Community Grade VI students of Al Maha Academy for Boys speaks to Anthony Salcito, Vice President of Microsoft Education, via Microsoft video-link. P6 P16 Community Arab Youth Climate Movement Qatar releases a short video highlighting the significance of raising awareness on the issue of environmental change. The poser COVER STORY The Beatles White Album at 50: A classic or an overindulgence? P4-5 Wednesday, November 21, 2018 Rabia I 13, 1440 AH Doha today: 220 - 250 GLITZ & GLAM SHOWBIZ Top Insta moments of the week. Page 14 Right combination of good script, good people a rarity, says Warsi. Page 15
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CommunityGrade VI students of Al Maha Academy
for Boys speaks to Anthony Salcito, Vice President of Microsoft Education, via Microsoft video-link.
P6 P16 CommunityArab Youth Climate Movement
Qatar releases a short video highlighting the significance of raising awareness on the issue of environmental change.
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SYNOPSIS: The story revolves around Vijay who happens to be a taxi driver. Incidentally, a ghost happens to become Vijay’s co-passenger, that
ghost has few problems and how Vijay resolves them forms the basic essence.
THEATRES: Landmark, Royal Plaza
Drama DIRECTION: RanjithCAST: Mohanlal, Kaniha, Arundathi NagSYNOPSIS: Set in UK, Drama follows the hilarious yet
enthralling journey of a funeral director, who sets out to
fulfi l the fi nal wish of one of his clients. Rossamma passes away in London. Will her children, settled in diff erent parts of the world, fulfi l her last wish of being laid to rest near her husband’s grave at Kattappana?
THEATRES: The Mall, Royal Plaza, Landmark
The Mall Cinema (1): Kaatrin Mozhi (Tamil) 2pm; Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald (2D) 4:45pm; Galveston (2D) 7:15pm; Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald (2D) 9pm; Mangalayam Thanthunnanena (Malayalam) 11:30pm.The Mall Cinema (2): The Grinch (2D) 2:30pm; Cinderella And The Secret Prince (2D) 4:15pm; Cinderella And The Secret Prince (2D) 6:15pm; Robin Hood: Origins (2D) 8:15pm; Robin Hood: Origins (2D) 11:15pm.The Mall Cinema (3): Amar Akbar Anthony (Telugu) 2:30pm; Pihu (Hindi) 5:15pm; Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of
Grindelwald (2D) 7pm; Robin Hood: Origins (2D) 9:30pm; Kaatrin Mozhi (Tamil) 11:30pm.Landmark Cinema (1): Mangalayam Thanthunnanena (Malayalam) 2:30pm; Kaatrin Mozhi (Tamil) 5pm; Kaatrin Mozhi (Tamil) 8pm; Robin Hood: Origins (2D) 11pm.Landmark Cinema (2): Bonnie Bear Iii: Big Top Secret (2D) 3pm; Cinderella And The Secret Prince (2D) 5pm; Robin Hood: Origins (2D) 8:15pm; Robin Hood: Origins (2D) 10:30pm.Landmark Cinema (3): The
Grinch (2D) 3:30pm; Dog Days (2D) 5:30pm; Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald (2D) 7:30pm; Thugs Of Hindostan (Hindi) 10pm.Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (1): Cinderella And The Secret Prince (2D) 3pm; Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald (2D) 5:30pm; Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald (2D) 8pm; Robin Hood: Origins (2D) 10:30pm.Royal Plaza Cinema Palace (2): Amar Akbar Anthony (Telugu) 2:30pm; Dog Days (2D) 5:15pm; Blue Night (2D) 7:15pm; Robin Hood: Origins (2D) 9pm; Robin Hood: Origins (2D) 11:15pm.
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Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change
EVENTS
Katara Dhow festivalWHERE: KataraWHEN: OngoingTIME: 3:30pm – 10pmBe there to witness exciting activities
and events at Katara 8th Traditional Dhow Festival, scheduled to take place at Katara’s beach. During the month of November be there and experience the cultural heritage of Qatar.
Street Food FestivalWHERE: Sheraton Hotel ParkWHEN: Ongoing till November 24TIME: 6pm onwardsStreet Food Festival is an event for all
residents and visitors of the State of Qatar from ongoing till November 24.
Acting ClassesWHERE: Retaj Al Rayyan, West BayWHEN: Ongoing till December 19TIME: 3pm – 7:30pmThe Talent Factory is having an acting
monthly course for kids and adults. Gentë Retkoceri Rrahmani, Teaching artist and actor, will take care to create an amazingly entertaining and socialising class for kids and adults. Both programmes are specifically designed to fit different ages with the main purpose to develop the participant’s self-esteem, especially when in front of audiences. Kids course fee is QR600 and adult course fee is QR800. For further details, e-mail at [email protected]
Katara Beach - School StudentsWHERE: KataraWHEN: OngoingTIME: 9am – 12pmBy participating in the programme of
‘Our culture is a school’, Katara Beach emphasises the Qatari marine tradition
and introduces to students the meaning of Dasha, Al Qafal and various type of pearls. The students will discover all details of the Fath El-Kheir journey.
Ballet LessonsWHERE: Music and Arts AtelierWHEN: OngoingTIME: 4pm – 8pmFor more info e-mail at registration@
atelierqatar.com or call on 33003839.
Cycling: Losail Circuit Sports ClubWHERE: Losail CircuitWHEN: OngoingTIME: 5pmLosail Circuit Sports Club, in association
with Qatar Sports For All Federation, invites all cyclists, runners and walkers to train under the floodlights of Losail International Circuit every Wednesdays.
When: November 24Time: 2:30pm – 6:30pmIndian Sports Centre (ISC), under the
patronage of Embassy of India, is bringing the second edition of ISC Inter-School Skipping Rope Championship-2018 for Speed Hop and Speed Endurance competitions. The competition includes categories of Under–12, Under–18 and Adults. Entry is free and championship is open to all Indians and students of any nationality studying in Indian schools. For further details, contact at 55646693, 55824194 or e-mail at [email protected]
Youth Empowerment Workshop Series
WHERE: The Pearl, DohaWHEN: Ongoing till December 1TIME: 8am – 8pmThe youth will discover how to: boost
confidence, overcome bullying, improve goal setting, be assertive, leadership skills, career guidance, be productive and many more for reservations e-mail at [email protected]
Meditation RetreatWHERE: Banana Island ResortWHEN: December 14 – 15Imagine waking up with the peaceful
silence of a paradise beach as your senses are lured by the smell of essential oils, vegan food and fresh herbal tea. With each breath, your whole being feels relaxed and recharged. You can finally release all the tension you’ve been carrying for years. The bright sunlight warms your face as you walk on the beach to join morning yoga, sound healing and mindfulness meditation.
Heritage Library’s Permanent Exhibition
WHERE: Qatar National LibraryWHEN: Ongoing till December 31TIME: 9am – 8pmThe exhibition displays around 400 items
from the QNL Heritage Library collection
that illustrate the spread and evolution of ideas throughout the Arab and Islamic world, as well as document interactions between Arabs and the West over the past several centuries. The exhibition features books, manuscripts, historical photographs maps, globes and travellers’ instruments that tell the story of Qatar, along with the history of science, literature, writing, travel in the region, and much more.
After School ActivitiesWHERE: AtelierWHEN: OngoingMusic and arts Activities for students
taking place after they finish 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.
Hobby ClassesWHERE: Mystic Arts Centre behind Al
Hilal Focus Medical CentreWHEN:Wednesday – MondayMystic Art Centre, is a holistic
performing artsinstitution and a one stop solution for adults as well as children looking to explore their talents in various art forms. We offer classes in Carnatic Music, Hindustani Music, Karate, Yoga, Zumba, Classical Dance, Salsa, Hip Hop, contemporary and Bollywood dance forms. For details, call 33897609.
Dance and instrument classesWHERE: TCA Campus, Behind Gulf
Times BuildingWHEN: Wednesday – MondayLearn the movements of dance styles
in Bollywood, Hip Hop and also the musical instruments such as Piano, Guitar, Keyboard for adults as well kids and move in the world of music. For details, contact 66523871/ 31326749.
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Sound and juryWhite Album was one of Beatles’ greatest achievements. But does it really make
the case for them in late-career overdrive, or is it a wildly erratic hit-and-miss
hodgepodge that could’ve been better served as a single album, asks Greg Kot
OLD IS GOLD? Pop historians have trained generations to believe the Beatles could do no wrong.
When it comes to Beatles nostalgia, the band’s self-titled 1968 White Album has a king-
size reputation — the biggest album (30 songs!) by the biggest band in the world at the time. But, to paraphrase a Beatles song, it was all too much, and its producer, George Martin, and at least a couple of its participants, George Harrison and John Lennon, would be among the fi rst to agree.
A half-century later, little has changed, at least in the marketplace for more Beatles. Despite a $138 price tag, a newly released 50th anniversary White Album box set is No. 2 on the Amazon CD/vinyl sales rankings. It’s a 4-pound doorstop: six CDs and a Blu-Ray disc containing the original album, 27 early acoustic demos and 50 session tracks, most of them previously unreleased, plus a hardcover book. The mix, by George Martin’s son, Giles, is immaculate, and in many ways the Beatles have never sounded better or more intimate.
But is the actual music worth the fuss? The pop historians have trained generations to believe the Beatles could do no wrong, and that the White Album was one of the group’s greatest achievements. It undeniably contains some of the band’s fi nest songs. But does it really make the case for the Beatles in late-career overdrive, or is it a wildly erratic hit-and-miss hodgepodge that could’ve been better served as a single album?
The original The Beatles was packaged for posterity. It spread 30 songs across two discs when released on November 22, 1968, with a white cover designed by pop artist Richard Hamilton. The band’s name was subtly embossed on the sleeve above a seven-digit stamp, as if it were an exclusive art piece. It looked cool, radical, and its sound — both more subtle and more bombastic than anything the Beatles had recorded before — signalled its game-changing objectives.
The ambition belied the turmoil swirling within and around the Beatles at the time. Even though
the quartet was coming off the 1967 release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, widely acknowledged as an art-pop landmark, the Beatles’ interpersonal relationships were in disarray.
Band manager Brian Epstein, a stabilising force, died in 1967. A trip to India in early 1968 to visit Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and study transcendental meditation ended with the band members disillusioned and feeling exploited. The world was in a darker time as well. The optimism of the ’67 Summer of Love in which Sgt. Pepper had been released had given way to the Vietnam War quagmire, the Prague Spring Soviet invasion of Poland, and the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy. The bleaker, more cynical tone of a number of songs that would eventually appear on the White Album, particularly those of Lennon and Harrison, refl ected this crisis atmosphere.
More disruptive changes were in the air. Lennon and Paul McCartney
were in the midst of severing ties with their wife and fi ancée, respectively, and partnering with new love interests (Lennon with Yoko Ono and McCartney with Linda Eastman). Lennon struggled with heroin addiction and was becoming increasingly estranged from McCartney, his songwriting partner. Harrison and drummer Ringo Starr were beginning to chafe under McCartney’s expanding artistic control. And there was simmering resentment over how much praise was showered on Fifth Beatle Martin for the studio accomplishments of Sgt. Pepper.
Nonetheless, things started promisingly when the band reconvened in May 1968. The quartet took a back-to-basics approach and banged out 27 acoustic demos in Harrison’s home in Esher, Surrey, outside London. The four-track recordings are terrifi c, the primary reason to dig into the box set as they show the Beatles feeding off a new impulse in rock, the more pastoral feel of recordings by Bob Dylan and
the Band that had begun circulating in musician circles. While in India, the Beatles jammed on acoustic guitars, and Lennon and McCartney adopted the clawhammer style of fi nger-picking they were shown by British folk singer Donovan to craft new songs such as Julia and Blackbird.
The box set also culls tracks from fi ve months of studio sessions that followed the Esher demos. Instead of the sound layering that characterised Sgt. Pepper and the 1966 masterpiece, Revolver, the arrangements remained relatively pristine. The outtakes reveal how Lennon’s characteristically contrarian take on the counterculture, Revolution, evolved into three distinct recordings, two of which appeared on the White Album as the bluesy Revolution 1 and the avant-garde collage Revolution 9, plus a defi nitive hard-rock take that was released as a single. But other than an early version of Harrison’s While My Guitar Gently Weeps and a ragged but thrilling run through
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Helter Skelter, the three discs of studio extras will largely appeal only to Beatles obsessives.
In the same way, the White Album now feels more than ever like an indulgence from a band that was no longer in sum-is-greater-than-the-parts collaboration. Lennon was clearly drawing greater inspiration from Ono, who accompanied him to the sessions, than he was from McCartney. Only two weeks before The Beatles was released, Lennon and Ono released their debut album, Unfi nished Music No. 1: Two Virgins, with its scandalous nude cover image.
One of the casualties of the widening McCartney-Lennon rift was the checks and balances that the two main songwriters typically imposed on one another’s work. McCartney in particular tossed out some of the fl imsiest songs of the Beatles era (Martha My Dear, Honey Pie). Starr inexplicably earned his fi rst songwriting credit on a Beatles recording (the forgettable Don’t Pass Me By), while Harrison continued to feel neglected (not for nothing did he enlist his pal Eric Clapton to play on While My Guitar Gently Weeps, in a last-ditch eff ort to salvage a song that the Lennon-McCartney brain trust had rejected).
Tensions ran so high that Starr briefl y quit the band, recording engineer Geoff Emerick exited the sessions altogether and Martin, feeling underutilised, took an unannounced vacation and left the recording in the hands of fl edgling engineers Chris Thomas and Ken Scott.
One of the reasons Martin left was that he felt he was being ignored and wouldn’t be missed, according to a forthcoming book, Kenneth Womack’s Sound Pictures: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin, the Later Years, 1966–2016.
The producer never much liked the White Album. As he later told Beatles biographer Mark Lewisohn, “I really didn’t think that a lot of the songs were worthy of release, and I told them so. I said, ‘I don’t want a double album. I think you ought to cut out some of these, concentrate on the really good ones and have yourself a really super album. Let’s whittle them down to 14 to 16 titles and concentrate on those.’”
It was an opinion echoed by Harrison and Lennon. As it turns out, they were right. The White Album would’ve been a classic had it been trimmed to the following 12 keepers. Everything else doesn’t match the high standards the Beatles had previously set for themselves.
White Album keepersBack in the USSR: A good
portion of the album fi nds the Beatles appropriating and in some case satirising beloved peers and infl uences, none more so than the leadoff track with its nods to Chuck Berry’s Back in the USA and the Beach Boys’ California Girls. Yet in Starr’s absence, the remaining trio led by McCartney piles on the excitement: piano fl urries, exuberant Beach Boys-style harmonies, a wicked guitar solo.
Dear Prudence: Squishy bass, a tolling guitar and harmony vocals swim atop the psychedelic breeze.
While My Guitar Gently Weeps:
The Harrison track was nearly orphaned until Clapton came aboard to play the solo, and then it was buried as the seventh track on Side 1. Poor George couldn’t catch a break, but he was right to fi ght for the song. It’s one of the album’s most enduring moments.
Happiness is a Warm Gun: Lennon’s multipart masterpiece serves as a mini-history of rock
’n’ roll (folk fi nger-picking, blues chords, hard rock, doo-wop vocals) while skewering America’s obsession with guns in the wake of the King and Kennedy assassinations.
Blackbird: A sparse beauty of a protest song as McCartney’s poignant melody and poetic wordplay allude to the longing and perseverance of the civil rights struggle.
Julia: Lennon’s heartbreaking ode to his late mother casts a dreamlike spell as it yearns for something that could never be.
Yer Blues: The Beatles rarely dabbled in blues, but Lennon dives into the deep end with caustic guitars and cauterising vocals. Even as he parodies white British kids who reverently imitated African-American blues singers, he also
one-ups them.Everybody’s Got Something to
Hide Except Me and My Monkey: Clanging bells, agitated guitars, a song pitched on the edge of hysteria as Lennon fi nds hard-won love amid an atmosphere of tension and paranoia.
Sexy Sadie: Lennon left India feeling used by the Maharishi, and this vicious diatribe does some score-settling. It also inspires one of the singer’s most expressive vocal arrangements.
Revolution 1: Lennon was not a follower. He expresses his scepticism about the counterculture revolution with typical slyness and wit over a deceptively laid-back arrangement that draws on blues and doo-wop.
Helter Skelter: In response to the electric storm whipped up by Jimi Hendrix and Cream, McCartney goes toe-to-toe with the heavyweights. His Little Richard-inspired vocal fi ghts for space amid the heavy-metal carnage of Ringo “I’ve got blisters on my fi ngers” Starr and the boys.
Long Long Long: Harrison’s spiritual quest has never sounded more haunting.
Contenders: Glass Onion; Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da; The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill; I’m So Tired; Piggies; Rocky Raccoon; I Will; Birthday; Savoy Truffl e; Mother Nature’s Son; Cry Baby Cry.
Duds: Wild Honey Pie, Martha My Dear, Don’t Pass Me By, Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?, Honey Pie, Revolution 9, Good Night. —Chicago Tribune/TNS
Despite a $138 price tag, a newly released 50th anniversary White Album box set is No. 2 on the Amazon CD/vinyl sales rankings. It’s a 4-pound doorstop: six CDs and a Blu-Ray disc containing the original album, 27 early acoustic demos and 50 session tracks, most of them previously unreleased, plus a hardcover book
DOWN MEMORY LANE: Paul McCartney at Abbey Road Studios during a recording session for The White Album, October 1968.
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COMMUNITYAMAB students represent Qatar in worldwide virtual meetingGrade VI students of Al Maha Academy for Boys (AMAB) recently spoke to Anthony Salcito, Vice President of Microsoft Education, via Microsoft video-link. The 48-hour long event helped raise funds benefiting up to 35,000 children in need as a response to UN Sustainable Goal of Quality Education. The students had been selected by the Microsoft executive for a special call. They are among the schools from 102 countries who joined this 48-hour fund raiser with WE Charity.“AMAB is honoured to interact with Salcito,” said Shuja Uddin, Principal of AMAB. “This distinction aff irms our hard work to give our boys a well-rounded education, and part of it is being technologically savvy,” he added.As part of the 30-minute video call, Mubarak Salem, one of the students, served as the host as the other classmates put on a display of Qatari dance and culture, reciting a Qatari poem and
presenting a traditional Qatari dance for Salcito, before asking him some questions about his life, his inspirations and experiences.Omar Abu Qadah, one of the students, bid Salcito and his colleagues a farewell by saying goodbye in a number of languages. Ahmed al-Mannai, CEO of Ta’allum, and Dr Mohammed Saefan, Director of Education at Ta’allum, also hailed the virtual meeting. The CEO thinks this rare experience will be etched in the minds of the students. He said, “I hope they will be inspired, and in the future one of them will reach Mr Salcito’s stature.”Dr Saefan said, “We continue to carve a niche in Qatar with our contribution to the country’s goal of promoting a knowledge-based economy for its citizens in the 21st Century.”
OIS hosts Inter-School English Recitation CompetitionOlive International School (OIS) recently hosted ‘Rising Spirit’, an Inter-School English Recitation Competition. More than thirteen schools participated in solo and group categories. The judges of the competition included Rajesh, Nisa Anis and Shakeena Kutty. The event kicked off with a grand opening ceremony including a welcome dance by the students of OIS. Jacob K M, Principal of OIS, and Geetha Somashekaran, Vice-Principal OIS, addressed the
gathering, which was followed by the competition. MES Indian School, DPS-Modern Indian School (DPS-MIS) and OIS bagged first, second, third positions, respectively in solo recitation while OIS-Thumama, DPS-MIS, and Pearl International School-Thumama got first, second and third position, respectively in-group category. The overall championship was shared by MES and OIS.
DPS-MIS debaters attend a friendly debate sessionThe students of DPS-Modern Indian School (DPS-MIS) recently attended a friendly debate session ‘Let’s Debate Together’, organised by Mohammed Bin Jassim Preparatory School for Boys.The delegation of DPS-MIS included Sannidhya Singh, a student of Grade VIII-I; Paul Manjaly, a student of Grade VIII-G; Nirat Baneshwar Pai, a student of Grade VIII-B; Aryan Dubey, a student of Grade VII-B; Mubeen Sakharkar, a student of Grade VIII-L; and Rudra Balwant Bhai Jadav, a student of Grade IX-I. The session provided the debaters a deep insight into time management, assessment of strengths-weakness-opportunity-threats and finalisation of hierarchy of the debaters.Asna Nafees, Principal of DPS-MIS, said that such partnerships widen the horizon of the students and strengthen the bond of togetherness.
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COMMUNITYThe Early Childhood Centre at QU marks World Children’s DayThe Early Childhood Centre of Qatar University›s (QU) College of Education (CED) recently organised its 14th festival to mark World Children›s Day, under the theme ‘Colour with Hope.’ The festival featured a variety of artistic, kinetic, rhythmic and scientific activities for children with the aim of encouraging children to be creative, develop their imaginations and provide a spirit of teamwork. The event was attended by over 160 children enrolled at the centre. The institutions that collaborated
on the event, included Rashad Kindergarten Model Independent School for Boys, Finland International School, Armed Forces Music Battalion Unit (Ministry of Defence), Visual Art Centre, Awsaj Academy, The Special Education Training Centre at Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Rumailah Hospital, IAID Academy Qatar and Best Buddies Qatar. The event was attended by notable personalities of Qatar.
NU-Q hosts event for distinguished studentsNorthwestern University-Qatar (NU-Q) students named to the Dean’s List last year were honoured at an awards luncheon hosted by the dean. Nearly 100 students received a certificate to mark their success at the event.“Being named on the Dean’s List is an academic honour and a demonstration of the consistent eff ort and bold creativity students exhibit in their classwork and beyond,” said Everette E Dennis, Dean and CEO of NU-Q. “We congratulate these outstanding students for this success and look forward to seeing them put the knowledge they gain here into practice so that they can become contributors and innovators in the world of media and communications in the future.” To be considered for the dean’s list, communication majors must have achieved at least a 3.75 grade point average (GPA) out of 4.0 on three graded courses, and journalism majors must have achieved a 3.7 GPA. Students who are on exchange at Evanston and completed five graded courses, may be considered for dean’s list if they earn a 3.75 GPA.Students who made it to the list of communication programme last spring includes Abdulla Fahad A E Kamal, Abdulla Yousef S Y al-Hor, Aimen Ahmed Jan, Alessandra El Chanti, Alia Abdulaziz M A Alkhater, AlJawhara Hamad al-Thani, Amal Ahmad AlMuftah, Amal Zeyad Fathi Ali, Amin Kamal Yassin Ahmed, Amina Niksic, Ammar Younas, Asmaa Benkermi, Ayza Sheikh, Basmah Kamran, Azmi, Bothayna Talal S S al-Mohammadi, Dana Abu Shanab, Fatema Jassim al-Theyab, Ge Gao, Hassan Mohammed H A al-Jahni, Hisham Khalil Ashour, Ibtesaam Mohamed Afroz Moosa, Jawaher Salman Mohamed Abdulla AlMoawda, Lama Abdallah Zaidieh, Lubna Mazin M K Mohsin, Maha Essid, Maha Ali Kuwari, Maryam Jassim Y M Suwaidi, Maryam Saud al-Khalifa, Mohammad Mahmoud Abdel Hafiz Qandas, Muhammad Muneeb-Ur-Rehman, Muhammad Humam, Muktar Omokayode Sanni, Njoud Mohammed al-Mana, Noof Abdulaziz A T al-Subaie, Noor Ahmed M A Own, Nouf Fahad Q A al-Thani, Noura Khalid Omer Ibrahim, Omar Ali AlAnsari, Rui Xin Oh, Samaya Bilal Deeb Mahmoud, Sana Mahdi Reda Ansari, Sarhan Khan, Shaikha Khaled Y I Alderbesti, Shaikha Salman Mohamed Abdulla Almoawda, Syed Muhammad Erzum Naqvi, Tamadur Khalid al-Mannai, Thamer Nasser al-Thani, Tony Ghazal, Yassine Ouahrani, and Younes Mana.Students who made it to the list of journalism programme last spring includes Abdulrahman Abdulla A R al-Nuaimi, Albandari Mohamed K N al-Kuwari, Asmahan Ibrahim Faten Qarjouli, Ayah Samir M M Awrtani, Boshra Nasser S H al-Meraikhi, Bothaina Saoud K H al-Thani, Danna
Takriti, Fareehan Salah Zaki Moustafa Elgakhlab, Fatima Hassan, Fatima Abdulla al-Saai, Habibah Abass, Hadice Tahire Koc, Haya Ibrahim al-Mannai, Haya Khalid al-Thani, Hissa Nasser al-Hitma, Ifath Arwah, Inaara Nizarali Gangji, Jawaher Mohammed K E al-Khater, Khadija Mohamed Islow, Lolwa Faleh al-Thani, Maha Hassan, Malek al-Manaa, Manar Ahmad al-Jamal, Mariam Abdulwasea Hamood Noman al-Dhubhani, Maryam Abdulla I H Badr, Muhammad Saad Ejaz, Muhammad Sikandar Ali Chaudary, Nada Ahmed Qaddourah, Neha Ara Rashid, Noor Mazen Abdulqader Abunab’a, Oma Zuhra Seddiq, Razan Hussam Ghadban, Rida Zahid Hejaze, Rouda Hamad al-Attiyah, Rumeysa Cihan Koc, Sana Zehra Hussain, Sara Hamad K H al-Thani, Sara Mashhood Sarwar, Sarah Yousuf Zainel, Shafaq Zia and Syeda Shageaa Naqvi.
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PS celebrates its 100th Day for the students of KG1Pearl School (PS) recently celebrated its 100th Day for the students of KG1. Sam Mathew, President of PS, was the chief guest at the event. Abdullah Abdulgafoor and Nisar, Members of the School Management, were also present on the occasion. The event kicked off with the recitation of the Holy Qur’an. The students welcomed the guests and parents. A dance and music performance
was also part of the event. The Chief Guest urged the parents to be proactive and participate in all the school programmes which will contribute to their children’s development. He also applauded and appreciated the little children for their enthusiastic participation. The event was concluded with the National Anthems of the Qatar and India.
Neha Kakkar enthrals Doha89.6 One FM recently organised ‘Neha Kakkar Live Concert’ at Ali Bin Hamad AI Attiyah Arena. The concert was the first edition of the best in Live Music to Doha. This was also a kick off the first-year anniversary celebrations of 89.6 One FM Qatar which is a hundred percent Qatari Hindi Radio Station. 89.6 One FM launched its new brand One FM Live, which will feature live concerts on regular basis. ‘Neha Kakkar Live Concert’ was the first of its series as part of One FM Live brand. The concert was a prelude to the year of India-Qatar cultural exchange 2019. Neha Kakkar, Bollywood playback singer, chooses to define her journey in the industry as a mix of hard work and luck. She never formally trained in music and yet managed to carve her own success story. Kakkar, who had her first brush with fame during her Indian Idol stint in 2006 has several chartbusters to her credit including Dhating Naach from Phata Poster Nikhla Hero, London Thumakda from Queen and Manali Trance from The Shaukeens.Neha Kakkar said, “I love Qatar, I have been welcomed with a warm heart and thousands of fans awaiting for me. I have received a lot of love already and will definitely plan to come here back soon. I have had one of the best experiences of staying at The Westin Hotel and Spa, they have provided me with top-class hospitality. I would like to thank One FM 89.6 (Qatar Ki Dhadkan) for hosting this amazing concert and pleasant stay for me and my entire team. Receiving love and prayers from thousands of people here in Doha made me fall in love with this country.”Commenting on the success of the event, Naveed Abdulla, CEO at 89.6 One FM Qatar, said, “I am
honoured to see this amount of people today, we were expecting 4000 plus people and we were happy to have received much more that our expectation, a full house packed crowd including the pavilions is thanks to all the eff orts by the entire team of One FM who worked really well to make this dream into reality. It is the fans that have filled Neha’s heart with more love and enthusiasm.” “Neha was crowned during the event as ‘Gaano Ki Queen 2018’ by P Kumaran, Ambassador of India, and Ali Abdul Sattar, Qatari music legend. The Gaano Ki Queen award will be a yearly aff air where 89.6 ONE FM will award popular female singers every year in association with One FM Live and its partners. We will host these concerts on a regular basis, we hope to receive more love from the up-coming events and endless support from all our sponsors who made this event possible,” Naveed Abdulla added.Ministry of Culture and Sports team members of National Tourism Council also supported the event. The event was supported by VIU, Malabar Gold and Diamonds, Oppo, Britannia, Able Waters, Talabat, VLCC, Bombay Silks and Brooks Café. The Westin Doha Hotel and Spa was the off icial host, European Guard and Security as our off icial security partner , Careem was the off icial ride, ILOVEQATAR was the off icial digital media partner, Qatar Events was the off icial event partner, WhatsupDoha the off icial web TV partner, Doha Rocks Café the off icial Café , Qatar Cinema company was the off icial cinema partner, Ayna Tickets and Wanasa Time our off icial online partners and thanks to all our off line ticketing partners.
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BALLET DANCE: Dancers in Germany perform Swan Lake, the famous ballet piece by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Remembering a Russian composer
For ballet lovers, it’s all about that heart-wrenching moment in Swan Lake where the music reaches a climax
depicting the despair and anguish of the betrayed swan princess.
For other music fans, it’s seeing Valery Gergiev conduct Symphony No 5 with the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra in St Petersburg. The renowned Russian maestro doesn’t conduct from the podium – instead, he weaves his way among the musicians, allowing the exquisite melodies to fl ow through his hands.
The music of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky still has the ability to pack concert halls around the world 125 years after his death.
Conductor and violist Yuri Bashmet remembers the fi rst time he heard Symphony No 6, known as the Pathetique, as a child.
“I listened to it several days in a row. I couldn’t stop, and I asked my parents to listen with me.”
The Pathetique, with its famous slow funeral march, was Tchaikovsky’s last work. He conducted the premiere himself in what was then the Russian capital, St Petersburg. Nine days later, on November 6, 1883, he died unexpectedly at the age of 53.
Some musicologists believe he committed suicide But it’s more likely that Tchaikovsky, who was a star not only in his homeland but also in the US and all over Europe,
was a victim of cholera, rampant at the time.
Tchaikovsky is often thought of as the composer who put Russia on the map of Western music culture. “He was extremely versatile,” says musicologist Lucinde Braun from the German University of Regensburg.
Tchaikovsky wrote symphonies, operas such as Eugene Onegin, ballet music and other orchestral works.
“He was an incredible orchestrator,” Braun says. He also wrote chamber music, songs and choral music. It is because of his great talent for melody, Braun says, that his music remains so popular today.
Tchaikovsky was born in 1840 in the village of Votkinsk in the Udmurt Republic. He studied law and initially worked as a civil servant before turning to a life in music.
His fi rst big breakthrough was the First Piano Concerto of 1874. A rich industrial heiress, Nadya von Meck, gave him generous fi nancial support.
In recent years, biographical interest in Tchaikovsky has centred around his alleged controversial ideas – precisely because of conservative Russia – rather than denying this side of the composer.
“For Russia, this is a political
question,” Braun says. There are almost certainly important clues about the composer’s life lingering in archives somewhere, she says.
But questions about Tchaikovsky’s life should not be allowed to overshadow his music, according to Braun.
“His greatest legacy is probably that his music led to ballet being seen as a musical genre in itself,” she says.
He was the fi rst serious composer to devote his energies to creating music for the stage, with works such as Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty.
To mark the 125th anniversary of his death, Tchaikovsky will be honoured in concert halls around the world during the 2018/19 concert season, and two leading music publishers – Music Production International (MPI) in Russia and Schott in Germany – have teamed up to produce a special anniversary edition of his complete works, with the fi rst volumes released in 2018.
Tchaikovsky struggled with self-doubt throughout his life, but on completing his Sixth Symphony in 1893, he had a rare burst of confi dence: “I give you my word of honour that never in my life have I been so contented, so proud, so happy in the knowledge that I have written a good piece,” he wrote to his publisher. So perhaps, after all, you could say he went out on a high note. – DPA
The music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky has the ability to pack concert halls
even 125 years after his death. The talented composer is thought of as the
man who put Russia on the map of music culture. By Friedemann Kohler
PERFORMANCE: Opera star Anna Netrebko, left, and maestro Valery Gergiev perform during a summer concert in Vienna.
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11Wednesday, November 21, 2018 GULF TIMES
COMMUNITYLIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE
ARIESMarch 21 — April 19
CANCERJune 21 — July 22
LIBRASeptember 23 — October 22
CAPRICORNDecember 22 — January 19
TAURUSApril 20 — May 20
LEOJuly 23 — August 22
SCORPIOOctober 23 — November 21
AQUARIUSJanuary 20 — February 18
GEMINIMay 21 — June 20
VIRGOAugust 23 — September 22
SAGITTARIUSNovember 22 — December 21
PISCESFebruary 19 — March 20
Your scattered energy comes together today in a powerful laser
beam of concentrated attention and eff ort. You will work until you
drop, and no-one and nothing had better get in your way! Keep up
the good pace. You’re going to feel more loved than usual, and this
changes absolutely everything for you.
You’re gifted at bringing people together, there’s no doubt about
that, Cancer. Today will be especially good for participating in or
initiating group activities. It’s a favourable day for any project related
to fellowship and assistance. You might do the groundwork to form a
team, discussion group, or charitable endeavour.
The day ahead will be a soothing one, Libra. Since it’s auspicious for
the material aspect of things, it’s a good time to settle household
issues like bills or repairs. But you might also take advantage of
today’s aspect to set in motion even more ambitious plans about
your living situation. Is it time to think more seriously about that
move you’ve been dreaming of?
You can expect your mood to improve today, Capricorn. The
professional and private projects that you have at the moment
should be progressing well. You feel reassured, and you’re
encouraged to make some new plans. If you continue to keep up the
good rhythm, you will have success in redefining your goals and life
direction.
It seems that the new planetary lineup has just opened up some
doors that had previously been shut. You revel in the confidence that
people have in you. It isn’t that your abilities have changed, just your
attitude! People trust you because you exhibit more self-confidence.
It’s a wonderful feeling, isn’t it? Hold on to it at all costs.
You have a promising day ahead, Leo. Finally, you will advance by
leaps and bounds in whatever needs to be done. Whatever has been
causing the delays will likely be revealed today. You return to the
skill and professionalism you so value after several weeks of halting
progress. Don’t tolerate any violation of your ethics now or in the
future.
You will be full of ideas for improving your lifestyle, Scorpio,
especially as it relates to your family. It’s true that over the past few
months you’ve experienced some hardships. You can breathe easier
now. Whether it’s for your career or home, today’s initiatives are
likely to bring great rewards. Take advantage of the atmosphere to
put together a realistic plan for the future.
Some people say that you miss out on life because of your tendency
to observe your life rather than experience life directly. If that’s the
case, then today will be a real departure for you. You will suddenly
seem more in contact with your sentiments and be more present
and connected to those around you. It feels good for a change,
doesn’t it?
There is a possibility that you feel cheated or taken advantage of in
some way. Do you feel as if you’re paying more than your fair share?
The day ahead gives you an opportunity to achieve recognition
for your eff orts and perhaps redress some grievances. It’s odd that
despite your tendency to espouse fairness, you feel uncomfortable
when the authorities rule in your favour.
There’s some likelihood that something you need or want has been
eluding your grasp. The somewhat strained aspect of the heavens
lately hasn’t helped. But today everything is within reach, especially
if it was material considerations holding you back. You have an
auspicious day ahead, so make the most of it!
Is discipline high on your list of priorities lately, Sagittarius? You’re
undoubtedly trying to inject some order into your daily life, and your
behaviour could benefit from some adjustment as well. Whether it
concerns food, hygiene, or simply the intensity of your daily rhythm,
it’s possible that you will notice a real improvement today.
Today, Pisces, you’re in the mood for commitment! Take time to
connect with the social world as you seek like-minded people who
can share your intimate, individualistic realm. Ultimately, we all have
to figure out how to make our way in society. Today you will feel
more sociable than usual. Expect to have some good ideas about
ways you can enlarge your social circle.
How to take care of your garden tools
Taking good care of your garden tools will make them last longer and will also make them work better for
you in the garden. During the winter season when you are putting your garden to bed, is the right time to get your tools cleaned up and in good condition so that they are ready to start working for you in the summer and spring season.
Harpreet Ahluwalia, owner of Earthly Creations and Anjali Jain, owner of Kala Drishti list some tips on taking care of your garden tools.
Clean the dirt: The first step you need to do is to clean off the dirt from your shovel, trowel and other gardening tools. Cleaning extends the lifespan of a tool by removing moisture-laden, rust enhancing soil from the surface. Clean the tools with a nice brush and a stream of water. Pruners have sap on them, therefore clean it with little turpentine and a steel wool.
Get rid of the rust: After cleaning up the tools, clean up the
rust using turpentine oil and steel wool. These two are usually used along with elbow grease to remove any rust area on the tools.
Cleaning up some tools
becomes easier when you take them apart like a hand pruner has a bolt that can be taken off and take the blades apart. It makes it a lot easier to clean them.
Sharpen your tool: With the constant use in cutting and digging in your garden, the tools become un-sharpened. Therefore, use a nice file, either flat or round
to sharpen the edges. The round file is a little bit easy to file blades which are curved like a pruner or a curved edge of a shovel. Tip: File the edges in one direction and away from yourself and in a safe angle.
Apply rust inhibitor: This is the final step. Even after cleaning and drying, steel tools are still vulnerable to rust when exposed to oxygen. After sharpening the edges of your garden tools, apply rust inhibitors. If required, you can use motor oil, it is an inexpensive and effective rust preventer. Just spray it over the tools and the oil will insulate the metal and will prevent it from oxidising.
Facelift your old tools: You can give a new look to your old garden tools with some DIY decorating ideas. For instance, you can paint the old, plain and boring plastic/steel watering cans with colours and draw some images on it. This can also serve as a decorative item in your garden area. You can even decorate the wooden handle of the old grass cutter. — IANS
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Adam
Pooch Cafe
Garfield
Bound And Gagged
Codeword
Wordsearch
Every letter of the alphabet is used at least once. Squares with the same number in have the same letter in. Work out which number represents which letter.
California with her (5)2. Explained it had been earned
net (4,5)3. Does the woodworm find it
tasty? (8,6)4. For washing, dilute in a
container (7)5. Sam has a point. It’s
contaminated (7)7. Brief, which is very good (5)8. Considered valuable, takes a
certain step to protect it (9)9. Not taking things as light-
heartedly as you should? (7,7)14. A bad time of year for children
(9)16. A stiff drink or two (6,3)18. Is in a paper wrapping, they
tell one (7)19. He has an unsettling effect on
people (7)22. It’s about time to come round
and consent (5)24. The better players make a
packet (5)
Wednesday, November 21, 201814 GULF TIMES
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Glitz &
GlamBy Muhammad Asad Ullah
Fashion week, movie premier and glitz glam happening months are long gone which accredits to the snow fall or the
chilly winds that have taken over, not just South Asia, but worldwide. But don’t worry: Instagram is still a never-ending runway of stellar outfi ts, intense conversations, gloomy layers and a place to let out some inner thoughts. High-impact eye moments kicked off this week’s best beauty Instagrams, a series of saturated pigments contrasting with nearly-naked lids that somehow packed a similar punch. From where our favourite celebrities travelled this week to what they wore and which new projects they’ve signed, Instagram gives an exclusive – on-spot-insight.
It was a complete colour explosion on Instagram this week. From Mahira Khan’s look from recent advertisement, swaying Ali Xeeshan’s bridal piece, to Kubra Khan’s woolly winter look during the shoot – it’s all casual with hits! So what exactly caught our attention this week? We have the lowdown.
The regal beauty Mahira KhanMahira Khan recently posted
a video and BTS images of her upcoming advertisement. And when I say this, believe it – she looked stunning in traditional bridal wear by Ali Xeeshan featuring intricate convoluted embroideries, fi erce and distinctive rather than forgettably pretty – a neutral-toned long-gown with plenty of sequined and feathered drama. Mahira’s minimalism in terms of makeup, hair do and jewellery adorned is a win win!
Ahsan Khan and his new teaser of Aangan
Ahsan Khan unveiled the third
teaser of the much-anticipated drama, Aangan, featuring Sonya Hussyn and himself. Written by Mustafa Afridi, Aangan is set in 1940s touching the base of pre-partition era. While we have seen Ahsan in a pre-partition setting before in drama serial Daastan on premier entertainment channel HUM TV, Sonya has never been seen before in such a role.
The mammas boy – Feroze Khan
Actor Feroze Khan shared an adorable picture with his mother
in honour of her birthday with a promise to take care of her forever. What a sweet, sweet message. The guy has our heart now! The heartthrob can be seen playing Romeo in the currently airing drama, Romeo Weds Heer on Entertainment Channel Geo. Have you been following it?
Ali Zafar sharing his poetry piece
As for the social media-savvy music titans, Ali Zafar stood out in our feed as he shared his latest piece of poetry with his fans, taking over
the social media, however, some were unable to read it, since it was in Urdu, but hey he then posted a beautiful translated recitation of the same.
Hamza Ali Abbasi’s scenic moments
High up in the mountains in his winter woolly, Hamza Ali Abbasi shared a photograph right from the shoot of his upcoming drama serial Alif, to remind everyone how picturesque landscapes Pakistan has. Spotted in Kalabagh, northern hilly area of Pakistan.
Fahad Hussayn: High with fashion, going online
Fashion designer, Fahad Hussayn, announced Pakistan’s fi rst ever online fashion show. We’re rooting for Fahad who makes a stellar statement every time. Be it on ramp, or photoshoots. Who needs a catwalk when you’ve got the World Wide Web. And knowing Fahad we’re counting on some drama.
Kubra Khan, a sad penguin?While she called herself a sad
penguin, we cannot help but obsess for how beautiful and fl awless she looked, wrapped up for warmth while at a chilly hill station.There’s just something about fall weather that has people turning to the more subdued hues in their wardrobe. Kubra will be seen playing the role of Husn e Jahan in upcoming drama serial Alif alongside Hamza Ali Abbasi, Sajal Aly, Ahsan Khan, Osman Khalid Butt, Manzar Sehbai and others.
Breezy Saba QamarAs actress Saba Qamar shared the
photo of herself, hair fl ying in the air like shaking off all the troubles in life, her eff ortless yet smiling face has won our hearts. How she paired a simple denim shirt is evidence that she can wear a simple garment and make it look like million dollars.
Top Insta moments of the week
Hamza Ali Abbasi Feroze Khan with his mother. Ali Zafar shares his poetry piece.
Saba Qamar goes on a care-free ride.Kubra Khan in Nathigali for a shoot. Ahsan Khan and Sonya Hussayn
Fahad Hussayn announces Pakistan’s first online fashion show.Mahira Khan in Ali Xeeshan Bridal Couture.
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Amy Schumer back to work
Actress Amy Schumer has returned to work after her recent hospitalisation.
The 37-year-old comedienne, who is expecting her fi rst child with husband Chris Fische, was admitted to a medical centre for hyperemesis gravidarum, or severe nausea and vomiting, reports eonline.com
Schumer performed a comedy show at the New Jersey Performing Art Center a few days ago.
After her performance, the Trainwreck actress took to Instagram and wrote: “Thanks for bringing me back to life Newark (something no one else has ever said).”
The event was originally supposed to take place in September and was later rescheduled due to a scheduling confl ict for Schumer. – IANS
Lady Gaga still not back home aft er California wildfi re
Singer-actress Lady Gaga, who had to evacuate during the raging wildfi re in California, says she still hasn’t been able to return to her home.
Gaga told variety.com that she probably won’t be back until after Thanksgiving.
She said: “The fi re had nonetheless burned parts of my property. I am so grateful for the fi refi ghters who put them out. It’s still so smoky. I’m not sure when we could go back. But I’m grateful. So grateful.”
Amidst such hardships, the Bad romance hit-maker was seen helping fi refi ghters.
On Saturday, she visited L.A. County Fire Station 27 and was seen bringing meatballs and pasta to the fi refi ghters. She also tried on some fi re gear, which she found incredibly heavy.
“I feel so bad for everyone. People losing everything. I am going to do more, do what I can,” Gaga added. – IANS
Actor Arshad Warsi’s performances in Munna Bhai M.B.B.S., Golmaal: Fun Unlimited, Dhamaal and Ishqiya have been
loved by audiences and critics alike. He says less visibility does not bother him as an actor as his parameters of choosing a project combines not only good script but also collaborating with good people.
Arshad will soon to be seen in Sunny Deol and Preity Zinta-starrer Bhaiyaji Superhit, which releases on Friday.
Even though he has been appreciated consistently over the years, what makes him do so few fi lms?
“Firstly, it feels nice for an actor to gain the confi dence of the maker as they believe that I can bring something to the table while playing a character. I can handle a good human being who is an average talent, but cannot handle a great talent who is a stupid human being,” Arshad said,
“Apart from a good script, the cast and crew matter to me. I really can work with an averagely talented crew but cannot work with people who are brilliant at their jobs but bad people to mingle with. That really puts me off ... So for me, fi nding a combination of a good script and good people is a rarity. That is why selective work is happening.”
The actor has managed to make his mark in commercial potboilers as well as content-driven fi lms like Anthony Kaun Hai?, Kabul Express, Jolly LLB, Hulchul and Golmaal 3.
What makes him so confi dent about his position in the fi lm industry which is so cut-throat otherwise?
Arshad explained: “I am the last person to be worried about the attention. I strongly believe that if an individual knows his job and is really good at it, the work will always come. One cannot stay jobless if one is sincere. Fear of losing visibility comes when you are faking talent.”
Citing an example, he said: “People like Amitabh Bachchan, Rishi Kapoor and Naseeruddin Shah will always work no matter how old they become or how few fi lms they are doing... Because they magnify talent.”
Born and brought up in Nasik, Arshad initially struggled to survive; but he was very good at dancing
and won several awards and prizes in dance competitions, including at World Dance championship, London.
Before entering Bollywood as an actor, Arshad worked as an assistant director and choreographed a song for the fi lm Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja.
How does he look back at his journey – the transformation of a dancer into an actor?
“I really really miss dancing. When I started dancing at a young age, I was so passionate about dance. I knew it is my passion and I wanted to live for it, but (I knew I) would not be able to make my living out of it. Back then, the opportunity was not much for a dancer to make money. I knew I had to do something else to earn money. There came the acting.
“But my friends and family said that my personality did not change much... I’ve only become a little mature with age,” smiled the 50-year-old.
If he had to choose his favourite and most challenging character as an actor, which would it be?
Arshad said: “I enjoyed playing Babban from the fi lm Ishqiya because that was a very tricky character to play. He is a grey character with a sense of humour, yet something is very off about him. I liked that. Of course, I loved playing Circuit (from Munnabhai...’).
However, he said he does not fi nd any of his characters challenging.
“I do not look at any character as challenging. I try to understand the essence of it, and perform. I do not analyse my performance and really do not worry about its future. I do not have any anxiety before a performance. Of course, my heart breaks if my performance is not liked by the audience, because that is all you want as an artiste; but I get up and go again... It is not the end of the world.”
The actor is also gearing up for his digital debut with the show Asura.
More than the medium, Arshad is excited about the story because he feels it is very well-written.
“I am not talking much about the medium because for me acting is acting. Whether it is a fi lm or a web show, it is about acting in front of the camera.” – IANS
Good script, good people is a rare combination, says Warsi
CANDID: Arshad Warsi says that less visibility does not bother him as an actor.
“People like Amitabh Bachchan, Rishi Kapoor and Naseeruddin
Shah will always work no matter how old they become or how few
films they are doing... Because they magnify talent”
UP AGAIN: Amy Schumer has returned to work after her recent hospitalisation.
THANKFUL: Lady Gaga says she is grateful for the firefighters who put out the fire.
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GROUP: From left, Marafi Abdelhameed Dafaalla, Board member at AYCM Qatar,; Neeshad Shafi, Executive Director of AYCM-Qatar; Aliguma Saul Rayan, member of AYCM Qatar; and Sayeed Mohammed, Director, Science and Research at AYCM Qatar, in a group photo. Photos supplied
Raising awareness about environmental changeArab Youth Climate Movement Qatar recently released a short video highlighting
the significance of raising awareness on the issue featuring messages of diff erent
ambassadors and diplomats in Qatar. By Mudassir Raja
Climate change is a burning issue in today’s world. There are two levels of addressing it. One is at a government level and other is at the individual level. At the
individual level, awareness and authentic information about the issue is the key.
Arab Youth Climate Movement Qatar (AYCM-Q) has been focusing on raising awareness about the global issue that has been aff ecting everyone. They have been regularly organising talks and seminars in Qatar where experts speak about the issue and how an individual can help reduce the impact of the climate change.
Most recently, AYCM-Q released a short video, fi ve-minute-long, at a ceremony held at Qatar National Library. The video highlights the signifi cance of raising awareness on the issue featuring messages of diff erent ambassadors and diplomats in Qatar.
Many people attended the video launch ceremony including the ambassadors of Germany, the Netherlands, Tanzania, Sweden, and Unesco Director of GCC and Yemen, highlighting the growing recognition of the need for awareness and action to climate change at the individual level.
Talking to Community, Neeshad Shafi , Executive Director of AYCM-Q, said, “The documentary Stories of Connectedness introduces viewers to the topic of climate change. Diff erent diplomats and ambassadors have voiced their support for a global action.”
He said, “The documentary was produced and directed by AYCM-Q in four months as part of its strategic initiative ‘Bringing Closer to Nature’, aimed at developing series of videos
on various environmental issues in a systematic approach explaining the interrelationship and delicate balance that exists between all living beings, including the nature. There is a dire need of understanding how global and local ecosystems work and interact and how our human intervention at diff erent levels is altering the balance of the local-global ecosystem.”
He further said, “Ajay Sharma, Ambassador of Britain; Bahia Tahzib-Lie, Ambassador of the Netherlands; Francisco Niembro, Ambassador of Mexico; Anna Paolini, Director of Unesco to GCC & Yemen; Hans-Udo Muzel, Ambassador of Germany; Ewa Polano, Ambassador of Sweden; Eric Chevallier, former Ambassador of France; Ivonne
Baki, Ambassdor of Ecuador; Adrian Norfolk, Ambassador of Canada; and Maciej Kubicki, former Charge d’Affaires of Poland; have shared their voices in the video documentary. The messages explain how climate change affects our planet, why we need to act promptly to mitigate its effects, and how youth can contribute to climate action and solution.”
“Water scarcity or surplus water often threatens local population. But, it can also trigger wild confl ict and migration. Adapting to climate change is as important as fi ghting for it.” said Bahia Tahzib-Lie in her video message.
In his video message, Neeshad says, “Climate change is threatening everyone. It is aff ecting the communities we live in and
damaging our natural ecosystems. Every ecosystem that our survival is dependent on.” He added, “Our behaviours must change keeping in mind how our relationship with nature must evolve and that every day that passes is a wasted opportunity.”
“Impacts of El Niño 30 or 40 years ago were not as bad as it is now. Now, we are seeing a lot of fl ooding, Extreme rain and rising of the oceans across globe,” said Ivonne Baki.
Eric Chevallier explained the importance of Paris Agreement and said, “This was a key moment in history. But it was only a starting point. This is not the end of the story. It is beginning of the dynamics or stepping of dynamics”.
“Since World War-II, our way of consuming went too far and is not sustainable anymore. It is defi nitely not sustainable for the Earth to cope with. We don’t have any other option, so why don’t we care about it?” said Anna Paolini.
“If we don’t take climate action, it will have impact people’s livelihoods, it will impact on our lifestyle, it will have impact on our community,” said Ajay Sharma.
Ewa Polano said, “We need to work together, because climate change aff ects us all, it has no borders.”
Maciej Kubicki emphasised the importance of youth for climate action and invited all to the upcoming COP24, UNFCC climate change conference, in Katowice, Poland.
Hessa al-Noaimi, AYCM-Qatar board member, in the video has explained how they are helping in raising awareness among the youth about the severity of the issue.
SCREENING: The five-minute-long video being screened for the audience at Qatar National Library.
