Community Community DPS-Modern ‘The Horse Indian School is Turk’s P6conducts an P16 Wings’ art orientation session exhibition focusing ‘Career Counselling on the horses in the and Stream Ottoman era goes Selection’. on display at Katara. Wednesday, February 20, 2019 Jumada II 15, 1440 AH Doha today: 160 - 220 COVER STORY The last stand Opportunity is over and out after LOST: Opportunity is the speck at the centre of the square in this picture taken by Nasa’s Mars Reconnaissance 15-year exploration of Mars. P4-5 Orbiter. The rover has not been heard from since June. 2 GULF TIMES Wednesday, February 20, 2019 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT PRAYER TIME Fajr 4.49am Shorooq (sunrise) 6.05am Zuhr (noon) 11.48am Asr (afternoon) 3.04pm Maghreb (sunset) 5.32pm Isha (night) 7.02pm USEFUL NUMBERS Peranbu the struggles of his disabled daughter Paapa. The plot DIRECTION: Ram, Amudhavan Karuppiah highlights the journey of how he becomes a better man while CAST: Mammootty, Sadhana, Anjali he comes to terms with his child and her special needs. Emergency 999 SYNOPSIS: A story about a father who tries to understand THEATRES: The Mall, Landmark, Royal Plaza 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 Alita: The Battle Angel in the scrapyard of Iron City by Ido, a herself in. As Alita learns to navigate her Qatar Airways 40253374 DIRECTION: Robert Rodriguez compassionate cyber-doctor who takes new life and the treacherous streets of CAST: Rosa Salazar, Christoph the unconscious cyborg Alita to his Iron City, Ido tries to shield her from her Waltz, Jennifer Connelly clinic. When Alita awakens, she has no mysterious past. SYNOPSIS: Set several centuries in memory of who she is, nor does she have THEATRES: The Mall, Landmark, the future, the abandoned Alita is found any recognition of the world she fi nds Royal Plaza ote Unquo Qu te The Mall Cinema (1): Allu Peranbu (Tamil) 11:15pm. “Do the Ramendran (Malayalam) Royal Plaza Cinema Palace right thing. It will 2:15pm; Kumbalangi Night (1): Gully Boy (Hindi) 3pm; (Malayalam) 4:45pm; Happy Peranbu (Tamil) 6pm; Gully gratify some people and Death Day 2U (2D) 7pm; Gully Landmark Cinema (1): Boy (Hindi) 8:30pm; Gully Boy astonish the rest.” Boy (Hindi) 8:45pm; Gully Boy Peranbu (Tamil) 2:15pm; (Hindi) 11:15pm. (Hindi) 11:30pm. Alita: The Battle Angel (2D) Royal Plaza Cinema Palace The Mall Cinema (2): 4:45pm; Alita: The Battle Angel (2): Racetime (2D) 2:30pm; — Mark Twain Racetime (2D) 3pm; Alita: The (2D) 7pm; Kumbalangi Night Kumbalangi Night (Malayalam) Battle Angel (2D) 5pm; Alita: (Malayalam) 9:15pm; Oru Adaar 4:30pm; Alita: The Battle Angel The Battle Angel (2D) 7:15pm; Love (Malayalam) 11:30pm. (2D) 7pm; Kumbalangi Night The Quake (2D) 9:30pm; Landmark Cinema (Malayalam) 9:15pm; Oru Adaar Oru Adaar Love (Malayalam) (2): Racetime (2D) 3pm; Love (Malayalam) 11:30pm. 11:30pm. Kumbalangi Night (Malayalam) Royal Plaza Cinema Community Editor The Mall Cinema (3): Dev 5pm; Gully Boy (Hindi) 8pm; Palace (3): Oru Adaar Love Kamran Rehmat (Tamil) 2:15pm; Peranbu (Tamil) Gully Boy (Hindi) 11pm. (Malayalam) 2:15pm; Alita: The e-mail: [email protected] 5pm; #Qesat_Hob (Arabic) Landmark Cinema (3): Oru Battle Angel (2D) 5pm; Stan 7:30pm; The Vanishing (2D) Adaar Love (Malayalam) 3pm; And Ollie (2D) 7:15pm; Allu Telephone: 44466405 Allu Ramendran (Malayalam) Fax: 44350474 9:30pm; Peranbu (Tamil) Ramendran (Malayalam) 9pm; 11:30pm. 6pm; Peranbu (Tamil) 8:30pm; Peranbu (Tamil) 11:30pm. Wednesday, February 20, 2019 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY Syria Matters Exhibition with Qatar Sports For All Federation, Where: Museum of Islamic Art invites all cyclists, runners and walkers When: Ongoing till April 30 to train under the floodlights of Losail Time: 9am – 7pm International Circuit every Wednesdays. Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) in Doha presents a major exhibition, co-curated by Arabic Calligraphy Workshop MIA Director Dr Julia Gonnella and Rania WHEN: Saturday – Wednesday Abdellatif, as part of the MIA ten-year TIME: 6pm anniversary celebrations. Arabic Calligraphy workshop is back. Come and learn the artistic practice of Arabic handwriting and calligraphy at Music and Arts Atelier. The lessons will take place every Saturday, Monday and Wednesday at 6pm. For more information, contact [email protected] Artistic Gymnastic Classes WHERE: Qatar Academy Msheireb WHEN: Ongoing till February 28 TIME: 3:15pm – 4:15pm EVENTS The stalls are going to offer a wide range The olympic sport using horizontal bar, of gastronomies from all over the world. rings and floor exercises on mats for the Child and Youth Cycle Coaching You can also browse and grab handcrafted children from age 4 till 16. WHERE: Losail International Circuit artefacts, accessories, canvases, fashion After School Activities Losail wears, designer ornaments. WHERE: Atelier WHEN: Today WHEN: Ongoing TIME: 5:15pm – 6:15pm Music and arts activities for students Losail Circuit Sports Club, in association taking place after they finish their day in with Qatar Cycling Federation and Qatar school includes Group Music lessons, Hip- Cyclists, has announced the launch of hop, Ballet, Drawing and Painting, Drama cycling coaching for children. Sessions are Theatre & Taekwondo. Ages between 5 and run by UCI qualified coaches under the 10 years old after school hours. supervision of QCF and will be held in a safe environment at Losail International Circuit. Spaces are limited and priority will be given to those who register. Each child must provide his/her own bicycle and wear an approved cycling helmet. The coaching is designed to develop skills but are not suitable for those who are not able to ride a bicycle without training wheels. Ballet Lessons Baladna Cultural Festival WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier WHERE: Baladna Park Mehaseel Festival WHEN: Ongoing WHEN: Ongoing till March 1 WHERE: Katara Cultural Village TIME: 4pm – 8pm Baladna Park will embark you on a WHEN: Ongoing till March 31 For more info e-mail at registration@ Hobby Classes delicious and rich journey this time of year, Mehaseel Souq will be open every atelierqatar.com or call on 33003839. WHERE: Mamangam Performing Art through the Baladna Culture Festival. The Thursday, Friday and Saturday until 31st of Centre festivities will take place each Friday and March. It is a perfect market to get amazing WHEN:Wednesday – Monday Saturday of the month of February and will local fresh produce. Mamangam Performing Art Centre, is include food, dance shows, entertainment a holistic performing arts institution and and cultural handicrafts from across the a one stop solution for adults as well as world. For further information 44246000. children looking to explore their talents in various art forms. We offer classes in contemporary, Bollywood, hip-hop and Indian classical dance forms, along with classes for music, art and crafts, karate and yoga. Additional services include dance education and choreography. For details, call 33897609. Grand Prix of Qatar 2019 WHERE: Losail International Circuit WHEN: March 8 – 10 Cycling: Losail Circuit Sports Club TIME: 1pm – 9pm WHERE: Losail Circuit The opening race will be held under the WHEN: Ongoing floodlights. Ticket can be purchased on- TIME: 5pm line. Losail Circuit Sports Club, in association MIA Park Bazaar 2019 WHERE: Museum Of Islamic Art WHEN: Ongoing TIME: 12pm – 8pm MIA Bazaar will be having a vibrant mix of 350 stalls. MIA Park Bazaar is a modern version of the old souq tradition. Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Wednesday, February 20, 2019 COMMUNITY COVER STORY The 300 million-mile ride It’s a humble ending for a machine that executed a hole-in-one landing, and set a record by driving more than 28 extraterrestrial miles, writes Deborah Netburn TWINS: JPL engineers make adjustments to Spirit. At left is its twin, Opportunity. pportunity, the With a sense of deep appreciation intrepid Nasa rover and gratitude, I declare the that spent 15 years on Mars climbing in and Opportunity mission complete. out of craters to gather Oevidence of the planet’s watery It’s like an old-time explorer who past, has been brought down by tiny particles of dust. sets out over the horizon in the It’s a humble ending for a midst of a storm and you never machine that survived a 300 million-mile journey through hear from them again space, executed a hole-in-one landing, and set a record by driving more than 28 extraterrestrial miles. Opportunity’s last transmission — Thomas Zurbuchen, to Earth occurred on June 10 amid associate administrator, an epic Martian dust storm. Still, Nasa engineers remained hopeful ‘ Directorate Nasa Science Mission ’ that when the dust settled, the Wednesday, February 20, 2019 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY rover would recharge its solar- Opportunity was not in perfect powered batteries and resume its health at the time of its death. superlative mission. Two of its front wheels were no Until last Wednesday. longer working, and so it had to After sending more than traverse Mars using the equivalent 1,000 unanswered commands of two-wheel drive. The joints to the Smart-car-sized vehicle, on its robotic arm had started to Nasa offi cials announced that deteriorate.