YOUR PAGE, YOUR STAGE! There’s probably a photographer hidden in each of us, looking out for a platform. Community invites you to grab your chance and send your contributions with contact details and complete description of the images to [email protected] — PHOTO ESSAY, Page 10 Wednesday, July 17, 2019 Dhul-Qa’da 14, 1440 AH Doha today: 330 - 420 HIT FILM: Keir Dullea played astronaut David Bowman in Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. COVER Veritable feast STORY Love astronaut-themed science fiction? Here’s a list of some beloved books and movies of that genre. P4-5 GLITZ & GLAM BACK PAGE Fashion moments Young Sri Lankan expat campaigns at LSA2019. for climate change in Qatar. Page 14 Page 16 2 GULF TIMES Wednesday, July 17, 2019 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT PRAYER TIME Fajr 3.25am Shorooq (sunrise) 4.55am Zuhr (noon) 11.41am Asr (afternoon) 3.07pm Maghreb (sunset) 6.28pm Isha (night) 7.58pm USEFUL NUMBERS Spider-Man: Far From Home Endgame,Spider-Man must step up to take on new threats in a DIRECTION: Jon Watts world that has changed forever. CAST: Tom Holland, Samuel L Jackson, Jake Gyllenhaal SYNOPSIS: Following the events of Avengers: THEATRES: The Mall, Landmark, Royal Plaza Emergency 999 Worldwide Emergency Number 112 Kahramaa – Electricity and Water 991 Local Directory 180 International Calls Enquires 150 Hamad International Airport 40106666 Labor Department 44508111, 44406537 Mowasalat Taxi 44588888 Qatar Airways 44496000 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 Humanitarian Services Offi ce (Single window facility for the repatriation of bodies) Ministry of Interior 40253371, 40253372, 40253369 Ministry of Health 40253370, 40253364 Hamad Medical Corporation 40253368, 40253365 The Lion King of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is soon ravaged with Qatar Airways 40253374 DIRECTION: Jon Favreau betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba’s CAST: Donald Glover, Beyoncé, Seth Rogen exile. Now, with help from a curious pair of newfound friends, SYNOPSIS: Simba idolises his father, King Mufasa, and Simba must fi gure out how to grow up and take back what is takes to heart his own royal destiny on the plains of Africa. But rightfully his. not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub’s arrival. Scar, Mufasa’s brother and former heir to the throne, has plans THEATRES: The Mall, Landmark, Royal Plaza ote Unquo u “True te Q The Mall Cinema (1): Gorilla Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (1): strength lies in (2D) 2:30pm; Toy Story 4 (2D) Pathinettam Padi (Malayalam) submission which permits 5pm; Spider-Man: Far From 2:15pm; Pathinettam Padi Home (2D) 7pm; Escape Plan: (Malayalam) 5:15pm; Pathinettam one to dedicate his life, through The Extractors (2D) 9:30pm; Padi (Malayalam) 8:15pm; devotion, to something beyond Super 30 (Hindi) 11:15pm. Plan: The Extractors (2D) 7:15pm; Pathinettam Padi (Malayalam) The Mall Cinema (2): Hamlet Faroun (Arabic) 9pm; 11pm. himself.” Pathinettam Padi (Malayalam) Super 30 (Hindi) 11pm. Royal Plaza Cinema Palace — Henry Miller 2:15pm; Pathinettam Padi Landmark Cinema (2): (2): Super 30 (Hindi) 2:30pm; (Malayalam) 5:15pm; Pathinettam Pathinettam Padi (Malayalam) Spider-Man: Far From Home (2D) Padi (Malayalam) 8pm; 2:15pm; Pathinettam Padi 5:30pm; The Lion King (2D) 8pm; Pathinettam Padi (Malayalam) (Malayalam) 5:15pm; Pathinettam The Lion King (2D) 10:15pm. 11pm. Padi (Malayalam) 8pm; Royal Plaza Cinema Palace The Mall Cinema (3): Super Pathinettam Padi (Malayalam) (3): Venilla Kabaddi Kuzhu 2 Community Editor 30 (Hindi) 2:30pm; Aladdin (2D) 11pm. (Tamil) 2:30pm; Toy Story 4 Kamran Rehmat 5:30pm; The Lion King (2D) 8pm; Landmark Cinema (3): Super (2D) 5pm; Spider-Man: Far From e-mail: The Lion King (2D) 10:30pm. 30 (Hindi) 2:30pm; Spider-Man: Home (2D) 7pm; Escape Plan: [email protected] Far From Home (2D) 5:30pm; Telephone: 44466405 Landmark Cinema (1): Spider- The Extractors (2D) 9:15pm; Man: Far From Home (2D) 3pm; The Lion King (2D) 8pm; The Super 30 (Hindi) 11pm. Fax: 44350474 Toy Story 4 (2D) 5:30pm; Escape Lion King (2D) 10:15pm. Wednesday, July 17, 2019 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY Summer Camp for Special Needs Hobby Classes WHERE: Step by Step Centre for Special WHERE: Mamangam Performing Art Needs Centre WHEN: Ongoing till August 1 WHEN:Wednesday – Monday TIME: 8:00am – 12:30pm Mamangam Performing Art Centre, is a During this time, all therapists and holistic performing arts institution and a one teachers will be working together, running stop solution for adults as well as children individual, peer and group sessions within looking to explore their talents in various classes. The children will continue learning art forms. We off er classes in contemporary, age-appropriate concepts, work on social Bollywood, hip hop, indian classical dance, skills, life skills training, arts and crafts, music (Hindustani and Carnatic), arts and craft, music, and fun activities such as water play. karate, yoga, percussion (Chenda, Thimila, Elathalam and Madhalam), violin, harmonium, Career Guidance public speaking. WHERE: Right Track Consultants, Al Additional services include dance education, Sadd choreograph music videos and dance cover WHEN: Sunday – Thursday albums, choreograph dance musical projects, TIME: 6pm – 8pm corporate workshops and events, choreograph Career guidance for course, country, events for schools, colleges, alumni meets and college and entrance for students of Grade corporate and choreography events. For details, IX-XII, of all curriculum. Career assessments call 33897609. administered for stream preference, career test, branch preference, personality, multiple intelligence and learning styles and productivity. For more information, 55448835. Artistic Gymnastic Classes WHERE: Qatar Academy Msheireb WHEN: Ongoing TIME: 3:15pm – 4:15pm The olympic sport using horizontal bar, EVENTS Under the context of cultural exchange, rings and fl oor exercises on mats for the FBQ Museum brings together the treasures children from age 4 till 16. Animal Canvas Painting of the museum owned collection in WHERE: Qatar National Library order to promote mutual understanding, WHEN: Today recognition and appreciation between TIME: 10am – 11:30am Qatar and India. Composed of five main In this event, children will enjoy learning topics, including community, trade, arts, diff erent canvas painting techniques, such as food and incense, the exhibition takes Arabic Calligraphy Workshop dot painting and making silhouette shapes one on a journey to explore the rich and WHEN: Saturday – Wednesday from nature, as they create art featuring their diverse Indian cultures, the long historic TIME: 6pm favorite animals, birds or bugs. links between Qatar and India, and cultural Arabic Calligraphy workshop is back. similarities between Qatar and India. Come and learn the artistic practice of Arabic MF Husain: The Horses Of The Sun handwriting and calligraphy at Music and Exhibition Arts Atelier. WHERE: Mataf: Arab Museum of Modern The lessons will take place every Saturday, Art Monday and Wednesday at 6pm. For WHEN: Ongoing till July 31 more information, contact registration@ TIME: 9am – 7pm atelierqatar.com The exhibition presents Husain’s pluralist approach to the divine and cosmic aspects of being, articulated through the myths, symbols and narratives of the world’s religions and philosophies. M. F. Husain: Horses of the Sun bears witness to a recurrent motif in his art, a After School Activities personal symbol of self-renewal and vitality. WHERE: Atelier WHEN: Ongoing Music and arts activities for students taking place after they fi nish their day in school includes Group Music lessons, Hip- hop, Ballet, Drawing and Painting, Drama Theatre & Taekwondo. Ages between 5 and 10 years old after school hours. Dance and Instrument Classes WHERE: TCA Campus, Behind Gulf Times Building WHEN: Wednesday – Monday Ballet Lessons Learn the movements of dance styles in WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier Bollywood, Hip Hop and also the musical India to Qatar – Symbiosis of WHEN: Ongoing instruments such as Piano, Guitar, Keyboard Cultures TIME: 4pm – 8pm for adults as well kids and move in the world WHERE: FBQ Museum For more info e-mail at registration@ of music. For details, contact 66523871/ WHEN: Ongoing till July 31 atelierqatar.com or call on 33003839. 31326749. Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Wednesday, July 17, 2019 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Read and watch With the moon landing’s 50th anniversary coming up, now’s the time to indulge astronaut-themed work, both books and films By Seattle Times staff represents. The Calculating Stars by ll this reporting Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor and writing about Books, July 3, 2018). An alternate- the moon landing’s history novel set in the early ‘50s. 50th anniversary The premise? A giant meteorite got us in the mood smashes into Washington, DC, in Ato read and watch some science 1952 and accelerates the need for fi ction. So here are our staff ers’ humans to fi nd another planet to picks for some of their favourite live on. Dr Elma York is a World astronaut-themed science fi ction War II veteran who fl ew planes books and movies. We narrowed as a WASP. She also happens it down to selections grounded in to be a math genius and one of science and space travel. (Thus, Nasa’s human computers, and the exclusion of Star Wars.) she decides she wants to be an astronaut. The novel explores Here goes, sorted by media what might have happened if type in order of release year. women were allowed in the astronaut corps early in the BOOKS space race, and it also touches on the civil-rights movement Binti: The Complete Trilogy and struggles faced by African by Nnedi Okorafor (DAW, Americans in that time period.
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