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16°C—24°C Today D Community Community The organisers are The MES expecting more Indian School P6than 30,000 visitors P7 commemorated at the Doha Jewellery and the birth anniversary Watches Exhibition 2016 of Srinivasa that is set to open to the Ramanujan recently public on February 23. with GANIT Week. Wednesday, December 30, 2015 Rabia I 19, 1437 AH DOHA 16°C—24°C TODAY LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE 13 PUZZLES 14 & 15 No pain, COVER STORY no gain Top Pakistani industrialist Abdul Razak Dawood on finding the road to entrepreneurship. P4-5 MANTRA: Abdul Razak Dawood, the chairman of Descon, believes entrepreneurship is about developing a favourable culture. Photo by Umer Nangiana 2 GULF TIMES Wednesday, December 30, 2015 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT PRAYER TIME Fajr 4.57am Shorooq (sunrise) 6.19am Zuhr (noon) 11.36am Asr (afternoon) 2.34pm Maghreb (sunset) 4.56pm Isha (night) 6.26pm USEFUL NUMBERS Pasanga 2 (Tamil) of the story is based on this. The fi lm their children and change them to a GENRE: Drama is about attention defi cit hyperactivity lot of schools. Accidentlially, they end CAST: Surya, Amala Paul, Bindhu disorder (ADHD) in children. Kavin up with a child psychiatrist Tamizh Emergency 999 Madhavi and Karthik Kumar and Nayana are two children who get Naadan who helps them understand Worldwide Emergency Number 112 DIRECTION: Pandiraj pushed out of schools because of their their children. Kahramaa – Electricity and Water 991 SYNOPSIS: Pasanga 2 is a short hyperactive activities. Their parents Ooredoo Telephone Assistance 111 form of Japanese poetry, and the theme are not able to bear the attitude of THEATRES: Landmark, The Mall Local Directory 180 International Calls Enquires 150 Time 141, 140 Doha International Airport 40106666 Labor Department 44508111, 44406537 Medical Commission 44679111 Mowasalat Taxi 44588888 Qatar Airways 44496000 Weather Forecast 44656590 Hamad Medical Corporation 44392222 44393333 Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation 44845555 44845464 Primary Health Care Corporation 44593333 44593363 Qatar Assistive Technology Centre 44594050 Qatar News Agency 44450205 44450333 Q-Post – General Postal Corporation 44464444 Qatar University 44033333 Love The Coopers (Ed Helms), daughter Eleanor (Olivia Wilde) and Charlotte’s GENRE: Comedy father, Bucky (Alan Arkin). Sam and Charlotte are separating CAST: Diane Keaton, John Goodman, Ed Helms after 40 years of marriage, while Hank is in the middle of a te Unqu DIRECTION: Jessie Nelson divorce. As the guests reveal their respective problems, they also uo ot SYNOPSIS: For their annual Christmas Eve celebration, Sam rediscover the importance of kinship and the spirit of the holiday. Q e Cooper (John Goodman) and his wife Charlotte (Diane Keaton) The bitterest welcome four generations of extended family including son Hank THEATRES: Landamrk, The Mall, Royal Plaza tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds Mall Cinema (1): The Peanuts (Telugu) 2.15pm; Love The Coopers Movie (2D) 2.30pm; The Good (2D) 4.45pm; Room (2D) 7pm; left undone. Dinosaur (2D) 4.15pm; The Peanuts El Leila El Kebira (Arabic) 9pm; Movie (2D) 6pm; Belle & Sebastian Pasanga 2 (Tamil) 11.15pm. — Harriet Beecher 2 (2D) 7.45pm; Morning Star (2D) Cinema Land Mark (1): Thanga Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (1): 9.30pm; Room (2D) 11.15pm. Magan (Tamil) 2.15pm; Paparazzi The Peanuts Movie (2D) 2.15pm; Mall Cinema (2): Soukhyam (Arabic) (2D) 4.30pm; Dilwale Belle & Sebastian 2 (2D) 4pm; The (Telugu) 2pm; Love The Coopers (Hindi) 6.30pm; Point Break (2D) Good Dinosaur (2D) 5.45pm; Point (2D) 4.30pm; Star Wars: Episode VII 9.15pm; Point Break (2D) 11.30pm. Break (2D) 7.30pm; Morning Star – The Force Awakens (2D) 6.30pm; Cinema Land Mark(2): The Good (2D) 9.45pm; Point Break (2D) Dilwale (Hindi) 8.45pm; Point Break Dinosaur (2D) 2:15pm; The Peanuts 11.30pm. Features Editor (2D) 11.30pm. Movie (2D) 4pm; The Peanuts Movie Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (2): Kamran Rehmat Mall Cinema (3): Pasanga 2 (Tamil) (2D) 5.45pm; Belle & Sebastian 2 Love The Coopers (2D) 2.30pm; e-mail: [email protected] 2.15pm; Paparazzi (Arabic) 4.30pm; (2D) 7.30pm; Star Wars: The Force Paparazzi –(Arabic) (2D) 4.30pm; Point Break (2D) 6.45pm; El Leila El Awakens (2D) 9.15pm; Morning Star Room (2D) 6.45pm; Morning Star Telephone: 44466405 Kebira (Arabic) 9pm; Thanga Magan (2D) 11.30pm. (2D) 9pm; Star Wars: Episode VII – Fax: 44350474 (Tamil) 11.15pm. Cinema Land Mark (3): Soukhyam The Force Awakens (2D) 11.15pm. Wednesday, December 30, 2015 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY EVENTS QBX EXPO Harem Al Sultan Exhibition Kids will learn a new hand building DATE: Jan 10-12 DATE: Until Jan 10 technique for creating and fi nishing artworks Conference on Human Rights in Arab Time: 10am-9pm VENUE: Katara Bldg 10 in clay. For more, call 44865201. Region VENUE: Doha Exhibition Center The Magnifi cent Century series has DATE: Jan 13-14 This exhibition is the fi rst of its kind, as become a television legend, a historical Sketching with pencil and charcoal VENUE: The Ritz Carlton it will gather every single business activity soap opera on the life of the Ottoman Sultan DATE: Sunday and Wednesday The conference aims to highlight starting from start-ups to the most advanced Suleiman the Magnifi cent that has now been TIME: 5pm-6:30pm appropriate and necessary approaches of business establishment. It is for everyone watched by 300mn viewers in 54 countries. If you can hold a pencil, you can draw the United Nations human rights system, who wants to keep up with the latest and This unique exhibition brings the costumes, … Discover techniques to make your particularly the role of OHCHR in protecting most advanced support services and business sets and ambience of the series to Doha, drawing more realistic. Every Saturday human rights in the Arab region in light solution to improve productivity. revealing the stories behind the life of the and Wednesday from 5pm-6:30pm. For of the current situation; how to improve Turkish conqueror and his love for the humble reservation: [email protected]. States’ engagement with UN treaty bodies’ VCU Qatar Spring 2016 and beautiful Harem Sultan. Exhibition mechanisms, and to follow-up eff ectively DATE: Jan 25 visitors will be transported back to the Works from Mathaf Collection on the Universal Periodic Review’s VENUE: Al Tadamoun Signal, Doha City glorious world of Suleiman the Magnifi cent DATE: Until February 14 recommendations. Learn new skills and deepen your and see the artistry and craftsmanship that TIME: 11am to 6pm understanding of art and culture at went into creating the iconic props and decors VENUE: Arab Museum of Modern Art Exhibition for Business Solutions VCUQatar. Choose from a large selection of of the series. The artworks collection to be exhibited DATE: Jan 10-12 art, design and craft courses at VCUQatar will refl ect a number of important defi ning TIME: 10am-9pm in Education City or at IAID (Academy for The Color Run Qatar moments in Arab history and artistic VENUE: Doha Exhibition and Conference Dance, Music & Arts). Register online now, DATE: Jan 9, 2016 innovations in the region. Center visit www.qatar.vcu.edu/community. For VENUE: Qatar National Convention Under the patronage of Qatar’s Ministry more details you can call IAID at 44320974 Center Hip Hop for kids of Economy and Commerce, and for the / 44411234 / 66710589 or e-mail us at You can join the Color Run this year DATE: Every Sunday first time in Middle East, the International [email protected]. and enjoy the time of your life. For team TIME: 5-6pm Exhibition for Support Services and runners (4 or more friends): registration will VENUE: Hilton Business Solutions will be held for three cost QR160 per runner. For solo runners: Join our Hip Hop classes instructed by days. registration will cost QR170. Kids under the Beats and Bytes every Sunday at 5pm @ age of 4 years run for free. The Color Run is a Hilton Hotel, Efora Spa. For more info, call on Seeing Through my Paint Brush 5km, un-timed fun run in which thousands 33003839 DATE: Jan 7-9 of runners are doused from head to toe in www.salsancandela.com TIME: 10am-10pm diff erent colors at the end of each kilometre. VENUE: Katara Art studio It is open to all of Doha’s residents regardless Salsa Beginners The Cultural Village Foundation – Katara of age and ability. DATE: Tuesday, Friday and Al-Noor Institute for the Blind invite TIME: 8-9pm you to explore the talents of the institute’s Harrods Doha VENUE: Hilton Hotel students by visiting ‘Seeing Through my DATE: Until Jan 24 Whether you’ve danced salsa before or Paint Brush’. TIME: 4pm-1:55pm not, you will fi nd what you want. Diff erent VENUE: Katara Cultural Village salsa classes with diff erent levels at your Aspire Park Cinema Harrods celebrates their inaugural launch service, taught by the best instructors in Doha DATE: Ongoing until Feb 5 of the Harrods Doha Village. Be there and at Eforea Spa, Hilton Hotel. No need for a TIME: 6pm-8pm experience luxury in style. partner, no need for reservation, come as you VENUE: Aspire Park are. Prices are QR60 per person per lesson. Aspire Zone Foundation, in collaboration Circus Of Sound Visit: www.salsancandela.com with Jeem TV, is presenting for the fi rst time DATE: Tomorrow children movies on its giant screen behind TIME: 8pm Ladies day at Beach Hayat Plaza, every Thursday and Friday from VENUE: Al Majlis Ballroom DATE: Every Monday 6pm to 8pm. Behold the greatest show on earth: Circus TIME: 9am-7pm Of Sound! Join our ringmasters and circus VENUE: Sheraton Doha Qatari Agricultural Product Yards party animals for an immersive experience For all the ladies in Doha! Do you feel like DATE: Until June 30 under the big top this New Years Eve! taking some time off for yourself? Come join VENUE: Al Mazrooa, Al Zakheera, Al Khor, Witness our spectacular circus performers us at the Sheraton Resort for an all-day- Al Wakrah and take part in traditional carnival games access to the beach and pool, along with The Ministry of Environment will open whilst bringing in the New Year in style with aqua gym aerobics for free.
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