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WEDNESDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2016 CAMPUS | 3 HEALTH | 9 BOLLYWOODD | 11 DeBakeyDe students Proteins can warn of Shraddha Kapooroor visit Shafallah diabetes risk in writes songs Center children too Email: [email protected] RETAIL IS DETAIL P | 4-5 Malik Qaiser Awan, General Manager of Ezdan Mall, talks about group’s achievements and accolades. WEDNESDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2016 CAMPUS 03 Second edition of TEDxYouth@DPSMIS tomorrow n one of its many endeav- Featuring one of the youngest ours to foster ideas worth TEDx speakers, 14 year old Den- sharing and inculcate the nise Ann, this year has been the spirit of initiative and col- most inclusive year possible. laboration in its students, Lubaib Gazir, an avid travel- IDPS Modern Indian School (DPS- ler and photographer is expected MIS) is hosting the second edition to share his insights from travel- of TEDxYouth@DPSMIS. ling as a speaker. Qatar’s favourite The first edition was held in stand-up comedian Hamad Al 2015 with the theme ‘Embrace Amari will also be gracing the Uncertainty’. This year, the event event as a speaker talking about will be held on November 10 at goal setting and asking the right the school itself and will feature questions. five speakers with backgrounds Other speakers include, fash- as diverse as doctors, photogra- ion icon and empowerment phers, and stand-up comedians. advocate Layla Al Siyabi who is This year’s theme is Transcend expected to inspire the audience and Include, celebrating the spirit to look beyond beauty, and Dr of TEDxYouth, the speakers and Mohamud Verjee of Weill Cornell the event itself. Medical College, Qatar who will The speakers of this year were be giving a profound talk on inte- carefully curated through an open grative medicine and adding call, followed by an interview. meaning to life. DeBakey students visit Shafallah Center Students from DeBakey High School – Qatar visited the Shafallah Center. During the campus tour, students gained an understanding about the resources provided to students with disabilities. After witnessing first-hand experiences, students will later organise events with the students at the Shafallah Center. As all DeBakey students are required to complete at least 100 volunteer hours, this commitment contributes to their volunteer requirement for graduation. 04 COVER STORY WEDNESDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2016 Retail is detail for Ezdan Mall’s Awan Irfan Bukhari comfort and pride starts flowing out The Peninsula of his voice. “Being a great admirer and believer in the vision of the e was on cloud nine Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad and this excitement Ali Thani, I always try following it,” was due to a hard- he said. Awan’s courageous earned achievement. approach of applying out-of-box He had won a couple solutions to business obstacles Hof prestigious awards not only for forced him to introduce which he the establishment he was calling the now dubs an “out-of-mall” solu- shots for, but also for himself as the tion to make Ezdan Mall a success jury had declared him the best story. Retail is detail: the latest var- “Retail Professional of the Year” in iant of old maxim “the devil is in the the Middle East and North Africa detail” has been fully understood (MENA) region. and applied by GM Ezdan Mall. “We His humble, gregarious nature had competitors, had challenges, does not allow him taking full credit had troubles to surmount when I for himself. “It is the success of my joined the mall before its launch in whole team. I believe in employ- 2011. The weaknesses or neglected ees-first policy,” said Malik Qaiser areas of other malls became our Awan, Group General Manager of strength as we engineered our Ezdan Malls, with a smiling face, model with extensive surveys and adding that the awards were also research,” says Awan. an honour for Qatar, his “second They say trifles make perfec- homeland”. tion but perfection is no trifle. Same “This award is like “Grammy” or applies on Awan’s approach of deal- “Oscar” in our retail industry,” he ing with challenges. He said he had said. But, he asserted, his real award designed the mall like a mega- was the satisfaction of customers. departmental-store showcasing The International Council of Shop- multiple-brands in each depart- ping Centres (ICSC) has recently ment. “Despite all odds, we bestowed a “Gold Award” on Malik succeeded in securing 171 brands Qaiser Awan. which opened their outlets at Ezdan. Whenever he talks about Qatar Out of them, 65 brands were enter- Malik Qaiser Awan (right), Group GM of Ezdan Malls, with the award. or Ezdan Mall, a palpable sense of ing Qatar for the first time.” WEDNESDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2016 COVER STORY 05 Today, Ezdan Mall enjoys the on the rising generation. They are highest Q-Score in Qatar rather in our future,” he said. He said the the whole region. “Though it is a Ezdan Mall launched Green Dream neighbourhood or community mall 2022, an initiative to make Qatar but due to its good reputation and greener. With a gleam of confidence services, we are also catering cus- in his eyes, he claims as a nation tomers from neighbouring countries “we” will be successful in planting too.” Definitely, all demographic 22 million trees by 2022. In Tho- considerations were taken into mas Fuller words, action springs not account at the time of establishing from thought but from a readiness Ezdan Mall and at its branding time, for responsibility. but the mainstay behind the mar- Ezdan Mall not only has an keting strategy was intensive and indoor Wall-Garden (an attraction impeccable psycho-graphic study. for all visitors) and Green Academy Awan’s experience says that the but also maintains a nicely-kept age of brand-loyalty is over. “The kitchen garden outdoors. shopping experience moves the He felt no hesitation in criticis- millennial-generation. And here, ing contemporary Pakistani we provide that experience to eve- politicians but holds great love for ryone.” But at the same time, he his motherland in his heart. “The says that they have ensured the whole political system in Pakistan low-income expat families were or celebrities rather by a group of presence of only current brands at needs a perfect purging. But Paki- unable to continue their schooling children with special needs; by a the mall. stan as a country and its nation, due to financial constraints, I along group of physically or mentally Having green fingers: not only judiciary and army are doing the some other overseas Pakistanis challenged children who were in the sense that all his planted busi- great jobs,” he said. established a fund to support them,” accorded protocol like “The Kings”. ness-ventures grew amazingly but He knows not how he will Awan said when asked to comment 5G: Awan’s recipe for success he is also good at making plants translate his desire into a reality but on Pakistan Education Forum, he in shopping malls’ industry has five grow. After doing successful jobs in he wants to do something for the heads. Free of complexes (inferior- ingredients which he dubs “5G”. Saudi Arabia, UAE, Pakistan and 25 million out-of-school children ity or superiority, both), Awan Great place; great mix; great peo- other parts of the world on top of Pakistan. “Tolstoy once said recalled how his mother used to ple and experience; great services; management positions, he finally ‘traveller there is no path, paths are struggle to bear the burden of his great marketing and engagement. settled in Doha 13 years back. Now, made by travelling’. I know not how, school fees in his childhood. “My He is a member of faculty at ICSC he, through “Green Dream 2022”, but one day I will also make this father passed away when I was just John T. Riordan School and also is instilling love for plants and dream come true with the help of five-year-old. Then my maternal speaks at international retail and nature into innocent hearts of Allah Almighty,” said Awan. uncle brought me to the UAE in my shopping conferences as in his school kids in particular and com- Awan has a generous heart to salad-days at the age of nine in ‘70s.” words, “I like sharing knowledge munity in general. help as well. “When I learnt that a He said that Ezdan Mall was and information.” “I have pinned all of my hopes number of children of Pakistani inaugurated not by the dignitaries He said proudly that sales per square foot of Ezdan Mall were at the highest level in the Middle East. “As per international standards if sales per square foot touch $500 per annum, it is good a sales den- sity. In 2014-15, some brands at our mall even crossed $3,000 per annum,” he added. Unending journey, unmatched services: one success invites another. After making Ezdan Mall (Gharafa) a success story, now Ezdan Holding Group’s two new malls at Al Wukair (partially open) and Al Wakrah are set to serve the masses. His future plans and his scintillating past reminds one of a quote of twentieth century’s Amer- ican entrepreneur, economist and business theorist Roger Babson: “The secret of success is to do more than is demanded. There is no power, no glory in doing only what we have to do. The glory comes with the second mile.” 06 COMMUNITY WEDNESDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2016 Qatar National Library teams up with Qatar Museums for China cultural event atar National Library as a Prewriting Technique’. This entitled ‘Digitization, preserva- (QNL) continues its sessionis designed to provide tion and dissemination of monthly programme fresh undergraduates with cultural heritage materials: Glo- Concert by in November with an training on the concept of free bal trends and local application’, Qarray of cultural and writing, which is one of the most on October 26.