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 Sunday, July 14, 2019 Dhul-Qa’da 11, 1440 AH Doha today: 320 - 420 COVER STORY Respect for art Qatari artist Faisal al-Hajri says the real value of art lies not in its sales pitch but understanding life. P4-5 QUIZ BACK PAGE It’s sporting feast Qatar Cultural and Literary in London. Festival ends on a high note. Page 11 Page 16 2 GULF TIMES Sunday, July 14, 2019 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT PRAYER TIME Fajr 3.23am Shorooq (sunrise) 4.53am Zuhr (noon) 11.41am Asr (afternoon) 3.06pm Maghreb (sunset) 6.29pm Isha (night) 7.59pm USEFUL NUMBERS Super 30 30 smart but underprivileged students prepare for entrance DIRECTION: Vikas Bahl exams for the Indian Institutes of Technology. CAST: Hrithik Roshan, Mrunal Thakur, Nandish Singh SYNOPSIS: Brilliant mathematician Anand Kumar helps 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 Qatar Airways 40253374 Spider-Man: Far From Home Spider-Man must step up to take on new threats in a world DIRECTION: Jon Watts that has changed forever. CAST: Tom Holland, Samuel L Jackson, Jake Gyllenhaal SYNOPSIS: Following the events of Avengers: Endgame, THEATRES: The Mall, Landmark, Royal Plaza ote Unquo u te Q The Mall Cinema (1): Gorilla 9:30pm; Gurkha (Tamil) 11:15pm. “It is the (Tamil) 2pm; Super 30 (Hindi) Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (1): mark of an educated 4:15pm; Escape Plan: The Extractors Shubha Rathri (Malayalam) 2:15pm; (2D) 7pm; Super 30 (Hindi) 8:45pm; Toy Story 4 (2D) 4:30pm; Super mind to be able to entertain a Super 30 (Hindi) 11:30pm. The Little Dragon 2 (2D) 2:15pm; 30 (Hindi) 6:15pm; Shubha Rathri thought without accepting it.” The Mall Cinema (2): Rustum Spider-Man: Far From Home (2D) (Malayalam) 9pm; Super 30 (Hindi) (Kannada) 2:30pm; Shubha Rathri 3:45pm; Toy Story 4 (2D) 6pm; 11:15pm. — Aristotle (Malayalam) 4:45pm; Spider- Escape Plan: The Extractors Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (2): Man: Far From Home (2D) 7pm; (2D) 7:45pm; Hamlet Faroun Super 30 (Hindi) 2:15pm; Spider- Spider-Man: Far From Home (2D) (Arabic) 9:30pm; Shubha Rathri Man: Far From Home (2D) 5pm; 9:15pm; Shubha Rathri (Malayalam) (Malayalam) 11:30pm. Hamlet Faroun (Arabic) 7:15pm; 11:30pm. Landmark Cinema (2): Gorilla Spider-Man: Far From Home (2D) The Mall Cinema (3): Coconut: (Tamil) 2pm; Toy Story 4 (2D) 9:15pm; Escape Plan: The Extractors The Little Dragon 2 (2D) 2:15pm; 4:30pm; Shubha Rathri (Malayalam) (2D) 11:30pm. Community Editor Toy Story 4 (2D) 3:45pm; Aladdin 6:15pm; Shubha Rathri (Malayalam) Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (3): Kamran Rehmat (2D) 5:30pm; Hamlet Faroun 8:30pm; Super 30 (Hindi) 11pm. Venilla Kabaddi Kuzhu 2 (Tamil) e-mail: [email protected] (Arabic) 7:45pm; Crawl (2D) 9:45pm; Landmark Cinema (3): Super 30 (2D) 2:30pm; Shubha Rathri Telephone: 44466405 Venilla Kabaddi Kuzhu 2 (Tamil) (Hindi) 2pm; Spider-Man: Far From (Malayalam) 5pm; Escape Plan: The Fax: 44350474 11:30pm. Home (2D) 5pm; Spider-Man: Far Extractors (2D) 7:30pm; Crawl (2D) Landmark Cinema (1): Coconut: From Home (2D) 7:15pm; Crawl 9:30pm; Gorilla (2D) 11:30pm. Sunday, July 14, 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: July 17 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 favourite 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 Sunday, July 14, 2019 COMMUNITY COVER STORY “Art is for people, not consumers” — Faisal al-Hajri, Qatari artist SUNDAY CONVERSATION Photo by Jayan Orma By Mudassir Raja (My family) has taught me Art can really lead people to evolve and understand life better. how to be strong and a seeker Art is for the people. Art is not for the consumers. Art takes care of human values.” of knowledge. I have been So says Faisal al-Hajri, a talented Qatari artist. He believes that art is all about giving meaning to feelings and concepts travelling the world looking “through different techniques such as painting, sculpting, and writing fiction and poetry. He has a lot of respect for artists, who try to highlight for knowledge newer philosophies, ideas and concepts through different media. Faisal, a conceptual artist, recently spoke about his art philosophy and ‘ ’ techniques with Community. Sunday, July 14, 2019 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY Coming from a traditional now onward, I will focus on people and hobbies. I want to study more to understand the creation of themselves. “Art is a beautiful way Qatari family, Faisal appreciates as my canvas. I will do art with about the human evolution. Then, life. The more we know about the to examine your ideas, to reflect the basic values of life he has the people. I will invite different I will portray different identities. creative force within ourselves — your emotions, and to speak about learnt from his family. “They have people asking them to learn and I will have in-depth artistic reflecting in the present moment how you are.