CELEBRATING CREATIVITY, COMMUNITY AND HUMAN KINDNESS THE FIRST MAGAZINE IN THE REGION TO INTEGRATE AUGMENTED REALITY AND MOBILE TAGS. OCTOBER 2013 OCTOBER KHALIPHA AYMAN B. WINNERS THE DREAMof Season PLAYERS 6 page> 14 PLUS > HOW THE COOKIE CRUMBLES > HANDMADE WITH LOVE > MARKETPLACE www. tempoplanet.com TEMPO GROUP: 09 MANAGING EDITOR ED’S Sana Bagersh NOTE EDITORIAL COORDINATOR Ajir Shujahi ow quickly time flies! In just MARKETING DIRECTOR four years Tempo has grown Manjul Abhishek from a somewhat awkward but extremely idealistic DESIGN & LAYOUT H Mark De Castro little magazine, to a mature, confident and yet still seriously idealistic WEB & VIDEO magazine, and digital platform. 14 Subin John Mathew In October 2009 the idea came to us to create PHOTOGRAPHER a magazine that would build bridges between Angeli Castillo the different communities, provide an outlet for people who make art and music, and DISTRIBUTION COORDINATOR provide a platform for change agents with big Melaku Muluneh ideas and bigger hearts. Thank you to all who took the journey with EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS us. I take this opportunity to salute all our Alma Kadragic partners, including the brands that have advertised with us, and the malls, cafes, Azza El Masri libraries and universities that host us. 19 Blakniss A big shout out to all our contributors and Cathleen Campaigne writers, and the entire Tempo staff (past and present) who have helped shape Tempo's Diji Shujahi personality and its identity. Dorian “Paul D” Rogers We sincerely hope that Tempo has brought Dr. DMS you positive energy, community compassion, Emma Kirkman and the spirit of possibility. We at Tempo have been enriched by this experience in Mugdha Sunil Polimera more ways than we can say. CONTENTS Rhea Oommen Peace and happiness. 04 tempo celebrates 4th anniversary Seumas Gallacher 05 talking books Shahid Saeed 06 what’s hot Sana Bagersh 07 people calendar Sue Partridge Managing Editor 08 top ten songs / what’s on your ipod Theresa F Weber [email protected] 09 phototripping Twitter @bagersh Zulekha Huseni 10 city bites 11 my style blueprint 12 cover story – the dream players winner! ADDRESS: 14 khalipha + ayman b To reach editorial at Abu Dhabi Tempo email: HOW TO SCAN [email protected]. If you need to find out 15 articulate café AUGMENTED where you can pick up your copy call: 02 491 8624/25 or 16 dhabi dames REALITY (AR) check out the list of Tempo distribution points on (POINTATME) our website. 18 flex 19 handmade with love 1 Download the app pointatme NOTE TO ADVERTISERS: for free from the app stores Advertisers can request brand tagging with all 20 time capsule (Android or iOS) to your smart advertisements. To reach advertising: 21 youth talk phone tel: 02 491 8624/25 | fax: 02 491 8626 email: [email protected] 22 game hedz / tech talk 2 Run application DISCLAIMER: 24 media 3 Scan each page that has the Tempo Magazine does its best to ensure the authenticity 25 the planetarians / doc in the house icon and have fun with videos, and accuracy of its contents, the publisher cannot accept 26 women in business images, links and lots more. any responsibility for errors, mistakes and inaccuracies. The publisher reserves the rights of this product and no 27 tamakkan part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or DESIGN BY: by any means without the permission of the publisher. 28 marketplace 29 horoscope MEDIA LICENCE NO. 1/105866/24295 30 the blog 04 www. tempoplanet.com “I LOVE TEMPO BECAUSE IT IS VINTAGE, MODERN AND COLOURFUL, AND IT CAPTURES THE SPIRIT OF THE DIVERSE UAE COMMUNITIES.” > Soffia Diop "I LOVE TEMPO BECAUSE LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO NOT LOVE TEMPO!" > Kornelia Scheuchenstuhl << OCTOBER 2009-2013 >> THE HUMBLE BEGINNINGS Tempo grew out of a small idea...and a mindmap on a whiteboard! A bunch of us brainstormed wildly: What if there was a magazine that created dialogue between the communities! And showcased talent, creativity and initiative! What if it promoted music, art, innovation! What if it celebrated ordinary people striving to do extraordinary things. What if it was a magazine that was by the community, and for the community! What if it promoted good values, responsible citizenry and community sharing! What if it also celebrated diversity, sharing and goodness.... AND SO TEMPO WAS BORN. QR CODE OUR TIMELINE OCTOBER 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 OCT 2009 1ST ISSUE OF TEMPO Tempo launched TEMPO'S REBRANDING The first issue of Tempo magazine was launched in the month of October 2009, a handy magazine whose mission…to build bridges between the different MAY 2011 LOGO international communities in Abu Dhabi. Tempo rebranding MICROSOFT TAG > WEBSITE NOV 2009 JUNE 2010 Website was changed from www.abudhabitempo.com launched. Tempo was the first magazine abudhabitempo.com to in the region to integrate mobile tempoplanet.com DEC 2009 tags –Microsoft Tag and QR tags > MAGAZINE Tempo launches 40 Ways to Save the Planet Calendar, to create a truly "multimedia Full redesign of magazine: cutting edge promoting conservation in the UAE. magazine". design + magazine size expanded to A4. www. tempoplanet.com 05 "I LOVE TEMPO BECAUSE IT IS SO THANK YOU TO OUR FREELY AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF ADVERTISERS AND PARTNERS: TALKING BOOKS US HERE IN ABU DHABI" By Azza El Masri > Linsey Pereira • Abu Dhabi Country Club • Abu Dhabi Culture & Heritage "I love Tempo because…there is a little bit of • Abu Dhabi University THE PERFUME something for everyone in each issue." • abudhabi.ae > Jae Franklin COLLECTOR • Al Raha Mall by Kathleen Tessaro • Al Wahda Mall "I love Tempo because they interviewed HarperCollins 2013 my band #obselion." > Mohammed Sawan • American Eagle • BHS The 20th century "I LOVE TEMPO BECAUSE • Blue Ink was one full of IT TOUCHES MY HEART BY • Charanga history: full of • Disney action, beauty, ARTICLES, BY THE PASSION OF • dubizzle.com glamour and art, but also full of blood and IT, AND BY ALL KINDS OF INFO • Dwell suffering. Kathleen WHICH I WANT TO KNOW." • Fission Link Tessaro deftly > Shafiq Suman • Florsheim juxtaposes art and • GANT bloodshed in her • Italianissimo newest novel: The • IZOD Perfume Collector. • Khalidiyah Mall London 1955. New York 1928. Two • La Senza celebrating periods, two stories, two women. creativity, • Lee community and • M&Co A letter delivered to Grace Munroe in human kindness • Mazyad Mall 1955 transports her to Paris and to an • Menbur inheritance from a woman she has never OUR MISSION met. Eva D’Orsey was just a fourteen • National Bank of Abu Dhabi year-old chambermaid in a New York • Nautica hotel in 1928 when she discovered her • New York Film Academy talent in being a “nose,” ie a master • Paris Sorbonne perfumer. • Sinma • Smash Three perfumes tell the story of a lifetime, revealing deadly secrets that • Sparky’s threaten to change Grace’s life forever. • Starbucks Coffee Two lives will intertwine in the most • Stella Z unexpected of circumstances and pasts • Sunny Meadows will be revealed. • Synovetics • TDIC Tessaro shows that the world of fiction can open the doors to wonderful scents • think kitchen TEMPO'S ELLAINE in beautiful—if not tragic—times. She FATIMA RECEIVES AN • TwoFour54 teaches you to hone your senses and to AWARD FOR TEMPO • Virgin Megastore go back to the basics…to the savage-like FROM SHEIKH NAHYAN reliance on the senses. Most novels rely on your sense of imagination to be able to visualize, feel and connect to the story, but rarely PAM AR does a novel conjure the sense of smell like this literary work. What Tessaro TEMPO APP manages to do is tease your olfactory senses by overlapping descriptions in a story woven intricately with the creation 2012-2013 of each scent. JULY 2011 So take a stroll in the streets of Paris, Tempo given award recognizing its charitable delve into the secrets of a perfumery contribution to the community by His Highness FEB 2012 and the intrigue of scent making, and Sheikh Nahyan Mubarak Al Nahyan at The Hilton The Dream Players launched smell the almost-disappearing scent Hotel on May 31, 2011. JUN 2013 of gunpowder and coal in post-WWII Tempo sponsored film “51” London. This is a journey your nose will OCT 2011 JUL 2013 not quickly regret. Tempo and the New York Film Academy Abu Dhabi Integrated Augmented Reality launched the “I LOVE UAE” video competition to AUG 2013 celebrate the UAE’s 40th anniversary “Discover UAE” photography competition. Azza El Masri is an avid reader and is always NOV 2011 SEP 2013 looking for new recommendations! 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