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Working with UN, US & Egypt to SHEIKHA MOZA PARTICIPATES IN QF CONVOCATION ensure aid reaches Gaza: FM Just solution to Palestinian issue depends on Arab Peace Initiative & relevant int’l resolutions: FM TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK but the root cause of the prob- DOHA lem was still not resolved and the danger of evacuating Sheikh Jar- DEPUTY Prime Minister and rah remains,” he said. Minister of Foreign Affairs HE He added that “There is a Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul- feeling of the need to work to en- rahman Al Thani has reiterated sure the continuation of the calm that a just solution to the Pal- and to ensure the arrival of Mus- estinian issue “depends on the lim and Christian worshippers Arab Peace Initiative and the rel- without hindrance.” evant international resolutions.” The FM said, “ Our relation- “Our position on normalisa- ship with Egypt went through tion with Israel is clear and will many tensions, but we always not change unless there is pro- maintained the minimum level gress in the peace process to the of communication. Our coop- satisfaction of the Palestinians,” eration with Egypt produced ef- Crises will fade away. But the FM said during an interview fective results on the Palestinian with the Al Arab TV. issue.” He said the ceasefire between “We found a fraternal spirit you, with your knowledge the Palestinian factions and Is- After the outbreak of the war on Gaza, we moved in in President El-Sisi .. which are rael did not include any conces- coordination with Egypt to nd a solution and reach all positive steps for the relations sions. a lull. So far, we have not seen any indication that of the two countries,” he said. and expertise, will forever “After the outbreak of the war On GCC, the FM said, “We on Gaza, we moved in coordina- Israel wants to engage in dialogue to reach peace. turned a difficult page in the tion with Egypt to find a solution In the last days of the Gaza war, several cease re initiatives history of relations between remain: Sheikha Moza and reach a lull,” he added. were put forward, but they were met with Israeli intransigence. the countries of the Gulf Coop - “So far, we have not seen any — HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani eration Council. The joint com- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK and drew attention to the necessity of indication that Israel wants to mittees held several meetings DOHA doubling our emphasis on this sector.” engage in dialogue in order to with the Emirates in the past Sheikha Moza continued, “As reach peace. In the last days of Gaza that work according to the ciation for the strategic partner- weeks, and we saw a positive HER Highness Sheikha Moza bint changes and shifts naturally occur in the Gaza war, several ceasefire highest standards and in coordi- ship between two countries. Qa- vision. Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Founda- social trends, recent decades saw an initiatives were put forward, but nation with the relevant parties.” tar is a reliable mediator in the On Syria, he said, “Our posi- tion (QF), has praised more than 1,600 overwhelming trend of people gravi- they were met with Israeli in- He said, “Our projects in Gaza region, and our relations with tion is clear on the Syrian regime, graduates from universities at Educa- tating towards work in the business transigence,” he added. focus on building housing units, various parties benefit stability which has committed crimes tion City for their achievements amid sector. At the same time general in- The FM said, “We are com- infrastructure, roads, schools, in the Middle East. Americans against its people, and we do not the “exceptional circumstances” of the terest towards work in the health sec- municating with the United Na- and treating the wounded.” need a friend who can talk to see any progress towards a politi- COVID-19 pandemic, at Qatar Founda- tor decreased, resulting in shortage tions, the US and Egypt to ensure The FM said, “Our relation- their enemies.” cal solution. tion’s virtual convocation ceremony. of healthcare workers, particularly in that aid reaches Gaza. We have ship with the US administration “Egypt worked closely with In her speech, Sheikha Moza af- technical fields. An issue that will re- working teams on the ground in is moving along a path of appre- the US for the sake of the truce, Continued on page 2  firmed that “Always remember, crises quire new policies and budgets to im- will ultimately fade away. But you, prove and sustain the health sector.” with your knowledge and expertise, “I now anticipate a new and sig- will forever remain.” nificant shift in young people towards “As in previous years, I feel im- the health sector, after the pandemic mense pride attending the graduation proved to everyone just how impor- US top diplomat thanks Qatar for efforts of a new batch of students from the tant the medical profession is, and universities at Education City dur- the extent of its impact on all aspects ing these exceptional circumstances. of life. It is an importance that stems to achieve Israel-Palestine ceasefire I congratulate you on your success. It from healthcare’s centrality to every- QNA for the humanitarian and devel- is through you that we can sustain the thing around it.” DOHA opment efforts in Gaza. prosperity of the present and strength- She added, “We have seen how the QA expands US He also thanked Qatar en our future,” she said. world was suddenly paralyzed in the DEPUTY Prime Minister and Min- for its efforts in establishing Sheikha Moza said, “Every chal- face of the pandemic, as the health network to 12 ister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh peace and security in the region, lenge we face teaches us new lessons, sector struggled to contain this abrupt destinations (PG 2 ) Mohammed bin Abdulrahman and its role in the Afghan negotia- and inspires new values that enable predicament. Every country, devel- Al Thani on Thursday received a tions. us, together, to form new perspec- oped or otherwise, was equally reel- phone call from US Secretary of The FM thanked the US for tives about the reality of the world as ing in the face of the pandemic and State Antony Blinken. During the supporting the Palestinian peo- it changes.” its repercussions. At that time, new phone call, they reviewed the de- ple, affirming on the impor- “We have spoken before about the convictions arose, expressing a new velopments in Palestine. tance of humanitarian support direct and profound impact of both awareness, both in an official capac- Generation Amazing Blinken expressed his thanks and encouraging the states to the health and education sectors on all ity and among the public, that would advocates support to Qatar for its huge efforts in contribute to the reconstruction other sectors. Indeed, this pandemic restore the status of medicine and its achieving a ceasefire between the of Gaza. has proven the extent of this impact. vital role in protecting humanity. COVID-19 relief in Palestinians and the Israelis. The FM said Qatar will be at As soon as the crisis affected the India (PG 13 ) He stressed the importance of the forefront of supporting Pales- health sector, it swept through others, Continued on page 14  mobilising international support US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. tinian people. Action against 5 travel agencies for 1st phase of lifting COVID curbs begins today organising Umrah trips without nod TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK the precautionary measures. Metro DOHA services and public transport ser- THE Ministry of vices will be allowed at a maximum Endowments and THE first phase of the gradual lifting capacity of 30 percent throughout Islamic Affairs of coronavirus-related restrictions the week. (Awqaf) has taken will commence from Friday. Driving schools can operate at action against ve The Cabinet on Wednesday ap- a maximum capacity of 30 per- travel agencies in the proved the four-phase plan to lift the cent. All workers in the schools country for organising restrictions. While the first phase must have completed their COV- Umrah trips without will begin on May 28, the second ID-19 vaccination. prior approval. will start on June 18, the third on mum of five people or family mem- lowed to operate at a maximum 30 Cinemas and theatres can op- In a statement, July 9 and the fourth and the final bers residing in the same house. percent capacity outdoors. erate at a maximum capacity of 30 the ministry said in one on July 30. Beauty salons and barbershops Also allowed to open, with limit- percent, but only for those who have accordance with the The duration of each phase will can operate at a maximum 30 per- ed capacity, in this phase are health taken the two doses of the COV- provisions of Law No be at least 3 weeks with a continu- cent of their capacity, provided all clubs, gyms, massage services, sau- ID-19 vaccines. Children under 12 (3) of 2015 regulating ous assessment of national indica- workers and clients have taken both nas, steam and jacuzzi services, and are not allowed in. the practice of Hajj tors to determine transition from the doses of the vaccine. Moroccan and Turkish baths, pro- Private healthcare facilities can and Umrah services, one phase to another. Restaurants and cafes that have vided all workers and customers are provide medical services at a maxi- the Hajj and Umrah Department held ve travel agents who organised Umrah The first phase will allow a maxi- the Qatar Clean certification can fully vaccinated. Swimming pools mum capacity of 80 percent. trips without prior approval. mum of five vaccinated people to operate indoors at a maximum 30 and water parks can also open sub- Museums and libraries will reo- The of cials referred them to the competent authorities for further actions. The meet indoors. Gatherings or sitting percent of the capacity, provided all ject to conditions. pen at 30 percent capacity. Wed- administration stressed the need for concerned of ces and companies to abide by in public parks, beaches, and the workers have taken both doses of Buses must continue to operate dings continue to be banned, the provisions of the law. (TNN) Corniche will be allowed for a maxi- the COVID-19 vaccine. They are al- at half their capacity, while taking whether indoors or outdoors. 02 Friday, May 28, 2021

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Qatar condemns Qatar attends special session on human rights situation in Palestine QNA demolishing and displacing Palestinians, de-escalate the situation and put an end attack on villages in DOHA Minister of State for Foreign and attempting to Judaize and change to Israeli attacks on Palestinians. While Affairs HE Sultan bin Saad Al the legal status of Jerusalem. Qatar welcomes the agreement to end QATAR participated in the Human Muraikhi led the Qatari delega- He expressed Qatar’s strong con- the fighting, he urges the international Eastern DR Congo Rights Council’s 30th special session on tion at the conference demnation of recent Israeli attacks, par- community to take responsibility for the grave human rights situation in the ticularly in Al-Quds, the Sheikh Jarrah protecting the Palestinian people from QNA day, the Ministry of Foreign Af- occupied Palestinian territories, includ- neighborhood, and the Gaza Strip, as Israel’s killing machine, adding that Qa- DOHA fairs renewed the firm position ing East Jerusalem, via an online video ing of this important session on discuss- well as its disproportionate and indis- tar hopes that this session will contrib- of Qatar in rejecting violence platform. ing Israeli attacks in the occupied Pales- criminate use of force, deliberate tar- ute to achieving accountability against QATAR has expressed strong and terrorism, regardless of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs tinian territories in recent days. geting of civilians and journalists, and all Israeli officials for crimes committed condemnation of the attack motives and reasons. HE Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi led the Al Muraikh said that Israeli viola- bombing of civilian facilities, particularly against the Palestinian people. with knives and machetes The ministry expressed the Qatari delegation at the conference. tions and crimes against the brotherly hospitals and schools, as well as the Qa- He reaffirmed Qatar’s unwavering targeting villages in eastern condolences of Qatar to the HE Al Muraikhi expressed his grati- Palestinian people have been ongoing tar Red Crescent building, in flagrant support for the Palestinian people until Democratic Republic of the families of the victims and the tude and appreciation to the President for many decades, during which time Is- violation of international law. they regain all of their legitimate rights Congo, which resulted in civil- government and people of the and members of the Human Rights rael, the occupying power, has sought to He added that Qatar has been a part and establish an independent state on ian deaths. Democratic Republic of the Council in a videotaped speech during consolidate its settlement and racist poli- of the UN and international commu- the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as In a statement on Thurs- Congo. the meeting for responding to the hold- cies by confiscating Palestinian property, nity’s unwavering diplomatic efforts to its capital. Shura attends ASGP-IPU meeting PHCC to provide healthy space QNA for students during examinations DOHA QNA updated the school health the end-of-semester exams, THE Association of Secretaries General DOHA protocol for the precaution- with an emphasis on the of Parliaments (ASGP) held an excep- ary measures that must be need to adhere to the gen - tional meeting, through video conference THE Primary Health Care followed during this time in eral guidelines applied in technology, on the role of parliaments Corporation (PHCC) has accordance with the country the country, and the impor - and their organisation in the time of pan- affirmed that it is working, tance of maintaining a safe demic, in parallel with the convening of through the School Health distance in classrooms and the 142nd General Assembly of the Inter- Services and Programme PHCC said the School in all school facilities and Parliamentary Union (IPU). Department, and in coordi- Health Services school buses. The meeting, which ended yester- nation with the Ministry of Department acknowledged The protocols also in- day, was devoted to exchanging experi- Education and Higher Edu- clude washing and steri- ences and best practices about parlia- cation, to provide a healthy the tension that students lising hands constantly, ments’ work in light of the COVID-19 environment for students and their families feel dur- following coughing and pandemic, their role in combating the during the exam period. ing this important stage of sneezing etiquette, wearing epidemic, and the health and preven- The PHCC said the the school year, which may face mask, eating healthy tive measures taken by each legislative School Health Services De- directly affect the final balanced food to enhance council to regulate parliamentary work partment acknowledged the results of students immunity, as well as con - in the face of the pandemic’s continued tension that students and stantly cleaning and disin- spread. their families feel during this fecting the school environ- The Shura Council was represented establishment of a supreme emergency and medical and preventive precautions important stage of the national response plan. ment with the need not to at this meeting by Secretary-General of committee to combat the spread of the imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. school year, which may di - The updated protocols share school tools among the Shura Council HE Fahd bin Mubarak pandemic. The general secretaries of the par- rectly affect the final results include creating a healthy students to prevent the Al Khayarin, who praised the Amir HH His Excellency reviewed the legisla- liaments of the various Inter-Parlia- of students. and safe school environ- spread of infection. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani’s tive efforts made by the State of Qatar’s mentary Union member states present- In a statement , the cor- ment suitable for students The Primary Health Care wise directives to officials to begin im- Shura Council, as well as the structural ed their countries’ experiences in order poration said the School and all school personnel, Corporation urged all school plementing a package of decisions and and organizational measures taken to to enrich the discussion and exchange Health Services and Pro- through the precautionary employees to get vaccinated precautionary measures, as well as the adapt to the social distancing restrictions experiences. gramme Department has measures used to conduct against COVID-19.

MME participates in global CUSTOMS FOILS BID TO SMUGGLE IN Qatar calls for return COVID-19: 286 people forum on Gulf food security 5 TONNES OF TOBACCO of nuclear agreement test positive as new QNA HE Assistant Deputy Minister between US and Iran DOHA for Agriculture and Fisheries local cases fall to 171 Sheikh Dr. Faleh bin Nasser Continued from page 1  THE Ministry of Municipality Al-Thani, and the Director of and Environment (MME) took the Food Security Department ON Iran nuclear deal, the FM said, “We part in a GCC international at the Ministry of Municipality encourage a return to the nuclear agree- workshop on food security, and Environment Dr. Masoud ment between Washington and Tehran.” which was held via video con- Jarallah Al Marri. Earlier in an interview to MSNBC, the ference and coordinated by the HE Sheikh Dr. Faleh bin FM said Qatar and Egypt worked closely Ministry of Environment, Wa- Nasser Al-Thani emphasised with the US for the ceasefire in Gaza. ter and Agriculture in the King- the importance of food security “The ceasefire now is temporary. It is dom of Saudi Arabia. as one of the most pressing is- not addressing the root cause of the issue The participation of the sues at the moment, as well as which is the provocation that took place in ministry in the two-day work- the steps that should be taken to Jerusalem. Ultimately, the absence of the QATAR on Thursday recorded 286 new COVID-19 shop, which concluded on mitigate the effects of the cur- prospects of the peace process between cases — 171 from within the ommunity and 115 Thursday, was made in an effort rent Coronavirus crisis on inter- the Palestinians and Israelis,” he said. among travellers returning from abroad. to support the achievement of national trade and supply lines Right now there is a sense of urgency The Ministry of Public Health also reported food security in GCC countries, of all kinds. to make sure that we are safeguarding this 152 recoveries. With this, the active cases in Qatar particularly in light of the recur- Dr. Masoud Jarallah Al deal by stopping the provocation, allowing edged up to 4,083 while the total recoveries jumped rence of global food crises at the Marri discussed Qatar’s food the Palestinian people – Muslims and Chris- to 212,48. end of the last decade and the security strategy, its pillars, and tians—to practice their worship at Al-Aqsa No new death linked to the virus was recorded in outbreak of the Coronavirus goals, which serve as a road without any provocation. Stop the eviction of the last 24 hours, leaving the death toll so far to 552. (Covid-19) pandemic. map and an important step to- The air freight and private airports wing of the General Authority of the people who are living in Sheikh Jarrah. As many as 37,765 doses of COVID-19 vaccine The Ministry was repre- ward the State of Qatar achiev- Customs in Qatar has seized 5 tonnes of tobacco hidden in shipments And address the issue of the damage that were administered in the last 24 hours, bringing the sented in the workshop by ing national food security. of foodstuff such as corn akes. happened in Gaza due to Isareli bombing.” total doses given out so far to 2,440,930. (TNN) QA expands its network in US to 12 routes with over 85 weekly flights TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK eral of the airline’s global leisure world that has, together with our resuming June 1 environmentally-responsible travel DOHA destinations including Cape Town, state-of-the-art global hub Hamad • Boston – Increasing to four experience for its customers. Due Maldives, Seychelles and Zanzibar, International Airport, achieved weekly flights from July 3 to COVID-19’s impact on travel de- QATAR Airways’ resumption of along with other key traffic flows in four 5-Star Skytrax ratings – in- • Miami – Increasing to five mand, the airline has grounded its four-weekly Atlanta flights on June Africa, Asia and the Middle East. cluding the prestigious 5-Star Air- weekly flights from July 7 fleet of Airbus A380s as it is not en- 1 marks the full return of the air- Qatar Airways Group Chief line Rating, 5-Star Airport Rating, • New York – Increasing to dou- vironmentally justifiable to operate line’s pre-pandemic US network, Executive Akbar Al Baker said: 5-Star COVID-19 Airline Safety ble daily flights from July 21 such a large, four-engine aircraft in increasing its gateways to 12, two “Despite the challenges of the pan- Rating and 5-Star COVID-19 Air- • Philadelphia – Increasing to the current market. Qatar Airways more than it operated before COV- demic, Qatar Airways has remained port Safety Rating. We are proud to five weekly flights from July 2 has also recently launched a new ID-19. committed to its passengers and have lead the industry during this • Sao Paulo - Increasing to dou- programme that enables passen- The airline will also be in- trade partners in the US, main- have enabled us to connect to more difficult period, setting the bench- ble daily flights from August 6 gers to voluntarily offset the car- creasing frequencies to Boston, taining continuous services while points in the United States than any mark for innovation, safety and • San Francisco – Increasing to bon emissions associated with their Miami, New York, Philadelphia, rebuilding its US network and other airline, providing US travel- customer service, and look forward daily flights from July 2 journey at the point of booking. San Francisco and Seattle offer- launching two new destinations lers the most convenient way to to welcoming our customers back • Seattle – Increasing to A multiple award-winning air- ing more flexible travel options - San Francisco and Seattle. We travel internationally this summer. on board as they plan their summer daily flights from July 8 line, Qatar Airways was named for its passengers with more than have also strengthened our pres- “As more of our passengers travels.” Qatar Airways operates one of ‘World’s Best Airline’ by the 2019 85 weekly flights across the US. ence in the US through strategic return to the skies, they can take Americas Network En- the youngest, most fuel efficient World Airline Awards, managed by These increased services will pro- partnerships with Alaska Airlines, comfort knowing that they are trav- hancements: fleets in the sky, and is commit- the international air transport rat- vide enhanced connectivity to sev- American Airlines and JetBlue that elling with the only airline in the • Atlanta – Four weekly flights ted to delivering a sustainable and ing organisation Skytrax. Friday, May 28, 2021 03 Islam Envy: A Very Bad The Best End for a Believer’s Life Question: In what situation is it best for a righteous believer for Al- lah to take his soul?

Answer: All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify Heart Disease that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger. The best condition in which the soul of the believer is taken is when he is doing a good deed or an act of worship. This will be a good end for him, since what matters is one’s nal deeds. The Messenger of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: “When Allah wills good for His slave, He sweetens him.” He, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, was asked, “What is this sweetening?” He said, “Allah guides him to do a righteous deed before he dies, then He takes his soul whilst he is in that state.” [Nar- rated by Ahmad] Also, it was narrated that Huthayfah, may Allah be pleased with him, said: “Whoever says Laa ilaaha illa-Allaah (there is none worthy of worship except Allah), seeking the Countenance of Allah thereby, and that was the last of his deeds, will enter Paradise. Whoever fasts one day, seeking the Countenance of Allah thereby, and that was the last of his deeds, will enter Paradise. Whoever gives charity, seeking the Coun- tenance of Allah thereby, and that was the last of his deeds, will enter Paradise.” [Narrated by Ahmad] Allah Knows best. Be Patience in the Face of Verbal Abuse from Relatives

Question: Asalam Alaykum. My brother and I are on very bad terms. He is being very judgmental and constantly insists on hurting my feelings by stereotyping me. For example, he says that I am like so and so (negative things). Then he claims that he is saying that for my own good. Also my mother always sides with him. Now it is also ruining my relationship with her. It is getting quite horrible with both as I have a short temper and I can’t tolerate these fights anymore. Please provide some help for this.

Answer: All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad, sal- lallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger. Question: I have a very aspire to have the same property legally and logically, however, is look at those who are superior to If the situation is as you described in the question that your brother ver- big problem which I tried to or position as others but without discontent with and objection to you, so as not to disdain Allah’s bally harms you by likening you to bad people, for instance, then there is no solve many times but unfor- wishing to see them (other people) Allah’s way of distributing sus- favour upon you. [Narrated in doubt that this is a serious offence. In fact, this invites Satan to sow seeds tunately I couldn’t. I hope lose that property or position. This tenance and provision. Further- the Sunan and the Musnad] of discord between you, especially as you are family and Islam commands that you could help me solve aspiration or craving is viewed more, what is equally rejected 3) One should keep in his upholding the ties of kinship and forbids severing them. Allah, The Exalted, it. I am an ordinary Muslim, as mere innocent and blameless is to endeavour to achieve one’s mind that the kind of superior- says (what means): {And tell My servants to say that which is best. Indeed, neither very good nor very wishfullness, not envy, for a true ambitions through ways other ity which is worth to contest is Satan induces (dissension) among them. Indeed Satan is ever, to mankind, bad. I pray regularly and re- Muslim does not envy. than those approved by Allah. that which involves obedience to a clear enemy.} [Qur’an 17:53] cite the Qur’an, but the mat- The second group includes Among the tips that can help Allah Almighty and closeness to It is strange that he claims that this is for your own good and it is also ter that disturbs me most is those who are not satisfied with believers be content and satis- Him. Hence, the Prophet, sallal- strange that your mother sides with him. my bad habit of excessive what Allah has given them and fied with their share of suste- laahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: No We advise you to adhere to patience, endure their attitudes and kindly jealousy. I have heard of a they know no way to achieve nance are: envy (is pardoned) except in two give them advice. At the same time, supplicate Allah, The Exalted, to bless Hadith that says that envy their goals and wishes except 1) Everything in this life is cases: a man whom Allah has giv- them with guidance to the straight path. eats up (destroys) good through envying others dependent on and con- en wealth, all of which he spends On the other hand, you should know that it is incumbent on you to be deeds as fire does to wood. I for what Allah has nected to Destiny in goodness (good cause), and a dutiful to your mother and treat her kindly even if she offends you. You are feel really that this jealousy given them. They and Predestina- man whom Allah has given wis- obliged to be dutiful to your mother and to beware of anger; verily, anger (envy) destroys my heart, so are always dis- People, on this tion which are dom by which he judges (among brings about many evils. If you mistreat or wrong your mother even by saying I urgently need your advice content with issue, are divided into two in the Hands the people) and teaches it to the mildest word of disrespect - “uff” - or even by frowning in her face, you as to what should I do and Allah’s Will of Allah them. [Narrated by Al-Bukhaari are considered undutiful towards her and this is a grave sin that incurs the what should I read so as to and Wis- groups. The first group com- Alone. It and Muslim] wrath of Allah, The All-Knowing of the Unseen. get rid of this fire (jealousy). dom in dis- prises those who are in the habit of is Allah 4) Envy destroys the en- Allah Says (what means): {And your Lord has decreed that you not wor- tributing being always satisfied with what Allah and Al- vier’s heart but does not affect ship except Him, and to parents, good treatment. Whether one or both of Answer: All perfect praise His Sus- lah Alone the envied person. It (envy) is them reach old age [while] with you, say not to them [so much as], “uff,” and be to Allah, The Lord of the tenance provides them and try to get it through Who a clear indication of a weak and do not repel them but speak to them a noble word..} [Qur’an 17:23] Worlds. I testify that there is and they legal means. They never envy oth- decrees mean self. The envier wastes his Allah Knows best. none worthy of worship except are over- ers for any favour that Allah grants what- time, harms himself and blurs Allah, and that Muhammad, sal- whelmed by ever none his thinking so much so that he lallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His pungent ma- them or wish that that favour can object degrades himself among other slave and Messenger. levolence, so or privilege be lost from to and gives people. Thus the aphorism goes: It is in the nature of most much so that they them. what none can “the envier is willy-nilly doomed human beings to aspire to su- burden themselves prevent. His suste- to failure”. periority over others in terms of with grave sins. nance can never be got 5) Among the remedies one “Do not envy one another; do not hate wealth, beauty and status. Ultimately, they get noth- or increased by man’s skill and may adopt to overcome the bad one another; do not turn your back on one People, on this issue, are di- ing more than what Allah has keenness. effects which envy causes is to vided into two groups. The first bestowed upon them. This egre- 2) One should take into ac- engage in one’s own affairs such another (in discontent); (but) be slaves of group comprises those who are gious defect is the very one, Sa- count the condition of those who as planning for one’s future, in the habit of being always sat- tan (my Allah curse him) and his are inferior to him in terms of lending a helping hand to oth- Allah as brothers.” – [Al-Bukhari & Muslim] isfied with what Allah provides followers are stained with. the mundane (worldly) affairs ers and participating in philan- them and try to get it through Hence, for one to seek and and should not look at those who thropic projects. One must also legal means. They never envy pine for wealth and high rank are superior to him. keep in mind that philanthropy others for any favour that Allah within the limits of the Sharee’ah It is narrated that Proph- and envy are never paralleled; grants them or wish that that (Islamic law) is by no means con- et Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alay- the real opulence is that of a con - favour or privilege be lost from demned. It is one of the instinc- hi wa sallam, said: Look at (con- tent self, and that wealth does them. tive attributes man was created sider the condition of) those who never solely mean the multitude They may blamelessly wish and with. What is strictly condemned are inferior to you, but do not of money and estates. FORMS OF CHARITY OTHER THAN GIVING MONEY

LL perfect praise be to Allah, something of Me, I would surely give Laa Ilaaha illa Allaah, i.e. None has be worshipped but Allah) is a char- lah be upon him: “What is the most “An accepted Hajj.” [Al-Bukhaari and The Lord of the Worlds. I tes- it to him, and if he seeks My Refuge the right to be worshipped but Allah) ity, each Takbeerah (saying Allaahu beloved act of worship to Allah? And Muslim] tify that there is none worthy (protection), I would surely protect is a charity, enjoining good is a char- Akbar, i.e. Allah is the Greatest) is a he said: “The prayer at its prescribed Besides, a narration reported by of worship except Allah, and him (i.e. give him My Refuge).” [Al- ity, forbidding evil is a charity, and charity, enjoining good is a charity, fixed times.” Then I asked: “What is Muslim, reads: “The best act is the Athat Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alay- Bukhaari] in the sexual act of each of you (with forbidding evil is a charity. However, next?” He replied: “Then being kind prayer at its prescribed fixed times hi wa sallam, is His slave and Mes- Indeed, when the poor Mus- his wife) there is a charity.” They to fulfil that charity, it is sufficient and dutiful to the parents.” I again and being kind and dutiful to the par- senger. lims complained to the Prophet, (the Companions) asked: O Prophet to pray two Rak’ahs in the forenoon asked: “What is next?” He replied: ents.” The types of charity and the peace and blessings of Allah be of Allah, when a person amongst us [Adh-uha prayer].” [Muslim and oth- “Jihaad in the way of Allah.” He Furthermore, the scholars, may means of doing good are so many and upon him, about having no money satisfies his desire, will he get some ers] [‘Abdullaah Ibn Mas’ood] said: He Allah have mercy upon them, said: they are not limited to giving money; (to give in charity) and they said to reward for that? The Prophet, peace Therefore, despite the fact that [the Prophet, peace and blessings of “The reason why his (the Prophet’s) some of it may have a reward that him: “The possessors of great wealth and blessings of Allah be upon him, there is no spending of money in Allah be upon him] told me this and answers differed in these Ahaadeeth may even exceed the reward of do- have obtained the great rewards: said: ‘’Do you not see that if he were these kinds of charity the reward if I were to ask him more questions, as sometimes he favours the prayer, nating money. However, the best re- they pray as we pray, and they ob- to do so in an illicit way, he would be of some of them may exceed the re- he would have told me more.” [Al- and sometimes Hajj and sometimes warding act of worship and the most serve fast as we observe fast, but they deserving a punishment? Likewise, if ward of donating money, although Bukhaari and Muslim] being kind and dutiful to one’s par- beloved one to Allah is to perform give charity with the excess of their he does it in a lawful manner, he will this differs according to the circum- Moreover, Abu Hurayrah, may ents, is due to the difference of the what Allah has ordained on His slave wealth (whereas we have nothing be deserving a reward.” [Muslim] stances (of the person concerned) Allah be pleased with him, nar- questioners, as he, peace and bless- as in the Qudsi Hadeeth which reads: to give in charity), thereupon, the Furthermore, Abu Tharr, may because when the Prophet, peace rated that the Prophet, peace and ings of Allah be upon him, may re- “My Slave does not get closer to Me Prophet, peace and blessings of Al- Allah be pleased with him, narrated and blessings of Allah be upon blessings of Allah be upon him, was spond to the questioner according with anything more beloved to Me lah be upon him, said: “Has not Al- that the Prophet, peace and blessings him, was asked about the best and asked: “What is the best and most to what he sees that it is suitable than something that I have enjoined lah made things for you to give in of Allah be upon him, said: “In every most beloved act of worship, he gave beloved act of worship to Allah? He, for him or that it is useful to him or upon him, and My Slave keeps getting charity? Truly, each Tasbeehah (say- morning, charity is due on every joint different answers because of the dif- peace and blessings of Allah be upon rather that it is better for him at that closer to Me by performing Nawaafil ing Subhaana Allaah, i.e. glory be to of anyone of you. So, each Tasbeehah ference of the circumstances of the him, replied: “It is to believe in Allah particular time. It is the same thing (supererogatory acts of worship) till I Allah) is a charity, each Takbeerah (saying Subhaanah Allaah, i.e. glory questioners; what is better for one and His Messenger.” “What is next?, in regard to the kinds of charities, love him, and if I love him, I become (saying Allaahu Akbar, i.e. Allah is be to Allah) is a charity, each Tah- person may not be better for anoth- he was asked. He, peace and blessings as sometimes it might be better to his hearing with which he hears and the Greatest) is a charity, and each meedah (saying Al-Hamdu lillaaah, er, as in the Hadeeth of ‘Abdullaah of Allah be upon him, said: “Jihaad donate money and it might be that his seeing with which he sees and his Tahmeedah (saying Al-Hamdu lil- i.e. All praise is due to Allah) is a char- Ibn Mas’ood , may Allah be pleased in the Cause of Allah.” Then, he was other kinds of charity may be better hand with which he strikes and his leg laaah, i.e. All praise is due to Allah) is ity, each Tahleelah (saying Laa Ilaaha with him, who said: “I asked the asked: What is next? He, peace and at some other times.” with which he walks; and if he asks a charity, and each Tahleelah (saying illa Allaah, i.e. None has the right to Prophet, peace and blessings of Al- blessings of Allah be upon him, said: Allaah Knows best. 04 Friday, May 28, 2021 World

Fugitive Indian jeweller Twitter concerned over freedom Choksi detained in Dominica

DPA arrested by the police from NEW DELHI the north of Dominica. Since of expression, staff safety in India the area does not have an Fugitive diamond merchant airport, we believe he used Mehul Choksi, wanted in a boat to enter Dominica il- The Indian govt is engaged in a tense stand-off with global digital companies over the new regulatory rules India in connection with legally,” News18 quoted a a major bank fraud case, spokesperson of the Domin- DPA has been captured on the ican police as saying. NEW DELHI Caribbean island of Domi- Police said Choksi was nica, media reports said on spotted on the Canefield TWITTER said on Thursday Thursday. beach in Dominica’s capital, that it was concerned about Choksi and his nephew Roseau, disposing of docu- the safety of its staff in India Nirav Modi are accused of ments at sea, according to and the potential threat to the colluding with employees News18. freedom of expression of its of the state-run Punjab Na- Police on duty at the users in connection with new tional Bank to get 2 billion beach found his actions government rules for large so- dollars’ worth of loans from suspicious. They first ques- cial media platforms. a consortium of banks. tioned and then detained The statement came days Modi and Choksi trav- him. “We have asked the after Delhi police visited Twit- elled abroad in January Dominican government ter’s offices to serve a notice in 2018 and have not returned to detain him for entering connection with a tweet from a since. their country illegally ... and ruling Bharatiya Janata Party Choksi soon surfaced in have him deported directly (BJP) spokesman that it had Antigua and Barbuda, where to India,” Antigua and Bar- labelled as “manipulated.” he acquired citizenship. He buda Prime Minister Gaston Twitter’s comments come mysteriously went missing Browne was quoted as say- as the Indian government is on Sunday, after which po- ing by News18. engaged in a tense stand-off lice in Antigua requested that Choksi’s lawyer in In- with global digital companies Interpol issue a global alert. dia, Vijay Aggarwal said he over the new regulatory rules Choksi was subsequent- suspected his client may effective from Wednesday. ly arrested in neighbouring not have reached Dominica “Right now, we are con- Dominica, India’s News18 “voluntarily” and this need- cerned by recent events re- network reported. “He was ed to be investigated. garding our employees in In- dia and the potential threat to freedom of expression for the people we serve,” a Twitter spokesman said. Delhi police personnel sit outside a gate of the Twitter India’s of ce at Crescent building in New Delhi recently. (AFP) “We, alongside many News in civil society in India and tinue a constructive dialogue “emphatically assure” rep- ing the new rules. around the world, have con- with the government while ad- resentatives of social media Twitter was refusing to in brief cerns with regards to the use vocating for changes to those companies that they are and comply with the very regula- of intimidation tactics by the elements of the regulations will always be safe in India. tions on the basis of which Firebrand cleric jailed for violating police in response to enforce- that “inhibit free and open The ministry in February it was claiming safe harbour ment of our global Terms of public conversation.” issued fresh guidelines that protection from any criminal Indonesia’s virus restrictions Service, as well as with core The Indian government Laws of land require internet-based plat- liability in India, the IT minis- elements of the new IT rules,” accused the microblogging The Indian government forms like Facebook, Google try release said. JAKARTA: An Indonesian court on Thursday sentenced a he added. platform of “deliberate defi- accused the microblogging and Twitter to follow several The new guidelines iden- rebrand Islamic cleric and ve of his followers to eight months The requirement to ap- ance” and said “Twitter needs new regulatory measures. tify social media platforms in prison for outing COVID-19 restrictions by organizing a wed- point a compliance officer to stop beating around the platform of ‘deliberate These include appointing a with over 5 million users as ding for his daughter last year. who will be criminally liable bush and comply with the laws de ance’ and said ‘Twitter compliance officer in India, “significant intermediaries.” Muhammad Rizieq Shihab, founder of the now-disbanded for content published on the of the land.” needs to stop beating around identifying the first originator If they fail to comply with the vigilante group Islamic Defenders’ Front (FPI), and the other ve platform, requirements for “Protecting free speech in the bush and comply with the of specified content and set- new guidelines, these plat- were found guilty of violating the country’s health quarantine proactive monitoring and the India is not the prerogative laws of the land’ ting up a grievance response forms can lose their status as laws, judges at the East Jakarta district court ruled. Shihab blanket authority to seek in- of only a private, for-profit, mechanism. intermediaries which means was also ordered to pay a ne for a separate gathering that at- formation about users, were foreign entity like Twitter, but The micro-blogging plat- they will be open to legal ac- tracted thousands of people outside Jakarta in November. particularly worrying, accord- it is the commitment of the a statement from the Minis- form has requested the minis- tion for something posted on Shihab returned home in November after spending three ing to Twitter. world’s largest democracy and try of Electronics and IT. The try for an extension of at least their platform along with the years in Saudi Arabia to evade police questioning on charges Twitter said it will con- its robust institutions,” said government said it wanted to three months for implement- poster. he exchanged lewd online messages with a female supporter. In 2018, police dropped the charges, which Shihab said were trumped up because of his political activity and criticism of the government. Israel summons French envoy for He staged several gatherings attended by thousands of his Israeli newspaper’s front page supporters in the week after his return from Saudi Arabia, includ- ing a wedding party for his daughter at his Jakarta house. In rebuke over apartheid warning December, police clashed with Shihab’s supporters on a highway features 67 children killed in Gaza DPA as of cers were tailing his entourage in West Java province in an TEL AVIV between Jews and Arabs in attempt to arrest him, killing six of his followers. (DPA) DPA Israeli cities during the most TEL AVIV FRANCE’S ambassador to recent escalation in tensions Israel was summoned by the and said that if there is a solu- Many dozens missing after boat sinks on THE front page of an Israeli Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem tion besides the two-state one, Nigeria river newspaper on Thursday was to be rebuked over comments there are “the ingredients for filled with the photos of 67 warning of the danger of an an apartheid” that could be LAGOS: More than 130 people are missing after a boat ac- Palestinian children and teen- apartheid, the ministry an- long-lasting. cident in Nigeria, local emergency services said. agers who died in the latest nounced on Thursday. Israeli Prime Minister Ten hours after the boat sank, only 22 of the 165 people flare-up between Israel and Israeli Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sharply on board have been rescued from the water, the head of the the Gaza Strip. Gabi Ashkenazi reportedly told rebuked Le Drian on Wednes- regional rescue service, Sani Dododo, said on Wednesday “This is the price of war,” the ambassador that Israel ex- day: “The minister said that evening. Among the ve bodies found so far was that of a wrote the Haaretz newspaper pected friendly states not to Israel could become an apart- small child. alongside the images. The pa- Palestinian children play amid the ruins of a building destroyed during play into the hands of anti-Is- heid state - a brazen, false A total of 11 rescue boats and numerous divers are now per, in cooperation with the recent Israeli bombing in Rafah on Wednesday. (AFP) raeli forces with what he called claim without any basis.” Is- searching for the missing passengers. New York Times, published irresponsible statements. rael’s citizens are equal before The accident occurred in north-west Nigeria on the Niger the photos, ages and stories of The publication comes less According to the Israeli The actions are in response the law, regardless of their ori- River. Shehu Bello - one of the survivors - told dpa that the the victims, who ranged in age than a week after a ceasefire army, children in Gaza were to French Foreign Minister gin, he responded. boat broke in two and sank on its way from Niger State to Ke- between 6 months to 17 years. took hold, ending the latest es- also killed by misdirected Jean-Yves Le Drian warning Human Rights Watch had bbi State. It is not known what caused the boat to rupture. In total, 254 Palestinians were calation that had grown out of rockets fired by Palestinian of “apartheid” in an interview already accused Israel of an In Nigeria and other African countries, accidents of this killed, according to the Gaza clashes between Palestinians militants. In Israel, 13 people over the weekend. apartheid policy towards the kind are a relatively regular occurrence, as boats are often Health Ministry, a quarter of and Israeli security forces at were killed in the conflict, in- He had pointed out that Palestinians in April in a re- completely overloaded and kept in poor condition. (DPA) them children. Jerusalem holy sites. cluding a 5- and a 16-year-old. there had been confrontations port of more than 200 pages. Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen vigil Malaysia reports nearly 8,000 banned for second year running virus cases as outbreak worsens

DPA gatherings posed a danger to DPA HONG KONG public health. BANGKOK Critics say that laws requir- AN annual vigil to commemo- ing social distancing during MALAYSIA’S Health Ministry rate the 1989 Tiananmen the pandemic have been used said 7,857 people had tested Square Massacre in Hong alongside a year-old national positive for coronavirus on Kong’s Victoria Park was security law to crack down on Thursday, another new one- banned by police on Thurs- dissent in the city, which has day record and the third day in day for the second year run- traditionally had greater civil a row more than 7,000 cases ning. freedoms than mainland China. had been confirmed. Spokeswoman Chow Hang Chow said on Thursday Around one-third of the Tung from the Hong Kong Al- they were undeterred by the cases were reported in the in- liance in Support of Patriotic ban. dustrial heartland of Selangor, Democratic Movements of Chi- “Our role is to stand our ministry Director-General Noor na (HKA) told dpa that the or- ground, to [still] resist and Hisham Abdullah said. ganization had received a letter show that not everyone has Hisham earlier called for A family arrives to receive tests at a free COVID-19 coronavirus testing banning the vigil and planned been silenced,” she said. volunteers to help health care site in Shah Alam near Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. (AFP) march, with police citing pan- Last year thousands turned workers, who said are exhaust- demic restrictions as the rea- File photo of people attending a vigil in Hong Kong. (AFP) up for the candlelit vigil, defy- ed by the surge in patient num- bers overtook India’s earlier Baba said on Thursday that son. ing the first ban of the event in bers. At the start of April, the this week, going by official data authorities are considering “We had talks with police It’s part of a larger crack- which had requested permis- 31 years. ministry was reporting roughly collated by the University of deploying a new one-minute on 20th and 25th [May], but down,” Chow said. The or- sion to go ahead: a public dem- High-profile activist Joshua 1,000 cases a day, but since then Oxford. Around 550,000 in- breath test for the virus devel- we feel that the government is ganizers had said they would onstration - set for May 30 - and Wong was one of the people numbers have surged, with the fections have been recorded in oped in neighbouring Singa- determined to extinguish the comply with social-distancing a public gathering, on June 4. convicted for attending last 32.75-million-population coun- the country since the first was pore and being trialled by bor- event. It’s disappointing, [for measures in an effort to allow The letter received by HKA year’s unauthorized Tianan- try reporting the highest case reported early last year. Sixty- der officials manning the land weeks] they’ve issued warnings, the event to go ahead, but to no cited protocol under the Pre- men gathering. Chow herself numbers per capita in South- three virus-related deaths were crossing from Malaysia. politicians have commented, avail. vention and Control of Disease, faces unauthorized assembly East Asia since last month. reported on Wednesday, taking Almost 1 million people they’ve done all they can do [to Police confirmed that they stating that the Covid-19 situ- charges for taking part in the Measured per million peo- the total to 2,432. have been fully vaccinated, the stop it]. had issued a ban on two events ation was grave and that such 2020 vigil. ple, Malaysia’s daily case num- Health Minister Adham minister said. World Friday, May 28, 2021 05 British police rescue more than 570 children during drugs raids China rejects new US investigation into origin of coronavirus LONDON More than 570 children have been rescued from drug traf ckers in a series of police BEIJING: China rejected US President Joe Biden’s order for a new investigation by US intelligence raids across Britain. agencies into the origins of the coronavirus, accusing the US of trying to politicize the search. News On Thursday, the National Police Chiefs’ Council, which coordinates law enforcement across Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian on Thursday accused the US of trying to pin the Britain, said it had arrested 1,100 people and seized 292 weapons seized as part of a national blame for the pandemic on China and defended his country against suspicions that the coronavirus in brief crackdown on “county lines” drug dealing gangs. may have escaped from a Chinese laboratory following an accident. County lines is a drugs distribution model where people use mobile phones to help export He stressed that World Health Organisation (WHO) experts had concluded in February that a drugs from major cities to more rural areas. Vulnerable children and adults are often used in leak from a lab was “extremely unlikely” after they had conducted investigations in the central city of the process. The latest arrests took place between May 17 and May 23. (DPA) Wuhan. (DPA) Macron says France needs to ‘face history’ over Rwandan genocide

DPA clouded for years over France’s commit genocide months later. ence with Kagame, Macron said: a heavy responsibility for the KIGALI actions leading up to the 1994 In a speech at a memorial “We have decided to resume the genocide. killings that left an estimated for victims of the genocide, Ma- path of cooperation, of dialogue, One of the conclusions was PRESIDENT Emmanuel Ma- 800,000 people dead. cron added that France had a without hiding any of the dif- that Paris had remained blind cron has said France needs to Militias from Rwanda’s duty to “face history and recog- ficulties that our two countries to preparations for the killings. “recognize the extent of the suf- Hutu majority killed members nize the extent of the suffering it have gone through.” The coop- However, there was no evi- fering” caused by its decisions of the Tutsi minority and mod- inflicted on the Rwandan peo- eration between the two coun- dence of France’s complicity in at the time of the Rwandan erate Hutus. Macron said that ple.” He said the international tries was guided by the desire the deaths. genocide, during his first visit although France wanted to pre- community let three “endless” to face shared history, but also Macron also promised to the East African nation as vent a regional conflict or civil months pass before responding to shape the future for younger France would provide 500 mil- French leader. war during international nego- to the genocide. generations, Macron added. lion euros in development aid Macron arrived in Rwanda tiations in August 1993, it had Rwandan President Paul The French president also to Rwanda between 2019 and on Thursday in a bid to nor- ignored warnings from observ- Kagame had received Macron praised the role of a commis- 2023, especially for the health, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame (right) and French President Emma- malize relations between the ers, involuntarily siding with upon his arrival. sion of historians which recent- digital technology and franco- nuel Macron in Kigali on Thursday. (AFP) two countries that have been the perpetrators who would During a joint press confer- ly concluded that France bore phone sectors.

Everything ex-aide said EU sanctions could target about me is untrue: British health secretary Belarus’ oil, potash sectors DPA LONDON

BRITAIN’S health secretary The EU does not recognize Alexander Lukashenko as Belarus’ legitimate president has denied that he lied to “eve- rybody in multiple occasions, DPA Josep Borrell said. in meeting after meeting in the BRUSSELS/LISBON Landsbergis warned that cabinet room and publicly,” in Russia could annex Belarus in a statement to lawmakers on AFTER sealing off their skies to the same the way it did parts of Thursday. Belarusian air traffic, the Euro- Ukraine. Matt Hancock appeared in pean Union’s foreign ministers Lukashenko is working to the House of Commons to de- on Thursday started debating change the constitution and fend his position after Domi- targets for economic sanctions, possibly merge Belarus and nic Cummings, a former aide with the oil and potash sectors Russia, according to the minis- to the prime minister, accused looking likely. ter. “If an illegitimate president him of lying to lawmakers and “We really need to find the unites two countries ... then in the public and said he called I’ve been straight with sectors, the companies, who my opinion, it’s Crimea just on for Hancock’s sacking several people in public and in actually benefit the regime, but a bigger scale,” the conservative times last year. private throughout not hurting the people,” Lithu- politician said. Cummings held the posi- anian Foreign Minister Gabri- In response to the restric- tion of chief adviser to Prime Britain’s Health Secretary elius Landsbergis said before tions, Belarusian state-owned Minister Boris Johnson from Matt Hancock talks with his EU counterparts airline Belavia suspended all July 2019 to November 2020, in Lisbon. flights to Germany, Poland, and gave him advice on how The measures are the next Italy, Austria, the Netherlands, to handle the coronavirus out- journalists during a visit to a planned response to the forced Spain and Belgium until Octo- break when it struck Britain in hospital in Essex on Thursday. diversion to Minsk of a com- ber, it said on Thursday. March last year. After Hancock’s parliament mercial flight between two EU Meanwhile, concern was He was questioned by law- appearance Johnson told re- capitals - Athens and Vilnius - also expressed by neighbouring makers on Wednesday about porters the government had in order to detain a Belarusian countries. Lithuania’s interior how the government handled to take an “incredibly difficult opposition journalist and his Secretary General and Executive Director of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Christophe Deloire (second minister announced plans to the outbreak of coronavirus series of decisions” to tackle companion on Sunday. left) and other activists protest against the arbitrary detention of Roman Protasevich, at the Lithuanian- strengthen its 680-kilometre in Britain and what can be coronavirus, “none of which The EU is among many in- Belarus border in Salcininkai, Lithuania on Thursday. (AFP) border with Belarus, saying learned from the experience in we have taken lightly” and that ternational voices calling for the lawmakers were working on the future. lockdowns were a “very, very release of Roman Protasevich German Foreign Minister The EU does not recognize terrent effect, with arrests of ways to improve monitoring. Appearing in Parliament painful and traumatic thing” and Sofia Sapega, and already Heiko Maas warned Minsk it Alexander Lukashenko as Be- demonstrators and journalists In Poland, Protasevich’s on Thursday, Hancock said: that had to be “set against the moved to restrict access to its could face a sustained campaign larus’ legitimate president. Pro- continuing. parents said they still did not “These allegations that were horror of the pandemic.” airspace for Belarusian carriers. of punitive measures. tests following an August 2020 As a first step back towards know where he was being held. put yesterday ... are serious Responding to Cummings’ Landsbergis suggested the “We will be watching which election the opposition says was good relations with the bloc, His father said that a lawyer allegations and I welcome the claim that he was not a fit per- oil products sector was an op- consequences these have in Be- rigged have been met with a Maas called for the immediate hired by the family had not been opportunity to come to the son to be leading the country, tion but stressed that debate larus, if we see change of direc- brutal crackdown. release of more than 400 politi- permitted to see his son. House to formally put on the Johnson added: “It’s important was only just starting. tion from [Belarusian President The bloc has imposed EU cal prisoners on Thursday. His parents, based in War- record that these unsubstanti- for us to focus on what really Another possibility floated Alexander] Lukashenko,” Maas asset freezes and travel bans on No sanctions decisions were saw, also repudiated claims ated allegations around hon- matters to the people of this by Luxembourg’s foreign min- told journalists. dozens of individuals linked to expected at the EU ministers’ made about Protasevich’s activ- esty are not true.” “I’ve been country. ister, Jean Asselborn, would be “If that is not the case, we state repression in the past 10 meeting in Lisbon, though work ities in Ukraine, saying he had straight with people in public “I think, if I may say so, that the potash sector. State com- must assume that this is only months, including Lukashenko on adding new names to the worked as a reporter there, not and in private throughout,” he some of the commentary I have pany Belaruskali is one of the the beginning of a major, long himself. The measures appear existing sanctions list is well un- as a mercenary as Lukashenko added. heard doesn’t bear any relation world’s biggest suppliers. spiral of sanctions,” he said. not have had the intended de- der way, EU foreign affairs chief claimed. Johnson was questioned by to reality.”

Australia’s Victoria EU exports 100 million vaccines to Indian pharma seeks enters 7-day lockdown Japan also in support of Olympics approval for human trials of antibody cocktail to contain virus cluster DPA BRUSSELS DPA ferent stages of the disease DPA close and the public will only NEW DELHI progression and look at op- SYDNEY be allowed to leave home for THE European Union has au- tions that can reduce patient’s essential reasons, includ- thorised the export of more INDIAN pharmaceutical com- suffering and discomfort,” Pa- THE Australian state of Vic- ing for vaccination appoint- than 100 million COVID-19 pany Zydus Cadila has sought tel added. toria will go into a seven- ments. vaccine doses to Japan, Euro- regulatory approval to under- “We believe that ZRC- day lockdown starting at the Australia has been very pean Commission President take human clinical trials of 3308 has the potential to ad- end of Thursday to contain successful so far in fighting Ursula von der Leyen said on its antibody cocktail to treat dress these concerns and pro- a growing cluster of corona- the pandemic with extremely Thursday. COVID-19, the company an- virus cases. strict measures, including This, von der Leyen said, nounced on Thursday. There are 34 active cases by keeping its international could also be seen as the EU’s ZRC-3308 was a therapy India reported a continu- of coronavirus across the border closed with few ex- support for the preparation of of two SARS-CoV-2-neutral- ing downward trend of state, with 12 new locally ac- ceptions since March 2020. the Olympic Games scheduled izing monoclonal antibodies. daily infections with quired cases detected in the The country has recorded to take place in Tokyo July It was found to have reduced last 24 hours. just over 30,000 cases and 23-August 8 after being post- lung damage during animal 211,298 cases in a Acting state premier 910 deaths since the pan- poned last year. trials and was well-tolerated, 24-hour period on Thursday James Merlino said more demic began. “We are looking forward to a company spokesperson said. morning and 3,847 deaths than 10,000 primary and But there is increasing the Olympic Games,” she said. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels on Monoclonal antibodies are secondary contacts had been criticism of the slow pace of The export authorisation Thursday. (AFP) laboratory-made proteins that identified in connection with vaccination and a growing to Japan “is a strong sign that mimic natural antibodies the vide safe treatment,” he said. the outbreak. backlash to the closed bor- we support any preparation all vaccines had been adminis- body generates to fight viruses Regeneron and Roche’s Health experts are espe- der, with the government for the Olympic Games and The EU has been accused tered in just 10 countries. and other pathogens. antibody cocktail received cially concerned about how indicating this month it does the safety of these games,” she of hoarding vaccines, and The EU disputes such criti- Zydus is seeking the Drugs emergency use approval in In- quickly the Indian variant is not expect international said. WHO chief had warned cism, arguing that it is the big- Controller General of India’s dia earlier this week. It was ap- spreading, Merlino said. travel to resume until 2022. The doses would cover 40 that 75% of all vaccines gest exporter of vaccines in the approval to carry out the tri- proved earlier this year by the “We also know our na- As of Tuesday, 3.8 mil- per cent of the population, ac- had been administered in world. At the beginning of May, als at a time when the country United States and some Euro- tion’s vaccine rollout has lion vaccine doses had been cording to von der Leyen. just 10 countries 200 million exports of vaccine is struggling with shortages of pean country drug regulators. been slower than we’d hoped. administered nationwide. The Olympics have come doses had left the bloc so far, medicines and vaccines during India reported a continu- And if more people were vac- This is the fourth coro- under increasing scrutiny covering over 90 countries, ac- a deadly second wave. ing downward trend of daily cinated, we might be facing a navirus lockdown for Victo- since a new virus wave surged Games have come under fire in cording to the commission. “At this juncture, there is infections with 211,298 cases different set of circumstanc- ria, Australia’s second-most in the country since April. Less recent months. The bloc introduced new a critical need to explore safer in a 24-hour period Thursday es. Sadly, we’re not,” Merlino populous state. Last year the than 3 per cent of the country The EU has been accused of rules in January under which and more efficacious treat- morning and 3,847 deaths. said in a statement. capital city Melbourne was has been fully vaccinated, and hoarding vaccines, and World the EU can block vaccine ex- ments to combat COVID-19,” The downswing was reas- Under the measures, under “stay at home” orders only 6 per cent has received at Health Organization chief ports if it believes that manu- said Sharvil Patel, managing suring, COVID-19 task force non-essential shops will for 112 days. least one jab. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus facturers owe the member director of Cadila Healthcare. chief VK Paul said at a press Not only the Olympic had warned that 75 percent of states doses. “It is important to look at dif- briefing. 06 Friday, May 28, 2021

ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 3, 2006 HAMAD BIN SUHAIM AL THANI CHAIRMAN Opinion ADEL ALI BIN ALI MANAGING DIRECTOR DR HASSAN MOHAMMED AL ANSARI EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Another Victim Of The Floyd Killing: Go Green On The Right To Protest

N a night in mid-December 1773, a Exchange Council, which drafted model lan- group of about 60 men who had dis- guage for the bills. North Dakota also made New Housing Oguised themselves as Native Americans it a crime to wear a mask during a protest. boarded three merchant ships at a Boston Utah criminalized protests that disrupt pub- wharf and dumped dozens of chests of im- lic meetings. Florida made it so all protest- ported tea into the cold dark waters — an act ers in groups of more than three can be held To solve our housing and climate crises, we must integrate of civil disobedience that damaged private criminally liable if any of them damages property in protest against government tax property. policies. Anti-protest bills are of a piece with how we think about both. Conservatives these days hail that mo- voter suppression efforts. They are attempts ment; in fact, a faction on the right a few to shut off the political participation first of years ago co-opted the name Tea Party as its Black Americans, but also of anyone else own. Yet conservative state legislators across moved to stand with them, or anyone who the country have been behaving less like the would stand against other actions that the revolutionary rebels for whom they express government supports. admiration and more like British colonial This is dangerous ground, no matter overlords by introducing, and in some states where on the political spectrum you may passing, dozens of laws aimed at curtailing stand. Democracy is predicated on the free the fundamental right to public protest. exchange of ideas and the ability of people to How counter-revolutionary. openly express support, opposition or even The murder of George Floyd by a Min- ambivalence regarding government actions. neapolis police officer a year ago prompted Of course, the right to protest is not the waves of protests right to rampage or across the country, block a highway or halt including here in Los a pipeline or derail a Angeles. But Floyd’s public hearing. Yet we killing was hardly the already have laws at- first such outrageous tending to those issues, act by government of- and people engaged in ficials, and the Floyd civil disobedience antic- protests were not the ipate that they will face first outpouring of arrests for their actions. anger and opposi- It’s a step they are will- tion to such acts. In ing to take. fact, the Black Lives Tellingly, the same Matter movement so Republicans who rail feared and reviled by about violent protests the right began with last summer seem to a hashtag campaign have no problem at all after George Zimmer- with the protesters who man’s 2013 acquittal in the death of Trayvon stormed the US Capitol and assaulted police Martin. officers in hopes of overturning the results of It is in our national DNA to respond to a presidential election. For the record, had the objectionable through public protest. Trump’s supporters on Jan. 6 marched from DANA BOURLAND tributes to climate change, but pollutes investment by requiring these programs Street actions in the late 1950s and the 1960s his rally on the Ellipse to the police lines at the air outside and inside our homes. to use holistic green affordable housing spurred watershed changes in civil rights the Capitol steps to decry the certification of The good news is that we can address criteria. These should go beyond energy protections and helped bring an end to US Joe Biden’s victory, we would have defended WO of the biggest problems we face our housing crisis and our climate crisis efficiency to include the use of sustain- involvement in the Vietnam War. Three dec- their right to do so (while also blasting the today — a shortage of decent, afford- with green affordable housing at no addi- ably produced, non-toxic building mate- ades of protests also helped change public lies they were espousing). But they didn’t do able housing and climate change — tional cost. rials. In this way, the infrastructure bill awareness and national policy on nuclear that; an assault on the seat of government are connected. Fortunately, the so- President Biden’s infrastructure plan could help stabilize the climate and im- energy and weapons. And don’t forget the to usurp democracy is not protest but insur- lutions are connected as well. That’s includes a large allocation for housing — prove public health while expanding ac- 1999 anti-World Trade Organization pro- rection. whyT we must not only “build back better” an important first step. And the much- cess to affordable housing. tests, or the Occupy Wall Street movement All the same, the indefensible acts of in the wake of pandemic and recession, needed recent expansion of the Weath- Similarly, the Weatherization Assis- a decade ago. property destruction and violence by the few but build back greener. erization Assistance Program will make tance Program could be expanded to in- But some conservative politicians don’t cannot be used as a mechanism to muzzle Most housing in the United States homes more comfortable and efficient. clude health and safety improvements as like such protests. Since Donald J. Trump’s the many — regardless of the content of the is inefficient and expensive to heat and But these investments can accom- well as energy-efficiency upgrades, creat- election as president — which spurred mas- message. That includes voices that express cool. That means high utility bills and plish so much more, by “greening” the ing well-paying jobs for contractors while sive protests by women around the world — hatred, racism and intolerance. higher carbon emissions: residential en- entire building supply chain. That means reducing triggers for asthma and other 45 states have considered a total of 226 bills The best counter to a Klan rally is wide- ergy use accounts for a fifth of climate- going beyond energy consumption in our health impacts. addressing free assembly and free speech spread voices raised in condemnation. We changing greenhouse gases emitted in homes to address energy usage and pet- To solve our housing and climate rights, many of which would restrict public disagree with those who deny the existence the United States. rochemicals in the manufacturing and crises, we must integrate how we think protests or reduce protections for protest- of white privilege in our society, but they We do not have the time or the re- transportation of building materials. about both. We do not have the time or ers, according to the International Center certainly have a right to utter their bigotry — sources to meet our housing crisis with- In other words, how we build is as im- the resources to meet our housing crisis for Not-for-Profit Law, which focuses on and those who recognize the echoes of his- out considering how to meet our climate portant as what we build. We can’t make without considering how to meet our supporting civil societies. Of those, 18 states tory have a right to offer counterarguments, crisis. one home green while polluting other climate crisis. And if new investments — primarily Republican-led ones in the whether these take place in quiet conversa- At the same time, the facilities that communities in the process. in infrastructure deploy green building South and Midwest — have enacted 34 bills; tions, the letters pages of this newspaper, produce the power to build and oper- President Biden’s “American Jobs practices, we can score a triple win for 64 measures are still pending. or on the streets of cities coast to coast in a ate our homes — like coal-fired power Plan” calls for investing $213 billion housing, health and the climate. Montana, North Dakota, Texas and spontaneous movement decrying police vio- plants — contribute to a changing cli- in the nation’s housing infrastructure. By building back better and greener, several other states increased penalties for lence. mate. Because they are often located in This includes $40 billion to repair pub- we can ensure that everyone — regardless people protesting near oil or gas installa- Democracy can be contentious, loud communities of color, these facilities also lic housing, $45 billion for the national of race or income — has a home in a thriv- tions, fallout from the protests against the and messy. That’s the way ours began and exacerbate environmental injustice. And Housing Trust Fund, an expansion of the ing community on a flourishing planet. Keystone XL pipeline; the measures seem to the way it must continue. Elected officials in producing the petrochemicals used in ad- Housing Choice Voucher program and be part of a national campaign by the con- state capitals should not be allowed to un- hesives, cabinets, carpets, insulation and more. (This column was produced for servative pro-industry American Legislative dermine it. other building materials not only con- The administration can “green” this The Progressive magazine)

Biden’s workforce push eclipses women’s personal career and family choices RACHEL GRESZLER they desire. Instead of prescribing ideal paid family leave and childcare, Striking the right balance be- roles for women, Biden should rec- have been ineffective at helping tween work and family (and other ognize women’s contributions and women’s incomes and careers. And S a working woman and a personal and professional pursuits) support their choices within and they’ve been detrimental to chil- mother with six young chil- has never been easy. No one formu- outside the workforce. dren’s and parent’s relationships, dren, I’m concerned that la works across all ages and stages Women have made huge strides mental health, and overall well- President Joe Biden is fo- of life, nor across everyone’s unique over recent decades. An increasing being. cusing too much on getting circumstances and ideals. number of women are now their Biden’s agenda also attempts to Awomen into the workforce, and too But Biden’s message is that own bosses, a growing majority of dictate the types of jobs available little on supporting women’s per- politicians have figured it out, and employers provide paid maternity to women. In an attempt to push sonal pursuits. if women follow politicians’ pre- leave, and the so-called “wage gap” more workers into unions, Biden While it’s true that women’s scribed ideals, they’ll have an abun- has virtually disappeared after ac- supports eliminating flexible and work was disproportionately af- dance of taxpayer-funded govern- counting for the different choices independent work that helps more fected by the COVID-19 pandemic, ment programs to support them. men and women make. women achieve the work and fam- that’s no longer the case. And a Women’s value is ostensibly Moreover, while the COVID-19 ily balance they need and desire. report co-authored by the former measured by their work. Biden’s pandemic initially hit women hard- Instead of new interventions, chair of President Obama’s Coun- plan posits that the cost of child- er than men, that’s no longer the Biden should help women by re- cil of Economic Advisor’s found care “make[s] it hard for parents case. Instead, women may be pro- moving existing barriers that make that despite school and daycare – especially women — to work out- pelled forward by increased flex- it harder for women to pursue the closures, parents of young children side the home and provide for their sulting to tens of millions of women Moreover, the claim that gov- ibility and family-friendly policies. career and family choices that are have experienced fewer employ- families,” and that “When a parent who sacrifice wages to spend time ernment-directed childcare is a Yet Biden says that women best for them. ment losses. drops out of the workforce, reduces caring for their families. It ignores high-return investment assumes are falling behind, and they need What’s more important than hours, or takes a lower-paying job the tremendous personal and soci- that politicians and government government interventions to help (Rachel Greszler is a re- the status of women’s work is … there are lifetime consequences.” etal value of women (or men) car- bureaucrats are superior to fami- them measure up to men. search fellow in economics at their ability to pursue the choices That one-sided argument is in- ing for children. lies at raising children. Such efforts, like government The Heritage Foundation.)

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FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2021

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SATYENDRA PATHAK percent to reach QR624.19 billion as cent to 55,450 against 45,741 in the while the price of one remaining DOHA compared to QR622.13 billion at the previous week. stock was unchanged. SIIS was end of the previous week. Salam International Investment the best performing stock for the QATARI stocks resumed weekly up- Qatari institutions turned bear- Limited (SIIS) was the top volume week with a gain of 7.5 percent. On ward momentum as Qatari retail in- ish with net selling of QR49 million traded stock during the week with a the other hand, Qatar Cinema and vestors remained bullish throughout against net buying of QR74 million total traded volume of 275.5 million Film Distribution Company was the the week. in the week before. shares. worst-performing stock with a de- The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) Foreign institutions also closed Industries Qatar (IQ), Qatar cline of 13.9 percent. general index moved up by 69.08 the week with net selling of QR31 Fuel Company (Woqod) and Nakilat Out of the total seven sector indi- points, or 0.65 percent, during the million against net selling of QR182 were the primary contributors to the ces, three closed in the positive ter- week, to close at 10,764.13 points. million in the previous week. weekly index gain. IQ was the main ritory. The industrial sector, which Qatari retail investors remained According to an estimate by QNB The QSE index moved up by 69.08 points last trading week. contributor to the index’s weekly gained more than 2 percent during bullish with net buying of QR67 mil- Financial Services (QNBFS), so far gain, adding 54.5 points to the index. the week, was the best performing lion against net buying of QR79 mil- year-to-date as of Wednesday clos- QR3.062 billion against QR1.897 Trading volume increased by Woqod added an additional 17.8 sector index for the week. lion in the previous week. ing, foreigners were net buyers of billion in the previous trading week. 46.4 percent to 1.151 billion shares points to the index. Nakilat added The real estate sector and the Despite selling pressure from $577.7 million. QNB Group was the top value traded against 786.7 million shares in the 12.9 points to the index. consumer goods sector also gained Qatari institutional investors, mar- Trading value during the stock during the week with a total previous trading week. The number Of the 48 listed companies, 26 more than 1 percent to lift the gen- ket capitalisation increased by 0.3 week increased by 61.4 percent to traded value of QR372.2 million. of transactions also surged 21.2 per- ended the week higher, 21 declined, eral index higher. Kuwari holds virtual Qatar’s IPI rises meet with WTO chief TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA 1.4% in March MINISTER of Commerce and Industry and Acting Minister of Finance Ali bin Ahmed Al Electricity output in March rises 41.4% compared to February this year Kuwari on Wednesday held a meeting with WTO Director- TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala DOHA through video conference. The discussions focused THE Planning and Statistics on methods to increase Qa- Authority (PSA) on Thurs- tari-WTO cooperation as well day said that the Industrial as strategies to support and Production Index (IPI) for promote it. March 2021 amounted to During the meeting, the 100.7 points, an increase of minister praised the WTO 1.4 percent compared to the Secretariat’s efforts in car- Minister of Commerce and Industry and Acting Minister of Finance Ali previous month and decrease rying out Qatar’s third trade bin Ahmed Al Kuwari in a meeting with WTO Director-General Ngozi by 0.1 percent when compared policy review, and expressed Okonjo-Iweala held online. t o t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g m o n t h gratitude for the Secretariat’s in 2020. efforts in obtaining positive Qatar’s continuing and dedi- system, as well as the pre- This index details the results through this process cated participation in the cautionary measures adopted growth of various industrial and allowing Qatar to contin- WTO will contribute to the by the country in the face of sectors in the economy such ue to meet its commitments. country’s economic and social coronavirus pandemic. as ‘mining’, ‘manufactur- The minister noted that stability. The director-general also ing’, ‘electricity production’, Qatar regards the WTO as He stated that Qatar will praised Qatar’s efforts in sup- and ‘water production and one of the key pillars of con- continue to view its trade porting WTO’s initiatives as desalination’. It is a short- nection and communication policy as one of the most im- well as the country’s efforts to term quantitative index that with diverse member states, portant components in ac- assist people during the pre- measures the changes in the emphasising the importance complishing its economic de- sent global crisis. volume of productions of a of working and cooperating velopment goals. During the WTO’s third selected basket of industrial together to keep the organisa- Speaking on the occasion, review session of Qatar’s products over a given period tion as one of the world’s key the WTO director-general trade policy held last April in with respect to that in a cho - The index of manufacturing sector increased 4.5 percent in March compared to the previous month. institutions. praised Qatar’s position and Geneva, the WTO commend- s e n p e r i o d c a l l e d t h e b a s e The minister also high- active involvement in the ed the country’s efforts and period. ing month of the previous year However, a decrease was mineral products’ by 28.1 lighted at the meeting that global multilateral trading accomplishments. The IPI consists of three (March 2020), the IPI of min- recorded in ‘manufacture of percent, ‘manufacture of ba- main components like ‘mining’ ing increased by 0.3 percent. refined petroleum products’ by sic metals’ by 24.4 percent, with a relative importance of The index of manufacturing 11.6 percent. and ‘manufacture of rub- 83.6 percent, ‘manufacturing’ sector showed an increase of 4.5 On the other hand, in b e r a n d p l a s t i c s p r o d u c t s ’ b y with a relative importance of percent in March compared to terms of annual change, 12.5 percent. 15.2 percent, ‘electricity’ with the previous month. The group compared to March 2020, a An increase of 41.4 percent China, US renew trade talks relative importance of 0.7 per- showed an increase in ‘printing decrease of 1.4 percent was was noticed in the production QNA to continue to maintain com- It is worth noting that the cent, and ‘water’ with a relative and reproduction of recorded recorded. Printing and repro- of ‘electricity’ between March BEIJING munication. last contact between the US importance of 0.5 percent. media’ by 23.8 percent, followed duction of recorded media 2021 and the previous month In a statement, the US De- and Chinese negotiators was The analysis showed that by ‘manufacture of food prod- posted a decrease of 66.2 per- February 2021, while the an- NEGOTIATORS in China and partment of Commerce said last August during the admin- the index of ‘mining’ wit- ucts’ by 13.4 percent, ‘manufac- cent, followed by ‘manufacture nual increase when compar- the United States renewed that the dialogue between the istration of former US Presi- nessed an increase by 0.5 per- ture of beverages’ by 10.9 per- of refined petroleum products’ i n g w i t h M a r c h 2 0 2 0 w a s their talks on the trade dispute two side was frank, stress- dent Donald Trump. cent compared to the previous cent, ‘manufacture of cement by 23.9 percent, ‘manufacture 9.1 percent. between the two countries for ing the importance of trade While most global econo- month (February 2021), as and other non-metallic mineral of beverages’ by 11.9 percent, An increase of 9.9 percent the first time since US Presi- r e l a t i o n s b e t w e e n t h e t w o mies continue to find their a result of the increase in the products’ by 10.3 percent, ‘man- ‘manufacture of food products’ was noticed in the production dent Joe Biden took office in countries. way out of the virus-induced quantities of ‘crude oil petro- ufacture of chemicals and chem- by 11.5 percent, and ‘manufac- of ‘water’ between March 2021 January. Trade relations between crisis, China is well on the re- leum and natural gas’ by 0.5 ical products’ by 8.2 percent, ture of chemicals and chemical and February 2021. Com- Chinese Vice Premier Liu the two will be a major plank covery road having managed percent, while ‘other mining ‘manufacture of basic metals’ by products’ by 0.9 percent. paring with the correspond- He and US Trade Representa- in the new US leader’s foreign to largely contain the disease and quarrying’ showed an in- 2.4 percent, and ‘manufacture of However, an increase was ing month (March 2020), tive Katherine Tai agreed that and economic policy as he with exports soaring thanks to crease by 3.6 percent. When rubber and plastics products’ by recorded in ‘manufacture of a d e c r e a s e o f 2 1 p e r c e n t developing bilateral trade is looks to maintain the pressure worldwide demand for medi- compared to the correspond- 0.7 percent. cement & other non-metallic was recorded. very important, and consented on China. cal masks and protective gear.

US GDP expands at unrevised 6.4% rate in rst quarter

AGENCIES The rise in the gross do- ability to spend in a safe way, grow between 6 and 7 per cent three months of last year, a examinations of GDP perfor- NEW YORK mestic product (GDP) was the consumers have the will and this year, which would be the time when rising coronavirus mance in the first quarter. same as the government’s first the desire to do so,” said Lydia strongest performance since a cases and waning government The report showed that THE US economy grew at a look one month ago, the Com- Boussour, lead US economist 7.2 per cent surge in 1984, an- support raised fears that the consumer spending grew at robust annual rate of 6.4 per merce Department reported for Oxford Economics. other year when the economy country could tip back into a sizzling annual rate of 11.3 cent in the first three months on Thursday. Boussour said she expect- was recovering from a deep recession. per cent, even better than the of this year, unchanged from Upward revisions in ed GDP in the current April- recession. But passage of about $3 10.7 per cent estimate made a t h e g o v e r n m e n t ’ s i n i t i a l spending by consumers, who June period would be around But Oxford Economics is trillion in extra government month ago. estimate. account for two thirds of eco- 13 per cent and the gains this forecasting growth this year support in December and Business investment The recovery from last nomic activity, were offset by quarter will allow the econo- of around 7.7 per cent, the March, as well as widespread spending was also up and res- year’s deep recession gained weaker growth in exports. my to recoup all of the output strongest annual gain since introduction of vaccines, has idential construction, which steam at the beginning of this Economists believe GDP lost during the recession. the country’s longest econom- 1951. The 6.4 per cent first- allowed thousands of busi- has been a standout perform- year, helped by vaccines to growth could top 10 per cent With the first quarter ad- ic expansion ended in the first quarter performance repre- nesses to reopen and millions er over the past two years, combat the virus and trillions in the current April-June vance, GDP is only 0.9 per quarter of 2020. sented an improvement af- of people to go back to work. grew at 12.7 per cent annual of dollars in government as- quarter. cent below the level in the Many economists are ter GDP growth slowed to a Thursday’s report was the rate, better than the 10.8 per sistance. “When provided with the fourth quarter of 2019, before forecasting the economy will 4.3 per cent rate in the final government’s second of three cent gain first estimated. 08 Friday, May 28, 2021 Economy & Business US President Biden ‘to push’ for $6 tn federal budget next scal year

childcare and other public While the president can with his sweeping proposals. Proposal would put US on track for works in a national rebuilding propose an annual budget for His plan will offer more effort. the US government, it is up to details on that path, including highest sustained level of spending Biden’s proposal would put Congress to approve spending possible spending jumps in the nation on track for its high- bills. Medicaid and other social pro- since Second World War est sustained level of spending And while Democrats hold grammes. It will also lay out since the Second World War. the majority in the US House proposed funding for foreign AGENCIES said the Democratic president Republicans criticised the of Representatives, they only aid, immigration, policing and planned to pay for his agenda president for seeking trillions narrowly control the 50-50 di- national defence. US President Joe Biden will through increased taxes on in new spending, setting the vided US Senate, with Demo- Biden declared that “Amer- seek $6 trillion in US federal corporations and high earners, stage for pitched battles over cratic Vice President Kamala ica is on the move again” dur- spending for the 2022 fiscal and that the budget deficits his priorities. Harris holding the tie-break- ing his first address to a joint year, rising to $8.2tn by 2031, would start to decrease in the “It just seems like the tril- ing vote. session of Congress, just be- The New York Times reported 2030s. lions keep on coming,” Shelley Still, Biden campaigned fore his 100th day in office on Thursday, a day before the On Friday, Biden will re- Moore Capito, who is leading on charting a new course for in April. Despite a dark year, White House is expected to un- lease his first full budget since a group of Republican sena- the country after four divisive Biden offered a vision of hope veil its budget proposal. taking office in January as he tors pursuing a counter-offer years under his Republican and touted his administra- Citing documents it had seeks to push his priorities of to Biden’s current $1.7tn infra- predecessor, Donald Trump, tion’s response to the Covid-19 obtained, The New York Times investing in infrastructure, US President Joe Biden structure proposal. and has vowed to press ahead pandemic.

Uber drivers win their rst ever Jeff Bezos says will pass baton unionization deal to new Amazon CEO on July 5 AGENCIES reclassified its drivers as “workers” under UK em- Amazon was UBER has recognized a la- ployment law in March, giv- bor union for the first time ing them greater protections incorporated in a move that could boost and entitling them to the efforts by gig economy work- minimum wage, paid vaca- on July 5 in 1994 ers to win better employ- tion time and a pension. ment rights. hat decision followed a GMB, one of Britain’s UK Supreme Court ruling AGENCIES largest unions, will now that Uber drivers should be be able to represent up to classified as workers and not AMAZON founder Jeff Bezos 70,000 drivers across the independent contractors. will officially step down from United Kingdom — one of Uber said earlier this month his role as chief executive on Uber’s most important in- that it has set aside $600 July 5, he announced during ternational markets — ac- million to deal with these the company’s annual share- cording to a joint statement changes, which do not ap- holder meeting Wednesday. from the union and the com- ply to Uber Eats riders and Bezos will hand the reins pany. drivers. to Andy Jassy, who currently “This groundbreaking The unionization agree- runs Amazon Web Services, deal between GMB and Uber ment “will give significant after a nearly three-decade could be the first step to a influencing power to GMB run leading the internet giant fairer working life for mil- and strike a cultural chord that made him one of the rich- lions of people,” said GMB’s change” in how Uber inter- est people in the world. Bezos national officer Mick Rix. acts with its workers, accord- will become Amazon’s execu- “We now call on all other ing to Rebecca Thornley- tive chair. operators to follow suit,” Rix Gibson, a partner at London The company first an- added. law firm DMH Stallard. nounced the leadership Uber is the only major “The GMB as the recog- change as part of its February private taxi operator to offer nized union will need to be earnings report, saying Jassy Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks at the Amazon re:MARS convention, in Las Vegas. Bezos, who grew Amazon from an internet bookstore to an these protections, according consulted with in respect of would take over during the online shopping behemoth, said on May 26 that Amazon executive Andy Jassy will take over the CEO role on July 5. to GMB, which could give employment matters where fiscal third quarter. Amazon it an advantage over other collective consultation is re- (AMZN) had not previously en through its ranks to run its were voted down — was one abused its market dominance app-based services such as quired such as mass redun- shared the precise date of the most profitable division — will that would have allowed an in e-commerce to harm com- Bolt and Ola by making it a dancy proposals,” she said. transition. be “an outstanding leader.” hourly fulfillment associate to petition. (In a statement at the more attractive employer. “What a collective agree- The timing is “sentimen- “He has the highest of high He has the highest of high serve on the company’s board. time, Amazon pushed back at British union Unite repre- ment does not necessar- tal,” Bezos said — July 5 is the standards and I guarantee standards and I guarantee While unsuccessful, the mo- the lawsuit, saying the DC at- sents London’s Black Cab ily do, however, is allow the date Amazon was incorporat- Andy will never let the uni- Andy will never let the tion underscored the criticism torney general “has it exactly drivers. union to force negotiations ed in 1994. verse make us typical,” Bezos universe make us typical. Amazon has faced over its backwards.”) “Whilst Uber and GMB to continue until an agree- “I’m very excited to move said. “He has the energy need- treatment of warehouse work- “I’d say we face intense may not seem like obvious ment is reached. Uber are into the [executive] chair role, ed to keep alive in us what has He has the energy needed ers recently, especially follow- competition from well-estab- allies, we’ve always agreed still likely to be able to where I’ll focus my energies made us special.” to keep alive in us what has ing a landmark union drive at lished companies everywhere that drivers must come first, make their decisions once and attention on new products When Jassy leaves the top made us special. one of its warehouses in April, we do business, in every in- and today we have struck they have exhausted discus- and early initiatives,” Bezos post at AWS to run Amazon, which failed in the face of dustry,” Bezos said. “[Retail this important deal to im- sions,” she added. said Wednesday. In February, he will be replaced by Tableau Jeff Bezos on next Amazon pushback from the company. is] a very healthy industry and prove workers’ protections,” The agreement could he said he was looking forward CEO Adam Selipsky, the com- CEO Andy Jassy During the shareholder it’s far from a winner-take-all said Jamie Heywood, Uber’s increase pressure on Uber to having more time to work pany said in March. meeting, Bezos was asked situation.” regional general manager elsewhere in Europe and in on his ventures outside the Jassy will take over an in- some of the issues raised at the about the massive size of Bezos also listed some for Northern and Eastern the United States, where the company, such as the Bezos creasingly complex and scru- shareholder meeting shortly Amazon’s business. The ques- of Amazon’s newer bets that Europe. company is facing mounting Earth Fund and Blue Origin. tinized business, as evidenced after. tion came after the District of Jassy will have to manage, in- The move to recognize challenges to the way it clas- Bezos said he expects that both by news early Wednes- Among the shareholder Columbia filed an antitrust cluding its telehealth offering, the union comes after Uber sifies and treats its drivers. Jassy — who has been at the day that Amazon is buying proposals introduced during lawsuit against the compa- Amazon Care, and its satellite company for 24 years and ris- MGM for $8.45 billion and by the meeting — all of which ny Tuesday, alleging it has internet effort, Project Kuiper. Qatar to organise ‘Doha Hall’ at St. Petersburg International Economic Forum

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK in the field of ecology and na- trends in creative education event of the business program DOHA ture protection, sports and in- and the formation of invest- in the Qatar Pavilion. novation, health care and in- ment projects, the creation of “As we represent the lead- IN the pavilion of the 24th St. formation technology. During creative clusters. ing universities in Qatar at the Petersburg International Eco- the Forum, in order to develop On the final day of St. Petersburg International nomic Forum (SPIEF), which and strengthen our economic SPIEF-2021, June 5, the theme Economic Forum, we want to will be held on June 2-5, 2021 relations, over 200 B2B meet- of which will be the track “Man convey our strategic vision and in St. Petersburg, the official ings of Qatari and Russian in a New Reality. Respond- values to maximize the poten- delegation of Qatar will organ- businessmen are planned. The ing to Global Challenges”, the tial of students in the learning ize a unique business platform result of such activity and in- main focus will be on the youth process and in the course of - Doha Hall. teraction of the two parties will agenda. The day will open their research activities,” said All events are combined on be the signing of more than with an education business Dr. Hassan Al-Derham, Presi- the working days of the forum 60 agreements”, - said His breakfast “University between dent of the University of Qatar. into thematic tracks: “Innova- Excellency Sheikh Ahmed bin Global Challenges and Local - At SPIEF-2021, we will pre- tion and Sport”, “Russia-Qatar Nasser Al Thani, Extraordi- Commitments: Life after the sent the results of our research, Business Dialogue”, “Youth nary and Plenipotentiary Am- Pandemic”. The key session which can be successfully im- Forum”. Also, as part of the bassador of the State of Qatar will be the session of the World plemented in various sectors of business program, the “Rus- to the Russian Federation. Summit on Innovation in Edu- the economy. We hope that the sia-Qatar Cultural Dialogue” The kickoff day on June 2 cation (WISE) “Leading the Forum will open up new pros- will be held under the auspices at the Qatar Pavilion will be Economic and Social Impact of tunities of Qatar”. The Qatar areas - from corporate gov- Future: Education in a Multi- pects for us in cooperation with of the Creative Business Fo- dedicated to innovation and Sport” will consider the pros- Development Bank (QDB) ernance to corporate culture Pandemic World”. Russian universities”. rum, the QatarDebate Show. sports. The World Health In- pects for the development of will showcase nine high-tech and communications. It will The Education Above All The business agenda of the “Realizing the importance novation Summit (WISH) ses- a multi-billion-dollar sports emerging companies with in- be continued by the QFC net- (EAA) Foundation will share SPIEF will be complemented of the St. Petersburg Interna- sion “Innovation and Global industry, which is a driver of novative solutions in various working session. its experience at the session by a large-scale cultural pro- tional Economic Forum, Qa- Health: a Wealth of Opportu- innovation, the global econo- industries at a pitch session for In addition to the business “Innovative Financing and gram of the Qatari official del- tar has prepared a large-scale nity in Entrepreneurship” will my and an important tool for Qatari startups. Participants program on June 4, within Partnerships for Education”. egation. Exhibition “Qatar be- business program, which will focus on Health Tech & Med building international sports of the dialogue “Russia-Qatar: the framework of the Creative Experts from Hamad Bin Khal- tween Land and Sea. Through be presented at the national Tech: telemedicine, biotech- diplomacy. Preparing for the World Cup Business Forum, the “Russia- ifa University (HBKU) will talk Arts and Heritage” in the halls pavilion of Qatar. Doha Hall, nology, artificial intelligence, The first workday on June and European Championship Qatar Cultural Dialogue” will about the “Youth Building New of the Russian Ethnographic on the territory of the pavilion, and big data in the service of 3 at Doha Hall will discuss the and Safeguarding their Lega- take place. Among the par- World”, and under the auspices Museum will present the his- will become a space where the digital health. Cross-cultural growth points of the Qatari cy” will share practical knowl- ticipants in the event is Fatma of the Qatar National Library tory of Qatar through unique heads of ministries and depart- integration between Qatar and economy, investment opportu- edge On June 4, at the sites of Hassan Alremaihi, Director (QNL), the session “Transform- material objects of various ments, heads of key companies Russia, as well as the prospects nities of the Middle East state the Qatar pavilion, the track of General of the Doha Film In- ing Libraries and Books in the cultures. The Qatar Film Days of the country, representatives for the development of inter- and the prospects for trade re- business dialogue between the stitute. Experts will provide Digital World: best practices”. Festival will showcase the Qa- of public organizations will country high-tech, science- lations between Russia and Qa- countries will continue. The guidance for politicians, scien- QatarDebate show on tar film industry. The Mawa- discuss the strengthening of intensive, and digital projects tar during the sessions “Rus- Qatar Financial Center (QFC) tists, creative entrepreneurs on “Climate Change: Fighting or heb Festival will introduce the economic and political rela- will be discussed at the session sia-Qatar Business Dialogue” session “Digital Transforma- working in creative industries, Adapting?”, which will be at- Russian public to the musical tions between states, business “Russia-Qatar Innovative Dia- and “Invest Qatar: Emerging tion of Business” will discuss touch on such topical topics tended by students will support culture of the Middle East and and cultural ties, cooperation logue”. At the session “Macro- Investment and Trade Oppor- fundamental changes in all as women’s entrepreneurship, the youth track and the closing North Africa. Economy & Business Friday, May 28, 2021 09

Olympics Twitch adds scrapping ‘transgender’ likely to tag as Big cost Japan Tech vies to $17 billion be inclusive AGENCIES AGENCIES THE world’s largest game CANCELLING the Tokyo streaming service Twitch said Olympics and Paralym- on Wednesday that players pics this summer would will be able to add a transgen- cost Japan around 1.81 der label to their videos a move trillion yen ($17 billion), a the company said would aid research institute estimate inclusion among its 30 million showed Tuesday, as Japan daily gamers. scrambles to curb corona- Twitch, which lets users virus infections with the broadcast themselves play- major sporting event now ing video games, introduced just two months away. “transgender”, “bisexual”, The Nomura Research “Black” and “disabled” among Institute warns of even a more than 350 new tags - la- bigger economic loss if a bels that users can add to their fresh state of emergency videos. is declared to cope with “This has been one of the another spike in corona- most popular requests we’ve virus cases after the Tokyo heard, and the simple truth Olympics and Paralym- is that we should have done pics have been held as this sooner,” Amazon-owned scheduled. Twitch said in a blog last week. “Even if the games are It then broadcast the news cancelled, the economic to users on Wednesday. loss will be smaller than Tech firms have come un- (the damage done by) a der pressure to make their state of emergency,” products more inclusive of Takahide Kiuchi, ex- trans people, with Instagram ecutive economist at the Ford last week unveiled an all-electric version of its bestselling F-150 truck in an eco-friendly reinvention of a agship American car brand. and LinkedIn allowing users Nomura Research Insti- to add their pronouns to pro- tute, said. files, amid fierce debate over If the Tokyo Games what it means to be male or from late July are held female. without spectators, this A raft of U.S. states want will result in 1.66 trillion Ford says 40% of sales to to bar young, trans Americans yen in economic benefits, from playing school sports or some 146.8 billion yen getting medical help, with a less than if they are held record 18 “anti-LGBTQ” state with domestic spectators, bills signed into law this year, according to the institute. according to advocacy group Media polls have be electric vehicles by 2030 Human Rights Campaign. pointed to a worried Japa- “Adding that trans tag it nese public over the pan- Ford receives 70,000 bookings for its all-electric F-150 truck in the week after it was announced makes it very, very easy for us demic. Nearly 60 percent to find each other and to con- of respondents in a Kyodo AGENCIES both hands,” Ford CEO Jim for a company so heavily re- 500,000 charging stations by nect with each other,” Casey, News survey in mid-May Farley said in a statement. liant on trucks and SUVs.” 2030 and the conversion of who streams under the user- said the Tokyo Olympics FORD once again is ramp- Farley and other execu- While other automakers are 20 percent of school busses to name CaseyExplosion and did and Paralympics should ing up investment in zero- tives presented the plans in a pledging higher numbers, run off electricity. not want to give her full name, be cancelled. emission cars and expects 40 virtual meeting with financial “none of them have relied on Ford also is taking on Te- told the Thomson Reuters Parts of Japan, espe- percent of volume by 2030 to analysts and other stakehold- The e-push trucks and SUVs sales as heav- sla, setting a goal of “having Foundation. cially populous areas such be comprised of fully electric ers. ily as Ford.” Elon Musk’s Tesla about one million vehicles “That’s something that is as Tokyo and Osaka hit vehicles, the company an- Besides the battery-pow- Besides the battery-powered remains the dominant force in that are capable of receiving vital because for a lot of gam- by a resurgence of coro- nounced Wednesday. ered F-150, called the Light- F-150, called the Lightning, the electric car market, with a over-the-air system updates ing spaces, if you’re LGBT, navirus cases, have been The U.S. automaker said ning, Ford has begun selling Ford has begun selling the valuation of $580 billion com- on the road by the end of this there’s a sort of unspoken, placed under a fresh state it will increase investment in the electric Mustang Mach-E electric Mustang Mach-E sport pared to Ford’s $51 billion. year, exceeding Tesla’s vol- ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’.” of emergency. The coun- electric vehicles, components sport utility vehicle and will utility vehicle and will soon But with growing public ume by July 2022.” Among The existing ‘LGBTQIA’ try’s vaccine rollout has and infrastructure to more soon bring the E-Transit cargo bring the E-Transit cargo van interest for emissions-free the initiatives presented tag was not specific enough to been gaining momen- than $30 billion by 2025, van to showrooms. to showrooms. The company vehicles, new entrants have Wednesday as part of the help trans people easily con- tum but still lags behind boosting the amount from the The company also is in- joined the market including “Ford+” plan to boost growth, nect, particularly as it was other advanced countries $22 billion target set in Febru- vesting in producing its own also is investing in producing start-ups Rivian and Lucid. the company also announced used by many people who like the United States ary. batteries, and recently an- its own batteries, and recently However, electric cars still creation of Ford Pro, a global considered themselves ‘allies’ and Britain where signs The company last week nounced a joint venture with announced a joint venture with only accounted for 2.5 per- vehicle services and distribu- of the community, said Laura of some normalcy have unveiled an all-electric version South Korea’s SK Innovation. South Korea’s SK Innovation. cent of all U.S. sales in the tion business devoted to com- Dale, who streams herself emerged. of its bestselling F-150 truck Farley said the goal is to first quarter, according to the mercial and government cus- playing Pokemon and Zelda Based on Kiuchi’s cal- in an eco-friendly reinven- reduce the cost of batteries by German automaker Volk- specialist firm Cox. tomers. games as LauraKBuzz. culations, the first emer- tion of a flagship American car 40 percent by 2025. swagen also intends to offer U.S. President Joe Biden The company also has “LGBT is a pretty broad gency declaration in the brand, and said it has received Manufacturers have joined 70 electric models by 2030 has made the development of teamed up with Google to range of identities,” she said. spring of 2020 resulted 70,000 reservations from cus- the growing move towards and sell 26 million units in 10 electric cars a priority. employ its cloud computing Twitch says about 70% in an economic loss of tomers in just one week. zero-emission vehicles to help years. His plan for massive in- platform and also will employ of its users are aged 13 to 34. around 6.4 trillion yen “This is our biggest oppor- address global warming. Industry analyst Karl vestments in infrastructure Amazon’s voice program and They collectively watch 68 and the second between tunity for growth and value Ford’s main rival General Brauer of used car site iSee- currently under discussion other services from Apple and million to 73 million hours of January and March 6.3 creation since Henry Ford Motors pledged in January to Cars, said Ford’s target “rep- provides several incentives, Microsoft. game play each day, according trillion yen. started to scale the Model T, stop making diesel- or gaso- resents a safe balance of aspi- including the construction Ford shares gained 8.5 to unofficial data site Twitch and we’re grabbing it with line-powered cars by 2035. ration and reality, particularly of a national network of percent. Tracker. Summer travel forecast calls for longer waits, fewer choices AGENCIES ing the sheets as often be- laid-off employees, said D. House, a boutique hotel in cause they don’t have enough Taylor, president of the hotel, Delray Beach, Florida. housekeepers. Six of the most gaming and airport workers She has managed to keep AFTER a year of coronavirus popular national parks — in- union Unite Here. most of her staff and brought lockdowns, the start of sum- cluding Yosemite, Rocky Big hotel chains are con- in outside workers to provide mer beckons with vacation Mountain, Acadia and Zion — sidering eliminating house- massages and yoga, but the plans made possible by re- will require advance reserva- keeping and guest-services hotel is not offering break- laxed COVID-19 restrictions. tions for many visitors to al- jobs, and casinos are moving fast, and the poolside Tiki bar But a severe worker shortage low for social distancing. to cut jobs in food and bever- is closed because there’s no brings a warning for travelers: “This is nothing like we’ve age, he told a congressional one to serve drinks. Managers Expect delays and pack a little ever seen before,” said Mi- subcommittee this week. and maintenance staff have patience. chelle Woodhull, president “That’s bad for custom- pitched in with housekeeping Lifeguards and hotel of Charming Inns, which in- ers, but it’s also bad for work- duties. housekeepers are in short cludes four small hotels and ers and communities because Maine’s biggest amuse- supply. So are rental cars. a fine dining restaurant in housekeepers, cooks, servers ment park, Funtown Splash- And don’t count on having a Charleston, South Carolina. — that’s the backbone of the town USA, which opens fruity cocktail at the hotel Tiki The company has limited service economy,” Taylor said. Memorial Day weekend, is bar. room reservations by 20 per- A survey of 4,000 travel scaling back hours and op- The labor shortage is hit- cent during some weeks and and tourism workers earlier erating only five days a week ting the nation’s tourist des- reduced seating at the res- this year showed that many because it cannot find enough tinations just as they try to taurant, said Woodhull, who found jobs with higher pay workers. rebound from a year lost to recently fielded a complaint and predictable schedules and The park in Saco, Maine, the pandemic, where periodic from a customer who couldn’t more plan on leaving the in- still needs lifeguards, ride op- surges in cases and lockdowns get a table for four weeks. dustry soon, said Peter Ricci, erators and cleanup crews de- had Americans sticking close “Unfortunately, that is director of Florida Atlantic spite offering wage increases to home. Now, with more a reality,” she said, adding Beachgoers walk the Hollywood Beach boardwalk, Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in Hollywood, Fla. America’s University’s hospitality and and four season passes for than half of adults vaccinated, that it’s better than delivering tourist destinations are facing a severe worker shortage just as they try to rebound from a devastating tourism management pro- summer hires. The reduced Americans are ready to ven- poor service. “What business year lost to the pandemic. gram. number of international stu- ture out with the traditional wants to turn away business, The travel sector as a dents is another problem for start of summer travel. especially after the year we’ve early March 2020. cans will travel at least 50 the federal government’s whole, he said, faces a mo- the largest seasonal employer But the staffing issues had?” Still, the tourism indus- Air travelers planning to miles from home over the extra $300-per-week in un- ment of change and will need in the state. threaten to derail the travel try is showing signs of com- rent a car during the Memori- upcoming holiday, a 60% in- employment aid. But plenty to offer better wages and ben- Raj Kapoor, who manages industry’s recovery. Travelers ing back. Airline executives al Day weekend might be out crease over last year. But if of hospitality workers who efits and rethink how it treats a popular food court on the can expect fewer menu choic- say domestic leisure travel is of luck. Rental cars are scarce, AAA is right about this week- abruptly lost their jobs a year employees. Belmar, New Jersey, ocean- es at restaurants, lengthy at pre-pandemic levels, and and they are pricey — the av- end, that will mean 6 million ago have moved on to new ca- “It’s time for our indus- front, has hired 14 people for check-in lines at hotels and the number of people passing erage cost has roughly dou- fewer people traveling than reers and aren’t coming back. try to wake up and see that’s the summer, but he could still airports, and fewer rides and through U.S. airports daily is bled from a year ago, accord- over the same holiday in 2019. Some employers in the an important thing. We have use eight to 10 more to scoop food stands at theme parks. likely to top 2 million before ing to government figures. The reasons behind the hospitality industry want to a shortage for a reason,” said ice cream, roll burritos and Some hotels aren’t filling the week is over — the first The AAA auto club fore- worker shortage are hotly de- hire new workers at lower Cathy Balestriere, general sell sodas, milkshakes and all of their rooms or chang- time that has happened since casts that 37 million Ameri- bated. Many employers blame wages instead of recalling manager of Crane’s Beach candy. QatarTribune Qatar_Tribune Clay king QatarTribuneChannel qatar_tribune Nadal, Djokovic and Federer in same half of French Open draw FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2021 PAGE 12 Buoyant Barshim, focused Samba to set stage alight in Doha tonight TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK best shot, and I hope it turns DOHA out well,” said Fraser-Pryce.

AMIDST the stellar line-up of I’m now going to be athletes who have descended treating every meet as if in Doha for the Wanda Dia- it is the last: Morris mond league 2021, mega stars “The global pandemic was a pe- Mutaz Essa Barshim and Ab- riod of self-reflection for me and derrahman Samba will lead made me put things in proper the challenge for Qatari ath- perspective. Now, I am going to letes on what will be a dazzling be treating every meet as if it is evening of athletics at the Su- the last competition because you haim Bin Hamad Stadium at never know what will happen Qatar Sports Club on Friday. next,” Morris, the Rio Olympics The year’s event features silver medalist, said. more than 200 athletes, includ- According to her, she ing 12 reigning world champi- had to make many technical ons and several national and changes during the lockdown, world record holders. which she believed has set her The Doha leg is the second up for the challenges ahead, stop in the 14-cities meeting, especially with the upcoming following the season-opening Tokyo Games. “I am very ex- event held last Sunday in Gates- cited to kick off the season in head, North East of England. Doha. I’ve been jumping a lot The no-spectator compe- of 4.70m and 4.80m in prac- tition is being held under the tice, and I feel very confident safest conditions and in strict going into the competition.” adherence to the health and safety protocols stipulated by Happy to be back in the relevant health authorities Doha: Cheruiyot with all the participants, in- World champion Cheruiyot cluding more than 100 techni- has a 1500m best of 3:28.41 cal and medical personnel and from 2018, said he is happy escorts in a bio-bubble system. to be back in Doha - the city Among the unprecedented where he struck gold at the number of superstars on pa- World Championships in 2019. rade at this year’s event are “I’ve always loved com- reigning men’s high jump peting in Doha, and I look world champion Mutaz Bar- forward to another victory to- shim, Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Qatar’s world stars Mutaz Essa Barshim (centre) and Abderrahman Samba (right) during the Wanda Diamond League 2021 press conference in Doha on Thursday. morrow,” he said. Fraser-Pryce, two-time Olym- Cheruiyot, who is one of pic champion and reigning 2011, said he looks forward is going on well, and it is so far the top contenders for Olym- women’s 100m world cham- to making the event memo- so good,” he added. pic gold in Tokyo, admitted pion; Beatrice Chepkoech rable with his performance. that the pandemic massively (Kenya), the reigning world “It’s been two years since I Running below 10.70secs disrupted his previous plans champion and world record last competed in the Diamond is my big dream in Tokyo: for Tokyo, but he has learnt to holder in women’s 3000m League in Doha, and I am ex- Fraser-Pryce adjust and gradually getting steeplechase. Also on the cards cited to be back. Doha is where According to Fraser-Pryce, a back into shape. are 1500m world champion it all started for me, and I’m al- two-time Olympic champion On his plans for Tokyo, the Timothy Cheruiyot of Kenya, ways happy to compete here in in 100m, running below 10.70 Kenyan said his focus is to be Russia’s Anzhelika Sidorova, front of my people. It is always secs is her major dream for the in top shape and make it to the the reigning pole vault world special competing at home as Friday’s Programme Tokyo Olympics. “I’ll be happy Games. “1,500m is increasing- champion who won the title in I’m more motivated.” ALL FINALS (SCHEDULED) 19:14: 800m Women to be on the podium, but to ly becoming very competitive a lifetime best of 4.95m. Barshim, who recently be- 17:58hrs: Pole Vault Women 19:28: 1500m Men American Sandi Morris: Rio 2016 be honest, I am more inter- with lots of great athletes in- Representing the home- came a proud father, revealed 18:23: 400m Men B Race 19:42: 200m Men and 2019 World Championship ested in running sub 10.70. volved. I have to remain in top front, alongside Barshim, are that his life-long dream is to ce- 18:25: Discus Throw Women 19:50: Shot Put silver medalist in pole vault. It is something I am working shape and keep my focus to 17 of Qatar’s best athletes, ment his legacy in the high jump 18:33: 800m Men B Race 19:53 3000m Steeplechase Women hard towards it. To have both achieve something significant including Samba, the World to the extent that when people 18:38: Triple Jump Women 20:14: 800m Men than 47 seconds, has had phe- will be quite interesting but here and in Tokyo,” he added. 18:43: 100m Men 20:26: 400m Men Championship’s 400m hurdles mentioned high jump in the fu- 18:53: 400m Hurdles Men B Race 20:38: 100m Women nomenal career growth since running below 10.70 is my top Also in attendance at the bronze medalist, and world- ture, the name Mutaz Barshim 19:03: 400m Hurdles Men 20:48: 3000m Women he first caught the world’s priority,” said the 34-year-old media meet were his compatri- leading 1500m star Musaab Ali will be on everyone’s lips. 19:05: High Jump Men 21:10: 3000m Steeplechase Men eyes after winning the 400 m Jamaican, who won her fourth ot Samba, USA’s Rai Benjamin, Adam, who recently qualified “I am someone who is not hurdles at the 2017 Diamond world 100m title in 2019 after the World Championship’s for the Tokyo Olympics. easily satisfied, and I keep League Doha, beating Olympic two years away from the sport 400m hurdles silver medalist, Adam will be competing pushing myself as I’ve lots and staying focused. Records in Tokyo: Samba champion Kerron Clement. to have her son Zyon. Fraser-Pryce, Cheruiyot, and alongside compatriots Hamza of personal goals I want to will come if and when they “Winning the bronze medal at “I’m pushing hard to im- She noted that mother- Sandi Morris, Rio 2016 and Driouch and Mohammed Al achieve. Before I retire, I want will come as you cannot set a the last world championships is prove on my performance in hood had been one of the 2019 World Championship sil- Garni. Also on the list is Olym- to say I’ve achieved all my time for records. Who knows, not enough, and Tokyo presents Tokyo. I am focused on giving greatest things to ever happen ver medalist in pole vault. pics-bound Abdulrahman goals. This is what drives me I might not only jump 2.45m another opportunity to improve my best performance, and I’m to her as it has changed many The 2021 Wanda Diamond Saeed Hassan and the sibling and keep me going,” he added. but probably 2.47m as well on my last outing on the global keeping an eye on the medal things about her and has fur- League comprises 14 meetings - duo of Femi and Seun Oguno- On breaking the existing because I believe impossibil- stage,” said Samba, who is one podium. It is always great to ther enhanced her personality. starting with Gateshead (replac- de (100m), among others. 2.45m world record, Barshim ity is Nothing.” of the major revelations in ath- compete here in Doha, and I “Though it has not been ing Rabat as the first host city on Addressing a press confer- said, “Nothing is impossible. letics in recent years. hope to have a wonderful out- easy with the pandemic, but I this year’s circuit) on Sunday, ence on Thursday, Barshim, The most important thing for I’m pushing myself to The 25-year-old, who is ing. I am in better shape than believe I am gradually getting May 23 – leading to a single fi- who made his debut at this an athlete is remaining moti- do better than my world the second person to run the in 2019, and I believe things back to top-form. I am ready nal across two days in Zurich at very competition in Doha in vated, being in good health, championships record 400m hurdle event in less are looking good. My training to give tomorrow’s event my the end of the season. My dream is to become the world’s greatest, says Benjamin TNN/AGENCIES 46 might not be enough again South African Wayde van diner won in 43.48. DOHA because the competition is get- Niekerk, who broke Michael Kerley, second-fastest in ting tougher by the day. I in- Johnson‘s world record in Rio, the world in 2017, took bronze AMERICAN 400m hurdler tend to keep improving myself I want to has been largely absent since behind Gardiner in Doha two Rai Benjamin will hold the and hopefully go into the record be remembered tearing an ACL and meniscus years ago. This year, he im- spotlight alongside Qatar’s books in Tokyo,” he said. as one of the playing celebrity tag rugby pressed over 100m, clocking Abderrahman Samba on Benjamin, alongside in late 2017. Last Sunday, 9.91 seconds to rank second Friday. Interestingly, both Samba, is the joint third- most versatile he eased up in a race due to in the world, but remains fo- athletes have a personal best fastest man in history in athletes the world tightness in the hip area of the cused on the 400m for the timing of 46.98secs. While the 400 m hurdles, noting has ever seen. same leg. Olympic Trials next month. Rai has clocked 47.13 as his that breaking Kevin Young’s Bahamian Steven Gardin- The U.S. went one-two in season’s best thus far, Samba 29-year-old world record of er, the 2019 World champion, the men’s 400m at the Olym- is yet to sizzle. 46.78 secs is going to take a fell to the track while straining pics in 2000, 2004 and 2008, Rai, visiting Doha for a lot of time. “I don’t feel pres- in the final meters of a 400m sweeping the medals in ’04 second time after his maiden sured, and I believe it could on May 18. He received treat- and ’08. Then a single bronze visit in 2019, said one of his happen, but I am not over- ment on his right ankle area. between 2012 and 2016, when dreams is to be ranked among thinking about it. It will hap- Norman was the Alpha the U.S. won zero Olympic the world’s greatest athletes pen with time,” he said. in the 400m at this time two men’s sprint titles overall. when he retires, and he sees In contrast, the men’s years ago after running 43.45 American men could win the Tokyo Olympics as another sprint scene, clearly defined seconds at an early season every Olympic track event opportunity in that direction. with favourites in each event American Rai Benjamin, alongside Qatar’s Abderrahman Samba, meet. That made him the from 100m through the “I want to be remembered two years ago, has since com- is the joint third-fastest man in history in the 400 m hurdles. joint-fourth-fastest man in 800m (and boast the defend- as one of the most versatile ath- plicated. It’s most crowded in history. But injuries followed. ing Olympic champion in the letes the world has ever seen. the 400m, where the U.S.’ two He was beaten by Kerley at the 1500m). Whether Norman or There is a lot of pressure on fastest men face off in a Dia- pated head-to-heads — also vs. Beatrice Chepkoech in the as favorites, in either order. 2019 USATF Outdoor Cham- Kerley is the one to watch in athletes at the moment, and as mond League meet. Sha’Carri Richardson vs. 3000m steeplechase. Even though neither owns an pionships and eased up in the the 400m is to be decided. The it is now, it might get to a point Michael Norman and Fred Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in Norman and Kerley may individual gold or silver medal semifinals of the 2019 World faster man on Friday in Doha where running sub 47 or even Kerley lead a list of antici- the 100m and Emma Coburn well enter the Tokyo Olympics from a global championship. Championships, where Gar- stakes an early claim. Sports Friday, May 28, 2021 11

CAF SUPER CUP SHOWDOWN IN DOHA: Al Ahly vs RS Berkane at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium at 7pm Al Ahly eager to end run of CAF Super Cup wins by less fancied

CAF competitions, winning 20 Renaissance rely heavily on titles, nine more than Zamalek Moroccans with two Burkina and Mazembe. Faso stars, defender Issoufou They travelled to Doha Dayo and forward Djibril Ouat- after qualifying for the 2021 tara, adding an international Champions League semi-finals flavour. Benali said his side did last weekend with a 3-1 aggre- not fear Ahly and said Berkane Al Ahly players during warm-up ahead of a training session at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium on Thursday. gate victory over Mamelodi will have chances too in the Sundowns of South Africa. game. “This is a final between AGENCIES host the Super Cup match from ly last year. midfielder Mohamed ‘Afsha’ had many tough games in the Berkane were shock casu- two big teams. We know Al DOHA 2019. The match will take place Changing the venue from the Magdy and forward Mohamed league and in the CAF Cham- alties in the 2021 Confedera- Ahly very well and they are one at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium ground of Champions League Sherif, failed to lift the trophy. pions League, in addition to tion Cup group phase, failing of the biggest teams in Africa. STAR goalkeeper Mohamed with kick-off at 7pm. In line winners to Doha led to succes- Ahly South African coach many travels. We will make to qualify for the quarter-finals But this is a football game that el Shenawy will captain Egyp- with Qatar’s Ministry of Public sive victories for the winners of Pitso Mosimane called it a sure to be well prepared. May- after coming third behind JS will be played on the pitch and tian giants Al Ahly on Friday Health (MOPH) measures, the the second-tier Confederation ‘50-50 game’ with both teams be we are physically tired, but Kabylie of Algeria and Coton we are waiting for it,” he said. when they attempt to reverse stadium’s capacity will be limit- Cup, the African equivalent of having ‘equal chance’ of vic- we are mentally ready. Every Sport of Cameroon in Group B. “In football there are no the recent trend of underdogs ed to 30% to prevent the spread the UEFA Europa League. tory. “We know RS Berkane match comes with its pressure. The side that beat Coton in surprises. We will play a game winning the annual CAF Super of COVID-19. Champions Esperance is a very strong team and they Al Ahly is always expected to a dead-rubber final group game of 90 minutes and possibly Cup match. Only fully vaccinated peo- of Tunisia lost to Zamalek have a good new coach and tal- win, and we want to do that and contained only five survivors penalties and let’s see who African Champions League ple and those who have recov- of Egypt in 2019 and to Raja ented players. They are always make our supporters at home from the 2020 Confederation wins afterwards. If we thought title-holders Ahly are favoured ered from Covid-19 in the last Casablanca of Morocco in doing well on the internation- happy,” Mosimane added Cup final in which they edged that our win was a surprise we to lift the trophy at the ex- nine months will be permit- 2020 – a dramatic change af- al scene and we respect them The Cairo Red Devils have Pyramids of Egypt 1-0 in Rabat. would not have come here. pense of Confederation Cup ted to attend the match. The ter winners of the marquee very much. This is a final so it’s won the Super Cup a record There has also been change We respect Al Ahly much, but winners Renaissance Berkane clubs had to arrive in Doha 72 competition had triumphed in a 50-50 game and both sides six times with Zamalek (four of coaches with Moroccan there is no place for fear. This of Morocco in Doha. hours before the match and 21 of the previous 23 games. have an equal chance to win titles) and TP Mazembe of the Tarik Sektioui being replaced is a football game, and we have Qatar, who next year will were placed in bio-bubbles -- But it would be a shock if an the cup,” he said yesterday. Democratic Republic of Congo by Spaniard Juan Pedro Be- our chances too. We need to be become the first Middle East the first time CAF have taken Ahly team stacked with stars, “For us, we want to win, and (three) the next most success- nali, who joined Berkane after ready for any scenario and will country to stage the World Cup, this step since the coronavirus including El Shenawy, Moroc- we must work well to achieve ful sides. Ahly are much fur- guiding three other clubs in be prepared for everything,” signed a three-year contract to pandemic spread to Africa ear- can centre-back Badr Banoun, that. During the past weeks we ther ahead when it comes to all the north African kingdom. the Spaniard added. Villarreal end long title wait in Europa League marathon shoot-out thriller DPA you – sometimes it’s decided GDANSK (POLAND) on one kick. “We’ve got to learn from VILLARREAL goalkeeper that, not savour this feeling Geronimo Rulli made the dif- but taste this feeling and make ference in an astonishing 11- sure we don’t get it again.” Zinedine Zidane. (AFP) 10 penalty shoot-out victory The La Liga side - who in the Europa League final also now enter the Champions against Manchester United on League group phase next term Adios and au revoir: Wednesday as the Yellow Sub- - opened the scoring when marine claimed their first-ever Gerard Moreno touched in major honour. Dani Parejo’s 30th minute free Zidane quits as Real An attritional game ended kick but United levelled when 1-1 in the rain of Gdansk with Edinson Cavani converted a neither side deserving to win ricochet 10 minutes after the Madrid boss for in regulation and after 20 con- restart to take an attritional verted spot-kicks from outfield game almost as far as possible. a second time players it was left to the keep- United had made the bet- ers to settle matters. ter start without creating any- DPA his return in March 2019, he Rulli smashed an unstop- thing of note and fell behind BERLIN led Madrid to La Liga title in pable kick high to the left of when Moreno evaded Vic- 2020. In 113 games, he had 67 David de Gea and then saved tor Lindelof to score. Defender ZINEDINE Zidane has de- wins, 25 draws and 20 defeats. the weak shot of his opposite Harry Maguire was an unused cided to leave his position This season, however, Zi- number to make history for Vil- substitute having lost his bat- as coach of Real Madrid, the dane and Madrid finished larreal and coach Unai Emery, tle for fitness and will rue the Spanish club said Thursday in without a trophy, which meant who has now lifted the Europa gap left in his absence. confirming weeks of specula- Real didn’t win a title for the League a record four times. Villarreal’s players celebrate with the trophy after winning the UEFA Europa League nal at the Gdansk A much improved United tion surrounding his future. first time in 11 years. “It feels really good. It’s Stadium in Gdansk, Poland, on Wednesday. (AFP) equalized soon after the re- “We must now respect his They were second in La been a tough competition, we start though were fortunate as decision and express our grati- Liga, two points behind cham- knew it was going to be very Marcus Rashford’s shot took tude for his professionalism, pions and city rivals Altetico tough against a very good side not one but two deflections to dedication and passion over Madrid. like Manchester United,” said land for Cavani, who couldn’t the years and what he means In the Champions League, Villarreal midfielder Francis miss with Rulli helpless. to Real Madrid,” the club said Zidane and his side were Coquelin. A Cavani header, blocked in a statement. knocked out by Chelsea in the “When you go down to by reported United target Pau The French coach had a semi-finals after they already the end, the winner takes it Torres, was as close as either contract until June 2022, but had been eliminated of the all; Manchester United put us side came to a winner in normal had reportedly already told Spanish Cup by third divi- under a lot of pressure and we time though Rashford missed Real Madrid players earlier in sion side Alcoyano in the third had to dig in to get the result. an open goal when offside. May he would leave at the end round. “The penalty shoot-out Torres swept wide with al- of the 2020-21 season. The Spanish giants are yet is always a lottery, and we’re most the last kick of the regu- “Zidane is one of Real Ma- to announce a new coach. Mas- really pleased to have won it. lation 90 minutes and neither drid’s great icons and his lega- similiano Allegri was pointed We’ll try to celebrate because side risked losing to poten- cy extends beyond what he has out as a top favourite, but he it’s something massive for the tially gain victory in the ad- achieved as a coach and player will reportedly return to Ju- club and for all of us.” United’s ditional period. This was the at our club,” Real said. ventus, where he won five con- own trophy drought will enter first Europa League final to go “He is aware that he has a secutive Italian league titles. a fifth year following another to extra-time since Emery’s place in the hearts of the Real Antonio Conte is report- near miss for manager Ole Sevilla went on to beat Benfica Madrid fans and that he will edly also a target after he left Gunnar Solskjaer and also on penalties in 2014 and histo- always have a home at Real Italian champions Inter Milan means Manchester cannot join ry repeated itself - though only Madrid.” In his first spell at on Wednesday, while former Milan as the only city to win after an epic shoot-out. the club from January 2016 club striker Raul Gonzalez has two major European tourna- That will not bother the Vil- to May 2018, Zidane secured been linked with the post. ments in a season; Manchester larreal fans who travelled to Po- three consecutive Champi- Raul is currently the coach City play Chelsea in Saturday’s land to be part of the reduced ons League titles and won the of Real Castilla, Madrid’s team Champions League final. Villarreal’s Argentine goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli (3rd-L) is congratulated by teammates after stopping capacity crowd amid the coro- Spanish league once. B, a post also held by Zidane “It’s a disappointed dress- a penalty in a shoot-out during the UEFA Europa League nal against Manchester United at the Gdansk navirus as their club ended a His second term was not as before he was first promoted ing room,” Solskjaer told Stadium in Gdansk, Poland, on Wednesday. Villarreal won 11-10 on penalties after the match had ended 98-year wait for a trophy in the successful as the first, but after to the top job. BT Sport. “That’s football for 1-1 in rain in regulation time. (AFP) most dramatic fashion possible. 12 Friday, May 28, 2021 Sports

JORDAN RALLY 2021 Al Attiyah, Al Theferi aim

This combination of le photographs shows (L) Spaniard Rafael to defend series leads Nadal, (C) Swiss Roger Federer and Serbian Novak Djokovic. The three most successful men in Grand Slam tennis history, were on Thursday all drawn in the same half of the 2021 French Open. (AFP) Oman’s Hamed Djokovic, Nadal Al Wahaibi sidelined after and Federer drawn shakedown crash TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK in same half of DEAD SEA (JORDAN) THE 2021 Jordan Rally got French Open underway on the shores of the Dead Sea on Thursday after- DPA Zverev are the other big names noon. Twelve cars and com- LONDON in the bottom half while Brit- petitors from eight nations ish number one Dan Evans will now tackle 10 demanding NOVAK Djokovic, Rafael Na- - another player looking for a gravel stages on Friday and dal and Roger Federer are all first victory at Roland Garros Saturday in the Dead Sea, in the same half of the draw for - meets Serbian Miomir Kec- Mount Nebo and Jordan River the French Open beginning on manovic. areas close to the lowest geo- Sunday. In the women’s draw, de- graphical point on earth. With Nadal having dropped fending champion Iga Swiatek Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah behind Daniil Medvedev to third opens against Slovenia’s Kaja will be hoping his extend his in the rankings, it raised the pos- Juvan and is in the same half eight-point lead in the FIA sibility of a lopsided draw, and as top seed Ashleigh Barty, who Middle East Rally Champion- so it has proved. returns to Roland Garros for ship in the absence of closest There can be no repeat of the first time since winning the rivals, Abdulaziz Al Kuwari last year’s final, when Nadal title in 2019 and faces Ameri- and Khalid Al Suwaidi, who defeated Djokovic to win a 20th can Bernarda Pera first up. pushed him hard at the open- grand slam title, with the pair Seventh seed Serena Wil- ing round in Qatar at the end seeded to meet in the last four. liams is in the opposite half of January. Federer is a potential and meets Irina-Camelia Begu On this occasion the 13- Nasser Saleh al Attiyah, 13-time winner, waves the ag at the start of 2021 Jordan Rally in Dead Sea on Thursday. quarter-final opponent for while second seed Naomi Osa- time winner of the Jordan Ral- Djokovic, although, given the ka takes on another Romanian ly faces competition from for- 39-year-old’s lack of matches in Patricia Maria Tig, with mer QMMF president Nasser and stated target of hitting both women short of match Khalifa Al Atya and Oman form on the grass, it would be wins on clay. Rally Team driver Abdullah Al something of a surprise if he With Harriet Dart losing in Rawahi. made it that far. the final round of qualifying, Hamed Al Wahaibi had Top seed Djokovic will Britain have just four repre- been relishing his return to open his campaign against sentatives across the singles the international arena af- American Tennys Sandgren and neither Johanna Konta ter a nine-year absence, but while Nadal faces young Aus- nor Heather Watson have the Omani suffered a shock tralian Alexei Popyrin and shown encouraging form. crash while testing tyres on Federer meets a qualifier. Konta, seeded 19 and de- Thursday morning and was Britain’s Cameron Norrie, fending ranking points from not able to make the ceremo- who also opens against a quali- 2019’s semi-final, meets nial start after damaging his fier, has reached two ATP Tour Sorana Cirstea of Romania, Škoda Fabia. finals on clay in the last month who beat her at the US Open Al Wahaibi said: “I lost a Former QMMF president Nasser Khalifa Al Atya and Oman Rally Team and is a potential third-round last year, while Watson has bit of concentration while test- Abdullah Al Rawahi at the start of the Jordan Rally. driver Abdullah Al Rawahi with ofcials at the start. opponent for Nadal, although won just one of her last seven ing tyres. I just ran a bit wide he will first have to get past in- matches and takes on Kazakh out of a corner and went into a Guarantee Travel Group and form Italian Lorenzo Sonego. Zarina Diyas. small ditch. The car went end- 2021 Jordan Rally – List of starters & Standings Nestle Waters Jordan. Medvedev, who reached An interesting first-round over-end about five times. Ilka 1. Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah (QAT)/Matthieu Baumel (FRA) Lancer Evo IX (QAT) 40pts; 2. Abdulaziz Al Kuwari (QAT) 32pts; 3. his second slam final at the match-up sees 2020 runner- (Minor) and I are both okay. Volkswagen Pole GTI 9. Alex El Feghali (LBN)/Georges Deaibess (LBN) Khalid Al Suwaidi (QAT) 27pts; 4. Nasser Khalifa Al Atya On Friday 2. Abdullah Al Ruwahi (OMN)/Ata Al Hmoud (JOR) Ford Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X (QAT) 23pts; 5. Meshari Al Thefiri (KWT) 19pts; 6. Saleh Australian Open but has nev- up Sofia Kenin play former The car proved its strength. I Fiesta 10. Asem Aref (JOR)/Ahmed Jankhot (JOR) Renault Clio Al Saif (SAU) 15pts; 7. Rashid Al Mohannadi (QAT) Crews tackle two loops of er won a main draw match at champion Jelena Ostapenko was so happy to be here and 3. Meshari Al Thefiri (KWT)/Nasser Al Kuwari (QAT) 11. Ahmad Khaled (LBN)/Musa Djiyerian (JOR) 13pts; 8. Zakariya Al Ofi (OMN) 11pts; 9. Ahmad Khaled three special stages, starting Roland Garros, faces a tricky while Carla Suarez Navarro back in rallying. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X (LBN) 9pts; 10. Zakariya Al Amri (OMN) 7pts. with a run through the 9.8km opener against in-form Ka- makes her return follow- “We will be in Rally Leba- 4. Henry Kahy (LEB)/Carlos Hanna (LBN) Škoda Fabia 1.6 12. Shadi El Fakih (LBN)/Samer Sfeir (LBN) Mitsubishi MERC 2 Championship – standings after round 1: of Syagha from 09.19hrs. 5. Nasser Khalifa Al Atya (QAT)/Giovanni Bernacchini Lancer Evo IX 1. Meshari Al Thefiri (KWT) 40pts; 2. Rashid Al zakh Alexander Bublik. ing successful cancer treat- non, for sure. Thanks to the (ITA) Ford Fiesta 14. Saleh Al Saif (SAU)/Feisal Al Suwayh (SAU) Can-Am Mohannadi (QAT) 31pts; 3. Zakariya Al Ofi (OMN) 28pts; The brand new challenge of Dominic Thiem, Stefa- ment against former US Open organisers for all their sup- 7. Shadi Sheban (JOR)/Emad Juma (JOR) Mitsubishi Maverick X3 4. Ahmad Khaled (LBN) 23pts; 5. Zakariya Al Amri Adasiyah (34.70km) follows at nos Tsitsipas and Alexander champion Sloane Stephens. port. The welcome has been Lancer Evo IX 2021 FIA Middle East Rally Championship – (OMN) 18pts; 6. Shadi El Fakih (LBN) 1pt. 09.58hrs and the loop is com- great, fans, competitors and 8. Ihab Al Shourafa (JOR)/Yousef Juma (JOR) Mitsubishi Standings after Round 1: 1. Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah MERC 3 Championship: 1. Henry Kahy (LEB) 40pts. pleted with a blast through the my friend Nasser (Al Attiyah) 11.34km of the Baptism Site was so supportive. Now I wish takes a nine-point advantage dom but local drivers Shabi local driver Asem Aref in the special from 11.17hrs. my team-mate Abdullah Al- in the secondary ‘showroom’ Shaban and Ihab Al Shourafa MERC3 section for two-wheel After a return to the Dead Naomi Osaka has Rawahi all the best for the category into the opening stag- and the Lebanese trio of Alex drive cars and Saudi Arabia’s Sea Service Park for a mid- imposed a media coming two days.” es on Friday. El Feghali, Ahmed Khaled and Saleh Al Saif rounds off the leg regroup and chance to ban during French Meshari Al Thefiri has won His two closest rivals, Shadi El Fakih will be hoping starting line-up in a T4 Can- refettle the cars, the loop of Open citing mental the last three MERC2 cham- Rashid Al Mohannadi and Za- to push him all the way. Am Maverick X3. three speed tests are repeat- health reasons. pionships in his Mitsubishi kariya Al Ofi, have not made Lebanon’s defending Support for the event ed at 12.58hrs, 13.37hrs and Lancer Evo X and the Kuwaiti the trip to the Hashemite King- champion Henry Kahy faces comes from Zain Jordan, 14.56hrs, respectively.

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Osaka refuses to hold news conferences at Roland Garros Man City seek to crown Guardiola era with title DPA in one. DPA pions League final, reached BERLIN “We’re often sat there and BERLIN the FA Cup final, got top four. asked questions that we’ve So it’s a good season, but not NAOMI Osaka has imposed a been asked multiple times be- PEP Guardiola can proudly perfect because we need to media ban during her upcom- fore or asked questions that say he has had a successful win a trophy.” Chelsea have ing French Open campaign, bring doubt into our minds stint with Manchester City beaten City twice this season citing mental health reasons. and I am not going to subject so far. The manager secured and knocked them out of the Osaka – the reigning Aus- myself to people who doubt three Premier League titles FA Cup in the semi-finals. But tralian Open champion and me. with the team and helped to Tuchel knows the Champions four-time grand slam winner “I’ve watched many clips establish the club as one of the League final is another topic. – announced the shock media of athletes breaking down af- top sides in Europe. “It’s always so, so tough boycott ahead of the Roland ter a loss in the press room But there’s something to play against [Guardiola’s] Garros event, which will get and I know you have as well. I missing: the Champions teams. We’re trying to close underway on Sunday. believe that whole situation is League title, which for the the gap and the good thing is, Under French Open rules, kicking a person while they’re first time ever City will have in football, you can close gaps typical of any tennis tourna- down and I don’t understand a chance to secure when they in 90 minutes. ment, players are required to the reasoning behind it. face fellow Premier League “That is absolutely pos- hold media conferences after “Me not doing press is side Chelsea on Saturday at the sible, and that’s what we are each match. nothing personal to the tour- Estadio do Dragao in Porto. aiming to do in the final,” the Osaka is the world’s high- nament . However, if the or- “Sometimes clubs need manager said. est earning female athlete and ganisations think that they more finals to win the first As like last year, the Cham- will be fined by tournament of- can just keep saying, ‘do press one, others need one shot. pions League final was once ficials should the world number or you’re gonna be fined’, and Hopefully that will be the again affected by the coronavi- two follow through and not take continue to ignore the mental case,” Guardiola said. rus and moved from Istanbul part in news conferences. health of the athletes that are “I am so confident in my Manchester City’s players arrive at the team’s hotel in Porto on Thursday. Manchester City will take on to Porto due to travel restric- Japanese star Osaka hopes centrepiece of their co-oper- team. You cannot imagine how Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League nal at the Dragao stadium in Porto on Saturday. (AFP) tions related to the pandemic. the fines she will receive can ation then I just gotta laugh.” confident I am in my team and Turkey was added to Brit- be donated towards mental Osaka heads to Paris hav- what we have to do,” he added. told the club website. Chelsea manager Thomas was crucial to lead the team to ain’s “red list” for travel because health charity. ing never progressed beyond For Guardiola, it’s the “He knows the way to win. If Tuchel is the first to reach the big finale in Porto. of the high coronavirus infec- “I’m writing this to say that the third round of the French chance to clinch his first we all pull together, we are one back-to-back finals with two “He came in and from the tions numbers. That means I’m not going to do any press Open. Champions League title since step closer to achieve the final different clubs in Champions first minute the players felt a those returning to the country during Roland Garros,” Osaka The 23-year-old skipped his second triumph with Bar- goal.” On the other side of the League and European Cup his- great connection with him,” must face a 10-day hotel quar- wrote on Twitter. “I’ve often last year’s French Open amid celona in 2011. pitch, Chelsea reached the final tory after losing last season’s Chelsea midfielder Mateo Ko- antine period on their return. felt that people have no regard the coronavirus pandemic, “Pep is our map. He has won for the first time since 2012, final with Paris Saint-Germain. vacic said. This year, however, fans for athletes’ mental health and though she claimed her sec- the competition several times, when they beat last season’s Tuchel took over at Stam- “He did a good job and we will be in the stands with this rings true whenever I see ond US Open crown at Flush- both as a player and as a man- winners Bayern Munich at their ford Bridge in January and has had a great season in the end, 16,500 spectators allowed into a press conference or partake ing Meadows. ager,” midfielder Bernardo Silva own Allianz Arena stadium. made an instant impact, which because we came to the Cham- the stadium. Nation Friday, May 28, 2021 13 Urdu Radio to relaunch its programs on June 1, targets younger listeners L N MALLICK ger responsibility to shape active social media engage- need to change with the times to our loyal listeners. globally wherein the radio DOHA our programs in line with the ment. in order to keep up with the new “The changes include a went from just being on air to rapidly changing world of in- “We started off with an scenarios that are thrown at us,” tagline ‘Dil Se Desi’ to set the being a social media entity as URDU Radio FM 107, for- fotainment. We are not only RJ hunt to tap new talent that Khan remarked. identity straight that we are well. There is a general belief merly known as Radio Qatar changing with time but also went viral among all nationali- “We, as Qatar’s first radio indeed Qatar’s Desi Radio that radio available for the gen- Urdu Service, will relaunch its working on future perspectives ties in Qatar. We are also build- re-presentors, strongly believe station which is rooted, yet eral public is all about playing programs on June 1 with the with a bird’s eye view to cap- ing a strategy to cater to all the in the same concept of run- modern; engagement with the songs, contests and RJs hitting aim to attract more young lis- ture every market and weave South Asian nationalities on ning an organisation. For the Desi community and becom- the airwaves with their wit, teners. it with entertaining shows and all levels. Since we will be serv- past 41 years we have built a ing a part of their everyday life; but we have decided not just The radio channel began ideas. Our re-introduction is ing to strengthen businesses, legacy and FM 107 Qatar has providing a platform to local to break the norms but also to with a one-hour broadcast all set to go all guns blazing we would like to provide our become the backbone of the talent and supporting them; bring in something out of the with only two RJs in 1980 and from June 1 with our new jin- services to all those who need Qatar radio fraternity, and a providing wholesome enter- box while strengthening our has since grown to offer a 24- gle hitting Qatar’s radio air- marketing assistance and be foundation of what has fol- tainment and reliable infor- basics. hour service with extremely waves,” said Acting Director always available to upscale the lowed. Being a part of a gov- mation; keeping the cultural “Henceforth, we are also popular programming. It is Shadab Ahmad Khan, while creative ratio and help busi- Shadab Ahmad Khan, acting ernment body has only pushed ethos of Qatar and of different bringing about a change in particularly popular among speaking to Qatar Tribune. nesses to grow,” said Khan. director, Urdu Radio FM 107 us forward stronger. We have nationalities in mind and pro- our system to stay updated South Asian expatriates who He said the FM 107 fam- “Change is constant in life, been the most trusted radio moting cross border friend- and serve our listeners with understand and speak Urdu. ily would be expanded with and those who do not adapt trends. As we all know, youth station covering all the major ships; new playlists to mark a the new FM 107 which will “We are quite privileged the addition of new RJs. New become stagnant,” he ob- is the driving force behind events and skits over the past statement and to segregate our be more youthful and joyful to be part of Qatar Media Cor- campaigns will be launched to served. all success. Qatar, as a young four decades with an approach drive times,” said Khan. and will be available on air, on poration’s Radio Wing. This attract radio listeners and con- “With this in mind, we country, deserves a younger to deliver every information ”Over the past few years, ground and online with equal privilege comes with a big- vert them into viewers through must adapt to changing sound. This explains why we all with a pinch of entertainment we have witnessed a change supremacy,” asserted Khan. QM announces its DFC announces reopening reopening schedule of its entertainment hub

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TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA Festival City (DFC), DOHA ‘Qatar’s one and only choice for shopping, dining and enter- QATAR Museums yesterday tainment’, has announced the announced the re-opening of a reopening of its theme parks number of its museums and res- Virtuocity and Snow Dunes taurants to the wider community from May 28, following the from today, in accordance with government’s announcement the Ministry of Public Health. on the phased reopening of The reopening aligns with the amusement parks and other Ministry’s resumption of public recreational activities in Qatar. activity in Qatar, based on mile- The opening of Virtuocity stones reached in controlling the and Snow Dunes will be fol- COVID-19 pandemic. lowed by the reopening of An- The National Museum of gry Birds World, which will be Qatar (NMoQ), Mathaf: Arab announced soon. Museum of Modern Art, and be open as well. Public pro- a normal temperature read- After months of closure, Doha Fire Station are among grammes, exhibitions, and ing. Visitors over the age of 12 theme parks Virtuocity and the museums and galleries that group tours will be suspended will be required to bring and Snow Dunes will welcome will reopen. Saturday through during the first phase of re- wear a mask. Hand sanitiser back vaccinated visitors for a Thursday: 9 a.m. – 7 p.m., and opening. stations will be strategically fun and safe experience, ad- trance, show a Golden Eht- Friday: 1.30 p.m. – 7 p.m. Play- In accordance with the Min- placed throughout the venue hering to 20 percent indoors eraz status, wear a mask dur- grounds, libraries, and parks at istry of Public Health’s guide- to encourage visitors to keep capacity as per the government ing their presence in the park Qatar Museums will also reo- lines, only a limited number of their hands clean. On-site sig- guidelines. Doha Festival City and undergo a temperature pen. The Museum of Islamic Art visitors and staff will be per- nage will also remind visitors to theme parks are owned and check,” he added. will remain closed. mitted inside each museum. keep a safe distance from other managed by 100 percent Qa- Along with these guide- During museum hours, Visitors will be required to visitors. In addition, interactive tari operator Leisure, driven lines, all visitors can also ex- the gift shops will provide lim- pre-purchase tickets on the Qa- features such as touchscreens by operational excellence and pect the following; ited service. From Saturday tar Museums website. Ticket- will be temporarily removed committed to deliver excellent Hand sanitizing stations to Thursday, NMoQ’s JIWAN holders must present a “green” from each museum, and gallery entertainment services. throughout the park. Restaurant will be open for health status on the Ehteraz guides will only be available on- Robert Hall, general man- Enhanced cleaning, lunch and afternoon tea with a virus-tracing app upon arrival line. ager of Doha Festival City, done between sessions and limited capacity. at the museum. At the entrance, Please visit www.qm.org.qa said: “We are excited about every night to sanitize the The NMoQ gift shops will each person will be checked for for more information. the reopening of Qatar’s num- park and all park amenities ber one Entertainment Hub. (includes restrooms, seating Time spent within Doha Fes- areas, lockers and tubes). tival City is about celebrating Signs and ground staff special moments with family. will be present across the We are delighted to share the parks reminding everyone to Ooredoo offers iPad Pro 5G joy with Qatar’s community in maintain social distancing and one of our favourite destina- use appropriate PPE when re- tions, and to be able to offer quired. New model features our customers another memo- All ground staff members advanced display rable experience that goes be- are also required to undergo yond shopping.” screening prior to shifts, and technologies for Furthermore, Leisure has must follow several protocols announced its new operating when managing guest services unmatched viewing procedures in preparation for and rides, cleaning various ar- the phased approach of the eas of the park and overseeing TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK reopening of the amusement operational areas. DOHA parks. The updated proce- markable and safe experience. ing and continuous sanitiza- Doha Festival City open- dures will adhere to the gov- Sherif Elbassiouny, leisure tion of all rides and attractions ing hours are Saturday to OOREDOO is now offering the ernment recommendations managing director, said: “Our are the basis of our procedures Wednesday from 10am to 10 powerful new 11-inch and 12.9- while providing all guests an main objective is to provide along with reduced capacity of pm, and Thursday to Friday inch iPad Pro with 5G, featur- Thunderbolt and USB 4, and Pro now offering groundbreak- exciting experience. The staff our guests with an exclusive 20 percent indoors and a man- from 10am to 11pm. Virtuoc- ing the breakthrough Apple- much more. ing extreme dynamic range for at the entertainment parks entertaining experience in a datory Golden Ehteraz for our ity and Snow Dunes opening designed M1 chip for a massive Both models feature ad- even greater brightness and are also highly trained for the safe environment. Accord- guests” hours are Thursday to Friday leap in performance, an all-new vanced display technologies for stunning details. For complete reopening, following the new ingly, we will implement all “Those coming to the park from 3pm to 12am, and Satur- 12MP Ultra Wide front camera an unmatched viewing experi- pricing and availability details, measures and procedures needed measures without any will be required to undergo a day to Wednesday from 1pm for Center Stage, support for ence, with the 12.9-inch iPad visit www.Ooredoo.qa/eshop. to provide visitors with a re- compromises. Social distanc- health screening at the en- to 10pm. 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Sadique and Saleem apply skills learned from Qatar 2022 legacy programme

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ADVOCATES from Genera- tion Amazing, a FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 legacy pro- gramme, are supporting COVID-19 relief efforts in India. Sadique Rahman and Generation Amazing advocates Sadique Rahman and Saleem Puthiyottil have been working with a team of aid workers to organise food deliveries and transport for sick patients. Saleem Puthiyottil have been working with a team of the community in Kerala. people throughout the pro- forts during the 2019 Kerala During his time with work and communication teered as an advocate for the aid workers to organise food “We are connecting cess.” flood. Generation Amazing, Rah- skills through Generation Generation Amazing Work- deliveries and transport for with local people, engag- Rahman and Puthiyottil Puthiyottil said: “It has man has won an award for Amazing methodology and ers’ Programme at Barwa sick patients. ing with them and provid- have been working along- been a pleasure to be back in leading football for develop- inspired them to become Sports Complex. He has Rahman, who has been ing direction for moving side the Gooseberry Club in touch with Sadique after our ment training sessions and important members of their helped to promote and ex- involved with Generation forward,” said Rahman, Kerala to deliver vital com- time at Generation Amazing helping workers become communities. pand the programme, which Amazing since 2015, said he who is currently in Kerala. munity support. The club and work together again at coaches in Qatar. He has en- On top of establishing has grown from 20 partici- applied skills learned during “It’s like all good teamwork had previously worked with such a crucial time for our couraged participants to de- a youth club in Al Khor, in pants initially to more than the programme to support – we are uniting the right Rahman to support relief ef- people.” velop their leadership, team- 2016, Rahman has volun- 300. 14 Friday, May 28, 2021 The Last Word

‘Pandemic prompted scientists to make more innovations’

Continued from page 1  has brought about in terms scientific and health achieve- nell Medicine-Qatar developed volunteered at Hamad Medi- of those who have tested posi- participant in this global initia- of great changes in life, busi- ments, whether in research, in-house, accurate testing for cal Corporation laboratories to tive for COVID-19, to help limit tive. SHEIKHA Moza said, “But we ness, and health. And yet, the medicine or nursing, and has COVID-19, and another sensi- provide technical assistance in the spread of the virus in Qatar. “But, despite all this rapid cannot thrive, and the world value of knowledge remains stimulated the research sector tive test to detect antibodies analyzing COVID-19 samples.” At Sidra Medicine, a new scientific progress today, there cannot prosper with one spe- the same, whether in science, to make further innovations through blood and urine sam- Qatar Biomedical Research COVID-19 rapid test was de- are still countless human ge- cialisation without the oth- literature or art. No one field and discoveries. ple, in addition to the efforts of Institute also developed a Se- veloped in 2020, maintain- netic codes that remain a mys- ers, and we cannot build a takes precedence over another “As we celebrate your its professors and students in rology Kit to detect COVID-19 ing 98 percent accuracy. This tery to us, still waiting to be strong foundation without all in its importance, and the val- graduation today, it is only studying and examining pro- antibodies in record time. method will reduce the cost deciphered. I am certain that, your specialisations together. ue it brings to our lives.” appropriate to exemplify the tective antibodies to be used And at Qatar Computing of testing by approximately 75 among your generation, there While you may notice a fo- Returning to the topic that contributions that Qatar Foun- against the virus.” Research Institute, experts percent. will be those who will go on to cus on medicine, it does not has occupied the world for dation’s universities, research- Sheikha Moza added, developed a contact tracing And, Qatar Genome Pro- contribute to deciphering these indicate a preference for this more than a year, she said, ers, and students have made in “Moreover, Qatar Founda- technology that tracks people’s gramme participated in the codes, and to play their part in field. It simply reflects what the COVID-19 pandemic has fighting the pandemic.” tion researchers and students movement based on cell phone COVID-19 Host Genetic Ini- bringing scientific renaissance the coronavirus pandemic highlighted the importance of She said, “The Weill Cor- with molecular biology skills data, and identifies the location tiative, making it the only Arab to this region,” she said. QF graduates all set to face Double joy for family as ElSharkawi challenges of the real world sisters graduate at QF convocation AILYN AGONIA AILYN AGONIA Northwestern University’s DOHA DOHA home campus in Evanston, Illinois, in the United States, DESPITE the challenges and IT was double joy for the was a significant achieve- difficulties of graduating in the ElSharkawi family as sis- ment for her. Additionally, midst of a pandemic, members ters Nadeen and Salma were she said that the events that of Qatar Foundation’s (QF) among the graduates hon- occurred in Education City Classes of 2020 and 2021 are oured at Qatar Foundation’s over the years, as well as the eager to put their hard-earned (QF) virtual convocation cer- people she met along the knowledge to use and make a emony for its Classes of 2020 way, made her four years of difference in their society. and 2021 on Thursday. learning more enjoyable and Sidra Sohail, a member of Despite the disappoint- memorable. the Class of 2021 at Virginia ment of missing out on “Graduating during a Commonwealth University a traditional graduation pandemic was definitely School of the Arts in Qatar Maryam Al Attiyah Bandar Nasser al Abdulla ceremony, Nadeen Nasr a sad thought to me and (VCUarts Qatar), is confident ElSharkawi, Class of 2020, for sure for other students that the prestigious institu- to think in new ways and be- of the 2020 and 2021 classes. I Virginia Commonwealth from Classes 2020 and 2021 tion has provided her with the come more flexible in how we believe we have demonstrated University School of the Arts since I would have loved to necessary skills and knowledge approach it. Before pandemic, that we are exceptional as indi- in Qatar (VCUarts Qatar), go out with a “big bang” af - throughout her educational it was hard to imagine I could viduals.” said graduating alongside ter working hard for my de- journey. work with fashion designers Bandar Nasser Al Abdulla, her sister has made the long- gree. I am thankful I gradu- She focused her gradua- from across the globe without a chemical engineering gradu- awaited event even more ated and can move on to tion project, Blurred Lines, on traveling but now that appears ate of Texas A&M University special for their family. the next chapter of my life. her relationship with her home to have changed for many of in Qatar (TAMUQ), is set to “Here I am, one year lat- I look forward to entering country Pakistan as an expat us.” join Qatar Petroleum. Com- er, graduating on the same the workforce and make the living in Qatar. She compared Another VCUarts Qatar menting on the fact that he day as Sallooma! I appreciate most of my education in my her collection to a song writ- graduate this year, Maryam completed his learning jour- the effort that QF is putting field,” Salma said. ten for her country, capturing Al Attiyah, described graduat- ney in such extraordinary into this. We’re all thrilled to Soha Moussa, the belov- the nostalgia of everyday life in ing under these extraordinary circumstances, he said, “I am be able to share this major ed mother of sisters Nadeen Pakistan through designs and and difficult circumstances as proud to be a member of my event together. I really wish and Salma, is, of course, at garments that link back to her a proud moment for herself graduating class because we things had gone differently, the heart of their celebration. childhood. and her peers. She said, “It’s a have demonstrated over the but I’m glad my sister and She described her daughters’ She said, “Through this shame that the Classes of 2020 years that we are one of the I are graduating together!” accomplishment as a proud collection, I wanted people and 2021 will never have the op- most powerful and academi- Nadeen told Qatar Tribune. moment for the family. to look back at their own cul- portunity to attend a university cally gifted groups admitted She also said that she has “During the pandemic, tures as well. I also wanted to graduation or a QF convocation. to the university. I say this many wonderful memories I was worried about my start conversations about peo- I never imagined that adjusting with great pride because we from her time at the Univer- daughters’ health and well ple’s native cultures, poems, to virtual learning would be both still managed to excel despite sity. Some of these are an- Nadeen and Salma with their proud mother Soha Moussa being. The toll the pandemic languages, songs, proverbs, a blessing and a challenge that issues caused by the pandemic ecdotes that still make her could take on my daughters’ fashion, architecture, social would propel us as individuals, and the difficult transition to smile to this day. Salma Nasr ElSharkawi, to these unfortunate events mental health was worri- language, and everything else. students, educators, parents, virtual learning, which was es- “Our library team throws a member of Northwestern we’ve been put in, it’s been some but thankfully Nadeen It’s also a statement of love and institutions forward in the pecially difficult for engineer- great parties every once in University in Qatar’s (NU-Q) difficult celebrating. But on and Salma made me proud. and preservation of the world’s face of a global crisis.” ing. I am excited to continue a while, and they’re always Class of 2021, is also equal- the bright side Nido and I Their accomplishments dur- cultures. My goal was to start She also said, “I’d like to my studies, obtain a PhD, and so much fun. One time, my ly happy to be able to share will be celebrating together ing their university years these discussions about the thank everyone on the faculty serve my country as one of its friend and I got so carried such a momentous occasion with our mother!” never fail to make the family preservation of eastern arts and staff for inspiring us to be top engineers. As of now, I’ll be away, we forgot we have a with her sister, and she em- When asked about her proud. I am thankful for the and culture.” more creative, resourceful, and working as an engineer for Qa- class at 2pm. So, we quickly phasised the joy it brings to favourite university memo- opportunity QF, VCUarts, Looking on a brighter side innovative. This push shaped tar Petroleum.” ran to class with fun head- their mother. ries, Salma said that being and NU-Q have given to my of the current situation, Sidra not only our personalities, but Meeting his friends, ac- bands and henna on our She said, “My mother accepted into NU-Q’s Com- daughters. My family and I added. “Fashion is very hands- also our desire to be innova- cording to Bandar, is an impor- hands. We looked so dumb is excited to have both her munication Exchange Pro- are excited in seeing them on industry. The pandemic tive and critical thinkers. I tant highlight of his university but at least it was fun!” Na- daughters officially gradu- gram, which allowed her graduate alongside each oth- is particularly challenging us can’t express how proud I am years. deen fondly shared. ate at the same time. Due to study for a semester at er,” said Soha. GU-Q graduate takes learning from classroom to the pitch Aspiring local football player graduates at Qatar Foundation’s virtual convocation ceremony

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK ent views. understanding of my situation. Speaking about how COV- DOHA “Within my football club, I remember one semester, we ID-19 impacted his studies, we have people with different had to travel outside the coun- Al-Mulla explains that there ASPIRING footballer Ra- nationalities, who speak differ- try for training camps, and I had were some benefits to online beea Al-Mulla is a 21-year-old ent languages, and have differ- to drop a few classes so I could studying. “It gave me more free Georgetown University in Qatar ent perspectives. The discus- manage my course load. But time and I was able to better (GU-Q) graduate who, over the sions I experienced within the my professors were very help- manage my life outside of uni- last few years, has worked to classroom at GU-Q were very ful; they encouraged me to keep versity. However, I must say, it take learnings from the class- helpful, and I was able to take playing, and to keep studying.” was harder to retain informa- room to the football pitch. these learnings out on to the Explaining how the support tion and stay focused on course “University was a real eye- pitch – such as how to commu- from the university motivated material.” opener,” he says. “There were a nicate with my teammates bet- him and pushed him, Al-Mulla And as Convocation edged lot of international students at ter and how to improve my time adds in the future he’d like to closer, and he begins the next my high school, Qatar Academy management skills. Rabeea Al-Mulla continue to balance playing chapter of his life, Al-Mulla told Doha, but the environment at “And I know that these skills sports while carving out a career the next generation of QF learn- university was very different. will help me in my future, after had to find a balance between in the financial sector in Qatar. ers: “Stick to it – even if at times “The way the classes are university.” his studies and his training. Al-Mulla was among 1,600 it feels that you’re not in the structured at Georgetown Uni- Majoring in International He says he wasn’t like the young students celebrated at place you want to be, or it feels versity in Qatar allows for a lot Economics at GU-Q, a Qatar other students, as he wasn’t al- QF’s Convocation ceremony on like you’re are not making pro- of in-depth discussions, where Foundation (QF) partner uni- ways around – on campus – be- Thursday, which, due to public gress. The key is to stay consist- you learn about different ideas versity, while playing football cause of football. health measures, took place ent and focused until you reach and you learn to accept differ- for Qatar Sports Club, Al-Mulla “The professors were really virtually. where you want to be.”