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AGONY: Baha Abu Ayash cries after being told by family members that his leg requires amputation at Shifa Hospital, in amputations in Gaza. P4-5 Gaza City, Gaza Strip. He was shot in the leg and had to undergo amputation for gangrene. 2 GULF TIMES Wednesday, June 20, 2018 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT

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on the Eid. The Summer Shopping Souq has products, to host a weekly market in started from June 14 till August 31. Colour Education City. Open to the public, the your summer at Doha Exhibition and market be held at QF’s Ceremonial Court, Conventional Centre – West Bay during accessible from gate 2, every Thursday from Summer Entertainment City 2018 with 9am-4pm and every Friday from 8am-11am over 75 activities and games, more than 40 and 2pm-5pm.The name ‘Torba’ is derived food and 132 retail outlets and amazing live from Arabic, and means “the pure soil that performances. Get set for an exciting and feeds, nourishes, and nurtures.” A wide eventful summer in 2018. range of fresh, locally-grown items will be on offer, including organic fruits and Meerat Ramadan vegetables, homemade preserves, syrups, WHERE: Katara and butters, as well as handicrafts and WHEN: Ongoing till tomorrow gardening supplies. TIME: 8pm -11:55pm The Cultural Village Foundation – Katara is inviting the public to Meerat Ramadan at Katara’s Southern Area.

Explore your talent with us WHERE: Mystic Arts Centre behind Al Hilal Focus Medical Centre WHEN: Wednesday to Monday Mystic Art Centre, is a holistic performing arts institution and a one- stop solution for adults as well as children looking to explore their talents in various art forms. We offer classes in Carnatic Music, Hindustani Music, Karate, Yoga, Zumba, Classical Dance, Salsa, Hip Hop, contemporary and Bollywood dance forms. Personalised lessons, efficient mentoring and exposure to stage helps our learner to EVENTS will begin for every child to join and learn walk out as a confident performer at the Remote-controlled car racing track new forms of art. The summer camps will end of their course. For further details, call WHERE: Aspire Park Entertainment World Village include Abacus, Drawing and Painting, 44723680/33897609. WHEN: Thu, Fri, Sat WHERE: Al Qutayfiya Beach area Calligraphy, keyboard and dance. The camp TIME: 4pm-10pm WHEN: Ongoing till June 23 will run for 10 days a week from, 8.30am to Aspire Zone Foundation has created a TIME: 6pm – 2am 1pm. You will be able to see the activities custom-made track specially designed and schedules that will be upheld for every for remote-control car racing, for car The Entertainment World Village week and register your kid. For further lovers across Doha. Interested motorsport features exciting rides, games, and fun for details, call 974 44373259. enthusiasts can try the race track opposite the whole family. With food and beverage the Aspire Academy, from 4pm to 10pm on outlets by the beach, offering delicate Summer Camp for Kids Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. dishes, it also as a one-stop fun destination WHEN: June 24 to Aug 31 offers to see Doha from the top of the Ferris TIME: 7:30am- 2:30pm Zumba Session wheel and enjoy the paint ball. WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier, Villa 57 WHERE: Bin Omran Bin Omran WHEN: Sundays Choreography Lessons - Brazilian Doha’s Kids Summer Camp where artists TIME: 7pm - 8pm Zouk are made! The A to Z of kid’s summer camp Participate in Zumba Sessions (Adults) WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier near – from artworks, dance and music lessons every Sunday. For more information call MOI and PLAY in between. For ages 5 years and 33003839 or [email protected] WHEN: July 7 to September 15 up. For registration, contact: registration@ Brazilian zouk is characterised by the atelierqatar.com and/or mobile 33003839. Off -Road biking tour dancers’ undulating bodies and the girls’ WHERE: Zekreet flowing hair. Dancer or not, depending Soccer Festival WHEN: Fridays on the style of Brazilian zouk, you’ll be WHERE: The St. Regis Doha Blue Pearl Experience Qatar is offering to choose connection; embrace and long WHEN: Ongoing till July 15 Dance and instrument classes the country’s first off-road biking tour. graceful steps. The final performance is TIME: 2pm - 12am WHERE: TCA Campus, Behind Gulf Ride in the desert on a fat bike to explore scheduled to be on 15 Septemeber as a The St. Regis Doha has announced plans Times Building the local flora and fauna spot desert flashmob. to celebrate the month-long soccer festival WHEN: Wednesday-Monday wildlife, hike up jebels, chill in the magic of and screen all matches to the delight of Come and learn the movements of dance the Richard Serra statues and this unique Summer Camps football lovers, to be held till Sunday July styles in Bollywood, Hip Hop and also the landscape. Participants will get to cross WHERE: TCA 15, 2018. Sarab Lounge and Vine Restaurant musical instruments such as Piano, Guitar, the desert riding fat bikes from Zekreet WHEN: June 24 will transform their terraces into football Keyboard for adults as well kids and move to the Richard Serra statues, on a route of TIME: 8:30am-1pm lounges for football lovers to enjoy in the world of music. Classes will run on approximately 13kms. The route is easy to The TCA will be holding Summer Camps watching every angle of their favourite a regular basis on weekends and weekdays. ride and suitable for people with average in its branch for all students, starting from game, with giant screens to broadcast the For details contact 66523871/ 31326749. fitness. You must be able to ride. Kids aged June 24. Every two weeks, a new batch games daily from 2 pm till 12am. 9 and older are also welcome. The fee is QR Outdoor and five-a-side football 220 (QR190 for ages 9-14) and includes bike TCA CHESS CHALLENGE 2018 pitches and safety equipment. The activity lasts WHERE: TCA Campus, Villa number 5 WHERE: Aspire Zone about 2.5 hours. WHEN: June 29 WHEN: Daily TIME: 9am TIME: 7pm-11pm Arab and German Tales Exhibition Be a part of the TCA Chess Challenge Aspire Zone’s five-a-side football WHERE: Qatar National Library 2018. The challenge is open for all outdoor pitches opposite Al Waab Street WHEN: Ongoing till August 18 dynamic students of Qatar from are available every day from 7pm until 11pm The exhibition is organised within the all nationalities. The last date for from Sundays to Thursdays, and on Fridays framework of Qatar–Germany Year of registration is June 27. Registration fees and Saturdays from 7am-11pm. Culture and provides an insight into the is QR30. For further details contact, 974 history of Arabic and German fairy and 66523871/31326749/44373259. Torba Farmers Market folk tales, and how the two traditions WHERE: Education City influenced each other. It aims to show the Summer Entertainment City 2018 WHEN: Thursday and Friday transcultural value of narrative traditions WHERE: DECC TIME: 9am as a shared intangible cultural heritage and WHEN: Ongoing till August 31 Qatar Foundation (QF) has partnered highlight mutual influences, shared ideas TIME: 12pm with Torba Farmers Market, a Qatar-based and cultural transfer between the Arab An amazing range of local shopping stalls initiative that aims to deliver organic world and Germany through storytelling will feature products from all over the world and locally-grown food and homemade and tales.

Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Wednesday, June 20, 2018 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Cruelty’s new face Over 13,000 Palestinians have been wounded — 3,600 of them taking bullets — in the last two months. Nearly 60 percent of those gunshot casualties have been hit in the legs — a deliberate strategy employed by the Israeli military to limit killings, which is how otherwise the toll is measured. By Alexandra Zavis and Hanah Salah

THE DREAD: Doctors prepare hospital paperwork before starting a life-saving amputation surgery for Baha Abu Ayash, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on May 21.

aha Abu Ayash winced Nobody in the family had steady Doctors say many of these future in this deeply impoverished generators that destroy their as a nurse unraveled work. Who would support the wounds are unusually severe and enclave of 2 million people wedged equipment. the bandage around his young man if his foot or leg were will require multiple surgeries and between Israel, Egypt and the The causes of the shortages are right ankle. There was removed? months of rehabilitation. In most Mediterranean Sea. disputed. a whiff of rotting meat “It’s not an easy decision,” said cases, the patients will be left with “Now they are incapacitated,” Israel has imposed a stifl ing Bas a gaping bullet wound came into Mohammed Abu Ayash, one of his life-long disabilities. said Marie-Elisabeth Ingres, head blockade on Gaza since 2007, when view. A doctor pinched his toes. 12 siblings. At least 28 people have lost limbs, of mission for the French aid group the Hamas seized control from its They were black and cold. The toll of violence during two a fi gure that the International Doctors Without Borders in the secular rival Fatah. The Palestinian For six days, the 23-year-old and months of protests along the Gaza Committee for the Red Cross says Palestinian territories. “What is the Authority, which is headquartered his family had held out hope that Strip’s border with Israel is most could triple — simply because the future for this new generation?” in the West Bank and run by Fatah, his foot might be saved, if only he often measured in deaths: at least enclave’s hospitals are collapsing Even before the current round has also imposed retaliatory could be evacuated from the Gaza 123 Palestinians killed by Israeli and do not have the ability to cope of violence, Gaza’s hospitals were measures against the Hamas Strip. But it was too late now, the gunfi re. with the massive trauma load. beset by chronic shortages of government in Gaza. doctor from Jordan told them. Even But more than 13,000 have The wounded are not the only medicines, equipment and basic The protests, held each Friday, if Israel agreed to the transfer, the been wounded — 3,600 of them ones who will suff er. supplies, including dressings, have pushed the healthcare system decision would be the same. took bullets — according to the Entire families depend on the antibiotics and painkillers. to the brink. Hospital personnel “This patient needs a life-saving Palestinian Ministry of Health in injured, most of them young men Salaries for doctors and nurses compare the weekly infl ux of amputation,” the doctor said. Gaza. Nearly 60 percent of those in their 20s and early 30s. Many have been slashed and sometimes patients to what they experienced “Gangrene has set in. … It is very gunshot casualties were hit in the joined the protests because they go unpaid. With electricity during the bombings of 2014, when critical.” legs — a strategy employed by the already had lost hope of fi nding a available just a few hours a Israel was at war with Hamas. Still, the family hesitated. Israeli military to limit killings. job, getting married or building a day, health facilities depend on An estimated 1,350 protesters Wednesday, June 20, 2018 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY with complex injuries will each lifting of the blockade and a right need three to fi ve operations, to return to ancestral homes in the Red Cross said in a recent what is now Israel, were an exciting statement. distraction from the grinding “Such a caseload would poverty. overwhelm any health system,” Baha said he was burning tires it said. “In Gaza, the situation is and carrying a Palestinian fl ag worsened by chronic shortages of when he was shot near the fence in drugs, equipment and electricity.” central Gaza. He and four brothers With just 2,200 hospital beds were regulars there. “They go out of in all of Gaza, health authorities despair, because there is no money,” ordered all elective surgeries their mother said. canceled for the duration of the The close-knit family depends on protests. a quarterly food package from the Even with no new injuries, the United Nations relief organization Red Cross estimates that up to 90 for Palestinian refugees. Rasmiya people will eventually need to be said she sold two bottles of oil from fi tted with artifi cial limbs and 300 the last distribution to cover her with other orthotic devices. taxi fare to the hospital. The Artifi cial Limbs and Polio She brought tubs of rice, chicken Center, the only facility in Gaza and humus for Baha, because the that manufactures prostheses, is hospital does not provide food. His struggling to get the materials it brothers chipped in to buy pain will need. It recently had to stop medicine to help him sleep. But it production for nearly two months didn’t seem to do much. when Israel delayed a shipment of On the third day, when doctors resin. proposed another operation, his The shipment fi nally arrived last older brother Mohammed, who the month, but centre offi cials say it family entrusted to make medical won’t meet current needs. decisions for Baha, got scared they Non-lethal methods, such as A MOTHER’S ANGUISH: Rasmya Mohammed Abu Ayash cries after being told that her son Baha Abu Ayash might cut off the leg and refused to rubber-coated bullets, have proved requires amputation to his wounded leg. sign the paperwork. ineff ective at deterring the crowds, The family hoped that he might Yoav Gallant, a member of Israel’s Gaza. “But they know that outside sweating and moaning in bed, ants on a gurney for hours, his family at be sent to Jordan or Turkey for Security Cabinet, recently told that room there are 10 more crawled over his bandages, soaked his side. treatment. reporters. But he said the policy patients waiting for the operating through with blood and pus. His “Maybe he would have had Gaza health offi cials say they was to aim at demonstrators’ legs to theatre … And of course the priority family decided not to wait for his a chance if they dealt with him have submitted hundreds of such minimise fatalities. is always life.” next scheduled appointment at the directly,” said his distraught requests to evacuate the injured, The severity of the injuries has To make room for the next wave hospital and took him to a Doctors mother, Rasmiya. but Israel and Egypt, which restrict raised questions in Gaza about of casualties, the hospital is often Without Borders clinic. It was past midnight on May who can leave Gaza for security the type of ammunition used. forced to discharge patients early. The courtyard was jammed with 15 — more than 11 hours since he’d reasons, have approved just a few The worst bloodshed occurred Wadieh Ras, 24, pleaded with young men with claw-like metal been shot — when he was wheeled dozen. May 14, when the demonstrations staff not to kick him out. It had braces protruding from bandaged into surgery. Doctors worked on his Israeli authorities provided their reached a peak. Israeli forces been just three days since he was legs. Ras waited nearly four hours ankle for more than three hours but own numbers, saying that as of unleashed barrages of tear gas and shot in the leg at the fence east of for an exam. could not say whether the operation Thursday they had received 113 gunfi re against crowds. Nearly 60 Gaza City, and he had metal pins The wound was infected, the was a success. requests, approved 62 and rejected Palestinians were killed and more sticking out of his thigh and an exit doctor told him. He would need One said the leg was too severely 42. than 2,200 injured — 1,300 of them wound the size of a fi st. But his bed antibiotics and daily dressing damaged and would most likely “It has been decided that every shot. would be needed the next day. changes. There was also damage to have to be amputated. Others said request to enter Israel for medical At Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Three relatives carried him the bones, muscles and veins. there was a chance it could be treatment for any terrorist or rioter the strip’s largest, a triage tent yelling to the parking lot, where He would need more surgeries. saved. who took part in the violent events was set up in the front courtyard. they had a car waiting to take him The fi rst hospital where Baha Baha, stocky with a quick smile, on the border will be refused,” a Pandemonium reigned. to a warren of narrow allies and Abu Ayash was taken was full, so once dreamed of becoming a spokesman for Israel’s Coordinator Ambulances pulled up every crumbling apartment blocks known he was transferred to Shifa on the lawyer. But there was no money of Government Activities in the few minutes with screaming, as the “Beach” refugee camp. fl oor of an ambulance hauling two for education after high school. Territories said in an email. bloodied patients. Fistfi ghts broke Three days later, as he lay other wounded protesters. He lay The protests, called to demand the By the time Baha’s family out between armed guards and received word that he had been panicked relatives, who jammed cleared to travel, it was too late. the hallways trying to fi nd missing Three more days had passed, and all loved ones. three teams of visiting doctors that By 9:30pm, doctors had evaluated his leg reached the same performed some 30 surgeries, conclusion: The only choice was to sometimes working on two patients amputate. in the same operating theatre. And Reluctantly, Mohammed agreed, there were more than 30 cases still but only if the surgeon promised waiting. not to cut above the knee. “I can’t fi nd the words to “I can’t promise,” the surgeon describe the shortages we have said the next morning. “You have here,” said Dr. Rami Hamdan, as he to understand, we don’t know what slumped into a chair to catch his we will fi nd.” breath in between surgeries. Defeated, Mohammed fi nally In many cases, bullets had signed. shattered bones, destroyed tissue “Don’t be sad,” Baha told friends and left large exit wounds. Hamdan and family at the hospital. “It is my said surgeons had to share the fate and what Allah has written for hospital’s only orthopedic drill. me.” “We clean and disinfect it, but we His mother retreated into the aren’t sterilising it,” he said. hallway so he wouldn’t see her cry. The sheer number of surgical She was still sitting there when cases was forcing doctors to make he was wheeled back from surgery. agonising choices: spend hours Her face contorted into a silent repairing severed veins to try to scream. restore blood fl ow to a limb, or Behind Baha was his brother, quickly stanch the bleeding and Ahmed, carrying a plain, cardboard move on to the next patient. box. “Many of them, they tried up to It contained the foot, which exhaustion to save the limb,” said Ahmed planned to bury in a Ana Lucia Bueno, deputy health THE LONG WAIT: Wounded Palestinians wait patiently for medical care at the MSF facility due to the overflow of cemetery, so it might follow Baha to coordinator for the Red Cross in patients in Gaza City, Gaza Strip. heaven. — Los Angeles Times/TNS 6 GULF TIMES Wednesday, June 20, 2018 COMMUNITY W Doha celebrates football season with live screenings

W Doha Hotel & Residences, the first luxury lifestyle hotel in Qatar, is inviting guests to experience an exclusive screening with friends and family. The football season kicked off with a live screening the biggest sporting event of the year at its property, stated a press release. The hotel’s stylish of the first match at 6pm. Wahm is set to welcome fans and spice up the revelry with a fresh poolside lounge Wahm will be live screening football matches till July 15, bringing fans together selection of comfort foods and refreshing sips throughout the evening. for a season of much anticipated fixtures. The boldly redesigned Wahm lounge will be screening The lounge will be open daily from 5pm-2am. However, its operating hours will be flexible to matches both indoor and at its covered outdoor terrace, off ering guests the best seats in town to accommodate the screening of matches held earlier during the day. For more information or to watch their favourite players in action. Fans can also choose to book a private cabana and enjoy book a cabana, kindly contact 44535135.

KQMC organises blood donation drive

KIMS Qatar Medical Centre (KQMC), Al Wakrah recently organised a blood donation campaign KQMC management conveyed their thanks to all participants and promised to hold similar at its premises in association with Hamad Medical Corporation. The campaign was attended by events more frequently. “On the occasion of the World Blood Donor Day and on behalf of the organisers, staff from various retail shops, pharmacies, food outlets, insurance and corporate patients, who have benefited from blood transfusions, we extend our heartfelt gratitude to companies. The event was organised to mark World Blood Donor Day. All the donors were every blood donor for the precious gift of life that donors have given to them,” the organisers provided with healthy food and juices after the donation. noted. Wednesday, June 20, 2018 GULF TIMES 7 COMMUNITY Nepali Muslims celebrate Eid

By Usha Wagle Gautam

nternational Nepali Muslim Society (INMS) recently organised ‘Eid Mubarak’ programme to celebrate Eid al-Fitr at Shalimar Palace. The programme was chaired by IMohammed Muktada Musalman, President of INMS. Samim Miya Ansari, President of National Muslim Struggle Alliance, was the chief guest on the occasion. Professor Ramesh Prasad Koirala, Ambassador of Nepal to Qatar, attended the programme as the guest of honour. Other prominent participants were namely, Gayatri Poudel, Second Secretary of Nepali embassy; TB Karki, Ramhari Gaire Hussain Khan, Sagar Nepal, Narendra Bhatt, Bil Gurung, Kedar Bhusal, Chanak Pokheral, Dev Pariyar, Nabin Pokheral, PROMINENT: The noted guests of the Eid programme. Abdul Basid, and Karim Miya, all noted community leaders. The participants unity. During Ramadan, the Muslims ask exchanged Eid greetings with each other for forgiveness, pray for guidance, and try and celebrated the occasion with joy and to purify themselves through self-restraint fervour. and good deeds, she said. Speaking to the gathering, the chief Hussain Khan, a community leader, guest extended his Eid greetings to all said Eid was considered a day to promote Nepali people living in Qatar. Eid is a great universal fraternity, brotherhood and love. time when the Muslims around the world Karim Miya, President of Federation of focus on prayer, fasting, giving charity, and Nepali Journalists Qatar, said Eid al-Fitr religious devotion, he said. was a day of great merriment and the Ambassador Koirala extended Eid al-Fitr Muslims celebrated the day by meeting greetings to all Nepali Muslims praying for with friends and family, preparing sweet their happiness, peace and prosperity. He delicacies, wearing new clothes, giving each added the Eid celebrations would inspire all other gifts and putting up lights and other the Nepali people towards reconciliation, decorations in their homes. unity and peace. He said that such religious The INMS president thanked all the occasions would help strengthen national participants and guests for attending the unity and promote social harmony, Eid celebrations with the Nepali Muslim economic and social development. community. He said his organisation aimed Amina Khan, Vice President of Nepali at working for improving bilateral ties Women Society, said Eid marked the end between Nepal and Qatar with the focus of holy month of Ramadan. She added on tourism. Tirtha Sangam Rai, a poet, that on the Eid celebrations, the Muslim recited a poem and earned applause from community offered prayers and called for the gathering. GATHERING: Nepali community attending Eid al-Fitr celebrations.

BUQ organises poetry symposium to celebrate Eid al-Fitar

Bazm-e-Urdu Qatar, the oldest literary organisation promoting Urdu in Qatar, recently held Eid Akolvi, President of BUQ, presented the welcoming note. Zaheer Alvi recited a ghazal of Milan Mushaira (poetry symposium) at Khayal Khaima, Doha. BUQ, founded in 1959, has been Allama Iqbal. Qazi Abdul Mallick presented a ghazal of Kumar Barabanki. organising monthly poetic symposiums for the last six decades. It also organises quarterly Mohammed Shamim was the first to present his poetry in the event. The other participants and annual Urdu seminars and international poetic symposiums. were namely, Rashid Alam Rashid, Wasi Bastavi, Fayaz Bukhari, Dr Shakeel Ahmed, Vazir Following a dinner hosted by BUQ, the mushaira started. Faisal Hanif, Chairman of BUQ and Ahmed Vazir, Iftekhar Raghib, Yusuf Kamal, Shaad Akolvi, and Manzar Zaidi. a known critic of Urdu poetry, anchored the evening. Syed Abdul Hye, BUQ’s senior patron, The chief guest appreciated BUQ’s team work and mushairas arranged by the organisation. presided over the programme. Manzar Zaidi, a noted Urdu poet, was the chief guest. Syed Abdul Hye also appreciated the poets and thanked BUQ for continuing to serve The event started with recitation of verses from the Holy Qur’an by Zaheer Alvi. Qazi Abdul the cause of Urdu in Qatar. Iftekhar Raghib, BUQ General Secretary, delivered the vote of Mallick recited a naat (poetry in praise of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)). Muhammad Shaad thanks.

MEN OF LETTERS: Participants of the poetic symposium in a group photo. 8 GULF TIMES Wednesday, June 20, 2018 COMMUNITY MARKETING

Hyundai Motor global automotive partner of Club Atlético de Madrid

yundai Motor scale and the challenging yesterday announced a spirit of Hyundai. It will be a multi-year partnership privilege to work with the club with Club Atlético de to develop activities that place Madrid, becoming their fans at the heart of our Hthe club’s new Global Automotive engagement, just as we place Partner. From next season the our customers at the centre of Hyundai brand logo will be all our programmes. Along with presented on the sleeve of the Club our existing partnership with Atlético de Madrid jersey in all Olympique Lyonnais and our domestic competitions until 2021, recently-announced partnership stated a press release. In Qatar, with Chelsea, this is a fantastic Hyundai vehicles are available next step in our new pan-European at Skyline Automotive W.L.L., a partnership approach that will Jaidah Group company and offi cial include other top clubs in Europe.” distribution partner of the Hyundai Enrique Cerezo, Chairman Motor Company in the country. of Atlético de Madrid, said, “At It is the fi rst time that Hyundai Atlético de Madrid we are delighted has established such a partnership and proud of the alliance that we in the Spanish football market and are signing today with Hyundai. it is the second new agreement We join Hyundai, a company establishing a sleeve presence for that stands out for its desire to Hyundai, following the recently- excel and its pursuit of excellence announced partnership with to remain at the forefront of Chelsea FC of the English Premier technology and innovation. We are League. confi dent that the two companies With this partnership, Hyundai will share and enjoy the good will not only be visible on the times, that with eff ort, work and jersey but also through a fl eet dedication, we will experience in of Hyundai cars provided to the the coming years.” club, a home matchday presence Hyundai has been a FIFA top including LED perimeter branding, partner since 1999, was engaged and various media and digital with UEFA for 18 years to 2017, content rights. fans, aiming to bring ease to the highest level, having been Product at Hyundai Motor Europe, and remains heavily involved with Over the course of the mobility and make football more continuously engaged in national said, “We are incredibly excited national teams as well as individual partnership, Hyundai will work accessible to fans. and international competitions for to begin a new partnership with clubs in many countries, including closely with Atlético to create a With this latest announcement, the last 20 years. Atlético de Madrid – a hugely Olympique Lyonnais in France and, range of exciting initiatives and Hyundai further extends its long- Andreas-Christoph Hofmann, successful club with a passionate from next season, Chelsea FC in valuable benefi ts for the club’s standing presence in football at Vice President Marketing & fanbase that matches the global the UK. Wednesday, June 20, 2018 GULF TIMES 9 HOUSING COMMUNITY Rental market boom sparks wave of ‘invisible evictions’ in Spain A rental market boom is picking up steam in Spain, where flat owners are hiking up rents or evicting tenants from their homes in popular areas. Some of the tenants are in their 80s, with nowhere else to go. By Ana Lazaro Verde

eresa Sarmiento, 68, long-term tenants, which reduces can no longer sleep at the amount of housing available to night. “I’m told I must residents and makes rents go up. leave my home” within The possibility of maximising a month, the Spaniard profi ts on rental properties has Tstays in the small and dilapidated also encouraged speculators to Madrid fl at where she has lived for enter the market, contributing to the past 20 years. what many are beginning to see as The new owners of the building, a new real estate bubble. which is located in the central “If they throw me out, I have no and multicultural Lavapies plan B,” Sarmiento says. neighbourhood, want to renovate “With my pension [of 369 euros it and start renting out the fl ats “at a month] I cannot pay normal market prices.” rent.” And that’s not all, she adds: To be able to do that, the Moving out would deprive her of company is pressuring the vitally important social contact residents - many of whom are in with her neighbours. their 80s - to move out, Sarmiento “We are facing a housing says. emergency,” Jaime Palomera, from “They told us that ‘this building the tenants’ union Sindicato de is not for the poor,’ “ says the Inquilinos, told private broadcaster woman, who is paying 335 euros La Sexta. (390 dollars) per month in rent, “It can’t be possible that a much less than the average amount person receives a letter saying that in the area. either he pays double his current “We know these houses are a rent or he is thrown out of his fantastic deal, because they are very home,” he added. well-located and the neighbourhood Some municipalities such as is fashionable, but they can’t just Madrid, Barcelona and Palma de throw us out like that.” Majorca are now trying to stem Sarmiento and her neighbours the proliferation of small-scale are not alone. Other tenants in tourism accommodation in an central areas of big cities such as attempt to make more rental AFFECTED: Teresa Sarmiento shows the notification letting her know that she must leave her apartment in central Madrid and Barcelona are also options available to residents. Madrid. reporting being pressured to move Madrid is adopting stricter out by owners. norms, which are expected to make In other cases, rents are soaring 95 per cent of the fl ats currently to levels the tenants cannot aff ord. being off ered to tourists illegal. Such developments in the Barcelona, which discovered 6,000 rental market are leading to what illegal off ers of accommodation to is becoming known as “invisible tourists, imposed a fi ne of 600,000 evictions.” euros on the online home-sharing They make up 80 per cent of company Airbnb. cases in which tenants are forced “Flats for tourists are only out of their homes in Barcelona, the tip of the iceberg. We are in according to the organisation a bubble that is suff ocating and Plataforma de Afectados por la evicting thousands of people,” Hipoteca (PAH), which campaigns Palomino said. for housing rights. The conservative government While Spain’s property bubble of Mariano Rajoy, who was prime that burst with the 2008 fi nancial minister until June 1, had denied crisis was driven by rampant that Spain is facing another real construction and home sales, a estate bubble and said it was new boom is emerging around the considering how to lower rents. fast-growing rental market. Rajoy’s government, however, Home ownership used to be excluded setting limits to the an almost sacred value in Spain, amounts of rent that owners can where more than 75 per cent of charge. the population still own homes, Average rent levels went up by according to Eurostat fi gures. more than 18 per cent last year and But impoverished by the by 8.8 per cent in the fi rst quarter fi nancial crisis and with less access of this year, according to the real to credit, people can no longer estate portal Idealista. aff ord to buy housing, leading to Meanwhile, queues form to see the increasing demand for rental available fl ats in the big cities, accommodation. though the high rents force many Many property owners potential tenants to turn back. meanwhile prefer to rent to And some of them, like Teresa HOT COMMODITY: The building where Teresa Sarmiento, 68, lives in central Madrid is seen as a hot commodity by tourists, who pay better than Sarmiento, have no plan B. – DPA its new owners, who want to renovate and begin renting out flats at much higher prices. 10 GULF TIMES Wednesday, June 20, 2018 COMMUNITY INFOGRAPHIC Wednesday, June 20, 2018 GULF TIMES 11 LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE COMMUNITY Experiment with your attire, try fusion wear to look diff erent

ith the awareness up a backpack. Finish the look with up with your shoes for more detail. of environmental some chunky metallic bangles. Throw on your white sneakers or a pair hazards and the of silver metallic Kohlapuris. need for sustainable z Some of the popular prints in ecofriendly practices, fusion wear include European botanical z Pairing a designer Gujarati cold Wthe relevance of our age old techniques illustrations, chintz prints, to Indian shouldered crop top with a plain bold of handloom and heritage textiles has geometric ikat or temple border motifs. coloured dhoti looks elegant and never been more pressingly relevant. classy. Carry it with a stylish pair of Mix-n-match your western wear with z A boho maxi dress made in a jhumkas and matte lipstick which will Indian prints like air up an undyed zari booti Chanderi handloom, or a absolutely complete your look. cotton kurta with a flared yellow midi combination of the global ath-leisure skirt, suggest experts. trend with a Bengal handloom taanth z Indian prints and fabric are more Manjula Tiwari, founder of mulmul, or the sophisticated subtle glamorous than they are perceived to be. Ancestry, and Siddhant Gupta, elegance of a cape sleeve trench and An Indian indigo print top paired with founder at Chique have listed few tailored trousers in a gold zari Benarasi white distressed jeans, metallic choker looks: brocade are some of the outfits you and sneakers would be a good example. could try out. z First, know your body type. Any z Instead of shimmery and glitters, selection of clothing and accessories z Muted natural earthy tones and wear muted colour prints either on a must begin with knowing what suits saturated bright hues of red, rani pink, bold colour base or just some added your particular body type. green and indigo would make for a embellishment on the floral. Layered good colour palette. organza tops in print outer layer and z Tradition with a twist: Rev-up sequin under layers is the stress-free your cotton kurtas by giving it a fusion z It’s important to strike the right combination, whether you are wearing twist. Pair up an undyed cotton kurta balance between the East and the a high waist trouser, a full volume skirt with a flared yellow midi skirt, throw West. Try a boho jumpsuit with nicely or a typical lehenga or maybe even a on a pair of sneakers or high-tops, pull co-ordinated ethnic accessories. Play sari.— IANS

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

You should make more of your own decisions, Aries. Don’t let others You are very interested in technological breakthroughs and You’re a reasonable, generous person, Gemini. Your altruism plays have so much control over your life. When in a relationship, for innovation, Taurus, especially if it has some benefit for individuals. a big part in your life. This is why your friends will be amazed to see example, you tend to let your partner dominate. You seem to no Since you also concern yourself with social issues and subjects like you express a lot of personal desires now. When you think about it, longer want to be in charge of any initiatives with regard to your psychology and spiritual therapies, you realise the importance of everything is getting clearer. You might even want to change a lot of joint life. Try to free yourself from this situation and take charge. progress in these areas for the future. You also wonder where you things in your life. And letting your feelings guide you doesn’t have You’ll be a better and more valuable partner. fit in. to mean that you won’t think about your friends. CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22

Today, you’ll need to come up with the answer to an important Your calm will be put to the test today, Leo. Try not to fall into this You tend to think that you’re the only person on this planet born question, Cancer. What do you really want? Events might compel trap. You should try to show people that you’re a thoughtful person under a lucky star, Virgo. Try to trust the ones you love, because they you to choose between your current way of living and a more stable and your past experiences have given you wisdom. You don’t might not appreciate having to deal with your anxiety. Don’t forget life. But you could be worried about the unknown. It’s ironic, but you necessarily have to respond to aggression. However, you shouldn’t that they also know how to fend for themselves. They, too, have had will need to change your habits if you want more stability. Think forget about your own point of view. Try to assert yourself calmly to adapt to this world we live in. They can stand up for themselves. about it. and steadily. LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21

You’re an eccentric person, Libra. Yet you also feel the need to be Your altruism and ability to listen to others will greatly influence the The day belongs to you. The celestial movements encourage you loved and feel the approval of those around you. It isn’t always easy day, Scorpio. Someone close to you is having diff iculties and doesn’t to think about your future. Don’t be afraid. With your usual self- to think diff erently from other people or to feel completely diff erent. know how to explain the problem. This person needs you and knows confidence and dynamism, you’re in the best position to have a head In order to be accepted, you must help them understand you. Try that you’re the only one who can help find a way out. Make time to start. Your Sagittarius nature will be in control of your actions and to express your ideas and opinions in a more realistic way. You can’t listen patiently and you’ll find a solution together. you can rest assured that this period in time will be a favourable one live out of sync all the time. for you. What more could you ask for? CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20

There’s a radical change taking place in the Zodiac, Capricorn. The Aquarius, the atmosphere of the day gives you the impression that You’re the type of person who loves meeting a lot of people, Pisces. changes in the economy and society seem to suggest that now is there could be a lot of changes waiting to unfold in your personal You feel that you must bring your friends together so that they have the time to think about how your actions impact the lives of your life. Most of them will concern your relationships. Today you could a forum in which to express themselves. You’re good at bringing loved ones, community, and society at large. What steps could you feel as if you’ve just changed your star sign. Take the time to open out the best in others and helping them find a solid footing in the take to help make this world a better place? Thinking about these up and listen to what the stars might reveal to you. This will be time present, despite your love of the past. Go with the flow. issues prepares you to shape your future as you want it to be. well spent. 12 GULF TIMES Wednesday, June 20, 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. Wednesday, June 20, 2018 GULF TIMES 13 PUZZLES COMMUNITY

Super Cryptic Clues Colouring

ACROSS DOWN 1. Principal opportunity for 1. Complaint of the old lady’s personal gain? (4,6) about parking (5) 6. Advertising account? (4) 2. Makes it known it is meant to 10. An afternoon performance, be varied (9) although it’s name suggests 3. But does it keep the a morning one (7) extremities warm? (7,7) 11. Rose would never be the 4. Prevented it being turned same again after getting into away (7) hot water (7) 5. Customers’ right in the 12. One volunteering to help courts (7) old Harry accommodate the 7. It would be perfect if I had husband from France (9) each half left (5) 13. Ran back with the first of the 8. Its lack of weight enables earthenware (5) curious thing to be loaded 14. A bit of a bloomer in a into the French ship (9) popular film, a friend held (5) 9. Principal objective of a 15. Figure it’s an elm that’s teaching career? (14) diseased-pull it across (9) 14. Worked on a building site 17. Steam diverted by barrier in when drunk (9) Answers port (9) 16. Equip Kingsley in the race to 20. Call for evening dress (5) become a marital offender Wordsearch Codeword 21. The pamphlet followed, in a (9) manner of speaking (5) 18. A bribe for the Frenchman (7) 23. Sneaky method of bowling 19. The assistant officer is in the (9) charts with ‘Hotheads’ (7) 25. Love-story that shouldn’t be 22. Acknowledge that it is under believed (7) a decimetre (5) 26. Godless type hates it to be 24. A foreign wife (5) different (7) 27. Time to go out with a girlfriend (4) 28. Is he bad-tempered because he has a religious emblem to repair (10)

Yesterday’s Solutions

Across: 1 Champion; 5 Shades; Down: 1 Catchy; 2 Admission; 3 10 Time of departure; 11 Hastily; Probing; 4 Oddly; 6 Hardens; 7 12 Tresses; 13 Singular; 15 Drums; 8 Seedsman; 9 Upstarts; Syria; 18 Lines; 20 Biscuit’s; 23 14 Labrador; 16 Retouched; Gondola; 25 Capsule; 26 The 17 Alighted; 19 Slovene; 21 demon alcohol; 27 Dashed; 28 Unpicks; 22 Sealer; 24 Needs; Crusader. 25 Chair. 14 GULF TIMES Wednesday, June 20, 2018 COMMUNITY BOLLYWOOD eyeing a change in perception about rap music

apper and music composer Badshah, who is excited about his new reality show 2, says that rapping is not taken Rseriously in as an art form. Badshah was interacting with the media at the launch of forthcoming reality show along with singer Sunidhi Chauhan on Monday. Sunidhi and Badshah will be judging the second season of the reality show along with Bollywood singer and composer . The show, which first aired in January 2017, provides a platform for people from all over the world and of varying age groups to showcase their talent in Indian music. Badshah, who has delivered some chart-busting rap songs like Chull, Saturday Saturday and the most recent Tareefan is eager to spread awareness about rap as an art form. Talking about it, he said: “Rapping along with dance and stand-up comedy is not taken seriously as an art form in India and this misconception should change.” “That is one of the main reasons why I have chosen to be a judge on the show. But apart from that, I’m here to have fun as well, and have a better connection with the audience,” he added. The rapper is also gearing up to produce Bollywood and Punjabi movies and also launching a web series soon through his production house. Talking about the future of the digital platform, Badshah said, “I think digital media is the future, so it’s very important for any production house right now to concentrate on digital media.” – IANS ARDENT: Rapper comes out to recast the misconceptions concerning the genre of music.

Panipat shoot to Actress follows valiant the rules of the industry? begin in November approach for television “No, actually not to be very honest... because even then, I did Filmmaker Ashutosh Playing by the rules of the game has things which were non-conforming, I Gowariker will begin not been something Poonam Dhillon think. I did TV at a time when nobody fi lming his next period has done. Not when she was at the dared to do TV and people used to drama Panipat in peak of her career, and not even now. say ‘It’s the end of an actor’s career’. November. The fi lm The veteran actress says she likes to I probably did things diff erently.” features Sanjay Dutt, Kriti work at her own will, as per her own added Poonam “But I don’t think I Sanon and Arjun Kapoor taste and pace. deliberately did things diff erently. I and slated to release on Poonam, 56, is currently seen in did whatever I felt comfortable doing. December 6, 2019. television soap, Dil Hi Toh Hai and now I would do only what my heart and “Prep is on across all shooting for a fi lm with Luv Ranjan. conscience permitted,” fronts. Filming begins While she has been away from Now when her children are gearing in November. Excited,” Bollywood since featuring in Ramaiya up towards foraying into showbiz, Gowariker tweeted. Vastavaiya in 2013, Poonam says she Poonam feels happy that performers Gowariker also cleared did a television show and indulged in today are professional and fully the air on rumours around theatre to keep herself busy. trained, unlike the raw talent she was the movie. “As for Hindi movies is concerned, when she entered the industry. “Kiran Deohans was until I liked this Luv Ranjan fi lm, I “They know their job well. Both my never considered for the wasn’t very keen to do them. I keep kids are kind of ready for fi lms and I BOLD: Poonam Dhillon says she opted cinematography of Panipat doing whatever interests me. Now I know how hard they have worked for for television when it was considered as My director of photography don’t have to conform to any rules of the last three years. I came so raw that an end to an actor’s career. is C.K. Muraleedharan.” the game,” said Poonam I couldn’t stand in front of the camera. Produced by Sunita “I do what is suitable to my time, Today’s kids don’t come like that. obsessive about fi lms, and they have Gowariker and in schedule and day, and my personal That’s why you see how good a lot of new ways of searching on the internet. association with Vision life because the responsibilities are actors are in their fi rst fi lms.” They watch international fi lms on World, Panipat will follow of a diff erent type when you have Is she giving her children any tips? digital platforms, watching the best of the plot of what led to the START: The period drama stars two young growing up kids. So, they “Well, they do listen to me. But I actors and works of directors. So, they third Battle of Panipat – Sanjay Dutt, Kriti Sanon and Arjun become priority.” don’t think I need to give them tips already have so much to learn from.” IANS Kapoor in the lead roles. But has she ever been conforming to because they are so clued in. They are – IANS Wednesday, June 20, 2018 GULF TIMES 15 HOLLYWOOD COMMUNITY

IMPROVEMENT: The series is carving out a new direction, returning to its ancient stomping grounds. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom alludes to original film series

Steven Spielberg’s peerless 1993 to other endangered species? No, The cataclysmic destruction philosophical depth rarely seen in By Justin Chang adaptation of Michael Crichton’s argues chaos theorist Ian Malcolm of Isla Nubar does bring about recent studio movies. bestseller. (franchise mainstay Jeff Goldblum, at least one signifi cant change in I mention Planet of the Apes The task of directing Jurassic back for a quick cameo). direction: After four movies’ worth because its thematic concerns inosaurs: Keep them World: Fallen Kingdom has landed But Claire and Owen launch of lush island backdrops, Jurassic how we treat our fellow species in alive or kill them off ? in the more confi dent hands of J.A. their own daring counter- World: Fallen Kingdom fi nally the wake of global environmental It’s a question that Bayona. Where the writers have argument, returning to Isla Nubar gets the dinosaurs off the coast catastrophe are entirely consistent haunts the human made some welcome adjustments at the request of aging billionaire and onto the mainland, with their with those of the ‘Jurassic’ movies, characters in between right off the bat, former park Benjamin Lockwood (James well-meaning protectors, money- especially the ones advanced in fiD reball-dodging cardio workouts employee Claire Dearing (Bryce Cromwell), a former colleague of grubbing exploiters and wretched this new-and-faintly-improved in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Dallas Howard), previously seen John Hammond (the late Richard victims following suit. iteration. The key diff erence, of the spectacularly unexciting new running in high heels from an Attenborough) and his fellow Halfway through, the movie course, is that ‘Apes’ brilliantly entry in Hollywood’s longest- Indominus Rex, has brought some mastermind behind the original eff ectively turns into ‘Jurassic subverted genre conventions running parable about the fatal much more sensible footwear this Jurassic Park experiment. Their Manor’, and the change of scenery by bringing the viewer into idiocy of messing with Mother time around, and her character mission will be to rescue as is not unwelcome. Certainly deep empathy with its simian Nature. At this point in the game overall has been conceived along many of the surviving dinosaurs there’s no shortage of action- population, eff ectively redefi ning fi ve fi lms deep in a franchise that less insultingly vapid lines. as possible including Blue, the staging areas and hiding places on humanity for a post-apocalyptic has grossed more than $2 billion (Action-wise, she still takes a extraordinarily intelligent and the sprawling Lockwood estate, world. worldwide over a quarter-century back seat to her sparring partner, empathetic velociraptor whom including a high-ceilinged gallery Cataclysmic though the that question might seem less Owen Grady, played again by Chris Owen trained as a hatchling and of dinosaur fossils that harks back circumstances may be in the applicable to the dinosaurs than to Pratt.) relocate them to another island to the chase-thriller pleasures of Jurassic Cinematic Universe, it the movies themselves. The abandoned park itself sanctuary. the original Jurassic Park. would be hard to imagine this One of the minor pleasures of remains a vast, crumbling ruin, Nothing goes according to plan, It’s possible to watch this Spielberg-produced franchise this series is that it has begun to albeit a more visually stunning which may lead you to wonder why movie, in other words, and feel pulling off an equivalent shift in provide a running commentary one than ever. That’s because it all doesn’t feel more surprising. that the series is carving out a new perspective. Those scaly green on its own existence. Jurassic the whole joint is about to be Naturally, Claire and Owen enter direction, returning to its ancient dinosaurs, while hardly devoid World (2015), named for a doomed swallowed up by Isla Nublar’s the fi eld with some wisecracking stomping grounds and sticking to a of brains or emotions, elicit dinosaur theme park on the remote conveniently reactivated volcano, backup from a gutsy paleo- familiar holding pattern, all at the little more than shrieks and Isla Nublar, tried to enliven its and Universal Pictures appears veterinarian (Daniella Pineda) and same time. Such is the repetitive, the occasional aww; no matter jaw-snapping, earth-trampling to have been especially magma- a scaredy-cat tech whiz (Justice rudderless nature of so much big- how many genetic upgrades proceedings with a strain of self- nimous with regard to the CGI lava Smith), the latter suffi ciently budget franchise fi lmmaking, even are administered, they exist refl exive humour. The movie, budget. annoying to make you actively root with a proven talent like Bayona to stomp, rage, bite, claw and directed and co-written by Colin All that fi re-belching mayhem for his demise. And it wouldn’t be behind the camera. There are terrorize. The metaphor is so Trevorrow, poked cynical fun is accompanied by some similarly a proper ‘Jurassic’ movie without exceptions to the rule, of course, obvious it practically ceases to be at the mercenary nature of the explosive moral hand-wringing. at least one endangered moppet notably the recently reprised a metaphor: These movies will go Hollywood assembly line, basically Are these genetically engineered in the mix, this one a clever, Planet of the Apes cycle, which on and on, but some of us are still off ering a pre-emptive apology for dinosaurs entitled to the same U.S. mischievous 10-year-old named invested a moribund intellectual waiting for them to evolve. – Los falling so far short of Jurassic Park, government protections extended Maisie (Isabella Sermon). property with an emotional and Angeles Times/TNS 16 GULF TIMES Wednesday, June 20, 2018 COMMUNITY

ARTISAN: Artisan bread pictured in a London bakery. All manner of eclectic bakeries have sprung up in London in recent years. Britain’s growing love aff air with bread

Marc Deuring joined the crowd experience. “Since the Brexit By Sabine Schereck with his Baekehaus, which makes [vote] it’s been going better German bread, rolls and cakes. for us.” That might be because And these are just a handful of more tourists are coming to take rightly coloured cakes the many bakeries that have opened advantage of the weak pound. line the window of Ole in London in recent years. He’s just signed a new rental & Steen, and the shelves In order to make their bread they agreement for his business. are stacked with crusty import a lot of ingredients, most And it’s not just in London that wholegrain bread. importantly fl our. “English fl our is Brits are developing a taste for good BA few doors down, exquisite quite diff erent from German,” says quality bread. cupcakes glitter in the window of Hesse. “You can’t make German Aidan Monks, who runs Lovingly the Hummingbird Bakery and the bread with English fl our. It’s got Artisan in the north-western town smell of fresh bread wafts from the enzymes in it.” of Kendal, says he now bakes 4,000 door of the Bread Shop. Ole & Steen, meanwhile, works sourdough loaves a week, up from Richmond high street in south- only with Danish fl our - and Danish 200 just six years ago. west London is littered with artisan bakers who stay true to original The number of bakeries has bakeries. It’s easy to forget that, recipes. increased in Britain from 2,060 in until a couple of decades ago, such Bear has even imported his 2012 to 2,305 in 2016, according to establishments were a rarity in bakers from other countries: the the government’s Food Statistics Britain. Czech Republic, France, Poland, Pocketbook. One of the fi rst people to open Italy and Germany. Deniz Gul from the Bread Shop such a bakery was German-raised The Bread Shop and Baekehaus says the growing demand for rye, Jonathan Cohen, who, after moving import their products from wholemeal and spelt breads could to Britain to study, missed German Germany. Rye and wholemeal bread be linked to people’s increasing bread so much that he opened the are among their top sellers. health consciousness. Bread Shop in 1999. So will Brexit have an impact on Baking at home is also becoming At around the same time, these bakeries? “Brexit is causing increasingly popular in Britain Englishman Daniel Bear returned problems for us,” complains Hesse. - partly thanks to the runaway from a trip to France so enthused “First of all, the terrible pound. success of the TV show The Great BAKER: German baker Carola Hesse runs a bakery in the Richmond area of by its baked goods that he gave up And German customers are moving British Bake Off . Bakery schools London. his job as a lawyer and opened the away because of Brexit - and lots of have also opened across the Euphorium Bakery. Poles.” country. how to make bread at half and full- of the most beautiful bakeries in Not far away from Richmond After 20 years in London, Bread Ahead, for example, is day workshops. the world, along with venerable high street, there’s another German Hesse is also planning to return to a London-based baking school In mid-2018, one London establishments in Paris, Melbourne bakery run by Gerd Kusche and Germany this year. founded by Brit Matt Jones in 2014 bakery, Benk + Bo, even made it and New York, among others. Carola Hesse, and in 2011, German Deuring has had a different where those interested can learn onto Wallpaper magazine’s list – DPA