Community Community The Radisson Beauty and the Blu Hotel, Doha Beast by ISL- sponsors the Qatar cements P6‘Ladies Scramble’ at the P16 the school’s performance Doha Golf Club, attended reputation as “the Doha by 20 of Doha Golf Club’s musical production not female members. to be missed.”
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A HIT: Koryo Burger enjoys a ‘cult status’ among passengers aboard Air Koryo. Food for thought COVER STORY The tale of a mystery burger — sole menu item on North Korean airline — and the legend it has spawned. P4-5 2 GULF TIMES Tuesday, April 25, 2017 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT
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1971: Beyond Borders reprising his role as Colonel Mahadevan and an additional DIRECTION: Major Ravi character of Major Sahadevan. It also features Arunoday Singh WRITTEN BY:Major Ravi and Allu Sirish. The fi lm, set in two time periods is based on CAST: Mohanlal, Asha Sarath, Allu Sirish, Arunoday the war of 1971 and acts as a prequel as well as a follow-up to Singh, Renji Panicker the series. The fi lm will also have dubbed versions in Telugu Emergency 999 SYNOPSIS: 1971: Beyond Borders is an Indian war drama and Tamil. Worldwide Emergency Number 112 fi lm written and directed by Major Ravi. It is the fourth Kahramaa – Electricity and Water 991 instalment in the Major Mahadevan fi lm series, with Mohanlal THEATRES: The Mall, Royal Plaza 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 Oru Mexican Aparatha party in the college before. The campus story doesn’t deal Hamad Medical Corporation 40253368, 40253365 DIRECTION: Tom Emmatty with politic in a serious way and is enriched with fun elements Qatar Airways 40253374 WRITTEN BY: Tom Emmatty and will bring nostalgia to the audience from their campus CAST: Tovino Thomas, Roopesh Peethambaran lives. The movie is set in a college campus and narrates about Neeraj Madhav, Gayathri Suresh how the students established the political party Students SYNOPSIS: Oru Mexican Aparatha is a movie set in Federation of India (SFI) in Maharajas College as KSU was the a college campus and narrates about how the students only political party in the college before. established a rival political party against an only political THEATRES: The Mall, Royal Plaza ote Unquo Qu te Mall Cinema (1): 1971:Beyond The Fate Of The Furious (2D) 9pm; Imagination is Borders (Malayalam) 2:30pm; The Unforgettable (2D) 11:30pm. Fate Of The Furious (2D) 5pm; The Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (2): more important than Fate Of The Furious (2D) 7:15pm; The (2D) 8:30pm; The Great Father Smurfs: The Lost Village (2D) 3pm; knowledge. Fate Of The Furious (2D) 9:30pm; (Malayalam) 10:30pm. Noor (Hindi) 4:45pm; Can’t Help Unforgettable (2D) 11:45pm. Landmark Cinema (2): Smurfs: The Falling In Love (Tagalog) 7pm; Noor Mall Cinema (2): The Boss Baby Lost Village (2D) 2:30pm; The Fate Of (Hindi) 9:15pm; Ghost In The Shell – Albert Einstien (2D) 2pm; The Boss Baby (2D) The Furious (2D) 4:30pm; Can’t Help (2D) 11:30pm. 3:45pm; The Boss Baby (2D) 5:30pm; Falling In Love (Tagalog) 7pm; The Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (3): The Boss Baby (2D) 7:30pm; Ghost In Void (2D) 9:15pm; The Fate Of The Mine (2D) 2:30pm; The Boss Baby The Shell (2D) 9:30pm; The Void (2D) Furious (2D) 11:15pm. (2D) 4:30pm; 1971:Beyond Borders 11:30pm. Landmark Cinema (3): Mine (2D) (Malayalam) 6:30pm; The Void (2D) Mall Cinema (3): Ghost In The 2:15pm; Oru Mexican Aparatha 9pm; The Fate Of The Furious (2D) Shell (2D) 3pm; Noor (Hindi) 5pm; (Malayalam) 4:30pm; Yejaalo Amer 11pm. Community Editor Can’t Help Falling In Love (Tagalog) (Arabic) 7pm; The Fate Of The Asian Town Cinema: The Great 7:15pm; Yejaalo Amer (Arabic) Furious (2D) 9pm; Unforgettable (2D) Father (Malayalam) 4:30 & 7:30; Kamran Rehmat 9:30pm; Noor (Hindi) 11:15pm. 11:30pm. 1971-Beyond Borders (Malayalam) e-mail: [email protected] Landmark Cinema (1): The Boss Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (1): 7 & 10pm; Oru Mexican Aparatha Telephone: 44466405 Baby (2D) 2:30pm; The Boss Baby The Boss Baby (2D) 2:15pm; Oru (Malayalam) 7:30, 9:30 & 10:30pm; Fax: 44350474 (2D) 4:30pm; Ghost In The Shell Mexican Aparatha (Malayalam) Baahubali: The Beginning (2D) 6:30pm; Ghost In The Shell 4:30pm; Yejaalo Amer (Arabic) 7pm; (Malayalam) 10:30pm. Tuesday, April 25, 2017 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY
Art 29 Emergeast’s ‘Currents’ Exhibition Community Education Programme excited to welcome fi rst visitors in April and to WHEN: Until May 20 WHEN: Until May 25 celebrate the best leisure facilities, retail mix WHERE: W Doha Hotel & Residences, Qatar WHERE: VCUQatar and dining options, all with exceptional service. TIME: 9am – 7pm TIME: 8am-5pm Who run the world? Girls! Check out the Learn new skills and deepen your Aqua Park 2017 season all-female artist exhibition, ‘Currents’ by understanding of arts and culture at VCUQatar. WHEN: Until August Emergeast, which makes its debut in Doha for Choose from a wide selection of art, design WHERE: Aqua Park the very fi rst time. The collection will highlight and craft courses you can take from VCUQatar The Aqua Park 2017 season is fi nally here and the fl ow of a cross-cultural dialogue with in Education City or from IAID (Academy for is happening with a big bang and splash. concrete parallels. Dance, Music & Arts). Visit VCUQatar for registration, Sunday to Thursday, 9am – 12pm Imperial Threads: Motifs and Artisans and 1pm to 3.45pm. You may also register WHERE: Museum of Islamic Art online. Seats can only be reserved with full WHEN: Until November 4 payment. Community classes are also off ered at This exhibition focuses on the exchange from Georgetown University, Education City. of artistic and material cultures between the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires. Qatar Running Series Highlighting MIA’s masterpiece carpets, among WHEN: May 12 other artworks, from Turkey, Iran and India, WHERE: Oxygen Park these objects will be contextualised within the TIME: 7am historical circumstances of politics and artistic The events will take place in Oxygen Park, production of their time, primarily from the EVENTS Education City and comprises distances 16th to the 18th centuries. ranging from 3K to Full Marathon. All events Fly with the wind this April will be run on accurately measured short Picasso-Giacometti QNHG Talk WHEN: Until April 29 courses with multiple laps and will be restricted WHEN: Until May 21 Weather and Climate of Qatar WHERE: Aspire Park to a maximum of 120 participants. WHERE: Fire Station Artist In Residence Speaker : Richard Angwin TIME: 12 to 7pm This exhibition brings together more than Broadcast meteorologist with Al Jazeera Over 50 kite fl yers from 13 countries will 120 works by Picasso and Giacometti, drawn English TV gather in Aspire Park to compete in Aspire’s from the collections of the Musée national Date: Wednesday, May 3rd fi rst International Kite Festival, organised by Picasso-Paris and the Fondation Giacometti in Time: 7pm Aspire Zone Foundation. Teams from Australia, Paris, as well as exceptional loans from French Refreshments from 6.30pm. Q and A Canada, Colombia, France, Indonesia, Italy, and other international collections, covering afterwards Kuwait, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, paintings, sculptures, sketches, photographs Where : Doha English Speaking School, UK, US and Vietnam will travel to Qatar for and interviews with the artists. The exhibition Madinat Khalifa South, this momentous occasion. The event is free refl ects two years of research undertaken by Synopsis: As this last winter has shown, to attend and all are welcome to watch the the Fondation Giacometti and the Musée there is a surprising variety of weather competitions and take part in unique family national Picasso-Paris, which reveals for the in Qatar. This talk will explain why our activities and workshops. Short Documentary Lab fi rst time the previously unknown relationship weather is usually hot and sunny, and why, WHEN: Until May 24 between these two artists, who, despite an sometimes, it is not! Childhood Cultural Center TIME: 2–7pm age gap of 20 years, shared many moments, Short biography of the speaker WHEN: May 31 Making a documentary is much more than both personal and professional. It has been Richard began his career with the UK WHERE: Childhood Cultural Center simply fi lming what surrounds us. It can be a organised in six sections, evoking diff erent Met Offi ce in 1979. He became a weather TIME: 9am–11am way of understanding the world, a tool to make aspects of each artist’s production, including forecaster in 1990 and Childhood Cultural Center participation it a better place, an art form where you can fi nd the development of their work as young artists spent almost a decade in ‘Schools enrich our Culture’ programme your own voice. This intensive lab is designed through to their modernist creations, showing providing weather services includes a variety of educational and to introduce young people to the world of the correspondences between their works, for a range of clients before artistic workshops. In addition to personal documentary fi lmmaking. Through watching the infl uence of the surrealist movement, working with the BBC development skills with a focus on “problem and discussing, they discover the possibilities and the return to realism during the post-war as a weather presenter solving skills”, “rectifying inappropriate of the genre. period. The exhibition will be accompanied by in Bristol. He joined discipline”, “planning principles” and a series of lectures and an extensive education Al Jazeera in 2011 and “voluntary work”, it targets all school academic Leadership Table conference programme, as well as a self-guided handbook provides weather forecasts levels within an interactive entertaining WHEN: April 28-29 for the visitors. for a global TV audience. framework. WHERE: International School of London The International School of London, Qatar Reggae Beachfest Doha QPW SuperSlam Wrestling Whose Line is it Anyway? Live in Qatar will host the fi rst-ever Open Apply Admissions WHEN: Thursdays and Fridays WHEN: April 28 WHEN: May 13 Conference in the Middle East. Managing WHERE: Oyster Beach Bar at St Regis Hotel WHERE: Ali bin Hamad Al-Attiyah Arena WHERE: Grand Hyatt Doha admissions, enrolment becomes more vital TIME: 8pm onwards TIME: 6pm Popular improve comedy show Whose Line each year for school administrators as the need In collaboration with Reggae Beachfest It’s time to watch some crazy stunts and is it Anyway? hits the live stage in Qatar. Andy for schools worldwide continues to grow and in Dubai, Qatar will witness the best nights slams at the Qatar Pro Wrestling SuperSlam Smart, Ian Coppinger, Stephen Frost and Steve competition increases. The two-day conference around. The organisers say, “We’ve got the event this weekend. QPW is back to host yet Steen are set to crack open a can of laughter is open to all professionals aligned to the setup sorted to get you feeling the Caribbean another exciting and larger-than-ever scale of as they interact with the crowd and improvise admissions and leadership of international vibe. Along with our resident band Earthkry wrestling event – the SuperSlam. The current their way through the night. The show garnered schools. The experienced speakers will add a all the way from Jamaica, we have so many big event will feature 25 international Superstar popularity worldwide and had a largely wealth of knowledge to aspects of the theme names in the Reggae scene lined up at this huge wrestlers, also featuring, for the fi rst time, the successful version of the show in the United “Admissions at the Leadership Table” and beachfest!” Entrance fee is QR50 at the door. Qatari Superstar “Ali al-Naimi”! States. Tickets for the show are priced at just address key questions such as ‘How can For more information, please call 44460105. QR150 and are available for purchase online. admissions help steer the direction of the Karting at Losail Circuit Sports Club school?’ Senorita-Ladies Night WHEN: April 27-June 16 WHERE: The Club at St Regis WHERE: Losail International Circuit, Doha Salsa Beginners Dance Class WHEN: Tuesdays TIME: 5pm onwards WHEN: Every Friday TIME: 7pm The Karting track at Losail International WHERE: B Attitude Spa, West Bay The Club at St Regis promises the ‘fi nest Circuit is open for public. Also it can be opened TIME: 8pm-9pm week-night in town with Cuban and Latin for private companies (upon request and Salsa n Candela off ers variety of dance rhythms’. The event starts at 7pm. The dress availability). The registrations will be done classes for adults at Beverly Hills Tower such as code is “strictly fabulous-Latin vibe” and there directly at the venue, at the VIP Car Park of Salsa every Friday and other Latin dance during are no entrance fees. For more information, the Losail International Circuit. The minimum other days of the week. please call 4446-0105. age is 15 years old and any participant under the age of 18 needs permission signed by a legal Festive time guardian for the karting activity. Hamad Aquatic WHEN: Ongoing FOODIE CHOICE WHEN: Until April 30 WHERE: Doha Festival City WHERE: Aspire Zone Sports City The entertainment off ering has been RESTAURANT: A’la Turkish Cuisine Free swimming membership for your kid designed to ensure there are numerous LOCATION: The Pearl-Qatar when you join Hamad Aquatic Center today! opportunities for physical activities, from the While A’la restaurant stakes its name on its Call on 44138484 or e-mail: hacreception@ running track which features exercise stations, Turkish cuisine, its menu also draws culinary mtmqatar.com Location: Aspire Zone Sports the bike trail, through to our ‘fi rst-of-its-kind’ infl uence from the Balkans, Caucasus, and the City. in Qatar, Snow Dunes theme park. DFC is Arabian Peninsula.
Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Tuesday, April 25, 2017 COMMUNITY COVER STORY The only, lonely dish Koryo Burger has ‘gained cult status among passengers,’ the British tabloid Daily Mail reported in 2015. But what if the West’s fascination with the burger says less about the burger than it does about the West, asks Jonathan Kaiman
LEGENDARY: The Koryo Burger.
n Air Koryo, North The “Koryo Burger” is featured of public fascination, said Simon “But what else would they serve? man who picked up the phone at Korea’s state airline, in countless Instagram feeds and Cockerell, General Manager of You can’t give everyone a bibimbap Air Koryo’s Beijing offi ce confi rmed fl ight attendants are online reviews, not many of them the Beijing-based travel company (a Korean mixed rice dish), and that the airline “normally” serves known to serve one complimentary. It has “gained Koryo Tours. “It’s something that serving kimchi on a plane would be burgers. He could not confi rm the thing, and one thing cult status among passengers,” the people are absolutely blown away horrifying. type of meat. only:O a burger as mysterious as the British tabloid Daily Mail reported by. And it’s a piece of meat between “I think it’s just that North From 1994 to 1998, North Korea secretive country itself. in 2015. Many wonder: Why a two buns.” (Koryo refers to an old Korea, to tourists, is so inherently was ravaged by famine. Hundreds The burger is always served cold, burger? What’s with the doily? Korean dynasty; the two companies sinister and funny at the same of thousands of people starved to and always on a paper doily. Inside What exactly is that meat? are unrelated.) time,” Cockerell said. “That ‘oh, death, according to best estimates. the bun is a piece of unidentifi ed But what if the West’s fascination “I think it’s just the incongruity my God, it’s a burger!’ — that’d be People ate bark and leaves to meat, a slice of processed cheese, with the Koryo Burger says less of having a burger on a quote- an absurd reaction on any other survive. a dash of shredded cabbage or a about the Koryo Burger than it does unquote ‘Communist’ plane,” said airline. But on Air Koryo, it’s a Although malnutrition remains lonely lettuce leaf, and a dollop of about the West? Cockerell, who has visited North normal thing to do.” common in North Korea, starvation sweet, brown sauce. The burger is “huge” in terms Korea 161 times in the last 15 years. The meat is chicken, he said. A is now rare. Since the Communist Tuesday, April 25, 2017 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY
FASCINATING: International sanctions have forced North Korea’s Air Koryo airlines to make do with rare airplanes dating back to the Cold War. For years, hard-core aviation enthusiasts have travelled to Pyongyang looking for the thrill of flying the Russian aircraft. country’s public food distribution eating a burger because it’s this system collapsed in the mid-1990s, archetypal Western dish,” he said. its citizens — with the state’s “But one, (the Koryo Burger) is an tacit approval — have turned insult to Western food, and two, to the gray market to survive. putting meat inside bread is hardly Supermarkets have proliferated, as exclusive to the West.” have restaurants. Some sell Western Air Koryo is known for its ageing meals. Russian-made planes, its drab “If you have a growing capitalist interiors, and its propensity for economy, somebody is buying jets blaring militaristic propaganda and diamonds, and somebody is during fl ights. eating a nice protein-rich meal But like North Korea itself, its every day,” said Andrei Lankov, a culinary off erings have changed North Korea expert at Kookmin over time. For years, the airline University in Seoul. “Of course served the burgers only on they are not buying diamonds outbound fl ights from Pyongyang, constantly, and a protein-rich meal Cockerell said. On inbound fl ights, is still beyond the means of most it off ered full meals, including curry people — even if the diet of the rice and side dishes. masses is improving fast.” “Then, for some reason, Zhao Bin, a businessman from presumably budget, they switched the northeastern Chinese city of to burger in both directions,” he Shenyang, said that on his fi rst said. At one time, Air Koryo also visit to Pyongyang, in 2003, the served “a sort of sandwich wrapped electricity cut out every night. “The in a Danish pastry.” That lasted a second time I went was almost 12 few months; then it was back to the years later, and I think North Korea burger. has developed a lot, and people’s The burger has improved in lives have improved dramatically.” recent years, he said. Air Koryo also Pyongyang’s restaurant off erings off ers a vegetarian option — the now include fried chicken, pizza, same burger, but with a tomato sushi — and – burgers. A burger, slice instead of meat. “The only he said, costs about $1.50, and vegetarian option used to be to not a 9-inch pizza costs less than eat it, or to take the meat substance $15. “My impression of having out,” he said. foreign food is that the service is “People think it’s incongruous for the North Koreans to And recently, when Koryo exceptional, and the ingredients are be eating a burger because it’s this archetypal Western Tours brought several tourists to all very fresh — unlike China, where Pyongyang for its annual marathon, there’s so much low-quality meat dish,” Simon Cockerell, General Manager of the their fl ight from Shanghai served and vegetables.” a full meal, including chicken with He gave the Koryo Burger high Beijing-based travel company Koryo Tours says. “But white sauce, canned fruit, fried fi sh marks. “I think the meat they use with bread crumbs and a small cake. is thicker and better than the stuff one, (the Koryo Burger) is an insult to Western food, Many of the tour participants you get at KFC or McDonald’s,” he and two, putting meat inside bread is hardly exclusive joked they were disappointed not to said. receive a Koryo Burger on the fl ight, North Korea’s secrecy is no to the West” said Rich Beal, the company’s tour secret. News reporting trips are manager. But they had no reason tightly controlled, and defectors’ rapidly they spread. that North Korea was forcing the Koryo Burger, Cockerell said, to worry. On their return fl ight two accounts often are impossible In 2012, international media Pyongyang’s men to adopt leader springs from that same sense of days later, the burgers were back. to verify. In the absence of solid reported that North Korea claimed Kim Jong-un’s distinctive hairstyle. intrigue. (Gaochao Zhang in the Times’ information, rumours proliferate. to have discovered the existence of Both stories were false. “People think it’s incongruous Beijing bureau contributed to this The wackier they are, the more unicorns. In 2014, they reported The West’s fascination with for the North Koreans to be report.) —Los Angeles Times/TNS 6 GULF TIMES Tuesday, April 25, 2017 COMMUNITY
Radisson Blu Hotel, Doha hosts Ladies Scramble
The Radisson Blu Hotel, Doha sponsored the ‘Ladies Scramble’ at the Doha Golf Club. The event representatives with the winners. was attended by 20 of Doha Golf Club’s female members. Ian Lille, Director of Sales and Shifani The winners were: 1st Place: Rosaleen Garvey with 34 points countback; 2nd Place: Julia Deeley Fonseka, PR & Marketing Executive, both of the Radisson Blu Hotel, Doha, attended the lunch, with 34; 3rd Place: Janis Rimkus with 32 points countback which followed the tournament to present the prizes. Seen in the picture are the Radisson Blu Special Prizes: Longest Drive on hole 9 – Tasneem Kazi; Nearest to the Pin on hole 17 – Reb Sotelo.
Pak Shamaa students visit Katara
The students of grade 7 and 8 from Pak Shamaa School, accompanied by teacher Noureen Javed, exhibition that reflect the origin of Latin America and the Caribbean countries through photographs head of Qatar History Department, were sent to Katara Cultural Heritage and Arts. The festival showed and paintings exhibits from Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Panama and Uruguay. They also visited Qatar the Latin American and Caribbean cultures through a series of exhibitions. Students got a view of Gallery Museum. The purpose of visit was to enhance their knowledge about Qatar History. Tuesday, April 25, 2017 GULF TIMES 7 COMMUNITY
MAPS Qatar in World Art Dubai
Middle East Art and Silk Painters (MAPS Qatar) Workshops, Art Talks, Exhibition Islam, and Live Gallery participated in the 3rd Edition of World Painting etc. Art Dubai, WAD-2017, held last week in Dubai MAPS Qatar is a community of fine silk artists, World Trade Centre with its renowned artists painters, practitioners and educators in Qatar. namely Abdulrahman Aldorani-Qatar, Rashmi It is a chapter for Silk Painters International Agarwal-Indian, Fouad al-Emadi-Kuwaiti, Parul (SPIN), USA. At present, MAPS have eight board Srivastava-Indian, Keramat Andalibi-Dutch and members and 70 professional artist members Omar Alshahabi-Iraqi with their two booths. from all over the world. The VIP opening of WAD Exhibition 2017 was The goal of MAPS is to provide a platform to graced by eminent personalities. The third emerging artists to embrace diff erence that edition was taking place at Dubai World Trade make our world unique and discover similarities Centre with its unique selection of over 40 regardless of their origin by conducting international galleries and more than 300 artists workshops, seminars and exhibitions. MAPS from five continents with over 10,000 visitors Qatar President Rashmi Agarwal says: “World over the four days. Art Dubai provides an aff ordable and accessible It was an aff ordable art fair created to bring entry point for both new and seasoned art regional and global artists and galleries together collectors to connect with artists, interpret their with Dubai’s international community. works on a personal level and buy pieces that It was more than just an art fair with a range of stimulate them visually, emotionally or spiritually exciting visitor activities like Creative Learning without breaking the bank.”
Islamic scholar delivers lecture
A noted South Indian Islamic scholar and renowned social activist has said that integration of issue that was the lack of homely communication between elders and the youngsters. moral and family values are the key for developing peaceful homes in general and resourceful The serious gap in free and open communication with the parents on one side and the enjoyable societies in particular. freedom freely accessible in external environment creates a lot of mix-ups and the resultant The scholar was delivering a lecture at MES Indian School auditorium organised by Trissur District disagreements are increasing day by day. Islamic Association, a socio-cultural organisation actively involved in socio-cultural arena of Qatar Azhari has earnestly invited the attention of all parents assembled in the function to be extra for the last 30 years. He was the chief guest of the event. serious of the situation and be updated for the better, viable and friendly communication with the In the modern society and in the fast changing life of Kerala, unless particular and exceptional young generation before it is too late and beyond control. care is extended, the integrity and strength of a viable society shall be in peril. The new generation In the second session, Dr Haseeba Rasheed had delivered a presentation on the topic ‘Issues and is greatly under pressure unlike the old generations because of obvious reasons and unlimited Practical Solutions of Adolescence’. facilities open for all unrestricted. These modern facilities shall easily take them to new horizons Association president VA Mohamed Rasheed presided the function and General Secretary where right or wrong and good or bad are not diff erentiated for guidance. Quoting verses from welcomed the chief guests and invitees. Najathulla, the general convener of the programme, the Holy Qur’an and edicts of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Azhari has pointed to a crucial current thanked everyone who participated in the function. 8 GULF TIMES Tuesday, April 25, 2017 COMMUNITY
DPS-MIS felicitates students
DPS-MIS organised felicitation ceremonies to appreciate the students of Grades III to VIII (2016-17) Abbas congratulated the students on their distinctive feat and said that DPS-MIS is committed to who firmly believe that punctuality lays the foundation for academic achievement and personal provide its students with the best congenial and conducive learning environment so that they turn development and secured 100% attendance in the academic year 2016-17. into responsible and disciplined global citizens. The days saw the gracious presence of the esteemed members of DPS-MIS Executive Committee Speaking on the occasion, Principal Asna Nafees, commended the attendance award champions – Azim Abbas, Director-Transport and Security and Sonny Varghese, Director-Public Relations. and appreciated the parents for instilling the values of discipline, sincerity and self-restraint into Varghese in his address highlighted the importance of punctuality in every walk of life by quoting their wards. The world needs ambassadors of peace, tolerance and love and every student of DPS- the words of wisdom ‘Punctuality is the politeness of kings’. He professed that attendance record MIS has the potential to reach to greater heights and serve the humanity. Around 380 students is a major factor in the academic excellence and DPS-MIS takes great pride in acknowledging the from classes III to VIII were awarded with badges and certificates of appreciation for their 100% commitment and dedication of the students. attendance.
Bhavan’s Public School marks World Heritage Day
Bhavan’s Public School celebrated the cultural legacy of human race. Various World Heritage Day last week in all the programmes and activities related three campuses by conducting special to the day including presentation on assembly. Students spoke about the leading heritage sites of the world was importance of the cultural heritages presented. Students also displayed and preserving it with pride for future. placards and charts based on the An oath was taken to preserve the rich theme. Tuesday, April 25, 2017 GULF TIMES 9 COMMUNITY The right order Matthew Schofield, Executive Director, and Sean Vernon, Senior Contractual-Commercial Consultant at Quantum Global Solutions continue their series of articles on the construction industry. This month, Sean moves into the kitchen and discusses the implications of giving the right order …
he use of design and build, Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) and Engineering Procurement Installation Commissioning (EPIC) Tcontracts seems to be on the rise and you can see the advantages to the client. Cut out a tier of administration and complexity. Leave the problems of both construction and design to the contractor. Give your order and wait to pick up the keys to your new building. However, it also seems that in many cases the client often does not understand the right way to administer such contracts. Imagine that you are dining out in a nice restaurant. You want to eat a certain dish so you scan the menu and select what you fancy. Maybe steak. An Argentine kobe, 250 grams, medium done, with a beef jus sauce. Side order of fries and haricot verts. In other words you have given your requirements and you now wait for these to be fulfi lled and the meal delivered to your table. The chef served his apprenticeship at the Ritz in Paris as a commis chef before working for a further two years as sous chef at Maxims. The kitchen has been inspected by the authorities and complies with all relevant legislation and food hygiene guidelines. The staff are also highly trained and aware of the requirements of running a top-class Much like eating out in a restaurant, the employer needs to carry out its research to make sure it is selecting the right contractor for the project, set restaurant. The detail of how to present your its requirements explicitly, know what it expects to receive, and query this if unsure, and then let the contractor get on with the job. If this is not done order, the fi ne detail of the ingredients and then just like a poor meal in a poor restaurant, the results could be painful. how to cook it you leave to the chef. He is the expert and will ensure a top quality product is severe in consequence than others. Me, I do served up in a reasonable time. not like my food too spicy. Therefore, if I am But think about it. Even before you set foot eating out somewhere where the food has a in the restaurant you had already carried out high chilli content I will ask for it to made a vetting process. What were your previous with less chilli. The consequences may be experiences with this restaurant? What did uncomfortable but seldom fatal … If I do not friends say? Had the establishment been specify that I want the food chilli free then I closed down by the authorities? What did will bear the consequences. The chef is not a reviewers write about the place? mind reader! The same is true of the selection process In the same vein, the employer must make for a design and build contractor. References clear its needs for design and build contracts, must be taken up, any previous experience by way of the employer’s requirements. If taken account of and due diligence carried the employer wanted a specifi c brand of out so that the best contractor can be selected pump to match its other plants and to ease for the project. maintenance and spare parts sourcing, then Then, post contract the selected he should make this abundantly clear in his contractor, depending upon the terms of employer’s requirements. Otherwise, just like the contract, just like the chef, should be my chilli, he may have a situation he did not allowed to do his job unhindered. Indeed the want. introductory notes to the FIDIC Silver Book Clearly the contractor can only price to the “Conditions of Contract for EPC/Turnkey specifi cation and requirements he has been Contracts” states that, “the Contractor given at tender. Any post contract changes should be given freedom to carry out the work will be variations that may attract time and in his chosen manner, provided the end result cost. meets the performance criteria specifi ed by the Likewise, other parameters are set at an Employer. Consequently, the Employer should eff ective date. The standards and norms in an additional cost or potential abortive costs selecting the right contractor for the project, only exercise limited control over and should existence at this date, usually the date of depending on how far the chef was on with set its requirements explicitly, know what it in general not interfere with the Contractor’s return of tenders, are those applicable. This is the original order. At the very least there expects to receive, and query this if unsure, work.” Set your parameters and wait for the much as if you order your steak but then see would be a time penalty. and then let the contractor get on with the call to pick up your keys. that there has been a delivery of lobster. The message then, is that much like eating job. If this is not done then just like a poor But think again about eating out. Many You would not expect to change your out in a restaurant, the employer needs meal in a poor restaurant, the results could be people suff er from allergies, some more order of steak to lobster without incurring to carry out its research to make sure it is painful. 10 GULF TIMES Tuesday, April 25, 2017 COMMUNITY INFOGRAPHIC Tuesday, April 25, 2017 GULF TIMES 11 LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE COMMUNITY Decorating with your personality in mind
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ARIES TAURUS GEMINI March 21 — April 19 April 20 — May 20 May 21 — June 20
Communications coming your way today may be more plentiful A friend may ask to borrow some money today, Taurus. You may Some of your job responsibilities are too much for one person and than useful, Aries. You could receive lots of confusing phone calls. feel that he or she is asking for more than is really needed, and they might weigh you down today, Gemini. The pile of work seems to At first you will be excited by the mailbox full of letters, but then certainly more than you’re willing to give. You might think this puts get steadily bigger no matter what you do. Delegate if you can. Put you’ll find that some are junk while others are addressed to people you in an awkward position. Try to talk to your friend and explain the least urgent tasks aside and work your way steadily to the rest. you’ve never heard of. Hang in there. This tendency should pass by your situation. If you have to say no, just say it. A real friend will Your employer may or may not expect too much of you, but you’re tomorrow! understand and look elsewhere for the money. entitled to your sanity no matter what. CANCER LEO VIRGO June 21 — July 22 July 23 — August 22 August 23 — September 22
A sudden fascination with metaphysical or spiritual concepts could A business enterprise with a friend might seem a little shaky today, A business deal that you may have been working to finish could have you wanting to read as much as you can on the subject, Cancer. Leo. You could alternate between enthusiasm and gloom regarding require you to tie up a lot of loose ends today, Virgo. You might be Your enthusiasm could lead you in a dozen diff erent directions, this project. It’s probably a good one and could lead to the success pulled in a lot of diff erent directions. Don’t panic! Get some help which could eventually lead to mental overload. It might be a better you want. Don’t make any negative judgments about its future if you can. Make a list of what you have to do and cross each task idea to take one subject at a time than try to learn about them all at based on what happens today. All should be progressing again off as it’s completed. Stay focused and all should go well. You will once. Stay focused! within a few days. Hang in there! achieve the results you want. LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS September 23 — October 22 October 23 — November 21 November 22 — December 21
Accomplishing some important business might require touching If you’ve been thinking about investing, Scorpio, this isn’t the day Working at home could be diff icult today, especially if you’re base with many people who live and work far away, perhaps in to commit to anything. This is a great day to consider your options, finalising a business deal, Sagittarius. Other household members will other countries. This might require that you spend a lot of time on study economic trends, and analyse what you want from investing. be coming and going, slamming doors, asking questions, bringing the phone, and it also would require allowing for the diff erent time It isn’t a good day to hand over the money. Land could be a strong their friends in. If you’re doing household chores, forget it for now zones, which could be a drag. You will eventually make the contacts possibility. Consult with professionals, read the papers, and look into and return to it when it’s quieter. If you’re approaching a deadline, you need, even if they don’t come until tomorrow. all kinds of opportunities before committing to one. close the door and tell others to leave you alone for a while. CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES December 22 — January 19 January 20 — February 18 February 19 — March 20
Today you might feel the urge to get all unfinished work done, A sudden burst of inspiration for a creative project might keep Too many people may be vying for your attention today, Pisces, both Capricorn. You could suddenly be in a frenzy to work quickly but you busy in the morning and afternoon, Aquarius. You will need at work and home. You will want to make them all happy, so you may perhaps not as conscientiously as you should. You may spend a lot of information and materials you don’t have at home, and finding them feel a little frazzled. Your temper might also be on edge. It would be time going through paperwork and discarding what’s outdated. It might might require a larger expenditure of time, energy, and money than better to put off the less urgent demands than work yourself into a be a better idea to slow down a little and look closely at what you’re you initially thought. Don’t give up on the idea. It’s likely to be a good frenzy. Those who matter would rather have you enjoy life than tire doing. You won’t want to throw out something you may need later. one and you will definitely want to pursue it. yourself out for their sake. 12 GULF TIMES Tuesday, April 25, 2017 COMMUNITY CARTOONS/PUZZLES
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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, April 25, 2017 GULF TIMES 13 PUZZLES COMMUNITY
Super Cryptic Clues Colouring
ACROSS DOWN 1. Some crest that bird has! (9) 1. Show a piece of paper and on 8. A girl and a lad upset about it an insect (7) some difference (7) 2. Compunction felt again and 9. Flutters in strong winds, more, about the wee son (7) doctor (7) 3. Annoyed, free the foreign 10. A light red, torn in parts (7) captive (5) 13. Cuts the pages of the book 4. Getting down to one’s (8) ancestry (7) 14. Mean to approach (4) 5. Also having the key raised for 16. Part of London you like to her (4) perform services for (3,4,3) 6. On paper, it’s reduced (4) 20. A second goal post (4) 7. Said, rashly, a confused 22. Turning, says briskly ‘Fight’ impression had been given (4) to the man (7) 24. Fiddled pay, perhaps, from a 11. Several being light and not rice-producer (5-5) sweet to drink (6) 28. When there’s a cold spell with 12. Be brave enough to snow, sleep (4) challenge (4) 29. A German girl the man’s 15. Like the article that’s written going round with (8) up the wine (4) 31. Advertisements for 17. Dance in a beer-garden? (3) stationers (7) 18. Get satisfaction from calling 34. They produce grand fighters (4) Answers (7) 19. Quiet and very good, taken 35. From plenty, taking one out for a meal (6) instance (7) 21. Zero point forty-nine (3) Wordsearch Codeword 36. How people sit in the 22. Why you can’t go ahead and doctor’s waiting-room? (9) pour yourself a drink? (7) 23. When the kiss is rejected, wants to know why? (4) 25. The current drink (7) 26. My own is among the ten running - and leading (7) 27. The TV series ‘Lackaday’ has got unpleasant (7) 30. A girl’s name cropped up (5) 32. Spell it out to me (4) 33. Animals tamed and reared for the stage (4) Yesterday’s Solutions
Across: 3 Sharp words; 8 Down: 1 Carlotta; 2 Denier; 3 Patent; 9 Soya; 10 Flying-fish; Stagger; 4 Aspic; 5 Push; 6 Read 11 Dot; 13 Stir; 14 Caravan; 15 over; 7 Sentence; 12 Arms; 14 Race; 17 Catch; 20 Serge; 22 Cell; 16 Arch; 17 Crackers; 18 Calf; 24 Anguish; 25 Drop; 27 Together; 19 Hail; 21 Gaol-bird; Kit; 28 Standing by; 29 Have; 30 23 Fondant; 25 Denote; 26 Nature; 31 Streak past. Panda; 28 Seek. 14 GULF TIMES Tuesday, April 25, 2017 COMMUNITY POP SPOT
in brief
Steps
Steps are another act to have perhaps fallen foul to not having a video accompanying their latest single. After five years without issuing any new material, the British vocal quintet used numerous television appearances to launch their 20th anniversary comeback single, Scared of the Dark. But these were all interviews. They did not actually perform the song. While there was an online audio posting, there was no video which could obviously have been shown during the interviews. The video shoot was not even scheduled until March 14, more than a month after the song was released. The finished product did not appear on YouTube until April 7. Scared of the Dark is as strong a song as any of the group’s big hits during the late 1990s to early 2000s. It even followed the same musical formula which has been so successful in times past. Critics were also kind. Some gave the song rave reviews and praised Steps for adhering to their original sound but updating it with a more modern feel. Others suggested it was a track which would have won the Eurovision Song Contest for Britain. Despite all the acclaim and publicity, Scared of the Dark could only debut at number 37 on the UK singles chart. This was the sole week it spent in the top 100. How could the song have fared so badly? Ticket sales for their UK concert tour later this year have been so good that the group THE LONG SONG: Sign of the Times lasts 5 minutes 41 seconds. have had to schedule more shows to meet demand. This does not suggest Steps have lost many of their fans. Does the lack of an accompanying video really have such a detrimental eff ect on sales figures? It certainly seems to have done so in this case. The all too late video can be seen now at With Styles, success that www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRb4xqFpOvY Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga used her headline appearance at the Coachella Music appeared to be a failure Festival to debut a brand new song. After performing The Cure to a hugely appreciative audience, the track was made available to One Direction’s singles and albums is that the video release will boost streaming services and for digital download. By Geoff rey Rowlands were heralded with an avalanche dwindling sales fi gures. A feel-good anthem about unconditional love for another person, of publicity through press releases, This is precisely what happened to Gaga likened the emotion to the response she receives from her interviews, videos and social media Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik’s duet, I fans. During her Coachella performance, she told the crowd; “I ow can topping the UK postings. But Harry’s promotion of Don’t Wanna Live Forever. But the song love you guys so much. I have been through so much in my life singles chart be regarded Sign of the Times was so low-key that peaked inside the top fi ve in so many and I’ve seen so much. And you cure me every time with your as a failure? Yet this is the there were probably a fair number of countries yet reached number one in love.” general reaction to the his fans who didn’t even know he had so few. How many top spots might There is no off icial video as yet but an audio posting of The Cure pole position taken by One released a record. it have achieved had the track been is at www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp8VZe5kqEM HDirection star Harry Styles with his Why he should have chosen to follow accompanied by an offi cial video from In other news, Gaga was asked to relate her own mental health debut solo single, Sign of the Times. this route is anyone’s guess and Harry day one. issues by Britain’s Prince William after he read her open letter It was a diff erent story when Harry’s isn’t saying. Indeed, he seems to be Sign of the Times has reached No.1 about living with post-traumatic stress disorder. William and record was released. Critics were falling making no comments at all. Apart in Britain but by nothing remotely like Gaga’s conversation appears in a video for Heads Together, a over themselves to heap praise on the from a one-line posting on his Twitter the expected margin. The song was campaign established by the Royal Foundation of the Duke and 23-year-old singer/ songwriter. One account which reads ‘Sign of the Times confi dently expected to sail way beyond Duchess of Windsor and Prince Harry. even said Harry had created the most is out now,’ no mention has been made the sales and streaming fi gures of Ed The hope is to encourage people to talk about any issues they daring and well-delivered single of the of the single or of achieving his fi rst Sheeran’s Shape of You. may have rather than keeping them bottled up inside. The decade. solo number one. As it turned out, Harry just edged message is that everyone suff ers problems at some time and However, there was a degree of The only acknowledgement of Harry a close-fought battle. It is this lack the stigma attached to mental health has to be removed. The dissent. Some critics questioned the ending Ed Sheeran’s 13-week tenure of domination, coupled with hugely condition can then be normalised and people will lose the fear of length of the song. Lasting fi ve minutes atop the UK singles chart with Shape of disappointing fi rst week sales fi gures in coming forward to get whatever help they may need. and 41 seconds, it was described as You came from Ed himself. He off ered comparison to those of One Direction It is an issue which is particularly close to the heart of Britain’s commercial suicide for almost any hearty congratulations to Harry. and Zayn Malik’s debut singles, which Royal Family. William’s younger brother, Prince Harry, recently other artiste. It isn’t as though Harry has has seen Sign of the Times labelled as a revealed he sought counselling after spending nearly 20 years Others questioned Harry’s deliberately remained out of the failure. trying not to think about the tragic death of his mother, Diana, unconventional promotion of his fi rst spotlight. He could hardly have made Harry’s track sold 62,900 copies, little Princess of Wales. release. There is an adage that any a much more high-profi le appearance more than half the 112,000 fi rst week publicity is good publicity as long as in America as a guest on the NBC sales of Zayn’s Pillowtalk. These numbers J. Geils they spell your name right. But this comedy show, Saturday Night Live. were totally eclipsed by the 154,061 fi rst no longer seems to be true. Harry But while Harry performed Sign of the week sales of One Direction’s debut Guitarist John “J” Geils, leader of American rockers The J. Geils found himself condemned in some Times and participated in a number of single, What Makes You Beautiful. Band, has died at the age of 71. quarters for going down a very diff erent the comedy sketches, he said nothing So, will Harry’s marketing strategy be The band was formed in 1968 when J was a student at Worcester promotional route from that which about his song. changed for the release of his self-titled Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. Initially a blues outfit, worked so well for One Direction. Sign of the Times does not debut album on May 12? they found success after switching to R&B-influenced rock. The song title is an acknowledgement even have an accompanying “The video for Sign of the Times The band released 11 studio albums. The most popular of these and tribute to Prince who issued an video. There is simply an audio should certainly be released by then was 1981s Freeze-Frame which topped the Billboard 200. This album of virtually the same name, posting at www.youtube.com/ and Harry’s latest one-line posting on album also spawned their two biggest singles, the title-track and Sign o’ the Times, in 1987. Harry’s watch?v=z0GKGpObgPY. Twitter says his album is now available Centerfold. The latter hit top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 and sparse, arty and enigmatic promotion This is not as unusual as it may to pre-order. It will be interesting to number three in Britain. of the single also echoes the lack seem. For some promotions, people see how many of Harry’s fans from One The off icial videos for these singles can be found online. Freeze- of conventional publicity which seem to believe, it is better to delay Direction will respond in the manner he Frame is posted at www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHo43B6nu60 accompanied most of Prince’s releases. song videos for some time. The idea would like. while Centerfold is at www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqDjMZKf-wg Tuesday, April 25, 2017 GULF TIMES 15 SHOWBIZ COMMUNITY Wanted to show partition anger through Begum Jaan, says Srijit
so-called relief after watching the By Aparajita Gupta movie. There was no pop-corn entertainment,” he added. He also felt the movie was “too artition remains a melodramatic” for the urban searing reality in the audience. “The trauma of partition history of India and didn’t aff ect the entire country Pakistan. Against equally,” Mukherji said. this backdrop, Srijit Mukherji’s Begum Jaan comes MukherjiP has sought to bring to after several years of hiatus in a Hindi fi lmgoers what he had for trend which was common in the Bengali viewers two years ago. past — of making Bengali movies in “The subject is very hard- Hindi. The trend was strengthened hitting. Partition as an event by famous directors like Hrishikesh demands that kind of treatment. Mukherjee and Shakti Samanta. While reading stories of partition “I went to Mumbai for subtitling and its impact on human lives by of Rajkahini when Mahesh Bhatt Saadat Hasan Manto and Ismat and Mukesh Bhatt gave me the idea Chughtai, I used to get angry and to remake it into a Bollywood fi lm. hurt. I wanted to show that in- Then I started working towards it,” your-face anger through Begum the director said. The low budget Jaan in these fi lms,” Mukherji said (Rs 19 crore) movie, though, has in an interview. broken even. “I am satisfi ed with He did through Begum Jaan the debut of my Hindi movie,” he what he had earlier done through said. Rajkahini — tell the tale of a Mukherji, a celebrated national strong-willed woman trying to award winning director, says he is preserve a way of life in her brothel, mulling the remake of two of his which was being overwhelmed by Bengali movies — Hemlock Society fast-moving events of a nation in STAR ATTRACTION: Vidya Balan leads the Begum Jaan cast. and Chotushkone — into Hindi turmoil. fi lms. “It is a healthy trend. It will The movie’s protagonist and its version, one part of Begum’s house tale of misery, violence and women infamous Nirbhaya rape that took give Bengali cinema a national dominating fi gure not only has a falls in India and the other in West empowerment, in an era where two place in Delhi. The only diff erence stage,” he said. hard grip on what goes inside, she Pakistan. nations were taking birth through a here was the girl and her boyfriend He is also planning a full-fl edged also commands a hold among the Cyril Radcliff e was a British trial by fi re. are saved by an elderly woman who Bollywood movie but declined to who’s who of the society, many of lawyer who got the job of dividing Unlike the Bengali version, starts undressing herself in front of give details. whom are customers of the brothel. a seething cauldron of a nation into where apart from Begum Jaan all the goons, which eventually made Mukherji, a student of Her house is seen as a safe haven its Muslim- and Hindu-majority the other 10 girls’ roles were played them fl ee the spot. economics from the Presidency of sorts for many destitute women areas. Where a fi ne scalpel was by established actresses, the Hindi Although the Bengali movie College and Jawaharlal Nehru who were abused at some point. needed for a delicate operation, he version has many unknown faces. received great critical and University, started his career as But it’s a tough safe haven — the was given an axe, and where years “I didn’t want pretty faces. commercial success, the Hindi an economist. In 2010, he made madam keeps a tight leash on her were needed to separate millions, I wanted faces that will carry version was not as successful. his debut with a Bengali movie girls. he was given fi ve weeks. The death stories.” Mukherji along with the “People from northern part of the Autograph. In Bengali, the movie portrayed of a million people ensued. fi lm’s casting director Mukesh country really enjoyed it. But pan- Asked about this career shift, the problems that the Radcliff e Begum Jaan and her girls become Chhabra spent two months India it didn’t do well,” Mukherji he said: “The story-telling bug Line had created for Begum Jaan’s livid when they learn about the searching for such faces. said talking about the response. was always there inside me. I was brothel as the border demarcating Radcliff e Line from the offi cers-in- Mukherji had tried to make “The main reason is that I also doing theatre.” The loss to the India and East Pakistan went charge of the Border Commission. the movie as close as he could to think the theme was dark and dreary art — economics — would through her bordello, dividing She threatens to do a “partition” of reality. Begum Jaan begins with disturbing. There was very little be counted as a major gain for the it into two halves. In the Hindi their bodies — and thereby hangs a a scene uncannily similar to the entertainment. There was no exciting world of cinema. — IANS Sheryl Crow’s new album carefree and timeless clever twist on Meghan Trainor’s All About There, she’s looking to foster a dialogue By Glenn Gamboa That Bass. “Sexy ain’t a word only a few between liberals and conservatives, over a girls own,” Crow says, skipping through strutting soul groove that does its best to talk of belfies and Nicki Minaj wannabes. unify. She does turn up the political heat on ALBUM: Be Myself That’s not to say her recent albums — Heartbeat Away, a raging Rolling Stones-y THE GRADE: B+ the soul-tinged 100 Miles from Memphis rocker that Crow says was written before BOTTOM LINE: Finding comfort in and the country-leaning Feels Like Home — the election, even though it includes lines balancing her successful past and current were heavy, but there’s a comfort that feels like “You bet the president is sweating, events infused into all of the songs on Be Yourself. while Russia’s blowing up the phone.” Maybe it’s the familiarity of working again Crow balances that seriousness with emember Sheryl Crow when with her late-’90s crew, co-producer the lighthearted Grow Up, where she all she wanted to do was have Jeff Trott and engineer Tchad Blake. Or promises “Love is everywhere if you even some fun? maybe it’s that Crow, now 55, feels more care to see” in a Prince-ly bridge, before That’s the version of the comfortable with who she is and where declaring, “I don’t ever want to grow up” singer-songwriter that comes she’s heading. in the chorus. Rshining through on her latest album, Be The activism of her underappreciated Be Yourself manages to sound carefree Myself (Warner Bros.). You can practically Detours album is still on display here, but and timeless, while still remaining current hear the weight lifted off her shoulders as it’s become more integrated into her big- sonically and lyrically. In other words, it she sashays her way through Woo Woo, her picture lyrics. On the fi rst single, Halfway sounds exactly like Crow. —Newsday/TNS ON SONG: Sheryl Crow is herself in Be Myself. 16 GULF TIMES Tuesday, April 25, 2017 COMMUNITY ISL Qatar’s Beauty and Beast enthrals audiences
The cast of over 50 students, including 20 primary-aged students in the choir, transported a total audience of over 2,200 people into a far-away magical world.
he fi ve performances student actors and became immersed of Beauty and the in a romantic tale in an enchanted Beast by International castle and a rural French village. School of London (ISL), This outstanding piece of musical Qatar’s performing arts theatre made fantasy feel real. The Tdepartment cemented the school’s many romantic, comic and touching performance reputation as “the Doha moments thoroughly engaged all musical production not to be missed.” who attended. The production was Building on last year’s stunning adeptly led by the very experienced and acclaimed interpretation of Claire Daniels with the assistance the Lion King, the cast of over 50 of Ingrid Berry for drama and students, including 20 primary-aged choreography. students in the choir, transported a Daniels commended the students total audience of over 2,200 people on their commitment, hard work into a far-away magical world. and sense of humour throughout the As the popular Beauty and the rehearsal period, which began last Beast song goes … ‘a tale as old as October. time, with a song as old as rhyme’, the Speaking after the show, Daniels story unfolded with great panache, explained that the purpose of a fun and vibrancy. The intricate and musical such as this “is to provide a elaborate costumes further enhanced challenging and realistic performing the faultless singing, dancing and arts experience which enables acting performances of the students. students to develop their skills and From the opening moment, talents.” She further praised the when the curse is cast, until the cast and multitude of supporters fi nal moving scene, the audience behind the scene support by saying was carried along by the exciting, “The students certainly lived up emotional and engaging action. to and surpassed our very high Rousing numbers like Be Our Guest, expectations.” Gaston and Human Again were The International School of complemented by the beautifully London, Qatar has an outstanding lyrical and touching Beauty and reputation for high academic the Beast, sung with aplomb by an standards with the prestigious ensemble cast and choir who worked International Baccalaureate (IB) brilliantly together. curriculum. The school is authorised The combination of: talented and to off er the IB Primary Years, Middle creative actors; uplifting and moving Years and Diploma Programmes songs; sparkling and vibrant sound (encompassing ages 3 to 18 years) and lighting; deft choreography; and is accredited by the Council stunning costumes; stylish hair of International Schools, British and make-up; and skilful direction Schools of the Middle East and the make this show so believable that New England Association of Schools the audience forgot that these were and Colleges.