attention Saif Ali Khan are often heard are hounded by the paparazzi. It is really is a little disconcerting. We’ve gotten used expressing concern about very simple. If you don’t put your children it. Aaradhya would also have to get used to over-exposure of their son in the public spotlight, they won’t be. it,” said the Big B. Taimur – not yet two – in the There was a time when stars like Akshay Kumar, forever playing the media.K Dharmendra and Manoj Kumar kept their real-life role of the monk with the Ferrari, So how come Saif’s other children from children completely out of the limelight. is even more charitable about his children his fi rst marriage did not face the same 17-year-old Aarav and fi ve-year-old Nitara problem when they were kids? Scarily enough, being hounded by the paparazzi. Oh I see: The paparazzi were neither that “They are only doing their job. Woh active nor this persistent back then. Taimur seems to unki rozi-roti hai,” he rationalises the Ok. So another question to do with other unreasonable invasion of his children in star-toddlers today? How come Aamir enjoy the paparazzi tender territory. Khan’s son Azad doesn’t get hounded by I must admit Akshay’s little daughter is the paparazzi? The answer is simple. Aamir attention. already a camera chameleon. Or for that APOLOGETIC: Seth Rogen has apologised for the skin- and his wife Kiran don’t want their child in Posing happily, matter Shah Rukh Khan’s AbRam. The boy darkening make-up used for a stand-in performer on the the limelight. is a complete chip off the old block. Like his set of Good Boys. They don’t post pictures of their child chuckling when Dad, he loves the lenses to be on him. on social media. Not that they keep Azad Scarily enough, Taimur seems to enjoy Rogen sorry for ‘blackface’ incident hidden from the cameras. They just ensure photographers call the paparazzi attention. Posing happily, on kids’ fi lm set he is treated in a normal, healthy way. chuckling when photographers call out his Aishwarya-Abhishek’s Aaradhya was out his name. name. Actor-producer Seth Rogen has apologised after constantly in the public eye, till their Not all star-children are prone to preen reports emerged that a stand-in performer had skin- parents took a conscious decision to limit This was the pre-Instagram era. Now, before the paparazzi. I remember there darkening make-up applied on the set of Good Boys, a their child’s appearance on social media. star-kids learn to face prying cameras even was a picture of Karisma Kapoor’s little children’s adventure fi lm he is backing. As Meryl Streep recently observed, before they learn to walk properly. son Kiaan raising his hands to his face in “This shouldn’t have happened, and I’m terribly sorry you can’t expect privacy for a celebrity’s Those poor celebrity progenies have protest as the cameras went loco. it did,” Rogen said in a statement, reported The Guardian. children when they are put on a public to struggle to come to terms with their “Nowadays they are everywhere, outside His comment came after celebrity gossip website TMZ platform. Why is it that every time Taimur parent’s exceptional adulation. I remember restaurants and airports. They don’t care reported that the stand-in - reportedly a “light-skinned shares playtime with his cousin Inaya, or Madhuri Dixit’s sons wondering why their how you’re looking after fl ying for 14 hours African American kid” - was given dark brown make-up Tushar Kapoor’s son Lakshya or Karan mother was being stared at when they or how cranky your child is, they just want in an eff ort to match the skin tone of 11-year-old actor Johar’s twins Yash and Roohi, the videos came to India for the fi rst time. their pictures. Keith L Williams, one of the fi lm’s stars. of their innocent frolic show up on social Now, of course, the Dixit-Nene boys are Kiaan was tired and irritable after travel Rogen added: “I won’t give excuses for why it media platforms? used to being hosed down with attention when the cameras suddenly opened fi re,” happened. I’ll just say that as soon I was made aware of It is the amazing Meryl who recently everywhere they go. says a very close and protective relative of it, I ensured we put an end to it – and I give my word that spoke about keeping her four children It’s not easy for a two-year-old or a Kiaan Kapoor. on any project my team and I are involved in, we will take away from the public glare. When asked three-year-old to have fl ash bulbs piercing Years ago, I remember Sushmita Sen every precaution to make sure something similar does during a television interview to promote his or her bewildered uncomprehending telling me how she never allowed her not take place again. her new gorgeous fi lm Mamma Mia! Here eyesight. And to be scrutinised for clothes, daughter Renee to be photographed. This “I’m engaging in conversations to make sure I fi nd the We Go Again, how she kept her personal hair and shoes alongside the chic mom is was when there was no active paparazzi in best way to do that. It’s on me to be proactive. Reacting and professional lives apart, she off ered a not just insensitive, it is insane. the fi lm industry. By the time she adopted isn’t enough.” magical solution. It may be fi ne for Tom Cruise’s darling her second girl it was too late to stop the Good Boys, directed by Lee Eisenberg and Gene She said the choice was entirely hers. daughter Suri Cruise, who at seven seems shutterbugs. Stupnitsky, features Room’s Jacob Tremblay as one of a She chose to be in the limelight and to enjoy being a fashion diva. But what Now Sushmita happily poses with her group of children who skip school in a comedy described therefore had to forefeit her privacy. But happened to her normal happy healthy two daughters. as Stand By Me meets Superbad. – IANS her children were exempted from the life of dolls and teddy bears? Little Suri is Some might as well lie back and enjoy attention. She never put their pictures welcome to choose her do. But do we really it. – IANS 16 GULF TIMES Sunday, August 5, 2018 COMMUNITY

LIFE COACH: Rowad Ehlela is an inspiring speaker, personal trainer, and a marketing consultant in Doha. ACTIVITY: Rowad giving a motivational talk and organising an activity for the participants at a local school. Photos shared Finding balance for success

thinking process, good eating By Mudassir Raja Ehlela advice is to face challenges in life with a and good action. It is as simple as that. Owning your challenge and preparing yourself to be in the most hile anxiety positive mindset, working towards a better future empowered state to step up and and depression conquer. seem to exist on I follow what infl uences people. opposite ends of I decided to study something I thought I could train them and their mental health as well. We I observe for if they are running the emotional related to personal fi tness and teach them how to get back to a teach them how to face challenges after something or running away Wspectrum, they co-exist in the health. I’m a graduate in Sports normal life. One year ago, I lost in life from something. I talk to them same mind and they often prevail Management. I actually somehow vision in my right eye. It’s another I left Evolve an year ago and now and discuss their issues. I also help when life throws challenges right became an inspiration for others challenge for me, but I am coping I’ve initiated my own wellness them practice yoga, meditation and on-spot. Everyone has to face some around me and they started with it and continuing my training activities in Doha. I am going to physical workout. kind of challenges in life at some coming to me to learn from my life for others. open my own company with the point of time and the way you experiences. name of Life+ from September 1. What kind of people come to overcome it, defi nes your strength. What have you been doing in you. Life and struggle of Rowad What has been your biggest Doha? How do you train people? Diff erent people come to me Ehlela, a young British expatriate inspiration? I joined Evolve, a wellness What methods do you use? with diff erent motives, drivers and living and working in Doha, The challenges I’ve faced have company, in 2015 as a Business I help others fi nd their balance backgrounds. People want to feel portrays a picture that one should become a kind of an inspiration Developer Director. The company and recognise their full potential. better and empowered. Now a days, face all challenges with positive for me. Other people’s stories also has its talent pool and trains people It is achieved via three-phases people are having a busy lifestyle, mind whilst working towards a inspire me, including Jim Rohn, from corporate world. We help including, mind empowerment, and are too busy stressed. They better future. Tony Robbins, and Deepak Chopra. them reach their full potential. good nutrition and living an need stress releasers. Roward, an inspiring speaker, Further, I got inspiration when We mainly take care of people’s active lifestyle. The formula for We have been getting a good personal trainer, and a marketing people started coming to me and physical health and in some cases doing good in life involves good response in Qatar. The fi rst consultant who moved to Qatar just company I was working with two years ago, speaks to Community started its operations at two about his life and career as a places and now it has expanded to motivational personal trainer. eight. We also organise diff erent workshops and seminars for the Tell us about yourself. corporate sector. I am a trainer and motivational speaker. When I was in England, I A piece of advice you’d like to wanted to become a professional share with the readers? footballer. I joined a professional I will say fi nd your balance. Work club and well I was pretty good in with yourself and create pathways the sport. One day, 20 years ago, for yourself during a match, I got one of my legs fractured. The injury was very How do you see life in Qatar? serious and the doctors suggested I enjoy life in Qatar. Its people quitting the sport for good. and culture are great. I believe It was heart-breaking for me. the country is growing fast. It is I was lost for that period of time. great to see that especially in the However, slowly and gradually I industry I am in. I can see that it’s started regaining my strength and heading towards a healthier and focused on my health. I started my brighter future. To influence it rehabilitation and learned for how and to be a part of this journey is body and mind works. GROUP: Rowad with participants after an activity. amazing.