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Penplusjanuary102013 THURSDAY 10 JANUARY 2013 • [email protected] • www.thepeninsulaqatar.com • 4455 7741 Hollywood heats inside up with award COMMUNITY • Magida El Roumi to season perform at Katara’s Amphitheater P | 8-9 P | 4 HEALTH • New strain of norovirus spreads around the world P | 7 Looking for BOOKS • Man Asian literary prize unveils 2012 shortlist a home P | 10 TRAVEL • Top 10 places to ski like an Olympian P | 11 TECHNOLOGY • The brilliant idea that could make Polaroid relevant again A group of volunteers of different nationalities came together in 2010 P | 12 and formed Cats in Qatar, with the LEARN ARABIC objective of helping homeless and • Learn commonly used abandoned cats and kittens. Arabic words and their meanings P | 2-3 Bonny P | 13 2 PLUS | THURSDAY 10 JANUARY 2013 COVER STORY Listen to the Safron & Safran purr By Isabel Ovalle During the summer, CIQ distributed enve- any cats in Qatar are in urgent lopes in veterinary clinics to accept contri- need of a new home. These kit- butions, asking for a minimum of QR20. The tens are looking for a family that campaign was so successful that QR14,000 were can offer them a commitment collected in the first week. This amount helped Members of Cats In for life. cover the cost of getting cats “back on their MThis is what led a group of volunteers of dif- feet” with vaccines and chips, which comes to Qatar (CIQ) donate their ferent nationalities to come together in 2010 and QR1,000 per animal. form Cats in Qatar (CIQ), with the objective of Shurey added that they also had monthly open time and resources helping homeless and abandoned cats and kittens. days (the next one is January 26) to let people Members of CIQ donate their time and know what they do. The open days take place at and foster felines in resources and foster felines in their own homes, three local veterinary clinics: Al Tamimi Clinic, given that they don’t have a dedicated shelter The Veterinary Surgery (Doha Vets), and Qatar their own homes, given for this purpose. The volunteers juggle their Veterinary Center. personal lives with work in CIQ for the sake Back in 2006, the Ministry of Municipal that they don’t have of the cats. Affairs launched a project to limit the number An additional challenge is raising money to of stray cats on the streets of Qatar. Civic work- keep up their work for their feline friends. Gill ers catch felines with automatic nets. The cats a dedicated shelter Shurey, the fundraiser for the non-profit organi- undergo a health check and those found sick sation, said the expenses of CIQ in 2012, cover- are culled. for this purpose. The ing only veterinary care and cat food, totalled Studies have revealed that cats can be affected QR120,000. This figure excludes the cost of vac- by some 200 diseases, most of which can be trans- volunteers juggle their cines and the microchips that all felines treated mitted to humans. Also, experts estimate that by CIQ wear. These add another QR4,000 to the two stray felines can breed up to 500,000 cats. personal lives with annual bill. The group promotes Trap Neuter Return To pay for these expenses the group organises (TNR) for street cats. According to CIQ, since work in CIQ for the bazaars every third Saturday at the Museum of the Qatar Cat Coalition and the Animal Resource Islamic Art (MIA). It also sells calendars and Department introduced the TNR programme in greeting cards and accepts donations to cover 2006, more than 35,000 cats have been spayed or sake of the cats. operating costs. neutered. PLUS | THURSDAY 10 JANUARY 2013 3 Rayban and Bernie Libby Gill Shurey, second from left, with other volunteers. Lady Jane Cats in Qatar collaborates with the government and fosters some of the cats from the TNR programme. On its website, the group says: “We don’t have the resources to take every sick/injured/homeless kitten or cat in Doha no matter how sad or desperate the story. We rescue when we can, provide support where we can, we help out where we can, but please understand we just can’t do it all.” However, even with their limited resources and time, the CIQ volun- teers take care of an average of 70 to 80 cats at a time. To help other people develop their own cat rescue set-up, the organisation offers equipment and advice. In 2012, CIQ found a home for 109 cats, while another 83 are in wait- ing. People who want to adopt or foster a feline must make an adop- tion enquiry through catsinqatar.com. “With this system, we want to guarantee that the cat is kept safe, indoor, and taken with its owners when they leave the country,” explained Shurey. Shurey now has 12 cats staying with her, and she said “each one has different character. They are loving, and without them the house feels Heidi and Eric very empty; they bring peace to the home.” Sadly, despite the chips and other precautions, numerous cats are still abandoned in Qatar. Over 1,200 people receive the monthly newsletter of CIQ and many of them are volunteers and offer their homes to foster cats until they find a permanent owner. Cats in Qatar has more than 6,000 followers on its Facebook page. To filter the potential adopters, CIQ asks people about their past experience with pets, whether they currently have any pets, and if they are spayed or neutered. Potential owners must also inform it about their Edison accommodation and the number of people living in the house. The Peninsula 4 PLUS | THURSDAY 10 JANUARY 2013 COMMUNITY / CAMPUS Magida El Roumi to perform at Katara’s Amphitheater ward-winning Arab vocal- own right and it is truly an honour ist Magida El Roumi What: Performance by Lebanese to have her fill the Amphitheater (pictured) will perform singer Magida El Roumi with her sensational melodies. Aat Katara today at 8pm. Where: Katara Amphitheater “Katara continues to build cul- Featuring a collection of her best When: Thursday, Jan 10, 8pm tural bridges by providing a platform hits, the concert will take place at Tickets: Available at Virgin Megastore for aspiring artists and world-class Katara’s Amphitheater. El Roumi performers, which contributes to is returning to Qatar for the first the overall mission to educate and time after she performed a duet with international entertain.” opera star José Carreras at the opening ceremony El Roumi’s extraordinary talent took her from of the 15th Asian Games in Doha in December 2006. Lebanon and Arab countries to the rest of the El Roumi, of Lebanese origin, started her musical world, and she has performed in opera houses career in 1974, when she participated in the talent across the United States, Europe and Australia. show Studio El Fan on Télé Liban and won the gold Following her success, she was appointed ambas- medal for best female singer. sadress for the Food and Agriculture Organisation Since her appearance on television at the age of 16, of the United Nations, tasked with bridging the she has become one of the most successful singers in divide between the rich and the poor. Hailed as a the Arab world, going on to become a UN goodwill messenger of peace, El Roumi went on to launch ambassador. several projects to help more than 800 million Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti, General Manager people in poverty around the world. of Katara, said: “We are delighted to have Magida Tickets to the performance are available at Virgin El Roumi perform at Katara’s Amphitheater; her Megastore during the store’s working hours (from sounds have long filled the rooms of many Arab 9.30am to 10pm) at Landmark and Villaggio Mall. homes across the region. Magida is a legend in her The Peninsula Academic Bridge Program welcomes new students for spring semester he Academic Bridge events the department organises. She Program (ABP), a part of encouraged the new students to par- Qatar Foundation, welcomed ticipate, and urged them to start their T55 newly admitted students university application process as soon for the spring semester on Monday. as possible. The students attended an orienta- In the past 11 years, the ABP has tion programme in the ABP’s LAS graduated over 2,500 students, 90 per- building in Education City to learn cent of them Qataris. about policies and procedures and This semester, the ABP has enrolled meet ABP administrators and faculty five new students from Libya and one Qatar University and Swiss officials at the meeting. members before they started classes. student from Belgium in addition ABP Director Dr Miles Lovelace to students from a number of Arab briefed them about the programme. countries. Qatar University hosts female He highlighted ABP’s facilities, which Academic Bridge Program enrols are provided by Qatar Foundation, new students twice yearly. The major- and the many opportunities available ity of ABP students enrol during students from Switzerland to students in Education City. the fall semester, starting classes in Then Assistant Director of Student August. Around 40-50 more students atar University hosted a group build without obligation. You have a Services, Moza Al Boainain, intro- are accepted in semester two (spring of female engineering stu- vision and you can build in a good duced the Student Association and semester). Qdents from Switzerland for and functional way. Switzerland is a the Student Services Department, Students enrolling for the spring an exchange of experiences and views small country which has many more listing the student clubs for music, semester start classes in January, with their Qatari counterparts on glo- restrictions.” debate, robotics, photography, Model studying for only one academic term bal environmental issues.
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