Qatari Artists Portray Tradition with a Brush of Creativity in a Unique Project to Celebrate the Country’S Rich Culture
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Community Community Pearl School Leslie Ann organises which looks P6Fifth Annual P16 as exquisite Day of Senior Section as rare porcelain featuring various china has garnered performances by various prestigious the students. awards. Monday, December 17, 2018 Rabia II 10, 1440 AH Doha today: 190 - 250 JOURNEY ON A DHOW: Mubarak al-Malik’s work depicting the story of a sailor saying goodbye to his family before setting off on his voyage on display. COVER Dhow capers STORY Qatari artists portray tradition with a brush of creativity in a unique project to celebrate the country’s rich culture. P4-5 BOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD Formal education not a norm Making sense of West, that gets you success: Emraan. Drake’s wild dispute. Page 14 Page 15 2 GULF TIMES Monday, December 17, 2018 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT PRAYER TIME Fajr 4.51am Shorooq (sunrise) 6.13am Zuhr (noon) 11.30am Asr (afternoon) 2.27pm Maghreb (sunset) 4.49pm Isha (night) 6.19pm USEFUL NUMBERS Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse that there are many others who share his special, high-fl ying DIRECTION: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey talents. Miles must now use his newfound skills to battle the CAST: Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld evil Kingpin, a hulking madman who can open portals to other SYNOPSIS: Bitten by a radioactive spider in the subway, universes and pull diff erent versions of Spider-Man into our Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales suddenly develops world. mysterious powers that transform him into the one and only Emergency 999 Spider-Man. When he meets Peter Parker, he soon realises THEATRES: The Mall, Landmark, Royal Plaza Worldwide Emergency Number 112 Kahramaa – Electricity and Water 991 Local Directory 180 International Calls Enquires 150 Hamad International Airport 40106666 Labor Department 44508111, 44406537 Mowasalat Taxi 44588888 Qatar Airways 44496000 Hamad Medical Corporation 44392222, 44393333 Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation 44845555, 44845464 Primary Health Care Corporation 44593333 44593363 Qatar Assistive Technology Centre 44594050 Qatar News Agency 44450205 44450333 Q-Post – General Postal Corporation 44464444 Humanitarian Services Offi ce (Single window facility for the repatriation of bodies) Ministry of Interior 40253371, 40253372, 40253369 Ministry of Health 40253370, 40253364 Hamad Medical Corporation 40253368, 40253365 Qatar Airways 40253374 Christmas Break-In SYNOPSIS: Izzy is left alone at seemingly empty school and taken the DIRECTION: Michael Kampa school when a blizzard hits her town. school custodian hostage, she decides CAST: Denise Richards, Danny When she discovers three bumbling it’s up to her to save the day. Glover, Cameron Seely crooks have taken shelter in the THEATRE: Royal Plaza ote Unquo u te Q “A hero is The Mall Cinema (1): Landmark Cinema (3): someone who has given Aquaman (2D) 2:15pm; Spider- Johnny (Tamil) 3pm; Aquaman Man: Into The Spider-Verse (2D) 6:15pm; Johnny (Tamil) his or her life to something (2D) 4:45pm; Spider-Man: Into 8:45pm; Johnny (Tamil) 11pm. bigger than oneself.” The Spider-Verse (2D) 7pm; Landmark Cinema (1): Royal Plaza Cinema The Bombing (2D) 9:15pm; Spider-Man: Into The Spider- Palace (1): Spider-Man: Into Oru Kupra Sidha Payyan Verse (2D) 2:30pm; Spider- The Spider-Verse (Arabic) — Joseph Campbell (Malayalam) 11pm. Man: Into The Spider-Verse 3pm; Aquaman (3D) 5:15pm; The Mall Cinema (2): (Arabic) 4:45pm; Spider-Man: Aquaman (3D) 8:15pm; Spider-Man: Into The Spider- Into The Spider-Verse (2D) Aquaman (2D) 11pm. Verse (2D) 3pm; Aquaman 6:15pm; Joseph (Malayalam) Royal Plaza Cinema (2D) 5:30pm; Aquaman (2D) 8:30pm; Joseph (Malayalam) Palace (2): Elliot The Littlest Community Editor 8:15pm; Aquaman (2D) 11pm. 11pm. Reindeer (2D) 2:30pm; The Mall Cinema (3):Joseph Landmark Cinema (2): Aquaman (2D) 4:15pm; Spider- Kamran Rehmat (Malayalam) 2:30pm; Cats (2D) Aquaman (2D) 2:30pm; Man: Into The Spider-Verse e-mail: [email protected] 5pm; Aquaman (2D) 6:45pm; Aquaman (2D) 5:15pm; (2D) 6:45pm; Fahrenheit 11/9 Telephone: 44466405 Second Act (2D) 9:15pm; Aquaman (2D) 8pm; Aquaman (2D) 9pm; Joseph (Malayalam) Fax: 44350474 Kedarnath (Hindi) 11:15pm. (2D) 10:45pm. 11:15pm. Monday, December 17, 2018 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY Cycling: Losail Circuit Sports Club unstoppable. Soar to new heights in the all- WHERE: Losail Circuit new Super Zone and suit up in gear fit for WHEN: Ongoing only the most super of heroes as you collect TIME: 5pm your medal at the Finish Line! 2019 will Losail Circuit Sports Club, in association also include the Foam Zone. Gates will open with Qatar Sports For All Federation, at 7am on January 26, with our first Color invites all cyclists, runners and walkers Runners setting off at 8.30am. to train under the floodlights of Losail International Circuit every Wednesdays. Arabic Calligraphy Workshop WHEN: Saturday – Wednesday TIME: 6pm Arabic Calligraphy workshop is back. Come and learn the artistic practice of Arabic handwriting and calligraphy at Music and Arts Atelier. The lessons will take place every Saturday, Monday and Wednesday at 6pm. For more information, contact [email protected] EVENTS entertaining and socialising class for kids and adults. Both programmes are Qatar National Day Celebrations specifically designed to fit different WHERE: Mall Of Qatar ages with the main purpose to develop WHEN: Ongoing till tomorrow the participant’s self-esteem, especially Heritage Library’s Permanent Mall of Qatar has prepared dazzling and when in front of audiences. Kids course Exhibition captivating family entertainment until fee is QR600 and adult course fee is WHERE: Qatar National Library After School Activities Qatar National Day. The festive programme QR800. For further details, e-mail at WHEN: Ongoing till December 31 WHERE: Atelier includes daily ardha shows at the Ooredoo [email protected] TIME: 9am – 8pm WHEN: Ongoing stage, a henna booth at West Gate 2 and a The exhibition displays around 400 items Music and arts Activities for students traditional kids area for families to enjoy an Katara Beach - School Students from the QNL Heritage Library collection taking place after they finish their day in array of activities at East Gate 1. WHERE: Katara that illustrate the spread and evolution school includes Group Music lessons, Hip- WHEN: Ongoing of ideas throughout the Arab and Islamic hop, Ballet, Drawing and Painting, Drama Qatar National Day 2018 airshow TIME: 9am – 12pm world, as well as document interactions Theatre & Taekwondo. Ages between 5 and WHERE: Katara By participating in the programme of between Arabs and the West over the past 10 years old after school hours. WHEN: Ongoing till December 19 ‘Our culture is a school’, Katara Beach several centuries. The exhibition features TIME: Evening emphasises the Qatari marine tradition books, manuscripts, historical photographs Hobby Classes As part of Qatar National Day and introduces to students the meaning of maps, globes and travellers’ instruments WHERE: Mystic Arts Centre behind Al celebrations and 500 drones will take to Dasha, Al Qafal and various type of pearls. that tell the story of Qatar, along with the Hilal Focus Medical Centre the sky to put up a unique air show on The students will discover all details of the history of science, literature, writing, travel WHEN:Wednesday – Monday December 17 and 19. The airshow will be Fath Al-Khair journey. in the region, and much more. Mystic Art Centre, is a holistic held at the waterfront of Katara. performing artsinstitution and a one stop solution for adults as well as children Darb Al Saai looking to explore their talents in various WHERE: Darb Al Saai art forms. We offer classes in Carnatic WHEN: Ongoing till December 20 Music, Hindustani Music, Karate, Yoga, TIME: 9am – 11pm Zumba, Classical Dance, Salsa, Hip Hop, Qatar Foundation have a tent set up with contemporary and Bollywood dance forms. many activities for the kids and adults. Al For details, call 33897609. Shaqab offers a horse-riding simulator, Qatar Biobank provides free health checks to visitors and Qatar Career Development Centre is hosting games to help children learn about different careers. The event is open to public. Ballet Lessons Acting Classes WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier WHERE: Retaj Al Rayyan, West Bay WHEN: Ongoing WHEN: Ongoing till December 19 TIME: 4pm – 8pm TIME: 3pm – 7:30pm For more info e-mail at registration@ The Talent Factory is having an acting atelierqatar.com or call on 33003839. monthly course for kids and adults. Gentë Retkoceri Rrahmani, Teaching artist and The Colour Run actor, will take care to create an amazingly WHERE: QNCC WHEN: January 26 TIME: 8:30am Celebrate the hero in you in a realm where nothing is impossible and you are Dance and Instrument Classes WHERE: TCA Campus, Behind Gulf Times Building WHEN: Wednesday – Monday Learn the movements of dance styles in Bollywood, Hip Hop and also the musical instruments such as Piano, Guitar, Keyboard for adults as well kids and move in the world of music. For details, contact 66523871/ 31326749. Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Monday, December 17, 2018 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Challenging sail lures artists to the fore The organisers presented an unconventional canvas to local artists, who are usually used to flat surfaces, to express their talent. In Qatar, the dhow was chosen as a canvas We are very excited about such an initiative that falls in line with the museum’s vision of creating a community for artists ‘ — Sheikha Alanood bint Faisal bin Qassim al-Thani process, showing their artistic By Mudassir Raja dexterity on the dhows. Red Bull Qatar had collaborated with Vodafone Qatar, Sheikh Faisal fun-fi lled but Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum and challenging artwork Doha Fire Station for the project project recently that focused on the expression of concluded at Sheikh artistic talent on an unconventional Faisal Bin Qassim Al canvas.