Community Community Palestinian Legendary Abdul Rahman Cuban band P7Katanani brings P20 Buena Vista out some of his will perform at masterpieces for the Sheraton Grand audience in Doha in Doha as part of its his recent exhibition. farewell world tour. Tuesday, March 8, 2016 Jumada I 28, 1437 AH DOHA 19°C—26°C TODAY LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE 13 PUZZLES 14 & 15 COVER STORY DOHA ROUND: Malte Zeeck says he came to Doha to thank his ambassador and members for their activities. Photo by Umer Nangiana Staying connected German Malte Zeeck, founder and CEO of InterNations, on how the expat-based network found its calling and what makes it tick. P4-5 2 GULF TIMES Tuesday, March 8, 2016 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT PRAYER TIME Fajr 4.35am Shorooq (sunrise) 5.51am Zuhr (noon) 11.45am Asr (afternoon) 3.08pm Maghreb (sunset) 5.41pm Isha (night) 7.11pm USEFUL NUMBERS Zootropolis other. Comprising But when rookie offi cer Judy Hopps Emergency 999 GENRE: Action, Adventure habitat neighbourhoods like ritzy (voice of Ginnifer Goodwin) arrives, she Worldwide Emergency Number 112 CAST: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Sahara Square and frigid Tundratown, discovers that being the fi rst bunny on Kahramaa – Electricity and Water 991 Bateman, Idris Elba it’s a melting pot where animals from a police force of big, tough animals isn’t Ooredoo Telephone Assistance 111 DIRECTION: Byron Howard, Rich every environment live together — a so easy. Local Directory 180 Moore place where no matter what you International Calls Enquires 150 SYNOPSIS: The modern mammal are, from the biggest elephant to the THEATRES: Royal Plaza, Landmark, Time 141, 140 metropolis of Zootopia is a city like no smallest shrew, you can be anything. The Mall Doha International Airport 40106666 Labor Department 44508111, 44406537 Medical Commission 44679111 Mowasalat Taxi 44588888 Qatar Airways 44496000 Weather Forecast 44656590 Hamad Medical Corporation 44392222 44393333 Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation 44845555 44845464 Primary Health Care Corporation 44593333 44593363 Qatar Assistive Technology Centre 44594050 Qatar News Agency 44450205 44450333 Q-Post – General Postal Corporation 44464444 Qatar University 44033333 Kalyana Vaibhogame (Telugu) further stressing it that, marriage involves two families and GENRE: Romance, Drama not just two people. Did they stay together, post the marriage? CAST: Naga Shaurya, Malavika Nair How did they fi x their struggling relationship? What role does te Unqu DIRECTION: Nandini Reddy the families play in their relation? This forms the rest of the uo ot SYNOPSIS: The plot of the movie is straight to the point story. Q e as it completely revolves around a guy and a girl, who are not Think in the interested in marriage, but enters the wedlock. It proceeds THEATRES: Landmark, The Mall morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Mall Cinema (1): Zootropolis: Zootropolis:Zootopia (2D) 4pm; Zootopia (2D) 2.30pm; Action Zootropolis:Zootopia (2D) 6pm; Jai Sleep in the night. Hero Biju (Malayalam) 4.30pm; Gangaajal (Hindi) 8pm; Jai Gangaajal Zootropolis:Zootopia (2D) 7pm; Jai 6.45pm; Kings Of Egypt (2D) 9.15pm; (Hindi) 11pm. Gangaajal (Hindi) 8.45pm; London Has Pokkiri Raja (Tamil) 11.15pm. Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (2): Race — William Blake Fallen (2D) 11.30pm. Cinema Land Mark (2): (2D) 2.30pm; London Has Fallen (2D) Mall Cinema (2): Jai Gangaajal (Hindi) Zootropolis:Zootopia (2D) 2.30pm; 5pm; Bachaana (Urdu) 7pm; Always Be My 2.15pm; Zootropolis: Zootopia (2D) 5pm; Zootropolis:Zootopia (2D) 4.30pm; Maybe (2D) 9pm; London Has Fallen (2D) London Has Fallen (2D) 7pm; Race (2D) Zootropolis:Zootopia (2D) 6.30pm; 13 11pm. 9pm; 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (3): 13 Benghazi (2D) 11.15pm. (2D) 8.30pm; 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi Community Editor Mall Cinema (3): Kalyana Vaibhogame Of Benghazi (2D) 11pm. (2D) 2pm; Bachaana (Urdu) 4.30pm; The (Telugu) 2.15pm; Kings Of Egypt (2D) 5pm; Cinema Land Mark (3): Kalyana Revenant (2D) 6.30pm; 13 Hours: The Kamran Rehmat Always Be My Maybe (2D) 7pm; London Vaibhogame (Telugu) 2.30pm; Race (2D) Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi (2D) 9pm; e-mail: [email protected] Has Fallen (2D) 9pm; Pokkiri Raja (Tamil) 5pm; Always Be My Maybe (2D) 7.30pm; Race (2D) 11.30pm. 11pm. London Has Fallen (2D) 9.30pm; London Asian Town Cinema: Action Hero Biju Telephone: 44466405 Cinema Land Mark (1): Pokkiri Raja Has Fallen (2D) 11.15pm. (Malayalam) 5.30, 7, 8.15, 9.45 & 11pm; Fax: 44350474 (Tamil) 2.30pm; London Has Fallen (2D) Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (1): Jai Gangaajal (Hindi) 6, 8.45 & 11.30pm; 5pm; Action Hero Biju (Malayalam) Zootropolis:Zootopia (2D) 2pm; Pokkiri Raja (Tamil) 6, 8.45 & 11.30pm. Tuesday, March 8, 2016 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY EVENTS The Great British Festival Qatar Qatar International Food Festival their practice for revisional and complicated DATE: Until March 19 DATE: March 22-28 bariatric surgeries. Wakrah Family Beach Clean Up The Great British Festival Qatar 2016 will VENUE: MIA Park DATE: March 11 celebrate UK culture, education, tourism and Qatar Tourism Authority will organise the Childhood Cultural Center TIME: 6am business. The festival will feature a number seventh edition of Qatar International Food DATE: Until March 31 VENUE: Wakrah Family Beach of events organised by the British Council, Festival under the theme “a diff erent side of TIME: 9am-10:30am the British Embassy and others, including an food”. This year’s festival will be extended to VENUE: Katara Much Ado About Nothing inter-school football competition, an education seven days and expanded to other landmarks Childhood Cultural Center participation DATE: March 15 fair and a pop-up science event. Also, as the and eateries, including: the Pearl-Qatar and in ‘Schools Enrich our Culture’ programme TIME: 7pm-8:30pm UK is marking 400 years since Shakespeare’s Katara Cultural Village. Chinese food lovers includes a variety of educational and artistic VENUE: Katara death, the best of Shakespeare will be celebrated will also have plenty to look forward to, with workshops. The Great British Festival Qatar and through a number of fi lm, music and theatre Chinese cuisine featuring as part of “Qatar- Katara Cultural Village are pleased to present events. For more details, please visit: https:// China 2016 Year of Culture” celebrations. Art Exhibition Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing as a www.facebook.com/britfestqa/ DATE: Until April 18 tribute to Kenneth Branagh’s extensive creative Shrek the Musical! VENUE: Porto Arabia, Pearl abilities, as well as arguably one of the best 01 Mall Novo Cinemas 3×3 Basketball DATE: March 9-19 Diff usion by Peter Zimmermann — A Shakespeare adaptations ever fi lmed. Display: Tour TIME: 7:30pm mesmerising solo exhibition of colourful, Movie will play in English with Arabic subtitles. DATE: March 10-12 VENUE: QNCC Theatre futuristic works. Anima Gallery, Parcel 17, Porto Parental Guidance, suitable for general viewing VENUE: Ain Khalid Shrek the Musical! tells the touching story of Arabia, The Pearl-Qatar. Contact: 40027437 but some scenes may be unsuitable for young QSports and Qatar Basketball Federation a hulking green ogre who, after being mocked, children. invite you to participate in the eagerly awaited feared his entire life by anything that crosses his Qatari Agricultural Product Yards 01 Mall Novo Cinemas 3×3 Basketball Tour 2016 path, retreats to an ugly green swamp to exist in DATE: Until June 30 Spring Exhibition MIA to be held inside the 01 Mall in Ain Khalid. As happy isolation. VENUE: Al Mazrooa, Al Zakheera, Al Khor, DATE: March 14-July 16 part of QSports Mall Jam programme, exciting Al Wakrah TIME: 10:30am- 5pm cash prizes of over QR22,000 will be awarded Cultural Diversity festival The Ministry of Environment has opened the VENUE: QM Gallery Al Riwaq to top three teams in each division. The venue DATE: Until May 31 4th season of Qatari agricultural product yards An exhibition of 15 contemporary Chinese is a specially constructed FIBA approved court TIME: 7:30-9pm for selling locally produced fruits, vegetables, artists, curated by internationally acclaimed inside the 01 Mall! VENUE: Katara Beach poultry, fi sh and livestock. Work in these yards New York-based Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang, Over 20 countries from all over the world are will continue for seven months. The yards will will be on view at the QM Gallery Al Riwaq. Spring Fest showcasing their traditions and heritage. operate three days a week on Thursdays, Fridays The exhibition will be the major highlight DATE: March 11 and Saturdays from 7am to 5pm, with livestock presented in the context of the Qatar China TIME: 1pm-6pm vendors in Al Mazrooa operating at the same 2016 Year of Culture. Artworks exemplifying VENUE: Gems American Academy times throughout the week. each and every artist’s unique artistic language Delicious food, weekend bazar, art display and methodology will be displayed in individual and much more. Come one, come all and be Pottery workshop for kids galleries. a part of this exciting spring festival at Gems DATE: Every Monday American Academy. To top it up you can also TIME: 5pm-6pm Chinese Silk Art enjoy outdoor cinema under the twinkling stars, Kids will learn a new hand building technique DATE: March 24-May 9 at 6in the evening. Please get Qatari Id for adults for creating and fi nishing artworks in clay. For VENUE: QM Gallery in Katara and children over 12 years. more, call 44865201. The second major exhibition of the Qatar China 2016 Year of Culture, ‘Silks from the Symbols of Latin America and Ladies day at Beach Silk Road – Chinese Art of Silk’, presents silk Caribbean DATE: Every Monday as a theme, and as a special local product of DATE: Until March 15 TIME: 9am-7pm Zhejiang that played an important role in trade TIME: 7pm-10pm VENUE: Sheraton Doha along the Silk Road.