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More than 110 exhibitors are participating in the 8th International Wedding Exhibition and Fashion Show, which opened at the Doha Exhibition Center yesterday.

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SCHOOL STUDENTS AWARDED FOR HEALTH RESEARCH BY WCMC-Q

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EVENT

The 8th International Wedding Exhibition and Fashion Show (IWED 2015) opened yester-day at the Doha Exhibition

Center (DEC).Celebrity Qatari socialite and founder

of DNA Records, Dana Al Fardan launched the four-day exhibition in the presence of representatives from organisers Qatar Expo, VIPs, celebrities, sponsors, exhibitors and the media.

IWED 2015 has gathered the top names and labels in the wedding plan-ning, hospitality, fashion and related industries under one roof. More than

110 exhibitors, sponsors and partners are participating in a unique showcase of the best that’s available in wedding products and services in Qatar.

Daily fashion shows from well-known designers are on schedule including Rachad Itani Couture, Waham Abaya, Athari Al Kuwait, Velvet Abaya, Samar Abou Raad, Sposabella, Laura Abaya, La Bourjoisie, Dana Riad the Label and Dentella Design, to name a few.

Different entertainment performances held daily add up to the joyful ambi-ence of the event. In addition to vari-ous Arabic dance group performances

accompanied by live singers from the Fuzion Band, will be Zaffat Show from Ya Hala Events, and folkloric dance performances by Luca & Lucia and Al Jamal from DNA Records.

Frames Salon, official hair stylist sponsor, and Isadora, exclusive make up sponsor, are holding live hair and makeup demonstrations to expose visi-tors to new trends in wedding hair and makeup styles.

“It pleases us to see that both love and business are still blooming in the wedding industry as IWED Qatar 2015 received a full house of visitors on its

IWED 2015 kicks off at Doha Exhibition Center

opening day. One’s wedding day is undoubtedly the most special day in life and a celebration where every detail is of utmost significance. This is what makes such an event so important and successful as wedding ideas, hopes and dreams can be brought to life by the experts,” said Qatar Expo CEO, Hadi Al Zain Ali.

The exhibition and fashion show event is expected to attract over 13,000 local and international visitors. The event brings forth new exhibits showcasing the changing styles of an international wedding concept with exhibitors originating from Qatar, Italy, India, UAE, Bahrain, Lebanon, Kuwait, KSA and United Kingdom.

IWED 2015 is open to the public until May 2 at the DES from 12noon to 10pm with ladies-only visiting times set between noon and 3pm all throughout the four days of the exhibition.

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Dana Al Fardan opening the exhibition.

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The ten winners have been announced in an innova-tive annual competition to encourage young people to

think about their health. The Challenge Poster Competition is now in its third year and is organised by Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC-Q) in Qatar as part of its Sahtak Awalan: Your Health First campaign. As well as promoting good health, the competition also aims to inspire students to become the doc-tors and scientists of the future.

Students from 30 middle schools across Qatar were invited to under-take a research project on a health topic and approximately 300 posters were submitted in total. The post-ers were judged by doctors from WCMC-Q and the top ten posters – from nine schools - were awarded prizes. The nine schools to win tro-phies were Audio Education Complex, Qatar Leadership Academy, English Modern School Al Khor, Al Hammad International School, Ossama Bin Zaid Independent School, Qatar Canadian School, Mesaieed Independent School for Girls, Al Ahnaf International School, and Al Hikma International

School, which had two separate winners.

Dr Javaid Sheikh, Dean of WCMC-Q, said the standard of the competition had been very high.

“The judges were very impressed with the academic work that all of the students had put in to their post-ers.

“Health is one of the most valuable gifts that we have and it is so important that we take the time to make a con-scious effort to live healthy lives, not just for our sakes but also the sakes of our families and friends. The Your Health First campaign encourages people to do just that – think about their health and then make the right choices,” he said.

Each school was awarded a trophy while every student received an indi-vidual prize presented by Dr Marco Ameduri, WCMC-Q’s Associate Dean for Pre-Medical Education.

Topics chosen by the students included obesity, car accidents and nutrition. Some of the students will now be chosen as ambassadors for the Your Health First campaign, promoting healthy lifestyle choices to others.

Sixteen-year-olds Saeed Al Merri and Mohammed Al Marghi, from the Audio Education Complex, chose smoking as their topic, creating a 3D poster that used models of cigarettes as a funeral pyre.

“Smoking has a negative effect on health,” they explained, “but before our research we didn’t know that smoking can affect the heart and can discolor the eyes.

Art teacher Nourelhadi Osman said that the poster competition had been a valuable educational tool and had come at the right time as it coincided with National Stop Smoking Week so Saeed and Mohammed took their mes-sage to the rest of the school.

The students then joined a discus-sion led by Nesreen Al Rifai, WCMC-Q’s Chief Communications Officer, in which they explained their posters and their reasons for choosing their particular topic.

Qatar Leadership Academy cadet Mohammed Al Fadli, 13, chose sunlight as the topic of his poster. He said: “If you get too much sunlight you can get burnt but if you don’t get enough your body won’t make enough vitamin D, so you have to be careful and make sure

you get just the right amount.”Mohammed Saeed of Ossama Bin

Zaid Independent School worked with a group of friends to create a poster about obesity.

He said: “We chose obesity because it’s a major issue for Qatar that affects a lot of people here. The problem is that people are eating too much fast food and not enough people have an exer-cise program that they follow. But we say in the poster that the most impor-tant thing is to have the self-motivation to eat healthy food and to exercise regularly.”

Sahtak Awalan: Your Health First is a five-year educational public health program launched by WCMC-Q in 2012 in association with the Supreme Council of Health and the campaign’s strate-gic partners, Qatar Foundation, the Supreme Education Council, Occidental Petroleum Qatar, ExxonMobil and Qatar Olympic Committee. The campaign is aimed at all ages groups but has a spe-cial focus on encouraging young people to make healthy lifestyle choices so that they develop good habits at an early age that will stay with them into adult-hood. The Peninsula

School students awarded for health research

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CAMPUS

ASD presents second annual GATE-D Talks

Students from the American School of Doha’s (ASD) Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) programme presented

at Texas A&M University Qatar for the second annual GATE-D Talks, cre-ated by Anita Churchville, ASD High School Learning Support and GATE Coordinator.

This is in collaboration with Dr Adrian James, Program Coordinator for Tutorial Services Academic Success Center, Texas A&M University Qatar, who has been instrumental in being a liaison between ASD and Texas A & M.

For the GATE-D Talks, 12 ASD GATE students chose a topic or an issue that was of personal interest to him or her, or about which they were passionate. Some students decided to work in teams of 2 or 3, while others worked alone. Mentors for the GATE Plus Program (past participants) mentored them through the research process and honing of the topic. Dr Adrian James also came to meet with the students at the start of their project

to discuss academic research. The goal was to identify an issue (global or local) and come up with creative solutions to solve the issue/problem. The topics pre-sented were as follows: Video games as a solution to social anxiety, Drone technology, Gender slotting, Limitations of North Korea media, Using solar agri-culture to mitigate the effects of global warming, Solving Infrastructure issue in Russia for World Cup 2018 and Girls’ education in rural India.

Each talk was between 4 and 10 minutes long, in TED-Talk style

presentations. Several parents, teach-ers and students from ASD, including staff and faculty from Texas A & M were in attendance.

The audience included Dr Deborah Welch, ASD Director, who was extremely impressed with the topics chosen as well as the eloquent execution of each presentation. Dr Welch stated: “The range of topics was fascinating and included scientific, political, sociologi-cal and psychological subjects. The important point was that the students were passionate about the topic they

selected, conducted research about a problem linked to the subject and then posed an innovative solution. This is exactly the kind of problem solving that they will need (and society needs) in the workplace to solve problems in the future.”

The team of students included: Aaya Aboulnaga, Raghav Acharya, Soomin Chung, Vandana Dronadula, Spencer Francis, Ashley Hammonds, Julie Jung, Niall Kelly, Charlotte Lombard, Akash Nivarthi, Adithi Sanjay and Isaac Whiteley. The Peninsula

Students from ASD’s Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) at the Texas A&M University Qatar.

A K Shrivastava, Principal Birla Public School, invested the Prefectorial Board and the Student Council Member for the aca-demic year 2015 –’16 in the presence of

Suneel Thapliyal, Head of Chancery, Embassy of India, school Board of Directors, staff, students and parents.

As Shrivastava read out the appointment order, Suneel Thapliyal invested the school student’s official with the badges of power and authority.

Lukose Chako Chairman, Gope Shahani, Vice

Chairman, Dr Mohan Thomas and C V Rappai, also inducted the students.

Arjun Ramesh and Megha Mibu were invested Head Boy and Head Girl respectively, Mohammed Kaamil and Irene Ann Johns took oath as Vice Head Boy and Vice Head Girl. Divi Mishra was Sworn in as Student Council President and Winona Shannan D’Souza as the Council Vice President.

Aditya Divaker took oath as Student Council Speaker and Nihal Abdul Rahim as Sports Captain. Naveen Parthasarathy and Shwetha Grace Epen

will render service as Cultural Secretaries and Shejin Thomas Symon and Harikrishna will serve as Campus Correspondents.

Mishal Ahmed, Bilashpa Bashyal, Anurag Shrivastava, Amal Fasal Rahman, Krishnadev Vijaykumar Pillai, Mohammed Ali Faisal, Cini Ann Jacob, Shiren Sira Judeen Ahmed and Manicam Muthupalaniyappan assumed office as Prefects.

All in the Prefectorial Board belonging to Class XII were elected on democratic principles and the pledge themselves to set ideal standard in aca-demics and promised right conduct, behaviours to ensure discipline. Adithya Rajesh and Pavithra Pramod Nair were sworn in as Head Boy and Head Girl of the Primary Section. Suneel Thapliyal, while addressing the Prefectorial Board and Student Council, said that they had now been invested with a great responsibility to lead the school into greater fame in academics and extracurricular activities.

Lukose Chacko told them that “entering the realm of leadership is both a challenge and honour” and warned them that “leadership is the ability to rec-ognise a problem before it become an emergency.”

Four Meritorious students of Class XI of 2014-’15 were awarded Merit Scholarships.1) Megha Sunil Menon – Aditya Birla Memorial Scholarship (Topper in Commerce)2) Ajin Abraham George – Birla Public School Scholarship (2nd Topper in Commerce)3) Ailin Reeba Jain – GD Birla Memorial Scholarship (Topper in Science)4) Ria Elizabeth Roy – Sarala Birla Memorial Scholarship (2nd Topper in Science)

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BPS holds Investiture Ceremony

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Sharq Village and Spa, in partnership with Abo Bakr Secondary School, held an educational program

‘Succeed through Service’ that high-lights the various facets of working in the hospitality industry to students.

The programme introduces students to the hospitality sector through classes throughout the year, and provides them with training courses focused on key life skills. Designed to provide career exploration in the hospitality industry

and support students in building their character, the Succeed through Service programme also nurtures local talent through supporting Qatari nationals to explore a career in the hospitality sector.

The educational programme has been introduced as part of The Ritz-Carlton’s Community Footprints pro-gramme, which focuses on three key areas; child well-being, environmental responsibility, and hunger and poverty relief.

“At The Ritz-Carlton, we see

corporate social responsibility as a core part of our business,” says Kamal Chahine Director of Human Resources at Sharq Village and Spa.

“By introducing our industry to the next generation, we carry on our com-pany’s long history and deep com-mitment to community involvement. This is the first of a series of hospitality sessions that we have created and we hope that our contribution will show-case growth potential of the industry and The Ritz-Carlton brand to these

talented students, who will be pursu-ing career options in the not too distant future,” adds Chahine.

Sharq Village and Spa recently hosted the second session in partner-ship with Abo Bakr Secondary School, with 20 Qatari students between the ages of 13 and 14 years old gathered for an orientation day focusing on hotel industry services, with an introduction to culinary skills and the food and bev-erage department.

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Sharq Village & Spa presents ‘Succeed Through Service’

DMIS marks Shakespeare’s birthdayStudents of Grade 9 and 10 at Doha Modern Indian School (DMIS) conducted a special assembly recently commemorating the con-tributions made by Shakespeare, the brightest star in the galaxy of English playwrights. The birthday of Shakespeare was celebrated with a colourful masquerade of his famous characters from plays like Romeo and Juliette, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, As you like it, King Lear etc and students in their costumes relived the Elizabethan era amidst great cheer and applause. The Assembly began with Dhivyashree quoting a wise thought from Shakespeare and anchors Sadd and Pankaj brightened the spirits of the audience by intro-ducing the playwright and his characters. The assembly instilled in students love for literature and brought alive the memories of the great writer.

Reception for Indian AuthorRenowned Indian historian and author P Raveendranath Master was given a reception by ‘Sanskriti’ at Skills Development Centre recently. Raveendranath, a higher secondary school teacher, is a historian and his book India: Irulum Velichavum covers major events, rare photographs and docu-ments from the time of Vasco De Gama’s arrival in India till the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948. ‘Sanskriti’ Vice President Santhosh Thooneri presided over the function. Acting General Secretary Gopalakrishnan Arichalil welcomed the gathering. Shamseer Arikkulam, Nasar and Ravi Maniyoor spoke on the occasion. P N Baburajan presented the histo-rian with a momento on behalf of ‘Sanskriti’.

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TRAVEL

Exploring CologneBY P K NIAZ

The German city of Cologne is popular for two things-fragrance and choco-lates. In other words, Cologne is part of our daily life. The city has 2,000

years of history and visitors can experience the charm and glitz of its cultural monuments from the period of Roman Empire till modern era.

During World War II almost 70 percent of Cologne was destroyed. The city centre resem-bled a horrible battlefield as the picturesque part of the Old Town was destroyed nearly com-pletely and had to be rebuilt. The Excelsior Hotel we stayed at was the camp site of the British Army. When almost all of Cologne’s buildings were razed or destroyed during the war, this hotel, which is opposite to Europe’s largest Gothic Church, stood unharmed.

After four hours of flying on a Turkish Airlines flight from Doha and relaxing at the lounge of Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul, we started another three hour journey to Cologne, the fourth largest city in Germany, and were greeted by a wonderland of green trees lined up in a vast area surrounding the Koln Bonn airport on a bright afternoon.

The Italian perfumer John Maria Farina (1685-1766), made the city of Cologne world-famous by naming his new fragrance Eau de Cologne in honour of his new hometown. The visitors will see how the citizens were excited as they placed his statue at the Town Hall just opposite to the Farina Fragrance Museum, which brings to life three centuries of fragrance and cultural history. A visit to the famous Cologne brand shop “4711” gives one the chance to sample diverse essences of the fragrances.

The Chocolate Museum, opened in 1993, is in the top ten of German museums with over 675,000 visitors a year. Since March 2006, the museum has been keeping up a Swiss touch with famous chocolate brand Lindt & Sprungali being its partner in producing exhibits. Situated on the banks of the Rhine River, the museum showcases 3,000-years of history of cocoa and chocolates. A 10-feet high chocolate fountain is one of the attractions inside the museum where visitors can

try warm chocolate treats. Touring the production unit will give an idea of how the cocoa bean becomes a chocolate bar. The museum is built with steel and glass.

Dortmund is little more than one hour trip by rail from Cologne. Travelling to Dortmund to watch the football match at the Signal Iduna Park was the day’s main programme. Cologne Central Railway Station (Koln Hbf) was just three minutes walk from my hotel and is one of the five busiest stations in Germany and a major rail hub to reach various desti-nations inside the country as well as central and Eastern Europe. Watching through the windows of the train to see unrivalled natu-ral beauty of Cologne’s landscapes, rivers, bridges and houses gives you a glimpse of the city’s traditional charm. Passing the thick pine trees lined on both sides of the railway track is also mind-blogging.

In Dortmund, we proceeded to the 80,000 capacity jam-packed stadium, Westfalenstadion, now known as Signal Iduna after it was taken over by Signal Iduna Insurance Group under a spon-sorship agreement lasting until 2021. It is one of the most famous football stadiums in the conti-nent and was elected best football stadium by The Times for its renowned atmosphere. Experiencing the hospitality of Turkish Airlines’ private lounge, the match between the home club Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich in Bundesliga provided a tremendous feeling. Turkish Airlines, which operates to 261 destinations across the globe, is the sponsor of Dortmund Club which entitles the carrier to extensive branding rights and hospitality services, including a private lounge at the team’s home ground.

A visit to Cologne won’t be complete without a cruise trip through the River Rhine. During

its course from the south-eastern Alps in Switzerland to the North Sea, Rhine covers four European nations in its journey of 1,230kms. Besides Switzerland, Germany, France and Netherlands are the major countries that share Rhine’s beauty. The most popular German cit-ies such as Cologne, Bonn, Dusseldorf and Leverkusen lie on the banks of Rhine.

To experience Cologne from a unique vantage point, cruise trip is the best option. After enjoy-ing a stroll along the banks of Rhine towards the Chocolate Museum, we got aboard a boat to experience the panoramic view of Cologne’s his-toric old town in a one hour tour. While cruising, we could see cable car overhead that transports visitors from the Rhine Park to the Zoo and Flora botanical garden on the left side of the river. A commentary in English about the history and landmarks of Cologne throughout the trip was informative. The Peninsula

Westfalenstadion, now known as Signal Iduna, is one of the most famous football stadiums in the continent and was elected best football stadium by The Times for its renowned atmosphere.

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BY DORIE GREENSPAN

I’m a slowpoke in the kitchen. Always was, and I guess I always will be; I haven’t gotten a second faster since I started cooking dec-

ades ago. Don’t look for me on any of the competitive cooking shows: Just thinking about that ticking clock gives me hives. But even I, who considers baking a form of meditation, can get this shortbread in the oven in about 15 minutes. Not that I’ve ever timed myself . . . .

Shortbread comes in so many varie-ties: Some have eggs, some don’t; some use a little rice flour or cornstarch, some go completely with all-purpose; some are rolled out, some not; some are shaped like regular cookies, some like bars and some like wedges. What almost all short-breads have in common is their short-ness, a reference to the generous amount of butter in the dough, and their texture, which is often described as sandy, a very good thing in the cookie world.

This shortbread recipe is eggless, uses only all-purpose flour, is pressed into a pan and is then cut into wedges. It is as rich as it should be and just as sandy. I’ve flavoured it with lemon zest and lemon oil (you can use extract) and speckled it with poppy seeds. I’ve also iced the cookies, but as with so many of my favourite reci-pes, this one’s amenable to changes of whim and whimsy.

The best shortbreads are the ones you fuss with least. Let “benign neglect” be your motto as you make these. Beat the butter and sugar together really well and then go very easy on the flour. Add it all at once and mix just enough to have it form moist curds. If the dough sticks together when you squeeze it, you’re done.

Turn everything into the pan and press it down with your fingers. I like to give the dough a little roll. It not only knits the dough together and smooths the top, but — nerd alert! — I get a kick out of rolling with a DIY pin: I use a spice jar, an extract bottle or the bottom of a measuring cup.

By now, you’re about nine minutes into the job, and all you’ve got left to do is prick and press. To divide the shortbread into wedges, which you’ll cut once it’s baked,

use the tips of the tines of a table fork to prick through the dough and form a dozen triangles, then flip the fork over and use the flat side of the tines to press around the border. The press marks are more decora-tive than practical, but I like the way they look when the shortbread is baked.

Now it’s just a matter of waiting out the baking and cooling time.

Everyday Any Way Lemon-Poppy Seed Shortbread

12 cookiesThe recipe calls for an 8-inch round

cake pan, but we found fitting the dough into a 9-inch pie plate lined with parch-ment paper works, too.

IngredientsFor the shortbread8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted but-

ter, at room temperature, cut into chunks, plus more for the pan

1 cup plus 2 tablespoons flour, plus

more for the pan1/3 cup granulated sugar1/4 teaspoon fine sea saltFinely grated zest of 1 lemon1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract1/4 teaspoon pure lemon oil or extract1 tablespoon poppy seeds

Method:For the shortbread: Preheat the

oven to 350 degrees. Use a little butter to grease an 8-inch round cake pan, dust the interior with a little flour and tap out any excess.

Toss the granulated sugar and salt into the bowl of a stand mixer that you’ll fit with the paddle attachment or into a large bowl in which you can use a hand mixer. Add the lemon zest and rub the ingredi-ents together with your fingertips until the sugar is moist and fragrant. Add the but-ter to the bowl and, working on medium speed, beat until the mixture is smooth, 1 to 2 minutes. Beat in the vanilla extract and the lemon oil or extract. Turn off the mixer, add the flour all at once, then mix on low speed.

Once the flour is incorporated, add the poppy seeds and continue to mix on low until you’ve got a bowl of soft, moist curds and crumbs, about 2 minutes. Squeeze a few curds and if they hold together, you’re there. You don’t want to mix the dough until it comes together uniformly, but you do want it the curds to cling to one another.

Turn the crumbs into the pan and pat them down evenly. If you’d like to smooth the top, “roll” the crumbs using a spice or extract bottle as a rolling pin. (You can also tap down the crumbs with the bottom of a small measuring cup.) There’s no need to be overly forceful; the point is to knit the crumbs together and compress them. Use the tines of a dinner fork to create the demarcations that will form 12 wedges total; press straight down so that you hear the metal tap against the pan, pricking holes in the dough. Finish by pressing the flat side of the tines horizontally around the edges of the dough, as though you were crimping a pie crust, to create a decora-tive edge.

Bake the shortbread (middle rack) for about 25 minutes, rotating the pan from front to back after 12 minutes, or until the top feels firm to the touch and the edges have a tinge of color; the center of the shortbread should remain fairly pale.

Transfer the pan to a wire cooling rack and allow it to rest for 3 minutes. If the holes that defined the wedges have closed, re-prick them with the fork. Carefully run a table knife between the pan and the shortbread and even more carefully turn the shortbread over onto the rack. Peel away the paper, if you used it. Invert onto a cutting board and, using a long sturdy knife or a bench scraper, cut the shortbread along the pricked lines; lift the pieces back onto the rack and allow the wedges to cool to room temperature before icing or serving.

Nutrition: Per cookie: 140 calories, 1 g protein, 15 g carbohydrates, 8 g fat, 5 g saturated fat, 20 mg cholesterol, 45 mg sodium, 0 g dietary fiber, 6 g sugar

Greenspan is the award-winning author of 11 cookbooks, the most recent of which is Baking Chez Moi.

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FASHION / BEAUTY

While many people try to hide their grey hair, spending hours eradicating the signs of advancing age, going grey may no longer mean reaching out for the dye

bottle as “granny hair” is in vogue.Fashion designers such as Jean-Paul Gaultier,

Chanel and Gareth Pugh have all styled their models with silver hair and many have since followed suit.

Spotted on celebrities such as Lady Gaga, Pink, Rihanna, Nicole Ritchie and Kelly Osborne, the grey, white or lavender trend has been embraced by women worldwide with thousands posting pictures on social media sites under “#grannyhair”.

“Granny hair is basically silver hair, any tone of grey in your hair: steel grey, silvery grey, really, really white, platinum-ish with either violet or silver undertones,” New York hair stylist Jan-Marie Arteca said. “That’s the trend.”

Many fashion blogs and magazines say the look is the “hottest” hair colour trend for 2015 while website boredpanda asked women to post pictures of their “granny hair” on a page that has since been viewed over 500,000 times.

“I love the grey. Ever since I first saw it in a magazine, I was fascinated,” Jackie, 27, said at the Jeff Chastain Parlor salon during an appointment to dye her dark brown hair grey.

“It’s like something that comes out, like a spark.”The process can be long however, taking at least

two hours to bleach the natural hair and then add the new colour. For Jackie, it took seven hours - three bleaches and two colour applications - to complete the look. “Granny hair” does not come cheap - costing from $200 up to $700, depending on hair colour and condition. Touch-ups are required about every four weeks. Reuters

‘Granny hair’ vogue: Women embrace trend by going many shades of grey

Say no to tanning this summer

Tanning is inevitable this sum-mer even if you choose to cover up completely or plan to use a sunscreen. But a

few simple home remedies like using cabbage leaves or exfoliating with almonds on the affected areas can help in skin lightening, says an expert.

Aashmeen Munjaal, owner of the Delhi-based Star Salon n’ Spa, doles out tips to flaunt a tan-free and healthy skin this summer.

* Use Cabbage: These green leaves act as a miracle when it comes to sun tan. Place a few cold cabbage leaves on the affected areas. Keep them for 15 minutes. Repeat it twice

a week for immediate effect.* Apply Vicks: Take a small

amount of Vicks on your fingers, apply it to the sunburn areas and massage gently. People with excessive sun-burn use twice and others use once a week.

* Apply ice: If you have excess sun burns then this is really going to work. Take a few ice cubes, wrap them in a muslin cloth and apply gently to the tanned areas. In case of excessive sun burns apply ice directly to the affected areas. It offers you fresh and tan free skin.

* Use milk cream and saffron:Blend high quality edible milk cream

with saffron, make a paste of it and apply it on your face gently and leave it overnight. Apply it thrice a week. This home remedy not only gives a tan free skin, but also acne free and fairer skin.

* Apply curd: Add curd, use it on tanned surfaces for about 15 to 20 minutes. Wash off. Do regularly to get rid of tan completely.

* Apply bottle gourd juice:This helps in overcoming the worst tan cases. Apply the bottle gourd juice to the tanned areas 3 to 4 times a day and you will see the difference.

* Apply Split Red Lentil (masoor dal )paste: To make this wonderful skin rejuvenator, soak a whole tablespoon of masoor dal and make a rough paste of it. Add equal quantities of tomato paste and

aloe extract, apply it on your face and affected areas and let it stay for half an hour before you wash it off with cold water.

* Exfoliate with almonds:Soak almonds in water for three to four hours, grind them well making a mild scrub and apply it to your tan affected areas. This not only helps you to get a tan free skin but also makes your skin healthier from within.

* Use buttermilk: Add three teaspoons of buttermilk to one tea-spoon of oatmeal, mix it well and now give its lick to your face by massag-ing in circular motion. This will not only help you to get tan free skin but also results in younger and blister free skin.

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HEALTH AND FITNESS

The World Health Organization’s definition of mental health:

Mental health is not just the absence of mental disor-der. It is defined as a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community.

The world’s population is age-ing and soon there will be a higher number of older adults than children. Globally, there are currently more than 800 million people over the age of 60, a figure that is expected to increase to two billion by 2050.

Some of the common mental dis-orders seen in older adults are:

DementiaDementia is a syndrome affecting

a person’s memory, cognitive func-tion and behaviour. Dementia leads to difficulties performing simple eve-ryday activities such as cooking, washing and dressing. Dementia can affect younger people but those over the age of 60 account for the majority of cases.

A report by the WHO and the Alzheimer Disease Association International in 2012 suggests around five percent of people over 60 are affected by dementia, while the total number of people affected is expected to double every 20 years. There is no cure for dementia, but much can be done to reduce the difficulties that people with dementia face by providing support and long-term care.

DepressionAccording to the WHO, depres-

sion is ‘a sustained sadness and

loss of interest along with psycho-logical, behavioral and physical symptoms.’ Depression is a rela-tively common issue for people of all ages, but those over 60 are par-ticularly vulnerable.

A range of issues typically affecting older people, including poor physical health and loss of independence, may contribute to depression.

Depression can be difficult to diagnose, especially if the individual does not seek help. If left untreated, depression can contribute to other health problems and even suicide.

What can be done to improve mental health in older adults?

Changing attitudesImproving the mental health of

older adults depends heavily on pro-moting active and healthy ageing, enabling people to remain mobile and independent while at the same time having a sense of worth.

Ageist attitudes that consider older people to be frail, mentally and physically weak, unproductive and dependent need to be reversed. These views act as barriers between the younger generations and leave older people feeling isolated.

Identifying the causesPrimary health and community

care providers need to be aware of the underlying factors that contribute to mental health issues in older peo-ple. These factors must be identified and addressed in order to prevent mental health issues developing.

Promoting healthy habitsEncouraging people to live healthy

lifestyles from an early age – regular exercise, healthy eating, frequent mental stimulation and the avoid-ance of alcohol and smoking - can lead to better mental health in older adults. People who are physically healthy are less likely to suffer from mental health issues than those with poor physical health.

Caring for the caregiversOlder adults with poor mental

health often rely on caregivers to help them with the daily activities they can no longer do for them-selves. The caregivers vary depend-ing on each person’s situation and may typically be a family member, friend or healthcare worker.

It is fundamentally important that caregivers are fully informed about the specific needs of the people they are caring for to enable them to provide the most effective care and support. The role of a caregiver is very demanding and carers (particu-larly those looking after people full time) commonly feel the burden of their responsibilities and experience high levels of stress and depres-sion. Providing support to caregiv-ers allows them to feel valued and enables them to fulfill their care role to their best ability.

If you are concerned about your own, or someone else’s, men-tal health, please contact Hamad Medical Corporation’s Mental Health Department on 4438 4573 / 4438 4599

Contributed by Hamad Medical Corporation

Having a low self-esteem related to one’s weight and keeping food visibly available around the house, outside

the kitchen, may increase your likelihood of being obese, says a new research.

Multiple metabolic and genetic factors contribute to obesity, but the home is a logi-cal place to consider in efforts to improve health, the researchers noted.

“Effects of the home environment and psychosocial factors haven’t been examined together in previous studies,” said Charles Emery, professor of psychology at the Ohio State University and lead author of the study.

The study focused primarily on deter-mining whether the home environment — architectural features and food storage and availability — was associated with obesity, but also measured a number of psychologi-cal factors. While architectural features had no relationship to obesity status, several food-related findings did.

People in the study who were obese kept more food visible throughout the house and generally ate less-healthy foods, such as sweets, than non-obese research participants.

“The amount of food in the homes were similar, but in the homes of obese individu-als, food was distributed in more locations outside the kitchen,” Emery noted.

“That speaks to the environment being arranged in a way that may make it harder to avoid eating food,” Emery pointed out.

In addition, obese participants reported significantly lower self-esteem related to their body weight than did non-obese peo-ple. Obese participants also reported more symptoms of depression.

The study involved 100 participants between the ages of 20 and 78. Fifty were not obese, and the 50 obese participants had an average body mass index (BMI) of 36.80 (a BMI of 30 indicates obesity).

The study was published in the International Journal of Obesity. IANS

Hide food at homes, if you want to shed weight

Common mental disorders in older adults

10


BOLLYWOOD

My style is a lot like Piku, says Deepika Padukone

Actress Deepika Padukone, who is gearing up for her upcoming film Piku with Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan and Irrfan Khan, says her personal style is a lot like her titular

character Piku’s.“I’m happy to leave the professionals to do my hair,

makeup and styling — this is required of me in my profes-sion and they do a great job of it. However, personally, my style is a lot like Piku — very flowy, breezy, func-tional and comfortable,” the 29-year-old actress said. The actress along with co-star Irrfan and director Shoojit Sircar recently unveiled the ‘Piku Melange Collection’, an ethnic fusion collection from Melange by clothing brand Lifestyle.

Speaking about her character’s style in the film, Deepika added: “I think Piku tries to keep her look styl-ish and functional at the same time. She believes in looking presentable, stylish and at the same time be comfortable at work. The style in the film is also like that -- Piku works during the day, runs the house and also takes care of her father. “

The collection takes inspiration from Deepika’s ‘mod-ern meets ethnic’ styling in the upcoming family comedy drama, and aims at giving consumers access to the actress’ style as seen in the film. With a tag line ‘Motion Se Hi Emotion’, the film promises to take the audience on an emotional road trip. Written by Juhi Chaturvedi, “Piku” is slated to release on May 8. IANS

Filmmaker Aishwarya Dhanush, daughter of superstar Rajinikanth, says she had to step out of her comfort zone to make her second Tamil directorial Vai Raja Vai, which is releas-

ing on Friday.Three years after her Tamil directorial debut 3, her

second film is ready for release.“It’s very different from my first film, which was

intense, serious and mostly revolved around the emotions between two people. Vai Raja Vai is a racy, out-and-out commercial entertainer. I had to step out of my comfort zone to make it. Audiences shouldn’t keep in mind 3 when they come to watch this movie,” Aishwarya said.

She added that Vai Raja Vai, which she describes as the perfect summer getaway for family and friends, was a challenging project.

“My first film was easier because I was predomi-nantly handling only two characters. The whole movie was shot in a town. Moreover, I had Dhanush around. His experience was a big morale booster,” she said, and pointed out how Vai Raja Vai is a multi-starrer, and “when you have a lot of people playing different characters, you need to do justice to every character and bring meaning to their pres-ence in the script”.

“I feel making a commercial movie is much more challenging because there’s so much you have to achieve within a certain period of time and budget. This was the first time I’m making something all by

myself,” said Aishwarya, who has taken the plunge into the world of commercial cinema with her second film. Vai Raja Vai features veteran actor Karthik’s son Gautham Karthik in the lead alongside Priya Anand.

“You’ll see lot of casinos and money, but the film is not entirely about gambling. There’s a strong element of mystery, romance and comedy as well. The film’s genre will be very new for Tamil audiences. I thought it would be different if I could take it to them in the most commercial way possible,” she said.

Aishwarya chose Gautham after being impressed with his work in Mani Ratnam’s Kadal.

She heaps praise on actress Taapsee, who essays a character with grey shades in the movie.

“You can find the shades of a Bond girl in Taapsee’s role. I really like the way Bond girls are por-trayed on screen. I really need to commend Taapsee because despite being a popular heroine, she didn’t hesitate to try something new and bold,” she said.

Aishwarya is also happy that Indian cinema is warming up to female filmmakers.

“In Bollywood, most superstars like Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan are ready to work with female directors and their films have proved to be successful at the box office, which means they’re commercial.

It’s just a matter of time before southern stars will also be willing to collaborate with women directors,” she said.

She also feels it’s not challenging anymore for a woman to make films.

“Maybe a decade ago, it wouldn’t have been pos-sible for women directors to work in the industry. Today, audiences have opened up to all kinds of cinema and what really matters is whether a movie is good or bad and doesn’t matter who has made it. At times, it’s slightly difficult for women because it’s not easy to balance both home and work at the same time,” she said. IANS

Have stepped out of comfort zone for ‘Vai Raja Vai’: Aishwarya Dhanush

When a court query stumped Salman

Bollywood actor Salman Khan was yesterday left perplexed when a court

in Jodhpur asked him about his caste. After some thought, he said: “Hindu and Muslim”.

Salman Khan pleaded “not guilty” yesterday in an arms case being heard at the Jodhpur court.

Before recording Salman’s statement, Chief Judicial Magistrate Anupama Bijlani asked him his name, father’s name, pro-fession and other details to men-tion in the court’s form.

Salman answered everything, but he got confused when the court asked about his caste.

He gave a puzzled look to the court as well to his counsel and bodyguard and after few sec-onds someone from the crowd suggested he say “Muslim”. But he said to the court “Hindu and Muslim” both.

Salman told the court that his father is a Muslim and mother is a Hindu. IANS

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HOLLYWOOD

Mexican actress Salma Hayek says her new film The Prophet was a labour of love that helped her

explore her relationship with her late Lebanese grandfather, who adored the book that inspired it.

The animated film, which draws on the 1923 book by Lebanese-born writer Kahlil Gibran, tells the story of Almitra, a headstrong girl who forms a friendship with imprisoned poet Mustafa.

Hayek co-produced the film and does the voiceover for Almitra’s mother, Kamila. The story explores the themes of love and spirituality.

“Through this book I got to know my grandfather, through this book I got to have my grandfather teaching me about

life,” she said in Beirut where she was launching the film. “For me this is a love letter to my heritage.”

Hayek and father visited her grand-father’s village Baabdat, in what she described as an emotional journey.

“Between all the connections of our ancestors and the memories of the ones that are no longer with us, I hope they are proud of this film because I did it also for them,” she said.

Hayek also visited Gibran’s birth-place, Bcharre village, on Sunday to pay tribute to the writer and his book, a series of poetic essays written in English which has sold more than 100 million copies worldwide. In the film, written and directed by Lion King director Roger Allers, Mustafa is locked away

for his poetry which is deemed danger-ous and rebellious.

He explains to Almitra how he escapes his imprisonment through his mind. “My words are my wings,” he says. Mustafa is voiced by Liam Neeson, who was easily drawn to the small-budget film, Hayek said.

“He loves the book, he knew the poems by heart.”

Hayek says she was personally inspired by Gibran’s mother who shares the name of her character Kamila. After an unhappy marriage Kamila moved to the United States and worked selling cloth to provide for her four children.

“Because of her courage Kahlil Gibran was inspired to be the man that he became,” Hayek said. Reuters

Furious 7 has become the highest grossing film ever at the Chinese box office, hav-

ing already taken approximately $333m.

According to China’s Box Office portal, the Hollywood film has even overtaken Transformers: Age Of Extinction, which grossed more than $323m in China in 2014, reports Efe.

The third-highest grossing film in the country’s history is James Cameron’s directorial Avatar (2010), which earned $219m.

In Furious 7, directed by James Wan, Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) seeks vengeance on Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his gang for the death of Shaw’s brother.

The cast of the latest automobile saga includes Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Kurt Russell, Ludacris, Tyrese Gibson and late Paul Walker, who died in a car acci-dent in November 2013.

Earlier instalments of Fast & Furious, Universal Pictures’ most successful franchise, have made close to $2.4bn in box office sales around the world. IANS

Furious 7becomes highestgrossing film in Chinese history

Almost 50 years after the Beatles delivered memorable perform-ances at Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan

arena, former band member Paul McCartney returned to the venue yes-terday with a special treat for his fans. McCartney, 72, surprised the audience by singing the Beatles’ Another Girl, the first time the song has ever been per-formed live, the singer’s publicist said.

The veteran British musician also performed both Beatles hits and his own, and addressed the excited crowd in Japanese, saying “Long time no see Budokan.” “It was sensational and quite

emotional remembering the first time and then experiencing this fantastic audience tonight,” McCartney said in a statement.

The Beatles first played the Budokon arena in 1966, amid protests from locals angered at the use of the venue for a musical act, as it was intended to be a sporting arena. The controversy died down and over the past five decades, several musical acts have come to the Tokyo arena. McCartney last performed in Japan in 2013, near the beginning of his international “Out There” tour, but not at the Budokan venue. His current tour will wrap up in July in Chicago. Reuters

Salma Hayek pays tribute to Lebanese roots with The Prophet

Actress Salma Hayek stands by a statue of late writer Khalil Gibran during a visit to promote her film in Gibran’s hometown of Bcharre, Lebanon.

Paul McCartney returns to Tokyo, surprises fans with Beatles hit

12


COMICS & MORE

Hoy en la HistoriaApril 30, 1975

1815: The Kingdom of Poland, under Alexander of Russia, was created by the Congress of Vienna1945: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun, his wife of one day, committed suicide in his underground bunker in Berlin1980: Terrorists seized the Iranian embassy in London, demanding the release of political prisoners in Iran1993: Tennis star Monica Seles was stabbed on court during a match in Hamburg, Germany

South Vietnam surrendered unconditionally as Saigon fell to communist North Vietnamese forces, ending the longest conflict of the 20th century

Picture: Associated Press © GRAPHIC NEWS

ALL IN THE MINDCan you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal,vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards.

BOTTICELLI, CANALETTO, CEZANNE, CONSTABLE,DALI, DA VINCI, DEGAS, GAINSBOROUGH, GAUGUIN,GOYA, HOLBEIN, KLIMT, MANET, MATISSE, MICHELANGELO,MONET, PICASSO, POLLOCK, RAPHAEL, REMBRANDT,RENOIR, TURNER, VAN GOGH.

BABY BLUES

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

ZITS

BLONDIE

SHERMAN’S LAGOON

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CROSSWORDS

HYPER SUDOKU

CROSSWORD

How to play Hyper Sudoku:A Hyper Sudoku Puzzle

is solved by filling the

numbers from 1 to 9

into the blank cells.

A Hyper Sudoku has

unlike Sudoku 13

regions (four regions

overlap with the nine

standard regions). In all

regions the numbers

from 1 to 9 can appear

only once. Otherwise, a

Hyper Sudoku is solved

like a normal Sudoku.

ACROSS

1 Bums around

6 Bellini opera

11 Night light, perhaps

14 Shoptalk

15 Weest of wee hours

16 Mint

17 Film about a Communist invasion? (1996)

19 Enthusiast

20 Casanova

21 Ties down

23 Moroccan headwear

25 Line on a baseball

26 Film about the woman most likely to catch men’s attention? (2001)

33 Computer mode

34 It’s usually between 3 and 5

35 Logic game with matchsticks

36 Battery containing a liquid electrolyte

39 The statue “David” on open-air display in Florence, e.g.

42 Well-suited

43 Take a gander at

45 Captain and others

46 Film about an elegantly made crossword? (2009)

51 Collaborator with Disney on the film “Destino”

52 Add-on charge

53 First family of Germany,

1969-74

56 Licit

62 Brit’s washroom

63 Film about a romantic dentist’s daily routine? (2010)

65 Israeli gun

66 “Delphine” author Madame de ___

67 Fray

68 Lo-___

69 Absorbent cloth

70 4 x 400-meter relay, e.g.

DOWN 1 Genie’s home

2 Kind of vaccine

3 Site of a famed mausoleum

4 Guileful

5 Poke holes in

6 “Hold on a sec”

7 ___ lark

8 Geom. shape

9 Confirm

10 Brewery named after a Dutch river

11 Like a bass voice or a hairy chest

12 “___ not!”

13 Dominates, informally

18 Vegetarian’s protein source

22 Son of Noah

24 Élan

26 Beth preceder

27 Actress with the iconic line “What a dump!”

28 Old trade inits.

29 Mime

30 Away’s partner

31 Shaving boo-boos

32 Holiday associated with 44-Downs, in brief

33 Whack

37 Get off the ground?

38 Caustic material

40 Old hand

41 Easygoing

44 See 32-Down

47 Acronym for linked computers

48 Like Jackie Jackson, in the Jackson 5

49 How the swallows returned to San Juan Capistrano

50 Actor Lugosi

53 Memory of a very busy day, maybe

54 Level

55 Lead

57 Instrument for Orpheus

58 King Harald’s father

59 Told, as a yarn

60 Level

61 Shoulder muscle, for short

64 Member of the MTV generation, informally

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16

17 18 19

20 21 22

23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30 31 32

33 34 35

36 37 38 39 40 41

42 43 44 45

46 47 48 49 50

51 52

53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61

62 63 64

65 66 67

68 69 70

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cells will contain two numbers.

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reference clues. In a kakuro, the

numbers are all you get! They denote

the total of the digits in the row or

column referenced by the number.

Within each collection of cells - called

a run - any of the numbers 1 to 9 may

be used but, like sudoku, each number

may only

be used

once.

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CINEMA

GABBAR IS BACK

VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER

SCREEN 1 She’s Funny That Way (2D/Comedy)

10:20am, 12:20, 2:20, 4:20, 6:20, 8:20, 10:20pm & 12:20am

SCREEN 2 Avengers: Age of Ultron (2D/Action)

12:00noon, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00pm & 12:00midnight

SCREEN 3 Avengers: Age of Ultron (2D/Action) 2:00, 5:00, 8:00 &

11:00pm Barely Lethal (2D/Action) 10:00am & 12:00noon

SCREEN 4 Home (2D/Animation) 10:10am & 12:10pm Barely Lethal (2D/

Action) 4:10 & 8:10pm Tracers (2D/Action) 2:10, 6:10, 10:10pm & 12:10am

SCREEN 5 Lemon Tree Passage (2D/Horror) 11:30am & 3:45pm

Fast & Furious 7 (2D/Action) 1:00, 5:45, 8:30 & 11:15pm

SCREEN 6 May In The Summer (2D/Comedy) 10:50am, 2:50 & 7:00pm

Lemon Tree Passage (2D/Horror) 12:50, 5:0, 9:000 & 11:00pm

SCREEN 7 Big Game (2D/Action) 10:40am, 2:40, 7:00 & 11:30pm

Qitt Wa Far (2D/Arabic) 12:40, 4:50 & 9:10pm

SCREEN 8 Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2D/Action)

11:30am, 1:30, 3:40, 5:40, 7:40, 9:40 & 11:40pm

SCREEN 9 Avengers: Age of Ultron (IMAX 3D/Action)

10:20am, 1:10, 4:00, 6:50, 9:40pm & 12:30am


11:30am, 2:30, 5:30, 8:30 & 11:30pm

NOVO

MALL

LANDMARK

ROYAL PLAZA

SCREEN 1 Gabbar Is Back (2D/Hindi) 2:30 & 11:00pm

Qitt We Far (2D/Arabic) 5:00pm

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2D/Action) 6:45pm

She’s Funny That Way (2D/Comedy) 9:15pm

SCREEN 2 Oru Vadakkan Selfie (2D/Malayalam) 2:30 & 8:30pm

Home (2D/Animation) 5:00pm

She’s Funny That Way (2D/Comedy) 6:45pm

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2D/Action) 11:00pm

SCREEN 3 May In The Summer (2D/Comedy) 3:00pm

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2D/Action) 5:00 & 9:00pm

Lemon Tree Passage (2D/Horror) 7:30 & 11:30pm

SCREEN 1 Oru Vadakkan Selfie (2D/Malayalam) 2:30 & 8:30pm

She’s Funny That Way (2D/Comedy) 5:00pm Ott We Far (2D/Arabic) 6:45pm Avengers: Age of Ultron (2D/Action) 11:00pm

SCREEN 2 May In The Summer (2D/Comedy) 3:00pm

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2D/Action) 5:00 & 9:00pm

Lemon Tree Passage (2D/Horror) 7:30 & 11:30pm

SCREEN 3 Ott We Far (2D/Arabic) 2:30pm

Home (2D/Animation) 5:00pm Avengers:

Age of Ultron (2D/Action) 6:30pm

She’s Funny That Way (2D/Comedy) – 9:00pm

Oru Vadakkan Selfie (2D/Malayalam) 10:30pm


3:00. 5:30, 8:15 & 11:00pm

SCREEN 2 Fast & Furious 7 (2D/Action) 2:30pm

Gabbar Is Back (2D/Hindi) 4:45 & 11:00pm Avengers: Age of Ultron

(2D/Action) 7:00pm Lemon Tree Passage (2D/Horror) 9:30pm

SCREEN 3 She’s Funny That Way (2D/Comedy) 2:30 & 7:45pm

Home (2D/Animation) 4:15pm

May In The Summer (2D/Comedy) 6:00pm

Qitt We Far (2D/Arabic) 9:30pm

Lemon Tree Passage (2D/Horror) 11:30pm

Gabbar Singh Rajput (Akshay Kumar) creates his own vigilante military network called the Anti-Corruption Force (ACF) that eliminates the most corrupt individuals, from all walks of life, in a systematic manner. Directors: Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi

Writers: A.R. Murugadoss, Rajat Arora

Stars: Akshay Kumar, Shruti K. Haasan, Kareena Kapoor

WESTEND PARKSCREEN 1 Maryadharaman (2D/Malayalam) 3:15pm

O Kthal Kanmani (Tamil) 6:15pm

Oru Vadakkan Selfie (2D/Malayalam) 8:45 & 11:30pm

SCREEN 2 Oru Vadakkan Selfie (2D/Malayalam)

2:00, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00pm & 12:30am

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DOHA EVENTS

IN FOCUS

A photo taken at the MIA Park during sunset.

Until 16 MayVenue: 1 & 18 La Croisette, Porto Arabia – The Pearl-QatarVenue: FreeTime: 10:00-20.00

Join with your children for a fun family activity “Rainbow Park” at The Pearl-Qatar, where children will consider art as the art of lifestyle and culture by playing and being creative with unharmful colored sand and enabling them to build and create different shapes.

30 APRIL - 01 MAYVENUE: Qatar Racing ClubADMISSION: FreeTime: 18:00-21:00

Drifting is the fastest growing motorsport in the world! Following the success of Formula Drift Qatar, the coming season promises an action packed smoke filled championship with competitors from across the arab world. Want to participate? visit www.qrczone.com for full information.

29 April — 02 MayVenue: Doha Exhibition CenterAdission: FreeTime: 12:00 — 22:00

IWED is a wedding exhibition that will feature trend-setting facets to deliver a unique and superficial experience in planning an exquisite day of perfection.The International Wedding Exhibition and Fashion Show Doha bring wedding trends and opportunity of connecting the services providers to set up for the big occasion.

Rainbow Park

QRC Drift Championship Round 5

UNTIL 31 AUGUSTVENUE: Qatar Museums Gallery KataraADMISSION: Free

The exhibition will showcase Ismael Azzam’s distinctive portraits of painters and sculptors who have made a significant contribution to Arab Art, with the entire body of work created exclusively for this show. Ismail is of Iraqi origin, and moved to Doha in 1996.

Ismael Azzam: For Them - Exhibition

4-7 MayVenue: Qatar National Convention CenterAdmission: Free

In 2014, 2,100 companies from 47 countries exhibited at the show. Even more companies are expected in 2015. Project Qatar provides a platform to view the latest equipment and services from the construction industry, develop international relationships and generate new business opportunities.

Project Qatar

Send your photos to [email protected]. Please mention where the photo was taken.

Send your event details to [email protected]

3-5 May Venue: Virginia Commonwealth UniversityAdmission: Free

The VCUQatar BFA & MFA Exhibition is a celebration of the creative achievements of graduating students and provides the opportunity to preview Qatar’s emerging talent in the fields of graphic, fashion & interior design, painting & printmaking, and design studies.

MFA & BFA Exhibitions 2015

IWED 2015

Until 11 JulyVenue: Museum Of Islamic ArtAdmission: Free

This exhibition focuses on the real and mythical animals that feature in the legends, tales, and fables of the Islamic world. Divided into the natural quadrants of earth, air, fire, and water, these marvellous creatures serve as the introductions and bridges for the stories in which they feature.

Marvellous Creatures: Animal Fables In Islamic Art

by Ria Sosson

30 April - 2 MayVenue: Katara Esplanade Admission: Free

The three-day festival will feature cultural performances, handicraft and tourism promotions of seven Asean-member countries in Doha including Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Brunei. Members of the Asean Committee in Dohaaims to promote Asean cultural identity among the local population in the country.

555 Exhibition At The Fire Station

Until 16 AugustVenue: Mathaf: Arab Museum Of Modern Art, Ground Floor GalleriesAdmission: FreeTime: 11:00 - 18:00 (Monday closed)

Wael Shawky produces film series based on literature and historical narratives, using a visual language that mixes fictional storytelling and documentary styles. The exhibition presents two newly completed film trilogies, each inspired by stories and scripts of literature; Cabaret Crusades (2010-2014) and Al Araba Al Madfuna (2012-2015).

Wael Shawky Comes To Doha

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