www.thepeninsulaqatar.com CAMPUS | 3 LAW | 7 FASHION | 9 South Africa’s New Residency Law: Arab Fashion Week Ambassador visits Impact on current closes with Warhol- Al Jazeera Academy employment contracts inspired designs WEDNESDAY 12 OCTOBER 2016 Email: [email protected] thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar If you are among those shopping for your own personal White House, don’t worry. You have options. A WHITE HOUSE FOR YOU P | 4-5 WEDNESDAY 12 OCTOBER 2016 | 03 CAMPUS/MARKETPLACE South Africa’s Ambassador visits Al Jazeera Academy l Jazeera Academy was hon- oured to welcome South Afri- can Ambassador Saad Cach- Aalia to launch the 2016 School Art Competition. Student artists aged 13+ are specially invited to submit art works for a unique competition with a top prize of an all-expenses paid holi- day to South Africa. In recent years the number of Qa- taris going to South Africa has in- creased and this competition will en- courage students to visualise how they see South Africa. AJA is very support- ive of collaborative community links as this links in with the international di- mension, vision and mission of the school. The Ambassador also met with a number of South African teachers that work at Al Jazeera Academy. The Hu- manities and Arts Faculty is looking forward to strengthening its position as a beacon of quality and empower- ment by encouraging its young leaders of the future. WISE joins the G20 Injaz Qatar’s Mubadara Awards Ceremony next week network of young entrepreneurs njaz Qatar, a non-profit organisation leaders from the local market. The in- “Through programmes like the won- and a member of Junior Achieve- novative products and services devel- derful Mubadara competition, young he World Innovation Summit ment (JA) Worldwide, will host the oped by the student companies will be leaders have the opportunity to take in- for Education (WISE) recent- IMubadara Awards Ceremony at Qa- exhibited and the winners of this year’s novation to new levels and to ultimate- ly participated in the G20 tar National Convention Center on Sun- competition will be announced with the ly be catalysts of change in their com- TYoung Entrepreneurs’ Alli- day (October 16) recognising some of opportunity to represent Qatar at the munities. We are proud to support this ance (YEA) China Summit and Glo- Qatar’s most outstanding young entre- 2016 regional finals. Students will vie for initiative that provides a platform for bal Innovators’ Conference in Bei- preneurs. This year’s Mubadara Awards one of four awards, which are: The Best young leaders to harness their poten- jing. Ceremony will be held under the pa- Company of the Year award sponsored tial,” he added. The YEA supports a global net- tronage of Minister of Education and by ExxonMobil, Best Product/Service The Awards Ceremony will host work of young entrepreneurs and Higher Education in Qatar H E Dr. Mo- award sponsored by the Commercial more than 350 guests, including Injaz organisations in collaborating, hammed Abdul Wahed Ali Al Hammadi. Bank, the Best Marketing Plan award Qatar’s Board Members and represent- deepening, and advancing entre- Mubadara is Injaz Qatar’s most in- and the Best Social Impact Award. atives from the private and public sec- preneurial activities. The two-day teractive and popular education pro- A new award will be added this year tor including education sector in Qatar. gathering included a wide rang- gramme during which student enter- which is ‘Company Program People’s Joseph Abraham, Commercial Bank ing programme of sessions explor- prises are established through Jun- Choice Award’, when the chance will be CEO, said: “Commercial Bank’s collabo- ing new horizons in technology, e- ior Achievement’s globally recognised opened to public to vote for the best ration with Injaz is part of our endeav- commerce, social enterprise, music “Company Program” and is a prominent Company via Instagram app. A cheque ours to promote work-readiness, finan- and the arts. feature in the Injaz Qatar calendar of of QR5,000 will be presented to the cial literacy and entrepreneurship in Qa- Elyas Felfoul, Chief of Adminis- activities. 19 student teams were pro- winner by Entrepreneurs Organisa- tar through investment in a generation tration of WISE, a member of Qa- vided with the unique opportunity to tion Qatar “EO”. The team winning Best of educated youth who will contribute tar Foundation for Education, Sci- establish and run a real business over a Company of the Year Award (University positively to the local community. Mu- ence and Community Development period of ten months with the guidance level) will be given ongoing support by badara Competition provides an excel- (QF), took part in a panel focusing of professionals from leading business- QBIC (Qatar Business Incubation Cent- lent opportunity to teach young people on the education and training that es across Qatar. er) and seed Funding of QR35,000 from many essential skills by running a real young entrepreneurs need in order Only 16 student teams made it to Boeing to start their real business. business over a period of five months to grow and lead their businesses. the final stage of the programme; 11 “ExxonMobil Qatar is honored to cel- with the guidance of professionals from The G20 YEA called for govern- student teams from Qatar’s independ- ebrate the completion of Mubadara leading businesses across Qatar.” ments to implement a number of ent secondary schools and 5 teams 2016, Injaz Qatar’s Annual Young En- This year’s Mubadara Award Cer- provisions, including supporting from universities in Qatar. During the terprise of the Year Competition,” said emony sponsors are: ExxonMobil as entrepreneurship education to ad- programme, students go through the Alistair Routledge, President and Gen- Platinum Sponsor, The Commercial dress the challenge of youth job entire life cycle of a startup venture as eral Manager for ExxonMobil Qatar. “At Bank as Gold Sponsor. Boeing is the creation, eliminating bureaucrat- they develop a business idea, form a ExxonMobil Qatar, we invest in pro- strategic partner for the Start-Up pro- ic impediments to small and me- team, raise capital of up to QR11,000, grammes that build human capacity, gram, QBIC is the incubation partner dium enterprises, and encouraging devise business plans, and produce and such as Injaz Qatar’s many successful in- who will host the winner, Entrepre- university-business partnerships to sell a product or a service. Towards the itiatives. We do this because we believe neurs Organisation Sponsoring Peo- support accelerator and funding end of the ten months of activity, stu- that the greatest contribution we can ple’s Choice Award and Hill+Knowlton programmes. dents present their entrepreneurial ide- make to this country is to help cultivate Strategies are showing their support to as before a judging panel of business the potential of its future workforce.” Injaz Qatar as the Media partner. 04 | WEDNESDAY 12 OCTOBER 2016 COVER STORY This White House is for you By Steve Hendrix election with the actual White House House is presidential only in its facade, have held in the weeks leading up to the The Washington Post as its prize, other ZIP codes seem to where six columns and the rounded por- October 27 auction, which Stein expects be lousy with the places. If your wan- tico have screamed “South Lawn” since to attract a crowd of bidders. nabe first family is not likely to move it was built in 1989. It became a little He won’t say what the minimum ac- into the 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW less authentic in 2004 when it acquired ceptable bid will be, but bidding will f you are among those shopping for address, with all the features that go a two-car garage where the East Wing start at $2m. Almost none of the poten- your own personal White House, with it (acclaimed chef, Rose Garden, should be. There has been a lot of traf- tial buyers have asked about the home’s don’t worry. You have options. walking distance to the Peet’s Coffee fic in the three open houses the agents exterior. Is the replica White House on 17th Street, nuclear arsenal), there Ifor sale on Georgetown Pike in are other White Houses to be had in McLean, Virginia — complete with abundance. curved portico and towering columns That’s good for Jeff Stein, the real — not quite right? Then maybe the rep- estate agent in charge of selling the lica White House for sale two miles Georgetown Pike White House. Being a away on Towlston Road is more to your domicile doppelgänger helps with the taste in bootleg executive mansions. copy writing. (12,500 square feet, six That one comes with a Truman balco- bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, pool, out- ny. And, priced at $2.69m, it might cost door kitchen, looks like the freaking less than the Georgetown Pike home, White House!) which was listed for nearly $7m two “It’s a unique look that helps the years ago and will be sold at auction house stand out from other properties later this month. of this size on the market,” Stein said A knockoff White House in near- on a recent Sunday as potential buy- by Haymarket needs only a couple of ers trooped in and out of the neoclas- snipers on the roof to give it that true sical building. One family of six split up, seat-of-power finish. An Atlanta White the kids heading straight for the back- House features its own Oval Office. A yard pool, the dad heading toward the column-correct version in Dallas (ion- basement theatre and the mom mull- ic pillars on north and south porticos) ing the gleaming music room.