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YOUR PAGE, YOUR STAGE! There’s probably a photographer hidden in each of us, looking out for a platform. Community invites you to grab your chance and send your contributions with contact details and complete description of the images to [email protected] — PHOTO ESSAY, Page 10 Monday, June 10, 2019 Shawwal 7, 1440 AH Doha today: 310 - 430 Stateless They were born in Colombia. Their parents fled Venezuela. They are citizens of nowhere. P4-5 COVER STORY 2 GULF TIMES Monday, June 10, 2019 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT PRAYER TIME Fajr 3.12am Shorooq (sunrise) 4.44am Zuhr (noon) 11.35am Asr (afternoon) 2.58pm Maghreb (sunset) 6.25pm Isha (night) 7.55pm USEFUL NUMBERS Virus outbreak in Kerala, and the courageous fi ght put on by several DIRECTION: Ashiq Abu individuals which helped to contain the epidemic. CAST: Revathy, Kunchacko Boban, Parvathy SYNOPSIS: A real life account of the deadly Nipah virus THEATRES: The Mall, Landmark, Royal Plaza Emergency 999 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 Aladdin inside, he uses the lamp to turn himself into a prince in order DIRECTION: Guy Ritchie to win the heart of a beautiful princess. But an evil vizier is CAST: Naomi Scott, Mena Massoud, Will Smith after the lamp too. SYNOPSIS: When a street urchin fi nds a lamp with a genie THEATRES: The Mall, Landmark, Royal Plaza ote Unquo u te Q “Whatever The Mall Cinema (1): The Secret Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (1): words we utter should Life of Pets 2 (2D) 2:15pm; Bharat Bharat (Hindi) 2:30pm; Godzilla be chosen with care for people (Hindi) 4pm; Aladdin (2D) 7pm; II: King of the Monsters (2D) Godzilla II: King of the Monsters 5:30pm; Bharat (Hindi) 8pm; Life of Pets 2 (2D) 5:15pm; will hear them and be infl uenced (2D) 9:15pm; Virus (Malayalam) Bharat (Hindi) 11pm. Aladdin (2D) 7pm; Godzilla 11:30pm. Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (2): by them for good or ill.” II: King of the Monsters (2D) The Mall Cinema (2): Aladdin Virus (Malayalam) 2:15pm; The 9:15pm; Virus (Malayalam) — Buddha (2D) 2pm; Virus (Malayalam) Secret Life of Pets 2 (2D) 5:15pm; 11:30pm. 4:15pm; X-Men: Dark Phoenix X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2D) 7pm; Landmark Cinema (2): Bharat (2D) 7pm; Bharat (Hindi) 9pm; Godzilla II: King of the Monsters (Hindi) 3pm; X-Men: Dark Kolaigaran (Tamil) 11:45pm. (2D) 9pm; Virus (Malayalam) Phoenix (2D) 6:15pm; Bharat The Mall Cinema (3): Bharat 11:30pm. (Hindi) 8:15pm; Bharat (Hindi) (Hindi) 2pm; Aladdin (2D) 5pm; Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (3): Community Editor 11:15pm. John Wick 3: Parabellum (2D) Aladdin (2D) 2:30pm; Aladdin Landmark Cinema (3): Aladdin Kamran Rehmat 7:15pm; Casablanca (Arabic) (2D) 5pm; Casablanca (Arabic) (2D) 2:30pm; Aladdin (2D) 5pm; e-mail: [email protected] 9:30pm; Bharat (Hindi) 11:30pm. 7:15pm; John Wick 3: Parabellum Casablanca (Arabic) 7:15pm; John Telephone: 44466405 Landmark Cinema (1): Virus (2D) 9:15pm; K Wick 3: Parabellum (2D) 9:15pm; olaigaran (Tamil) Fax: 44350474 (Malayalam) 2:15pm; The Secret Kolaigaran (Tamil) 11:30pm. 11:30pm. Monday, June 10, 2019 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY Summer Camp for Special Needs hop, Ballet, Drawing and Painting, Drama WHERE: Step by Step Centre for Special Theatre & Taekwondo. Ages between 5 and 10 Needs years old after school hours. WHEN: June 30 – August 1 TIME: 8:00am – 12:30pm During this time, all therapists and teachers will be working together, running individual, peer and group sessions within classes. The children will continue learning age-appropriate concepts, work on social skills, life skills training, arts and crafts, music, and fun activities such as water play. Artistic Gymnastic Classes WHERE: Qatar Academy Msheireb WHEN: Ongoing TIME: 3:15pm – 4:15pm The olympic sport using horizontal bar, rings and fl oor exercises on mats for the children from age 4 till 16. Hobby Classes WHERE: Mamangam Performing Art Centre WHEN:Wednesday – Monday Mamangam Performing 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 off er classes in contemporary, EVENTS ISC Skipping Rope Open Bollywood, hip hop, indian classical dance, Championship music (Hindustani and Carnatic), arts and A Choral Kaleidoscope Concert WHERE: Ashoka Hall, ICC craft, karate, yoga, percussion( Chenda, WHERE: Swiss International School WHEN: June 15 Thimila, Elathalam and Madhalam), violin, WHEN: June 13 TIME: 11.00am — 1:30pm harmonium, public speaking. TIME: 7pm onwards Indian Sports Centre under the patronage Additional services include dance Featuring Qatar Youth Choir and Qatar of Embassy of India is organising Third education, choreograph music videos and Junior Choir – their last concert of the edition of ISC Skipping Rope Open dance cover albums, choreograph dance season. Qatar Youth Choir has recently Championship - 2019 for Speed Hop and musical projects, corporate workshops and returned from workshops and concerts with Speed Endurance competitions. Categories, events, choreograph events for schools, the Vienna Boys Choir in Austria. Qatar include Under–12 (Boys and Girls), Under–18 Career Guidance colleges, alumni meets and corporate Junior Choir will perform their concert (Boys and Girls) and Adults (Men and WHERE: Right Track Consultants, Al and choreography events. For details, call programme in September.Tickets are Women) - Above 18 years. Entry is free. Sadd 33897609. available from choir members or on the door Championship is open to all Indians and WHEN: Sunday – Thursday for QR60. students of any nationality studying in Indian TIME: 6pm – 8pm Arabic Calligraphy Workshop Schools. Last date of entry is June 11. For Career guidance for course, country, WHEN: Saturday – Wednesday MF Hussain: The Horses Of The Sun further details, [email protected] or college and entrance for students of Grade TIME: 6pm Exhibition 55824194/55956008. IX-XII, of all curriculum. Career assessments Arabic Calligraphy workshop is back. WHERE: Mataf: Arab Museum of Modern administered for stream preference, career Come and learn the artistic practice of Arabic Art Ballet Lessons test, branch preference, personality, handwriting and calligraphy at Music and WHEN: Ongoing till July 31 WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier multiple intelligence and learning styles Arts Atelier. TIME: 9am – 7pm WHEN: Ongoing and productivity. For more information, The lessons will take place every Saturday, The exhibition presents Hussain’s pluralist TIME: 4pm – 8pm 55448835. Monday and Wednesday at 6pm. For approach to the divine and cosmic aspects of For more info e-mail at registration@ more information, contact registration@ being, articulated through the myths, symbols atelierqatar.com or call on 33003839. atelierqatar.com and narratives of the world’s religions and philosophies. M. F. Husain: Horses of the Sun bears witness to a recurrent motif in his art, a personal symbol of self-renewal and vitality. Katara Drive Thru Festival WHERE: Katara— the Cultural Village WHEN: Ongoing till June 10 TIME: 6pm – 4am Join us at Katara— the Cultural Village and enjoy the diverse cuisines at your car step! From fi rst day of Ramadan until Eid holidays starting from 5pm till 2am. India to Qatar – Symbiosis of Cultures WHERE: FBQ Museum WHEN: Ongoing till July 31 Under the context of cultural exchange, FBQ Museum brings together the treasures of the museum owned collection in Dance and Instrument Classes order to promote mutual understanding, WHERE: TCA Campus, Behind Gulf Times recognition and appreciation between Building Qatar and India. Composed of five main WHEN: Wednesday – Monday topics, including community, trade, arts, After School Activities Learn the movements of dance styles in food and incense, the exhibition takes WHERE: Atelier Bollywood, Hip Hop and also the musical one on a journey to explore the rich and WHEN: Ongoing instruments such as Piano, Guitar, Keyboard diverse Indian cultures, the long historic Music and arts activities for students for adults as well kids and move in the world links between Qatar and India, and cultural taking place after they fi nish their day in of music. For details, contact 66523871/ similarities between Qatar and India. school includes Group Music lessons, Hip- 31326749. Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Monday, June 10, 2019 COMMUNITY COVER STORY In the middle of nowhere Thousands of children are stateless amid one of the largest forced displacement in modern history as an estimated 5,000 people flee Venezuela each day. More than 4 million have already left, over a quarter of them to Colombia, writes Andrea Castillo I just want (my baby) to have a nationality so that he doesn’t end up essentially not existing in the ‘world — Belys Torrealba Tovar, stranded Venezuelan mother in Colombia IN THE THROES OF UNCERTAINTY: Belys Torrealba Tovar, 24, cuddles her newborn, Angel, at the Hospital Materno Infantil in Bogota, Colombia. The hospital sees more than a dozen births each day, roughly a third of them to Venezuelan mothers such as Torrealba. OGOTA, Colombia qualify for Venezuelan citizenship, 25,000. average citizen had lost 24 pounds As a result, she thought about — In the fall of 2017, claiming it would require his Children born without — fi gures that are surely higher returning to Venezuela to give birth.