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EVENTS of their favourite game, with giant screens to broadcast the games daily from 2pm – 12am. Summer Activity WHERE: Aspire Zone Summer Entertainment City 2018 WHEN: Until August 15 WHERE: DECC TIME: 8am – 2pm WHEN: Ongoing till August 31 Children can enjoy the various activities TIME: 12pm such as football, taekwondo, swimming, An amazing range of local shopping gymnastics, aerobics, and recreational games. stalls will feature products from all over the world on the Eid. The Summer Shopping Desert Rose Exhibition Souq has started from June 14 till August WHERE: Katara Art Studio B19 31. Colour your summer at Doha Exhibition WHEN: Ongoing till July 25 and Conventional Centre, West Bay during TIME: 10am – 10pm Summer Entertainment City 2018 with The exhibition features the nature and over 75 activities and games, more than 40 architecture of Qatar, continues till July food and 132 retail outlets and amazing live 25. The exhibition includes 34 pictures performances. Get set for an exciting and as a selection of the works of the British eventful summer in 2018. photographer who took tens of thousands of photos during his fi ve years in Qatar as a fi lmmaker and photographer. He captured the country’s land and sea, and highlighted the beauty of its impressive architecture and its unique museums.

Cheer at Sharq Arena WHERE: Al Qareb Ballroom WHEN: Ongoing till July 16 TIME: 11am – 1am Sharq Arena is hosting unforgettable moments for football lovers this season. The special needs in a fun and entertainment WHEN: Ongoing till Aug 31 matches will air live, daily. Fans can enjoy fi lled programme from July 16 – August 15. TIME: 7:30am – 2:30pm a menu that perfectly pairs with the lively This camp led by a multinational team will Doha’s Kids Summer Camp where artists atmosphere. enhance empathy, teamwork, and friendships are made! The A to Z of kid’s summer camp between the diff erently abled children and includes artworks, dance and music lessons. other children aged 4 – 18. The camp will run For aged 5 years and above. For registration, for 5 days a week from 8:30am – 12:30pm for contact [email protected] and one month and include various edutainment mobile 33003839. activities. For details, call 55751754 / 55385687 Soccer Festival WHERE: The St. Regis Doha Summer Camp WHEN: Ongoing till July 15 WHERE: Music Lounge TIME: 2pm – 12am Outdoor and fi ve-a-side football WHEN: Ongoing till August 30 The St. Regis Doha has announced plans to pitches TIME: 9am – 12pm celebrate the month-long soccer festival and WHERE: Aspire Zone This summer camp is designed to give screen all matches to the delight of football WHEN: Daily every camper a skill to create music through lovers, to be held till Sunday July 15. Sarab TIME: 7pm – 11pm special training in musical instruments piano, Lounge and Vine Restaurant will transform Aspire Zone’s five-a-side football guitar and drums, to visualise child’s limitless their terraces into football lounges for outdoor pitches opposite Al Waab Street are imagination and bring it to creative visuals football lovers to enjoy watching every angle available every day from 7pm – 11pm. through art and craft. This camp will develop their communication skills through training in public speaking along with hip hop dance, Population Growth in Qatar: An open warm up exercises, karate and yoga. discussion WHERE: QNL Summer Camps WHEN: Tomorrow WHERE: Mamangam Performing Art TIME: 12pm – 01pm Centre, Al Hilal On the occasion of World Population Day, WHEN: Ongoing till August 31 Qatar National Library in association with TIME: 8am – 12:30pm the Ministry of Development Planning and Mamangam Performing Art Centre will be Statistics is organising an open discussion holding Summer Camps in its Al Hilal branch on population growth in Qatar and its impact for two batches of age groups from 4 -18 yrs. on various aspects and viable solutions to its The summer camps will include Yoga, Karate, ensuing challenges. Art and Craft, Music, Hip-hop, Bollywood, Indian Classical and Contemporary dance. Choreography Lessons - Brazilian For details, call 33897609. Zouk WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier near MOI Summer Camps WHEN: Ongoing till September 15 WHERE: TCA Brazilian zouk is characterised by the WHEN: Ongoing dancers’ undulating bodies and the girls’ TIME: 8:30am – 1pm fl owing hair. Dancer or not, depending on The TCA is holding Summer Camps in its the style of Brazilian zouk, you’ll be able branch for all students, ongoing from June to choose connection and embrace with 24. Every two weeks, a new batch will begin long graceful steps. The fi nal performance for every child to join and learn new forms of is scheduled to be on 15 Septemeber as a art. The summer camps will include Abacus, fl ashmob. Drawing and Painting, Calligraphy, keyboard and dance. The camp will run for 7 days a Arab and German Tales Exhibition Special Needs Summer Camp week from 8:30am – 1pm. You will be able to WHERE: Qatar National Library WHERE: HOPE Qatar Center for Special see the activities and schedules that will be WHEN: Ongoing till August 18 Needs held for every week and register your kid. For The exhibition is organised within the framework of Qatar–Germany Year of Culture and WHEN: July 16 – August 15 details, call 44373259. provides an insight into the history of Arabic and German fairy and folk tales, and how the TIME: 8:30am – 12:30pm two traditions influenced each other. It aims to show the transcultural value of narrative HOPE Qatar Center for Special Needs Summer Camp for Kids traditions as a shared intangible cultural heritage and highlight mutual influences, shared is organising a very unique summer camp WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier, Villa 57 ideas and cultural transfer between the Arab world and Germany through storytelling and bringing together children with and without Bin Omran tales.

Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Tuesday, July 10, 2018 COMMUNITY COVER STORY

seeker asked how the US could enforce such a policy. “Is it that the president doesn’t have any children so he can ignore the pain he is causing us?” a mother of two wrote, adding that she ran away from her country The last goodbye “because they threatened to kill me and my children … but here they killed us alive by When a mother started to cry and pleaded with them taking away our children.” US Customs and Border Protection officials have said parents were separated (the prison authorities) to let her stay with her son, the off icial from their children when they were charged with illegal entry and taken to federal criminal court, a new practice under the told her: “Don’t make me use a Taser gun on you” zero tolerance policy. In their letters, detained mothers described the separations as painful, will reunite them is unclear. immigrant parents in Texas to convey especially for their children. By Mollyhennessy-Fiske On June 26, a federal judge in California written questions. More than a dozen “He screamed, begging them to please ordered officials to return small children to mothers at the T. Don Hutto Residential not separate us. He hugged me, crying. He their parents in two weeks, others within Center, 30 miles north of Austin, asked me not to let them separate him from he words appear on a scrap of a month, but Justice Department lawyers responded. Volunteers from the local me,” wrote Lesvia, recalling how her son paper, scrawled in pencil by said they need more time and planned to nonprofit Grassroots Leadership shared tried to kiss her between the bars of his cell an immigrant mother held at a detain families longer. their letters with The Times, identifying the until an official made him sit down. detention centre: “We beg you to Families were initially separated at a women by first name because some of their Officials said parents were given forms help us, return our children. Our Border Patrol processing centre in the Texas asylum claims are still pending. in Spanish explaining the separation Tchildren are very desperate. My son asks me border city of McAllen into chain-link The mothers left various countries, process. But in several letters, mothers to get him out and I’m powerless here.” fence cells, which the mothers called “dog including El Salvador, Guatemala and said they were told little or nothing about In another letter, childish print on kennels.” Honduras. Their letters provide a glimpse the process. Some mothers describe being notebook paper, a mother spoke of her son: Reporters were recently given guided of why they came to the US, how they were reassured as they headed to court that they “It’s been a month since they snatched him tours of the centre, but forbidden from separated from their children and what they would see their children again, only to away and there are moments when I can’t interviewing or photographing detainees. hope will happen now. return and find them gone. go on. … If they are going to deport me, let Some detention centres do not allow Attorney General Sessions has directed A mother who asked not to be named them do it — but with my child. Without reporters to visit detainees, who must pay Justice Department lawyers to reject asylum wrote that she and her 15-year-old son were him, I am not going to leave here.” for phone calls. claims based on fears of domestic and gang detained separately and that she was told to At least 2,053 children were separated Last week, the Los Angeles Times asked violence, the two main reasons many of the board a bus to another detention centre. from their parents because of the Trump volunteers and attorneys visiting detained mothers fled Central America. One asylum “I asked about my son and they wouldn’t administration’s “zero tolerance” respond. I insisted on knowing and they immigration policy. Officials have said they told me, ‘Ma’am, your son is not here, he is reunited 538 of those children, but didn’t “He screamed, begging them to please not far away and you’re being deported to your intend to reunite them with parents who country.’” were detained. In more than a dozen letters separate us. He hugged me, crying. He asked She said that’s when she started to cry collected by volunteers, detained mothers and “pleaded with them to let me stay with separated from their children shared their me not to let them separate him from me,” my son.” despair, pleaded to be released and sent wrote Lesvia, recalling how her son tried to “The official told me, ‘Don’t make me use messages of love to their children. a Taser gun on you,’” she wrote. Trump issued an executive order last kiss her between the bars of his cell until an Friends later told her that’s when she month to end the practice of separating fainted. At the time she wrote the letter, she families, but when and how the government official made him sit down had not heard from her son in 23 days. Tuesday, July 10, 2018 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY

PANGS OF SEPARATION: In the letter, left, written in detention, an immigrant named Yenifer tells her daughter she misses her and is fighting for her. It ends with “I love you, my girl.” Right, an immigrant named Antonia tells her son that it pains her to be separated from him.

Miriam, a single mother, said and that I would later be reunited Some detained parents told Leadership that they had been you are the most beautiful thing she was separated from her with them, but it wasn’t like that,” lawyers last week that they have notified by immigration officials God has given me,” Miriam wrote. 10-year-old son, Kennet, on June she wrote. been pressured by immigration to prepare for transfer to a “I love you despite living this 3 after the she came to the US Days passed, and as she and officials to abandon their asylum temporary detention centre at nightmare. … I’m not going to give seeking asylum from gang threats other mothers despaired, Yasmin claims if they want to see their Fort Bliss Army post outside El up until I have you in my arms,” and sexual harassment in El wrote that their guards laughed. children. Others have already been Paso for reunification with their Lesvia wrote. Salvador. “Around me were many mothers deported without their children, children and deportation. “When we’re together again, “I didn’t know about the new law crying for their children. Several lawyers said. The American Civil Despite concerns about the I will spoil you like always. I will separating children and mothers,” would often faint because what Liberties Union, Texas Civil possibility of being deported, in cook your meals and we will go on she wrote, adding that her asylum they would hear is that we would Rights Project and other legal their notes to their children, the walks and I’ll lie next to you until claim was initially rejected and be deported and they weren’t advocacy groups have objected, mothers tried to stay positive. you fall asleep,” Claudia wrote she was not allowed to call her son going to return our children, they saying the government is “I miss you a lot, I love you and to her 7-year-old son, Kevin. “I for 14 days. When she and her son would stay behind,” she wrote interfering with the immigrants’ we will be together soon,” Noyma love you, my prince. I hope to fi nally spoke, Miriam wrote, he had of the guards. “For seven days I right to due process. wrote to her son. “I don’t want God, my child, that we will soon a fever and a sore throat and “from didn’t know anything about my Over the weekend, mothers you to be sad.” be together and we’ll never be the beginning of the call to the end children because they wouldn’t at Hutto — many of whom “Every day I pray to God that we separated again. I love you baby, of the call he could not stop crying, give any information about them, have applied for asylum — told will be together again, and we will sending you kisses.” — Los Angeles begging me to please get him out of not to any mother.” volunteers from Grassroots never be separated again because Times/TNS that place and bring him to be with me.” Federal officials have said that immigrant parents separated from their children have been in touch with them by phone. But many of the mothers echoed Miriam’s comments, writing that they had not talked to their children for weeks, didn’t know where they were and worried about their safety. Some mothers said guards told them they would never see their children again. “They said after June 4, which was my court hearing, I would be able to see him, but that wasn’t true,” a mother named Antonia wrote. When Antonia was allowed to call her 12-year-old son June 20, she wrote, “He was begging me to get him out of that place. He was crying and it made me feel helpless, not being able to do anything from inside here to get my son back.” Sandra wrote that when she was separated from her 12-year-old son on June 1, she was told she would see him again “in a matter of hours.” “It was all a lie,” she wrote in a letter dated June 28. “From that day to this, they have not told me if they will give him to me or what will happen.” Yasmin said she also wasn’t told she would be separated from her two daughters, ages 12 and 13, after they were detained May 22, according to her letter. UNDER SIEGE: A view of inside US Customs and Border Protection detention facility shows children at Rio Grande Valley Centralised Processing Center in Rio “They told me it was temporary Grande City, Texas, last month. 6 GULF TIMES Tuesday, July 10, 2018 COMMUNITY Steps for coping with CBSE compartment exam pressure

parents can facilitate their wards to focus By Hameeda Kadar on studies by staying themselves away from watching international prime sports events on TV which coincide with the exam ith students, who got days. Let the children be on their own, through their recent as parents take every measure to exercise board and the subsequent unconditional support, abundance of care entrance examinations and understanding at this crucial time. On to get admissions in their the nearing days of the exam, provide them Wdream colleges and universities, there is with much needed simple but nutritious a section of students, who could not pass food, encourage them to take suffi cient water all their subjects. They are quietly but intake and ensure that they don’t fall prey to decisively working their way to clear their sleep depravity due to burning the midnight papers in the ensuing CBSE (Central Board of oil. Importantly, accompany them to the Secondary Education, India) compartment allotted exam centres well in time on the day examinations. These students are keen to of exam thus providing emotional comfort. catch up with their buddies, who have just As students appearing for the exam, landed at the portals of colleges to start a new there are a few pointers to be borne in mind academic life. Here are a few tips to cope with during the day of the exam. Arrange the the situation. required exam related materials including Are you too apprehensive about grasping the hall ticket well in advance. Utilise the your second chance arising out of exam- cool off time to survey the question paper related stress and strain? Are you feeling and to identify the easy questions. Follow the low? Here comes the second lease of life instructions given on the paper. Recollect all in the form of compartment examination, the value points to be incorporated into your commencing this month to prove your answers. Present your answers in the most mettle, improve upon the grey areas and to presentable form possible. Make attempt on overcome your lurking fear. all the questions and complete answering AUTHOR: Hameeda Kadar, Principal MES Indian School. Try not to be too critical and analytical question paper within the stipulated about yourself, as it will only subdue your time frame. Never submit unfi nished or Let’s be positive and put on a bold front to pre-examination psychological counselling to energy level and dampen your spirit and incomplete answer papers. herald new opportunities in the days ahead. Class X and XII students. Focus on good things desire to succeed in your task. Reckon that In conclusion, face your past without For further clarifi cation on exam related and move forward. If you have the will you will the pitfall which you experienced in the regret; handle your present with confi dence stress management counselling, both students make your way! school fi nal examination acts as a wake- and fare forward for a glorious future. I am and parents may contact Hameeda Kadar, up call enabling you to reconstruct your reminded of the words of Dr A P J Abdul Principal MES Indian School and Counsellor The author, M A, B Ed, Diploma in Child pathways to the success with a renewed Kalam, which run thus, “End is not the end, for Qatar region appointed by CBSE, at +974- Psychology, is Principal of MES Indian School energy. Never think that you are alone in in fact, END. means Eff ort Never Dies”. So 55865725 during the school working hours for and Counsellor CBSE Qatar region. your battleground, we are very much with you teaming up with your parents to provide all the required moral and psychological comfort. Certainly, your summer seemed to have packed full of revision and the existential dread that you won’t get into the university you want to. Avoid ruminating about your performance which would result in augmenting your anxiety and depression in a disproportionate manner. Stay calm and remember that you have myriad means and options to establish yourself. Instances in the lives of eminent personalities serve as a learning curve for many as they encountered resolutely during the gloomy moments to see the brighter side. Believe that every cloud has a silver lining, even though this may not be immediately apparent. Einstein was pretty vocal about his dislike of formal education. His teachers desired to get rid of him as they concluded that he was incapable of receiving the formal education. But much to their surprise, history has rewritten a diff erent story by promoting him to become a lifelong visiting professor to a university. There are many more personalities in real life, whom we now consider being incredibly successful didn’t actually do too well at school. So, don’t lose heart at what had happened, but devise a fi rm and feasible strategy to come out of this quagmire of stagnation. It is obvious that stress level will be riding high on the day prior to an exam. However, work your ways to de-stress yourself. Parents can refrain from discussing with their wards about their previous performances and results, as they only aggravate your level of expectation. Also, CALM: The writer advises the students to stay calm and remember that they have myriad of means and options to establish themselves. Tuesday, July 10, 2018 GULF TIMES 7 COMMUNITY

ICAI Doha Chapter celebrates CA Day

A professional seminar on ‘Managing at Challenging Times’ was recently conducted at The announcement to the members that Doha was now an exam centre for ICAI which would conduct Westin, Doha, on occasion of Chartered Accountants(CA) Day by Doha Chapter of Institute of foundation, IPCC and fi nal examinations with eff ect from November 2018 examinations. Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). Around 150 fi nance professionals, in senior positions and On account of CA Day, which marks Platinum Jubilee celebration of ICAI, Doha Chapter stake holders in various businesses and organisations across Qatar, attended the event. released the half yearly e-magazine. Rupalakshmi also took the opportunity to launch the The speaker was Jaafar Ali Jaff ar al-Sarraf, who commenced his presentation by explaining how theme of the fi fth annual international conference ‘Sustainability & Growth in the Digital Era’ successful people have turned the challenges into opportunities. to be held on October 25 and 26 2018. The conference will have business leaders and other In an interactive presentation and with real life examples, he explained to the audience how professional speakers from across the glob, deliberating on the theme. business challenges could be met through market penetration, product development, market Dr R Seetharaman was a special guest invited to attend the event and was welcomed by development and diversifi cation strategy. He emphasised that the people and the customers were Rukkaiya Pachisa, Vice Chairperson. Addressing the members on CA Day, Dr Seetharaman the two important aspect and would always be the biggest competitive edge for any enterprise. spoke on disruptive challenges and ways to mitigate them. The event was concluded by cake- Being a leadership facilitator, Jaafar demonstrated to the fi nance professionals the ways to cutting ceremony led by Dr R Seetharaman and the speaker in presence of all the members and mitigate the internal and external challenges especially the present political challenges faced by the guests. country. Members Seeking registration for Fifth International Conference may please contact Rupalakshmi Setty, Chairperson of ICAI Doha Chapter, wished the members for CA Day. She Rupalakshmi Setty - +974 70131446 and Rukkaiya Pachisa - +974 55805162 or e-mail at presented an outline of events undertaken by Doha Chapter till date and made an important [email protected]

New MWTC off ice-bearers installed

New offi ce-bearers of Mindtune Waves Toastmasters Club (MWTC) for 2018-19 recently took P Mohammed Shabeeb, Business International Qatar Head; Mashood V C, Area 5 Director; and over the charge at the 59th meeting of the club held in Shalimar Darbar Restaurant, Bin Mahmoud. Rajesh V C, Director Division D. The new offi ce-bearers are namely, Noufal Murichandi, President; Basheer Hasan, Vice President Shafi P C Palm, outgoing president, opened the meeting. Rajeswar Sundaresan and Riana Pinto (Education); Abdusalam, Vice President (Membership); Ansar K N, Vice President (Public addressed the meeting felicitating the new offi cials. P Mohammed Shabeeb was the guest speaker. Relations); Rajesh V C, Secretary; Saeed Salman, Treasurer; and Basil George, Sgnt at arms. Balqees Nasser and Abdul Hameed V K, club members, also delivered speeches. Basheer Hassan Sunita Saini, Director Division B, conducted the installation ceremony in the presence of and Shameer P H evaluated the project speeches. Ashraf Achoth conducted general evaluation and Rajeswar Sundaresan, District 116P Director; Riana Pinto, Assistant Division Director Club Growth; Noufal Murichandi adjourned the meeting. 8 GULF TIMES Tuesday, July 10, 2018 COMMUNITY FLIGHT Millennia-old tradition turns ‘people into birds’ in Mexico

TRADITION: Voladores in Mexico swing around a tall pole with only a rope around their waist as part of a Unesco-listed traditional cultural ceremony.

original ones that existed before the By Amelie Richter Spaniards arrived in Mexico,” he says. The costumes represent eagles, eriberto opens the owls or the Latin American quetzal wings attached to his birds. The Spanish conquerors arms and leans his head contributed red pants, a white backwards. shirt and headgear with colourful One last look at the ribbons, which flap in the wind like Hsun, and the Mexican volador (fl ier) the wings of a bird, according to lets himself fall head fi rst from a sources at the cultural centre. platform 20 metres high. The ceremony of the voladores Only a yellow rope tied around his is believed to date from pre- waist sustains the 29-year-old as Colombian times. It seeks to he twirls around the pole upholding express respect and harmony with the spinning platform he jumped the natural and spiritual worlds, from, gradually lowering himself to according to the UN Educational, the ground. At the last minute, he Scientific and Cultural swings upright and lands safely on Organization (Unesco), which his black leather boots. listed the ceremony as forming “I feel very proud to be able to part of the world’s intangible represent this tradition,” Heriberto cultural heritage in 2009. says about the ceremony that he and The tradition was born at the three other voladores performed time of a drought in Veracruz, as in Papantla in eastern Veracruz legend has it. The elders were trying state, where it is popular among the to fi nd a way of appeasing the deity Totonac people. It is also performed and sent a group of men to fi nd the by other ethnic groups in Mexico highest tree in the forest. and Central America, including the The tree was hacked down and Maya in Guatemala. blessed with a dance before being Mexico has about 1,000 voladores, taken to the village, where it was including 50 women, according turned into a pole. Four men – the to a cultural centre presenting fi rst voladores – then climbed the Totonac traditions in Takilhsukut pole, each representing one of the Park near El Tajin archaeological four cardinal directions. site. In addition, about 200 children Today, the poles can be up to 40 are currently studying to become metres high, and the ceremony is voladores in special schools around certainly not without danger. the country, one of which operates An average of one volador is killed in the park itself. every year, according to Salomon Madai, 11, proudly shows off her Bazbaz, a spokesman for the cultural bird costume. She was a little afraid centre in Takilhsukut. at fi rst, she admits, but now she The most dangerous role is that can hardly wait to display her skills. of the caporal, who stands on the “I like the fact that this tradition platform and plays a small drum and is passed on from generation to a fl ute to the sun and the four winds generation,” she says. while the other voladores fl ing The students are not only taught themselves off into the air. to perform the ceremony, they also Most of the accidents occur when study the language of the Totonac equipment is being taken up to the – an ethnic group comprising about platform, Bazbaz explains. 400,000 people – and the history of But despite such risks, Mexicans the ritual, a teacher explains. would never consider giving up the Heriberto, whose almost entire ceremony, which does nothing less family belongs to voladore groups, than “brings to life the myth of the started practising “fl ying” at age birth of the universe,” as Unesco BIRDS: The voladores’ costumes represent eagles, owls or the Latin American quetzal birds. 5. “Our costumes are based on the puts it. – DPA Tuesday, July 10, 2018 GULF TIMES 9 MARKETING COMMUNITY

New Volvo XC60 SUV wins global, local accolades

he new Volvo XC60 midsize SUV has won a number of global and local accolades Faisal Sharif, Managing Director of DOMASCO, said, “Since its launch, the XC60 has including the prestigious World Car of the Year 2018 at the New York Auto Show picked up a number of awards both internationally and in the region highlighting its earlier this year, stated a press release. universal appeal. These awards also reaffirm that Volvo has the right combination of design, The XC60 also scooped the prestigious North American Utility Vehicle of the connectivity and safety that appeals to customers across the world.” Year Award and the World Car of the Year win is the first in this competition for In the new XC60, Euro NCAP’s best overall performer in 2017, Volvo’s City Safety TVolvo Cars. Autonomous Emergency Braking system has been enhanced with steering support for when Closer to home, the new Volvo XC60 has been named Jury Car of the Year by Middle East automatic braking alone may not help avoid a potential collision. In addition, Oncoming Car of the Year’s (MECOTY) jury panel and also received the Midsize Premium SUV award at Lane Mitigation with Steer Assist which helps mitigate head-on collisions and Blind Spot the annual MECOTY award ceremony further adding to the growing list of award wins. Information System (BLIS) with Steer Assist functionality has been added to reduce the risk The XC60 also won ‘Best Luxury Crossover’ at the Qatar Car Awards 2018 organised by of lane-changing collisions. two leading automotive magazines, Maqina and Arab Motors. This is the first time the two Doha Marketing Services Company W.L.L (DOMASCO), is the exclusive distributor of magazines have partnered to organise an event of this kind in Qatar with an aim to recognise Volvo Cars in Qatar and customers can test drive a new XC60 by visiting the Volvo showroom automotive achievements. on Khalifa Street near the National Mosque and TV signal. Chef Zhang Yang joins City Centre Rotana

ity Centre Rotana Doha has announced the their expectations.” years in this vibrant city. Today, I come back to continue joining of celebrated Chinese Chef Zhang Yang From his side, Chef Zhang Yang said: “I am ecstatic to my career in one of the city’s most prominent and fastest to the hotel’s family, specifically to the team of return to Doha after 10 years, as earlier I worked for two growing hotels, City Centre Rotana Doha.” ‘Teatro’ restaurant, says a press release. He has over 19 years of experience in the Asian cuisine spentC in several countries and crowned with number of accolades, awards and certificates. Chef Yang started his career in China and then moved to many countries over 19 years to continue his creations in the Asian and Chinese cuisine and learned several skills and expertise through his work with diverse international hospitality brands. With the start of his career at ‘Teatro’, Chef Yang will give his special touch on selected special signature dishes. Meanwhile, City Centre Rotana Doha, has also unveiled enhancements to the new menu at ‘Teatro’, which will allow guests to choose their preferred cuisines with ease and comfort from the five international cuisines characterising ‘Teatro’ – namely, Thai, Chinese, Italian, Indian and Japanese cuisines in addition to a wide selection of salads and appetisers which will make dining an unforgettable experience in a lively and dynamic atmosphere. On the occasion, Martin Kendall, General Manager of City Centre Rotana Doha said, “We are delighted to welcome Chef Zhang Yang to the City Centre Rotana Doha family, where we are always keen to attract the best international talents and expertise to manage and run all the hotel’s outlets. With no doubt, the experience of Chef Yang which stretches over 19 years and his creativity and operational knowledge, represents a fantastic addition to our pool of outstanding chefs, which will contribute to satisfying the appetite and taste of our guests with the best Asian culinary. We also reveal today the innovative enhancement to the new menu of ‘Teatro’ to comply with the guest’s requirements and meet 10 GULF TIMES Tuesday, July 10, 2018 COMMUNITY INFOGRAPHIC Tuesday, July 10, 2018 GULF TIMES 11 LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE COMMUNITY Long work hours may hike women’s diabetes risk by 70%, says study

omen who work including Mahee Gilbert-Ouimet for 45 hours or from the Research Center of the more a week may Quebec University Hospital - Laval be associated University, in Canada. with nearly 70 per For the study, published in the centW increased risk of diabetes as journal BMJ Open Diabetes Research compared to men or women who and Care, the researchers tracked worked for 30 to 40 hours a week, a the health data of 7,065 workers aged study has found. Longer-working between 35 and 74 years for a period men however, did not face this risk. of 12 years. While it is an observational study, Based on weekly working paid and the researchers noted, that the reason unpaid hours, the participants’ were may be because women might work grouped into four time bands: 15-34 longer hours, when all the household hours; 35-40 hours; 41-44 hours; chores and family responsibilities are and 45 or more hours. taken into account, the researchers The results showed that said. overworking among women was Long working hours might also associated with 63 per cent of higher prompt a chronic stress response in risk of diabetes among women the body, so increasing the risk of whereas incidence of diabetes in men hormonal abnormalities and insulin was found mainly among older age resistance. groups, and those who were obese. Interestingly, the length of the Global estimates indicate that working week wasn’t associated 439 million adults will be living with a heightened risk of the disease with diabetes by 2030 — an increase among men. If anything, the of 50 per cent on the fi gures for incidence of diabetes tended to fall, “Considering the rapid and modifi able risk factors such as long making, as it could prevent numerous 2010. In 2015 alone, diabetes cost the longer a man’s working week was, substantial increase of diabetes work hours is of major importance to cases of diabetes and diabetes related the global economy $1.31 trillion. the results showed. prevalence worldwide, identifying improve prevention and orient policy chronic diseases,” said the team — IANS

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

Things should go extremely well for you today, Aries, so don’t Come out of serious mode for a day and let yourself laugh, Taurus. You have an incredibly strong influence on others just by virtue of shy away from anything. In fact, take this opportunity to shine as Sponsor a game night at your home and invite some good friends the fact of your fun-loving, peaceful, and harmonious nature, Gemini. brightly as you can. Crank up your battery and project yourself into over to play cards and nibble on snacks until midnight. This is a day Your natural charm will take you any place you want to go today, the world. You’ll find that your smile is contagious, so feel free to use to have fun, so let loose and be free to express yourself in the best so feel free to use it at will. Accentuate the positive and make sure it often. There's a great deal of power behind your self-confidence, way you see fit. Realise how much power you have in your jovial you're walking on the sunny side of the street. Whistle as you walk enabling you to tackle just about every job with energy. nature. down the sidewalk and get out into the light. CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

Put your aggressions away and laugh a little today, Cancer. Transfer It’s a terrific day for you, Leo, one in which you’ll find that your jovial Take time out from your work today and relax a little, Virgo. Let your your intensity from a hard, caustic energy to a more lighthearted approach to every situation is just what the doctor ordered. Spend friendly nature have some fun and don’t feel guilty about not being and fun-loving one. You’ll find that this type of attitude will take time with children and enjoy their magical world. Spread your love as serious as you think you should be. The winner of the day is the you far. Little things may crop up that disrupt your daily routine, and aff ection to the people around you. Make sure that the corners one who can smile the most, so enter this contest with the intent but you'll find that a warm smile is all you need to defuse the of people’s mouths are turning up instead of down. A friendly of coming out on top. The rewards will last a long time. Those you bomb. attitude will take you far. encounter won't be able to help smiling back. LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

You might find that others are adopting a bit of a “me first” attitude Try to have a positive, optimistic outlook today, Scorpio. Adopt It’s time for you to come out of hibernation, Sagittarius. Shake that doesn’t quite sit right with you, Libra. You may need to knock an attitude of gratitude and look to see the beauty in everything off the blues and come into the light. Today is a day to play and on their door, wake them up, and say, “Hey, what about everybody around you. This is a day to appreciate what you’ve got, especially have fun. You’ll find that the mood of the day is lighthearted and else?” Try not to whine as you deliver this message. A desperate- the people who love you. Compliment others and let them know jovial, so be the first with a joke or silly story. Do what you sounding attitude will get you nowhere. Be friendly and jovial in your how much they mean to you. These words and deeds will have a can to make others laugh. Let the fire within you burn at its approach and the world will be at your feet. rippling eff ect that will bring you a great deal of good fortune. brightest. CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

Other people’s stubborn attitudes may be hindering your progress, The doldrums are over and its time to pick up the pace, Aquarius. People are going to appreciate extra long, tight hugs today, Pisces, Capricorn. Take this as a hint that you need to loosen your grip on Come out of your home in full regalia today and be proud of what so feel free to give them out like candy to everyone you come in a certain viewpoint that you’re holding too tightly. There’s a great you have to off er to the world. Be courageous in your dealings contact with. A kind gesture and warm word won’t be forgotten. Let deal of power behind your emotions today, and these emotions want with others and take the time to express yourself fully in a creative your generous and kind spirit shine through. Open your arms extra to be heard. Feel free to jump up and take the podium. Speak your manner. The bigger the smile you wear, the further you'll go in just wide and spread love to the world. It’s the perfect day to love and mind even though you may not necessarily agree with the group. about every situation you encounter. laugh. 12 GULF TIMES Tuesday, July 10, 2018 COMMUNITY CARTOONS/PUZZLES

Wordsearch Adam

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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. Tuesday, July 10, 2018 GULF TIMES 13 PUZZLES COMMUNITY

Super Cryptic Clues Colouring

ACROSS DOWN 1. Also, back in the past, 1. Signs the minutes (5) possibly used as a 2. Declining, should he want to cleaner (5-5) turn one out (2,3,4) 6. He took the queen before 3. Hear the description of the I took the first of the tweed (7,7) castles (4) 4. Agrees the fool was made to 10. Answer to the girl’s, go in (7) “What did sailors do with 5. Shed a tear over the it?” (7) numbers turning to crime 11. Wearing the first cross (7) back to front (7) 7. Fine with sun again outside 12. In awful furies, have when you get together (5) hallucinations (3,6) 8. Shortened and altered the 13. Be prone, for instance, end in the second (9) to put in a foreign place 9. As the competition for name (5) “Furnaceman of the Year” 14. With a step that’s light, I was? (5,9) enter (5) 14. Replace what had excellent 15. Gets trapped in jobs that growth potential, we’re told don’t give rein to one’s (9) abilities (9) 16. Slackening again on the job 17. “Grant” I had put in and (9) “Grant” it could be (9) 18. In the record-book I find a Answers 20. Called out and put me summary (7) through (5) 19. Work in a new hotel that’s 21. Don’t ignore it, as the really excellent (3-4) Wordsearch Codeword soldiers do (5) 22. A brownish-yellow fish 23. Having missed badly swimming (5) before, went in and 24. Get saucy! (5) struck (9) 25. Don’t allow, after the amber changes, to respond to the green (7) 26. Is due to break cover (7) 27. Get in the post (4) 28. They’re kept - hanging on? (10)

Yesterday’s Solutions

Across: 1 Bluebell; 5 Slacks; 10 Down: 1 Banish; 2 Untouched; Notwithstanding; 11 Shutter; 3 Blister; 4 Lehar; 6 Lentils; 7 12 Amiable; 13 Charming; 15 Climb; 8 Segments; 9 Stranger; Shoot; 18 Alder; 20 Abridges; 14 In a paddy; 16 Overstate; 17 23 Letitia; 25 Chelsea; 26 For Calls for; 19 Rations; 21 Dresser; goodness sake; 27 Relish; 28 22 Wavers; 24 Tyrol; 25 Starters. Chest. 14 GULF TIMES Tuesday, July 10, 2018 COMMUNITY POP SPOT Jane McDonald cruising in along waves of success brief Tupac Shakur

considered myself a success even if it had A new television documentary claims to have been on a much lower level. solved the 22-year-old murder of rap star “I think if you have a job like a singer, Tupac Shakur. where you’ve been blessed with a gift and Rapper Keefe D, real name Duane Keith you’re making a living from it, then you’re a Davis, is dying from cancer. He says he is the success even if you’re not famous. I was doing only person still alive who can reveal what something I loved and that was a success happened on the night of September 7, 1996 itself, even if a club did close the curtain on and wanted to do so before he passes away. me part ways through a song because it was It is known that Tupac and Death Row time for the bingo.” Records boss Suge Knight attended the Mike Further big hit albums followed Jane’s Tyson v Bruce Seldon boxing match at the chart-topping debut. These were promoted MGM Grand in Las Vegas. After the fight, on numerous sold-out concert tours. But her Orlando ‘Baby Lane’ Anderson was spotted popularity with television viewers was such in the MGM Grand lobby. He, and other that Jane was also able to carve out a career members of the Crips gang, had allegedly as a television personality. Her many credits robbed a Death Row employee earlier in the include guest appearances on a wide variety year. Tupac, along with his and Suge Knight’s of shows ranging from Ready Steady Cook to entourage, took revenge by attacking Tipping Point: Lucky Stars. Her presentation Anderson. work included eight years on Loose Women. Later that night, Anderson, plus fellow Crips “I’ve been very lucky to be able to do so Keefe D, Terrence ‘T-Brown’ Brown, and many things which I’ve thoroughly enjoyed. DeAndre ‘Dre’ Smith, searched Las Vegas Even those times when I’ve decided to stop for Tupac with the intention of exacting doing something, usually against good retribution. He was eventually found, advice, I’ve then had off ers to do some other according to Keefe D, standing up through the really interesting projects. open top of a car ‘like a celebrity in a parade.’ “The most exciting of these was playing The Crips pulled alongside in their car and Grizabella in a revival of Andrew Lloyd Orlando Anderson fired the shots from which Webber’s wonderful stage musical, Cats. I Tupac eventually succumbed six days later. had decided to stop doing television shows. Assuming Keefe D’s words are true, they I’d reached a point where I thought I needed confirm a 2002 story in the Los Angeles to do something else but had no actual plans. Times by investigative reporter Chuck Phillips A lot of people thought I was being foolish. In who named Anderson as Tupac’s killer. He some ways, I just wanted a rest. I had almost had died four years earlier, aged 24, in an done 97 shows of some sort one right after unrelated gang shooting. Las Vegas police the other. had discounted Anderson as a suspect after “But the off er came for me to audition one brief interview. for Cats. I was a lot older than the other people auditioning and thought I didn’t Cheryl Cole/Liam Payne stand a chance. Funnily enough, having no expectations took some of the pressure off Love for one another and their son, Bear, is when I auditioned for Andrew but I still apparently not enough to keep Cheryl Cole couldn’t believe it when they called me to say and Liam Payne together. I’ve got the part.” Liam had insisted earlier this year that they Jane freely acknowledges that performing were a very happy family. He and Cheryl still in Cats made her a better singer. say they love each other and will continue to ON SONG: Jane McDonald is back again in the UK top ten with her latest album, Cruising with “I didn’t realise how unfi t I was. co-parent Bear. Jane McDonald. The warm-up exercises were all about So, why have they decided to split up? Friends strengthening the core of the body. Doing have suggested they are simply two different it eff ectively topped and tailed the most them allowed me to belt out songs like I’ve people with little in common. This seems By Geoff rey Rowlands remarkable year of her life. The fi rst episode never done before. I got into my fi fties and strange in view of their both being in the of The Cruise was broadcasted on January 13 felt like I was just learning to sing.” same profession. But it looks like the birth of while Jane Ties The Knot had been televised Alongside all her stage work, Jane returned their son, coupled with Liam’s burgeoning ruise ship holidays are becoming in July. This was also the month when her both to television and cruising in 2017 with her solo career, has caused a division in their ever more popular. They have self-titled debut album had stormed straight British Academy of Film and Television Award- relationship. Former One Direction star Liam certainly been very helpful in to number one on the UK chart. winning series, Cruising with Jane McDonald. has promoted his music with appearances all the career of English singer Jane “It was unbelievable,” she smiled. “I “I almost didn’t go to the BAFTA over the world. Conversely, Bear has become McDonald. Now back in the began 1998 as a largely unknown girl from ceremony. I didn’t think there was any Cheryl’s top priority. She prefers to stay at CUK top ten with her latest album, Cruising Wakefi eld in Yorkshire who had sung in chance of the show winning and I was fi lming home with him. Liam keeping in touch by with Jane McDonald, features the 1998 BBC so many clubs around northern England my other new show, Jane and Friends. I didn’t Face Time just didn’t work for her. Television observational documentary series, without ever being noticed by any really prepare any acceptance speech. Mark Powell, The Cruise, which transformed Jane into a important people and ended the year as a the executive producer, wrote a speech for me Halsey/G-Eazy star. household name. I recorded as the best- and said I should put it in my pocket just in She was 34 and had been singing for more selling album and even had a top ten hit on case. I almost didn’t take it with me.” Cheryl and Liam are not the only pop music than a decade when BBC decided to make 12 the Christmas week singles chart.” Part travelogue, part documentary and part power couple to announce their split. programmes, boarding the luxury cruise ship Ironically, Jane almost turned down entertainment, it is the songs sung by Jane American singer / songwriter Halsey and Galaxy as it sailed around the Caribbean. the off er to perform aboard Galaxy. Apart at the end of each programme which make rap star G-Eazy had been dating for exactly Jane’s personality and her vocal talent was from meeting Henrik, from whom she is up the track list on her Cruising with Jane one year when Halsey used her Instagram revealed during the clips of her performances. now divorced, she had an unhappy time McDonald album. account to inform her fans that she and BBC also broadcasted two special Cruise on Century. There were delays in being “It’s been wonderful for me to be able to G-Eazy are ‘taking some time apart.’ programmes focusing on Jane. The fi rst paid, technical diffi culties with the sound sail off on so many diff erent cruises. I’d never “I’m eager to continue the upcoming passage covered her marriage to Danish plumber equipment and generally stressful working been on a river cruise before doing one for of time dedicating myself to my art and Henrik Brixen in St Thomas, Virgin Islands. conditions. Jane returned to singing in the the show. Recording the songs for the album career, and the duration of my tour,” she The couple had met during an earlier cruise clubs. It was only the opportunity to become brought back all the fantastic memories of added. “I wish G-Eazy the best.” when they were working on Century, Galaxy’s the headlining singer on Galaxy which visiting the beautiful coastline of California, The couple released a big hit song last sister-ship. tempted her back to sea. colourful Cuba, rugged Iceland and so many December. They co-wrote and duetted on Him The second special was Jane’s Cruise to “I never imagined what the outcome from other wonderful places. It made me want to & I, the second single taken from G-Eazy’s the Stars. Airing on December 31, 1998, the TV series might be. But I had always sing my heart out.” fourth studio album, The Beautiful & Damned. Tuesday, July 10, 2018 GULF TIMES 15 SHOWBIZ COMMUNITY trailer sets pace for soaring flight

A FIRST: The fi lm features Asif Raza Mir, left, and Marina Khan for the very fi rst time on celluloid.

fi lm. Over the past few years, experienced By Muhammad Asad Ullah hands have been called upon to play the central roles whilst the new ones only used as supporting cast, but for PHJ, the opposite is he trailer of Momina and Durraid’s true. big tribute to Pakistan Air Force fi nds , Hania Aamir and Ahad Hamza Ali Abbasi in the lead, doing Raza Mir play the leads while Shaz Khan what he likes best, pitching for country and Kubra Khan play supporting roles along and fl ag. There’s a powerful patriotic with Syed Shafaat Ali, Arsalan Asad Butt and feelT to the trailer as though the fi lm is a directorial Sabeena Syed to name a few. debut of Haseeb Hasan, who lets all systems go This fi lm features the veteran Asif Raza Mir into creating a dash of action sequences in the air and Marina Khan, the country’s favourite TV with fi ghter pilots taking the centre-stage. heartthrob of the 80s, for the very fi rst time on “When a country calls out to you, you celluloid. And considering the attention Asif can’t hear anything else,” says Hania Amir, Raza Mir’s son, Ahad, has been getting recently, the young starlet who made her acting debut drawing comparisons with his father, it’s a with Pakistani fi lm Janaan (2016) and later pleasant surprise for the father-son duo to be APPEAL: The trailer screams for attention as patriotic sounds merge into visuals of the furling- shot into prominence for playing Parri in Na sharing screen space. unfurling flags and green uniforms. Maloom Afraad 2 (2017), to a panel of selection “Women are afraid of lizards and cockroaches; committee on submitting US citizenship as they can never fl y a fi ghter jet,” Ahad Raza Mir aerial shots where fi ghter pilots are shown It’s not really possible that a HUM fi lm passes she sets her foot in the fi nal interview call for says to Hania Amir as she falls during the training in war action may give their compatriots the off without featuring romance and drama. joining Pakistan Air Force. sessions at Pakistan Airforce Academy. It takes goosebumps with pop nationalism in full swing. Drawing parallel with the action sequences, But wait. If you think this is a routine time to gather strength for everyone in some form. Farhat Ishtiaq, the writer of the fi lm, seems the fi lm also carries some romance and drama, schmaltz and struggle about an air force offi cer Doesn’t it? Not this time! to have had added some comic sequences to the shot along the lines of beautiful locations in who wants to serve the country, then there is Parwaaz Hai Junoon has winner, strength fi lm as well, just to lighten up the screen. The Pakistan. But we really hope it’s not a typical more here to feast on. Parwaaz Hai Junoon looks and bravery written on every frame. The trailer trailer also features a song Nachay Re, a wedding triangle love story as the trailer suggests. nothing like any previously released tribute fi lm screams for attention as patriotic sounds sequence that gives defi nite nostalgic space to PHJ has a warm rugged feel to every frame to Pakistani forces. merge into visuals of the furling-unfurling Bin Roye’s Balle Balle that we have seen before. winning against all odds featuring confl ict, The team, if you must know, looks fl ags and green uniforms. Be it the aerial All the colours and vibrant silhouettes give every resolution, love, drama, hope and life. dependable and appealing. Never before have shots or locations where the fi lm has been frame a very high-end appeal to happiness and The fi lm is scheduled to release on Eid ul so many young actors been cast for a Pakistani shot, everything seems picture perfect. The celebration. Azha.

Bieber, Baldwin engaged Taapsee Pannu turns choreographer for Mulk

Canadian singer, actor and songwriter Actress Taapsee Pannu has not just lent Justin Bieber and television personality her acting prowess to Mulk but has also Hailey Baldwin have got engaged in Bahamas, choreographed a song for the fi rst time. according to US media reports. The fi lm’s director Anubhav Sinha says The Baby hitmaker proposed to Baldwin at a since the song was not meant to look like a resort in the Bahamas recently, reports TMZ. professionally choreographed one, he wanted Citing two eyewitness accounts, TMZ said a fresh perspective and Taapsee did wonders. everyone was at a restaurant on the property The courtroom drama features a song titled doing salsa dancing when Bieber’s security told Thenge se mid-way the fi lm highlighting everyone to put their phones away because festivities. It was jointly directed by Sinha something special was about to happen. Then and Taapsee. “Since Mulk doesn’t have Bieber proposed in front of everyone. the quintessential Bollywood song and Another source told TMZ that the couple got dance facet, my focus was never to rope in a engaged that night. mainstream choreographer for the two songs Bieber and Baldwin have been seeing each in the fi lm,” Sinha said in a statement. NEW ROLE: The director roped in Taapsee other again for a month now. They are no “While I decided to single handedly Pannu for the choreography since he wanted a strangers to each other as they had been dating COUPLE: Bieber’s security told everyone to direct both the songs, Taapsee expressed fresh perspective to the song. once earlier and came back together after Bieber put their phones away before he proposed her interest in lending a helping hand. and Selena Gomez broke up. Hailey Baldwin, television personality, at a Since the song was not meant to look like a Presented by Kamal Mukut and Soham While no word has come about the restaurant. professionally choreographed song, I wanted Rockstar Entertainment, a Benaras Media engagement from Bieber or his lady love a fresh perspective and Taapsee did wonders. Works production, the fi lm is produced by directly, the former’s parents seemed to be proud is an understatement. Excited for the “I am quite impressed with her directorial Deepak Mukut and Sinha. excited about something new. next chapter!” eye and someday if she ever wishes to foray The fi lm features Rishi Kapoor, Neena His father Jeremy posted a photograph of Bieber’s mother Pattie Mallette tweeted, into direction she will do well for herself,” he Gupta, Rajat Kapoor, Manoj Pahwa, Kumud the young music star and wrote, “Justin Bieber, “Love Love Love Love Love Love Love.” – IANS added. Mishra and Ashutosh Rana as well.– IANS 16 GULF TIMES Tuesday, July 10, 2018 COMMUNITY

ALL WOMEN TEAM: Damien Mande, head of the International Anti-Poaching Foundation, poses with some of the all-female team of anti-poaching rangers at Phundundu wildlife area in the lower Zambezi region. Zimbabwe’s women wildlife rangers wage war on poachers

disadvantaged backgrounds in rural villages the surrounding villages, none of the women back into the local economy. His foundation By Kate Bartlett near the 30,000, hectare conservation area had ever fi red a gun and knew little about receives funding from other NGOs and private they now protect , among them widows, sexual conservation. donors, he adds. assault survivors, abandoned mothers and “I can tell you now, those women got no The rangers are also a buff er between the group of single mothers and battered wives. concessions,” Mander says of their weapons, human settlements they come from and the victims of domestic violence Against the odds in Zimbabwe’s patriarchal survival, unarmed combat and fi rst aid training. fenceless reserve. Human and animal confl ict have found a new lease on life society, as well as the men’s club that is In the nine months the programme has been over land and food has long been a problem in as armed and fi ercely dedicated armed conservation in Africa, the women running, the women have made 51 arrests, many parts of Africa, with animals encroaching anti-poaching rangers on a trophy have proved themselves incorruptible and most of which have resulted in prosecutions. on villagers’ fi elds and eating their crops, and Ahunting ground turned conservation area in fearless, says Damien Mander, the strapping, In the last six weeks alone, they arrested humans taking revenge through poaching or Zimbabwe’s lower Zambezi region. Australian who set up the project. seven poachers, all of whom were successfully poisoning. Phundundu wildlife area, Zimbabwe – armed “Women are the future of conservation,” prosecuted, Mander says, with the maximum “We found a lioness caught in a snare. Its with semi-automatic rifl es, the khaki-clad says Mander, who was in ’s special sentence among them nine years. stomach was caught and as it tried to move rangers patrol through the long brittle grasses forces and saw several tours of and In one case, he recounts, they found human away it tightened,” recalls Thelma Chademana, of the African savanna, past fl at-topped trees Afghanistan before founding Akashinga less tracks and followed a group of three poachers Akashinga’s Zimbabwean project manager. The turning autumnal red and delicate piles of than a year ago. for 20 kilometres. They arrested one and with rangers darted the feline, patched her up and balancing rocks. Mander started his organisation, the information from him subsequently caught the released her back into the wild. Their leader stops, signals silently and bends International Anti-Poaching Foundation, two others, ivory poachers who had been using Most of the rangers have children and are down to examine tracks in the rust-coloured of which Akashinga is a part, after leaving cyanide to kill elephants by poisoning their the sole breadwinners, also supporting their Zimbabwean dirt – jackal – before the team the army, when, he says, he felt a need to do waterholes. extended families. Ranger Primrose, 22, cuddles continues on their hunt for a diff erent kind of something other than to lose himself in drugs. So far the rangers have not had to use lethal her young daughter on a visit home, standing predator, humans. “These are women who were treated like force. The fact that they are also members of the outside the mud hut her family lives in. It’s a scene that you would see repeated by dirt, they were mostly victims of men. To community surrounding the conservation area Around her, shaggy goats and scrawny anti-poaching teams in game reserves and see them now they’re leaders,” he says. “The means they often get tip-off s to conduct sting chickens peck at garbage, the Akashinga team conservation areas across the country, with one biggest component is that we haven’t seen operations that snag the middlemen rather than are all vegans now because of their love of key diff erence, all these rangers are women. corruption in these women.” lowly poachers. animals, a cultural abnormality in meat-loving Nyaradzo Hoto’s ex-husband was violently The women, equipped with guns, The conservation area where Akashinga Zimbabwe. Nearby a group of men play a abusive, but today the 25-year-old has a new, handcuff s and knives, patrol on foot through operates, not far from the popular tourist spirited game of soccer in the dust. When she empowered lease on life – as a gun-toting the conservation area which is home to four destination Mana Pools National Park, is fi rst applied to join the rangers, these village member of Zimbabwe’s fi rst all-female anti- of Africa’s big fi ve - everything but the rhino. a former trophy hunting zone, an activity men laughed at her, but now, Primrose says, poaching unit, ‘Akashinga’ or ‘The Brave Ones.’ The lower Zambezi region where that used to bring a lot of money into the they respect her. “He was so abusive, he was violent towards Phundundu is located is home to one of the community but has greatly declined due to The women, who get counselling sessions me,” Hoto says of her ex. world’s largest populations of elephants, global pressure. several times a month to overcome their “I cannot imagine living with him any more. about 11,000, but poaching has taken a The idea behind the new project is to fi ll the traumas, have found a new pride with their My job as a ranger has made me become an serious toll, as there were about 20,000 in gap trophy hunting left by making the female skills, paychecks and independence. independent woman.” 2002, Mander says. rangers breadwinners. Mander says the project “My daughter’s proud of me,” says ranger All the women in Akashinga come from Before Mander recruited the rangers from puts more than 60 per cent of what it makes Hoto. “I can stand on my own two feet.” – DPA