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ART WORKSHOP

Artists inspire employees

Awealth of artistic tal-ent was on display at a temporary art studio at the RasGas Company

Limited’s (RasGas) premises last week.

Three prominent Qatari art-ists set up a temporary studio and shared their experience with RasGas employees.

The temporary studio was part of a project dubbed Artists in Residence which offered artists and employees an opportunity to inspire and be inspired by one another.

While the artists were working on their pieces in their temporary studio, employees were invited to browse a selection of their recent works on display. Those wishing to brush up on their drawing tal-ents were also given a chance to attend one of two still life drawing workshops led by prominent Qatari artist Eman Al Hidous together with Ali Al Kuwari.

“Reaching out to the local community is one of the four

cornerstones of our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) pro-gramme. We’re very proud to host this Artists in Residence project which saw the new generation of local artists promote traditional art forms and use it as a common lan-guage to engage with our widely diverse workforce,” said Ali Zayed Al Marri, Public Affairs Manager at RasGas.

To maximise the Artists in Residence Project’s reach within RasGas, it was hosted for two consecutive days at the company’s Doha headquarters and Ras Laffan building. A selection of paintings resulting from this will be featured in one of the company’s future projects.

RasGas has been collaborating with local artists at several other occasions as well. In a recent event, RasGas invited the Qatar Photographic Society to Ras Laffan to take black and white close up shots of the Helium 2 facility and featured them at the facility’s inau-guration ceremony. The Peninsula

03ENGINEERING CONTEST


The final phase of Qatar University’s 2015 Life is Engineering Project (LIEP) culminated in the

closing race in which 14 schools participated, with Omar bin Abdulaziz Independent Secondary School for Boys emerging win-ners. The winners get the oppor-tunity for a trip to the US that will include visits to Nasa, and GMC and Chevrolet car factories.

Second-place winner Tarek bin Zeyad Independent Secondary School for Boys was awarded QR20,000, with Qatar Technical Secondary School in third place receiving QR16,000.

The race and award cere-mony were conducted at Lusail International Circuit in the pres-ence of QU Vice-President for Research Dr Hassan Al Derham, College of Engineering (CENG) Dean Dr Rashid Al Ammari, Qapco Head of Academic Affairs Abdulrahman Sultan Al Darwish, Raytheon International — Middle East President Yezen Munir, Qatar Shell Social Investment Salah Al Malak, Qchem Training and Development Superintendent Robin Ullrich, Dolphin Energy Limited Director Khalid Al Khori, and Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department Acting Head Prof Elsadig El Mahdi.

The project, which started last November was held under spon-sorship by Qapco and Raytheon (Gold), Qatar Shell, QChem and Dolphin Energy (Silver) and in strategic partnership with Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF).

�Dr Al Derham thanked the sponsors, LIEP organising committee and the par-ticipating schools, and added: “This project aims to get secondary school students involved in scientific and engineering subjects, and raise their awareness of the different engineering majors being offered at the College of Engineering”.

In his remarks, Dr Al Ammari noted that CENG launched LIEP several years ago to motivate the largest number of Qatari students to pursue studies in

engineering towards a future career in order to bring the Qatar National Vision 2030 to reality. He added: “The engineering profession is the effective participation and involvement in many aspects of our everyday life. Qatar’s rapid progress requires engineers in many different sectors, CENG recog-nises that engineers are the leaders of development and through LIEP, we are empowering students to appreciate their future responsibility as the next leaders and to motivate them towards studies in engineering.”

Dolphin Energy’s General Manager – Qatar, Adel Ahmed Albuainain said: “Life Is Engineering continues to grow in strength and popularity and it is very encouraging to see so many schools participate this year and embrace the spirit of the Project. We will continue

to actively engage in

initiatives that promote science and engineering and I would like to extend my congratulations to the winners and to all those who participated.”

Other winning categories included:

Most Beautiful Car: Tarek bin Zeyad Independent Secondary School for Boys, First Manufactured Car: Qatar Technical Secondary School, Technical Innovation: Omair Independent Secondary School for Boys, Lightest Car: Mohammed bin Abdulwahab Independent Secondary School for Boys, Creative Movie: Ahmed bin Hanbal Independent Secondary School for Boys, First-to-reach car: Doha Independent Secondary School for Boys, Best Manufacturing: Ibn Taimya Independent Secondary School for Boys, Commitment: Hamad bin Abdullah Independent Secondary School for Boys, Best Design: Ahmed bin Mohammed Independent Secondary School for Boys, Advanced Materials Manufacturing: Religious Institute, Discipline: Jassim bin Hamad Independent Secondary School for Boys, Best Cooperation and First Technically-passed car: Omar bin Al Khattab Independent Secondary School for Boys, Safety: Khalifa Independent Secondary School for Boys.

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Trip to Nasa awaits Qatar varsity LIEP winners

CENG launched LIEP several years ago to motivate the largest number of Qatari students to pursue studies in engineering towards a future career in order to bring the Qatar National Vision 2030 to reality.

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CAMPUS

With an aim to promote and exhibit the hidden talents of the students, the cultural com-

mittee of MES India School conducted a talent show in the school auditorium recently. The forum was specially cre-ated for those unsung budding talents, who otherwise, could not make it to the limelight. Nearly 15 students per-formed Kuchupudi, Bharatanatyam, Mappilappattu, instrumental music and magic show. P K Mohammed, General Secretary of the school Governing Board was present. Nasreen Shihabudeen, Sumitha Abdul Nassar, Bibi Biju, teachers of Girls’ Section, coordinated the programme.

Shafallah Centre do their bit for Educate a Child

Sheikh Faisal Centre for Arabic opens at ASD

Shafallah Centre for Children with Special Needs took part in a special auction,donating three

of its students’ paintings. The pro-ceeds from the auction went to Educate a Child (EAC), a global programme of Education Above All Foundation (EAA), and an initiative adopted by the Arab Museum, which supports the access of the largest number of children to pri-mary education.

EAC is a global initiative launched by H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development and Unesco Special Envoy for Basic & Higher Education,

during the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) that took place in Doha in 2012. EAC works with part-ner organisations toward its mission to trigger significant breakthroughs in providing out of school children faced with extreme poverty, cultural barriers, and conflict-affected environments an opportunity for a full course of quality primary education.

Shafallah Centre’s support of EAC stems from its commitment and vision that recognises the importance of enabling children to fulfil their true potential in any circumstance, and enjoy their full rights to become active members of society.

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Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani officially opened the Sheikh Faisal Centre for Arabic

with a ribbon cutting ceremony at the American School of Doha (ASD), com-memorating his donation of resources for the Centre and for a new Sheikh Faisal Arabic Scholar Programme for all Arabic speaking students. The Opening Ceremony was attended by Dr Deborah Welch, PhD, Director of ASD, along with the ASD leader-ship team, Arabic Faculty members and students. Members of the Arab Mothers Association were also present.

Sheikh Faisal said: “The Sheikh Faisal Centre for Arabic aims to give ASD students an important Arabic resource at the school. The new

Arabic Scholar Programme will help them master reading, writing and speaking in their own language to become confident young Arabs when they leave school, giving them an important head start in life. It will then be open to other schools in Qatar to enhance their Arabic syllabus.”

Dr Deborah Welch, said: “We are very grateful to Sheikh Faisal for his generous donation for the new Sheikh Faisal Centre for Arabic which will give our students an important Arabic her-itage resource at our school, and for facilitating the new Arabic Scholar Programme. The program will ensure that our students have the opportu-nity to excel in their own language.”

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05MARKETPLACE/CAMPUS


GU-Q completes community education programme

Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) completed its inaugu-ral community education pro-

gramme which included a wide range of non-credit classes for the wider community in Qatar. The new pro-gram commemorated Georgetown’s 10th anniversary of academic excel-lence in Qatar and was the first of its kind at the Qatar campus. Each class ran for six consecutive weeks and all classes were open to male and female participants over the age of 18.

With a goal of providing continu-ing learning opportunities for Qatari citizens and residents GU-Q com-munity education initiative presented a unique opportunity residents of Qatar to take part in courses on top-ics such as comparative religious perspectives; contemporary issues in Gulf studies; Arab politics; innova-tions in digital learning, using online learning; how to appreciate Arabic poetry; great philosophers and con-temporary world events; Islam and contemporary issues; the history of the Middle East; and sports education and exercise science: contemporary issues & relevance to Qatar.

At the closing ceremony, Dr Gerd Nonneman, Dean of Georgetown in Qatar, extended his congratulations

and offered a special acknowledge-ment to the very first community education class participants and to the inaugural faculty who taught the classes. During his remarks, Dean Nonneman commented on the value of community education to the public.

Dr Nonneman said: “We always felt—particularly our faculty felt—that we wanted to do more to engage with the people in Qatar through a form of education beyond what we normally do here at GU-Q, and these community classes were always at the forefront of our intentions. I’m delighted we have now been able to make this a reality.” Dean Nonneman further noted that GU-Q’s com-munity education initiative is a key component of the University’s out-reach efforts to the broader society in Qatar.

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Souq Waqif Boutique Hotels (SWBH) has recently opened its newest gem, Najd Boutique Hotel, in the heart of Souq Waqif in the presence of high profile guests and local media representatives. Najd is SWBH’s

ninth hotel in Qatar. Najd is an architectural landmark with its majestic Arabian design and state-of-the-art amenities, representing a unique blend of originality and modernity. With 15 rooms and two signature suites, the hotel is luxuriously decorated in bold colours with intricate latticework that capture the imagination and please the eye. Each room offers a distinctive interpretation of the overall theme of Arabic modernism steeped in luxury, creating a truly unforgettable welcometo the historical centre of Doha.

FNAC opens first Mideast shop at Lagoona Mall

Designed for a unique, engaging and fun customer experience, FNAC, a leading French retail store renowned for diverse

offerings, has opened its first outlet in the Middle East at Lagoona Mall.

The event was held under the patron-age of Minister of Education and Higher Education and the Secretary General of the Supreme Education Council H E Dr Mohammed Abdul Wahed Al Hammadi, in the presence of Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage, H E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari, Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim bin Mohammad Al Thani, Chairman of the Qatar Chamber, Rabia’a bin Mohammad Al Ka’abi, rep-resentative of Ministry of Education and Higher Education, and Manuel Biota, FNAC’s VP Franchising & New Format, along ambassadors, dignitaries and special guests.

Founded in 1954, FNAC is a globally recognised retailer with stores world-wide including Europe, South America and North Africa. Doha will be the

region’s first destination for the concept store that has entertained audiences globally and will boost the retail brand’s expansion strategy in the Middle East in partnership with Darwish Holding.

Commenting on the new venture, Bader Al Darwish, said, “We are very excited to bring FNAC to Qatar and are confident that this new destination will further enhance the nation’s cultural fabric. All our initiatives are focused on excellence, quality and creativity, and this strategic partnership further reiter-ates our commitment to bringing the very best in global brands and innova-tive concepts to our local audiences. FNAC is distinguished worldwide for its contribution to promoting global cul-tures and bringing people together, and we are delighted to be joining forces with them in their ambitious plans for the Middle East.”

Manuel Biota said: “As part of its strategic development, FNAC is open-ing its first store in the Middle East and precisely in Doha, aiming to use Qatar

as a window platform and centre of excellence to its future expansion in this region. It is no coincidence that FNAC has chosen Darwish Holding as its Qatari partner, since Darwish

Holding and its Technology Division are key players in the retail and dis-tribution of cultural and electronic goods in this market.

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The Minister of Culture, Art and Heritage HE Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari, along with Manuel Biota, Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Al Thani, French Ambassador Eric Chevallier and Badar Al Darwish, opening the FNAC showroom at the Lagoona Mall in Doha. (SALIM MATRAMKOT)

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TRAVEL

BY BRIGID SCHULTE

As I stood in the basket of the hot air balloon at dawn in the fantastical land-scape of Cappadocia, Turkey, clutching my

13-year-old daughter’s arm in terror, I realised that this is the very reason why travelling with teenagers can be such an adventure. Just as they so expertly know how to push your buttons at home, they can also push you out of your comfort zone on a trip. Sometimes way, way out.

I’m terrified of heights. My son, Liam, who decided to sleep in that morn-ing at the Kale Konak Cave Hotel in Uchisar, also gets a little queasy when he’s too high off the ground. But my daughter, Tessa, like her father, Tom, is a daredevil.

So as the colourful balloons filled with helium on that chilly February morning, as my teeth chattered with cold and fear, she flung her arms around her father with a childlike joyful abandon I hadn’t seen in years. Ah, I thought, there she is. I knew she was still in there under that growly teen who thinks I’m a dork.

The Voyager hot air balloon ride turned out to be a gentle, magical float above valleys filled with “fairy chim-neys” — tall, thin spires of stone — and ancient settlements cut into the rock. Tom, Tessa and I were just as giddy from the experience as any high we’d get from the champagne the pilots served after we landed. But honestly, for me, the real magic was that we shared the adventure together.

When Tom and I decided that we’d take our two sometimes surly teenag-ers along with us on a business trip to Turkey, I had a dreaded vision: the two of them stretched out on their respec-tive beds in some charmless chain hotel in Istanbul, ordering hamburgers off the room service menu while plugged into their iPhones watching Netflix, discon-nected from us and oblivious to the strange and swirling new world around them.

So the first decision I made, while it cost us financially, turned out to be one of the best: I turned down the all-expenses-paid accommodations in a five-star hotel in the modern business district offered by the organisers of the conference where I’d be speak-ing. Instead, I surfed the Internet until I found a small, quirky and wonderful little boutique hotel — five old townhouses really — set around a lovely courtyard and the ruins of a 15th-century hamam, or Turkish bath.

The Hotel Empress Zoe, named for a colourful grande dame of the Byzantine era immortalized in one of the breath-taking golden mosaics in the 6th-century Hagia Sophia, was right in the heart of the old city, in the Sultanahmet neighbourhood. It was just a short walk up winding, cobblestone streets to the

Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, the Grand Bazaar, the Topkapi Palace, home of the Ottoman sultans for 400 years, and that strange and swirling new world I wanted us all to see.

The next best decision turned out to be serendipitous: We had brought only one adapter. That meant that eve-ryone’s gadgets — our four iPhones, two laptops and an iPad — all died slow, battery-draining deaths. And Liam and Tessa found out the hard way that Netflix isn’t available in Turkey.

That meant our teenagers had to talk to us. At least some of the time.

We felt the difference almost imme-diately. Arriving into Istanbul after a long Turkish Airlines flight late in the evening, we left our dead devices in the family-style room at the Empress Zoe — we shared two bedrooms, a small kitchenette and a bathroom with its own marble hamam — and wan-dered up the street to the Aloran Cafe and Restaurant. “Hello nice family!” the host called, and began bringing heaping plates of the most delicious meze, or appetisers, of hummus, olive oil, feta and olives, followed by lamb kebabs, rice and baskets of warm, poofy pita bread just out of the oven.

Soon, we found ourselves laugh-ing, joking and telling stories. The kids gamely tried baklava and gooey Turkish Delight for dessert and were sent home with blue glass evil eye trinkets by our friendly waiter. “It’s nice not to have you nag about homework,” Tessa said on the way out the door. Note to self: Shut up about homework around the dinner table.

We walked the winding streets after dinner, admiring the oddly shaped gourds that had been turned into fes-tive lamps with brightly coloured lights. We ducked into a carpet shop.

When the kids tired of the spectacle

and wanted to go back to the hotel, Tom and I let them. It wasn’t far. And the beauty of travelling with teens clam-ouring for more independence is that they were finally old enough to have a measure of it.

We planned the trip in the same spirit. We knew we wouldn’t have much time — seven days in all — and we wanted everyone’s input so that we wouldn’t fly halfway around the world only to have the kids treat this trip as another lame attempt at Forced Family Fun.

I spread travel books and maps around the kitchen table and called up websites. Tessa voted for the hot air bal-loons of Cappadocia. Liam wanted to see Troy, but once we discovered there wasn’t a lot left of it to see, we settled on visiting the ruins of Ephesus, which date to the 10th century BC. On the day I would be working, Tom had planned a trip to Gallipoli, where a young Mustafa Kemal battled British, Australian and New Zealand troops in World War I. And I wanted to do three things: Go to a Turkish bath. Buy spices in the spice bazaar. And see whirling dervishes.

We learned that even on a trip abroad, you can push teens only so far. They were game for a Turkish bath at the elegant Ayasofya Hurrem Sultan Hamam, built in 1556 and renovated in 2011, just across the square from the Hagia Sophia, though none of us knew quite what to expect. (The kids thought having someone scrub off all your dead skin was weird. Getting a massage on heated marble covered in bubbles was OK.)

And they patiently sat through the mesmerizing Sema worship ceremony of whirling dervishes at the 13th-cen-tury Sultanhan Caravanserai on the Silk Road between Aksaray and Konya.

But getting lost on the way to the spice bazaar after visiting the Grand

Bazaar pushed them both over the edge. Getting lost, to me, can be one of the greatest pleasures of travel — you never know what you’ll discover. But they were hungry, cold and tired and had already schlepped around a lot that day. “Why do you want spices anyway? You never cook!” (I bought saffron. I’m going to use it. Watch me.)

So we got smarter. We scaled back on the sightseeing to give everyone more downtime, yes, even limited time with their anaemically charged devices. We stayed in another family room at the lovely Nisanyan Houses and Hotel in the mountain village of Sirince. We got in late in the evening after a long day seeing the stunningly beautiful ruins of Ephesus. So, over a delicious meal of steak, roasted chicken and potatoes and pasta for our vegetarian daughter in the cozy dining room, we decided not to leave at the crack of dawn the next day as planned. We stayed up late playing backgammon in front of the fire in our room. And the next morning, as the kids got some rest, Tom and I took an early morning walk around the village among peacocks, roosters and one insistently loud donkey.

And we made sure seeing sights didn’t become a To Do List to slog through. When we visited the ruins of the ancient spa city of Hierapolis, we made sure we had enough time to wade in the blindingly white calcite thermal pools of Pamukkale, and to swim in the outdoor thermal Cleopatra Pool, stud-ded with Greek and Roman columns, which, though touristy, was a lot of fun. In Cappadocia, when we finished a hike through the otherworldly Red Valley, we left plenty of time for a long lunch at the Old Greek House in Mustafapasa. And on a visit to a ceramic factory, we took our time so the kids could try their hands at the pottery wheel.

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Hot-air balloons stand in Cappadocia, Turkey. The bizarre rock formations typical of this volcanic region are known as “fairy chimneys.’’

Even unplugged teens can still savour Turkish delights

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BY NIGEL SLATER

You don’t need a machine to make great pasta, but you do need time, elbow grease and a rolling pin. And whether it’s

pappardelle or ravioli, you can serve it with pride

My dislike of kitchen gadgets, which is no doubt part of my phobia of clutter in general, extends to the pasta machine. So when I fancy mak-ing my own pappardelle, or stuffing little parcels with ricotta and herbs, or crab and parmesan, it’s just me and the rolling pin. Rolling-pin pasta is never quite as silky as machine-made, but it’s a pleasing way to spend an afternoon. It’s hands-on cooking at its most relaxing.Basic dough

Soft, fine, and to my mind essential,

‘00’ flour is available from larger supermarkets and Italian grocers.

Italian ‘00’ flour 300gsalt ¼ tspeggs 3Combine the flour and salt. Put the

flour in a pile on a work surface or in a large mixing bowl. Break the eggs into a bowl and beat briefly. Make a well in the centre of the flour and pour in the eggs. Bring the mixture together with your fingers to form a soft dough, adding a little more flour if it sticks. Knead firmly until the dough is no longer sticky and is elastic to the touch. Wrap it in cling film and leave to rest in a cool place for 30 minutes before using.Herb pasta

parsley 20g chives 20g tarragon 1 tbsp, chopped

olive oil 2-3 tbspBlitz the herbs in a food processor

until very finely chopped, then intro-duce enough olive oil to make a firm paste. Knead this into the dough as soon as you have brought the flour and egg together.Pappardelle with basil, parsley, lemon and pine nuts

Serves 4for the dressing:garlic 3 young cloves basil 40gpine nuts 50gparmesan 50g, grated parsley 20glemon 1olive oil 5 tbspDust the work surface or a wooden

board with a fine layer of flour. Flatten the ball of dough (the basic or herb, above) slightly with the palm of your hand and start rolling. Using a light pasta pin, roll out the kneaded and rested dough as thinly as you dare. At the start of rolling, it is easiest if you roll with one hand and hold the dough in place with the other, without press-ing too hard. Roll it into a rectangle as large as you can without it tearing.

Place the dough on top of a tea towel and leave to rest for about 20

minutes until slightly dry to the touch. Cut the dough into wide strips.

To make the dressing, peel the gar-lic cloves and drop into a mortar with a small pinch of salt flakes. Using the pestle, grind the garlic and salt until you have a thick and lumpy paste, then add the basil leaves (torn if very large), together with the pine nuts and grated parmesan. Pound with the pestle, pushing against the sides until you have a coarse paste.

Finely chop the parsley and stir into the basil paste. Squeeze the lemon, taking care to exclude the pips (if one gets into dressing, the result will be bitter) and stir in the juice, then slowly trickle in the olive oil, mixing to a wet paste. Taste, check the seasoning and set aside, covered with cling film.

To cook the pasta, get a deep pan of water on to boil and salt generously. With the water at a furious boil, lower in the ribbons of pasta, making sure they are not in clumps that could stick together. Stir once, then leave to cook for 4 minutes. When the pasta is tender, drain carefully into a colander, reserving a little of the cooking water. Stir a spoon or two of the hot water into the basil dressing then add the pasta and toss together gently. The Guardian

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FASHION & BEAUTY

BY ANNA FIFIELD

When it comes to taking care of his skin, Lee Woo-jung just does the basics: toner, essence, moisturizer and “BB cream,” the tinted sun cream that cov-

ers up flaws without being too makeuppy.This kind of beauty routine is standard among

image-conscious South Korean men in their 20s — which is to say, most South Korean men in their 20s.

“People look at me differently when I take care of my skin,” said Lee, 27, a gym owner who was walk-ing through the trendy Seoul district of Hongdae with his girlfriend recently. “It helps me when I’m working because I have a good image. When I approach other people, they are more open to me.”

Tall, with perfect hair and chiselled cheekbones, Lee turned heads as he indulged an impertinent reporter’s questions. His looks may have been exceptional, but his skin-care routine was not.

South Korea has become famous in recent years for skin-care products for women, which incorporate everything from regenerating snail mucus to animal placenta. Now young — and some not so young — men are also buying into the beauty obsession that has swept this land, boosting the nation’s already booming cheap cosmetics business.

“In South Korea, being young and active are consid-ered very attractive qualities. Youth equals ability,” said Eric Min, deputy editor in chief at Luel, a glossy men’s magazine with a whole section devoted to grooming. Min, 41, has bright, flawless skin with not even the faintest wrinkle. “So you get plus points here if you look younger.”

The South Korean beauty-product industry boasts about $10bn in sales annually through stores such as Nature Republic, Etude House, Missha and Tony Moly. Exports to China and Southeast Asia have been growing at a rapid pace, and many tourists here head straight for these shops.

South Korean beauty routines for women involve a confounding array of steps, involving multiple cleans-ers, potions and creams. Does the essence go on after the serum but before the emulsion?

As the women’s market has become saturated, beauty companies have been stepping up their mar-keting to men. It’s a huge prospect in South Korea — and increasingly in other parts of Asia, thanks to the phenomenal popularity of Korean dramas and

music — where the masculine ideal of beauty might be described as “metrosexual” in the West.

More than 10 percent — or $1.5bn — of domestic beauty-product sales are now coming from products for men. The men’s market has been growing at about nine percent each year for the past four years, said Kang Jae-joon, head of equity research in Korea at the investment manager Franklin Templeton.

The most popular products for men include skin-care preparations — toners, essences and lotions — and pencil kits for filling in the eyebrows. BB cream is also popular — it can be passed off as sunblock — although the Iope brand makes a version of its famous cushion foundation compact for men.

Innisfree, another popular brand, even puts out a line of brown, green and black face paint for army conscripts called “extreme power camo cream, with tea leaf extract for soldier” that is gentler on the skin than the standard-issue stuff. There are numerous Web sites where men demonstrate how to apply makeup so it looks natural, and how to transform themselves

from scruffy to smooth. While face products for men are not an entirely foreign concept in the United States — brands such as Lab Series and Clinique, both owned by Estee Lauder, offer lines for men — it’s

nowhere near the scale seen here.In South Korea, getting ahead is not just about hav-

ing a good resume but a good complexion to go with it.“Korean society is very competitive, and for young

men to improve their career chances and while looking for a girlfriend, looking good helps their competitive-ness,” said Kang, 48, who says he uses mask packs to care for his skin after doing outdoor sports.

Kang’s colleague Oh Se-bom, 32, has a much more complicated skin-care regimen involving anti-aging prod-ucts such as eye cream. He said Korean cosmetics com-panies realised they had left half the domestic market untapped. “For Korean companies, the men’s cosmet-ics market is like a blue ocean,” Oh said. “So they’re all strengthening their lines.”

Representatives of Innisfree, part of Amore Pacific, one of South Korea’s largest beauty companies, were scouting for new customers at a baseball game on a recent sunny Sunday. As the Doosan Bears played the Kia Tigers, Innisfree was holding a promotional event in the stands. Women in white Innisfree uniforms handed out samples of sea salt cleanser and a seven-day trial-size toner from the new Forest line for men.

“There are a lot of people in our target demographic here,” said Lim Chae-dok, a marketing executive at Innisfree who was overseeing the baseball promotion, referring to men in their 20s and 30s. “The Forest brand isn’t well-known yet, so while they’re enjoying the baseball game, they can also absorb our message.” For men, cosmetic sampling is really important, Lim said. “A lot of men don’t choose their own products, they just take what their girlfriend gives them,” he said. Innisfree would not provide details of its sales but said it offers 30 products for men. Since strengthening brand communication for the men’s line, it has seen 13 percent growth in new customers, the company said. WP-Bloomberg

In South Korea, skin care for men is big business

More than 10 percent — or $1.5bn — of domestic beauty-product sales are now coming from products for men. The men’s market has been growing at about nine percent each year for the past four years.

A stroke can happen to anyone, at any time. Being aware of the risk factors and making healthy lifestyle choices will

significantly reduce your chances of having a stroke.

Risk factors Certain conditions and habits can

raise your risk of having a stroke. The more risk factors you have, the more likely you are to have a stroke. You can treat or control some risk factors, such as high blood pressure and smoking. Other risk factors, such as age and gender, you can’t control, but are still important to be aware of.

The major risk factors for stroke include:

• High blood pressure - this is the main risk factor for stroke. Blood pres-sure is considered high if it stays at or above 140/90 mmHg over time.

• Smoking damages blood vessels, raises blood pressure and increases the stickiness of the blood making it more likely to clot. Smoking also may reduce the amount of oxygen that reaches your body’s tissues. Exposure

to secondhand smoke also can dam-age the blood vessels.

• Diabetes - poorly or uncontrolled diabetes causes high levels of glu-cose in the blood which damage the arteries, making them harder and narrower. Diabetes can also lead to the build-up of fatty deposits in your arteries, increasing the risk of these vessels blocking. If you are diabetic and smoke, it is only a matter of time before you have a heart attack or stroke.

• Heart disease - coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathy and atrial fibrillation can cause blood clots that can lead to a stroke.

• High cholesterol - we all need cholesterol, but when the body has too much, the excess is dumped into the blood stream which can block up the arteries.

• Age and gender - your risk of stroke increases as you get older. However, stroke is not a disease only affecting older people. Strokes also occur in younger people and the aver-age age for people who have a stroke

is 54 years in Qatar. At younger ages, men are more likely than women to have strokes. However, women are more likely to die from strokes.

• Personal or family history of stroke at a young age - If you’ve had a stroke, you’re at higher risk for another one. Your risk of having a repeat stroke is highest right after a stroke.

Other risk factors for stroke, many of which of you can control, include:

• Alcohol and illegal drug use, including cocaine, amphetamines and other drugs

• Lack of physical activity • Unhealthy diet • Obesity • Stress and depression People with a combination of risk

factors may need to take medicines to lower their risk. If you are prescribed medication, it is essential to take the tablets as directed, many have to be taken for the rest of your life and stopping them will increase your risk of stroke.

Contributed by Hamad Medical Corporation

09HEALTH & FITNESS

Researchers have found the first evidence of a genetic link between prodigy and

autism.The finding may help explain why

the two groups share certain charac-teristics, such as exceptionally good memories.

Researchers looked at DNA from 12 children with extraordinary abili-ties in music, mathematics or other fields.

They also looked at 39 other peo-ple who were all members of the children’s families, including 10 family members who had autism, and four prodigies who also had autism, Live Science reported.

There were genetic markers on chromosome 1 that were shared between the prodigies and their rela-tives with autism, but the specific mutations involved could not be found.

For the study, the researchers defined a prodigy as a child who achieved national or international recognition for a specific skill by adolescence.

“Prodigies clearly share traits with children who have autism, such as exceptional memories and attention to detail,” study co-author Joanne Ruthsatz, an assistant professor of psychology at The Ohio State University was quoted as telling Live Science.

However, one weak point in the study is that it is very small and sta-tistically not convincing.

“We are now looking for the mod-erator that’s shutting down the genes responsible for dysfunction in autism. Finding such a gene could lead to new autism treatments,” Ruthsatz concluded.

The study was published in the jour-nal Human Heredity.

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Genetic link between child prodigies and autism found


Are you at risk of stroke?

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ENTERTAINMENT

BY JULIEN PRETOT

Ingrid Bergman died in peace with the United States, the country that chased her out over a scandalous romance in 1950, according to

Isabella Rossellini, the daughter of the Swedish film icon.

Bergman’s career included films directed by Jean Renoir, Ingmar Bergman, Alfred Hitchcock and Roberto Rossellini, who became her second husband and father of three of her children.

Her love affair with the Italian film maker while they were both still married sparked outrage in the United States with a senator even saying she was “a powerful influence for evil”.

“Mama of course was very hurt because she could not see her daugh-ter (Pia) from her first marriage. She was hurt by the scandal, she felt she paid such a high price for it but eventually it was resolved. She made peace with it,” Isabella Rossellini said in Cannes on Sunday.

The Italian actress was speaking ahead of the release at the Cannes Film Festival of “Ingrid Bergman in her own words”, a documentary film about her mother’s life.

Cannes is paying tribute to Bergman, who would have turned 100 this year. A picture of the Swedish actress, who died in 1982 from breast cancer, fea-tures on the festival’s official poster.

“Mama wrote a letter to my father

saying ‘I want to work with you’ and she ended the letter saying ‘in Italian I can only say ti amo (I love you)’ and of course the press used that to say women are sexual predators,” Rossellini said, explaining the origins of the scan-dal. “In 1949 they made a first film together, Stromboli, and they fell in love and my mother became pregnant with my brother Roberto before she could obtain a divorce.

“This created a big scandal and she was chased out of America because they felt that foreigners and stars, we come to America, and then behave immorally and are bad examples to the younger generations.”

Bergman, however, was not one to live in the shadows and she made

a triumphal return in 1956, winning her second Academy Award for best actress, in Anatole Litvak’s Anastasia. In 1974 she collected her third Oscar — for the best supporting actress in Murder on the Orient Express.

The new documentary uses 16-mm archive footage showing the actress, presented as a carefree, joyful and bold character, behind the scenes on film-sets but also at home with her family.

“She showed that women are inde-pendent, that women want to tell their own story, want to take initiative but sometimes they can’t because some-times our social culture doesn’t allow women to break away from certain rules,” said Rossellini.

Bergman’s deep sense of freedom (“Idon’t want any roots”, she once said) took her around the world and her “naturalness” as an actress, according to Rossellini, earned her parts with the world’s best directors.

“She was able to integrate so many cultures... she is not even American but she is totally part of American culture like she is totally part of the Swedish, Italian, French, European film making,” said Rossellini.

“She worked in five languages, she worked with directors from my father to Hitchcock, from Renoir to Victor Fleming, from (George) Cukor to Ingmar Bergman, it gave her a range that is probably bigger than other Hollywood stars like Katharine Hepburn, to give one example.” REUTERS

Ingrid Bergman had made peace with America, says

daughter Rossellini

Taylor Swift leads 2015 Billboard Music AwardsS

inger Taylor Swift dominated the 2015 Billboard Music Awards with eight wins, including Top

Artist and Top Female Artist awards, while debuting her star-packed music video Bad blood to open the show.

Co-hosted by Ludacris and Chrissy Teigen, the award show took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday.

Leading the nominees with 14 nods, Swift also took home the trophy for Top 200 Album, Top Digital Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Streaming Song, Top Hot 100 Artist and Billboard Chart Achievement Award (fan-voted), reports dailymail.co.uk.

Another big winner of the evening was boyband One Direction, who clinched the trophy for Top Touring Artist and Top Duo/Group. But the moment was overshadowed by their friend and former bandmate Zayn Malik’s absence.

Other singers who took home mul-tiple awards included Sam Smith, Pharrell Williams and Iggy Azalea.

Smith, who has been recovering from a throat surgery and was not able to attend the awards show, won the titles for Top Male Artist, Top New Artist and Top Radio Songs Artists.

Meanwhile, Williams won the prize for Top R&B Artist category which

featured the likes of Beyonce Knowles and Chris Brown. His 2014 solo set G I R L won Top R&B Album and his smashing hit Happy won Top R&B Song.

As for Australian rapper Azalea, she earned the Top Rap Artist, Top Streaming Artist and Top Rap Song.

Singer Justin Bieber won the Top Social Artist award in a competition from Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande and Swift. The event ended with a performance by rapper Kanye West, who was introduced on stage by his sisters-in-law Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner.

IANS

11ENTERTAINMENT

BY UMA RAMASUBRAMANIAN

In an industry where slim waists, six-packs and fit frames are the order of the day, here comes the unusual Bhumi Pednekar, embod-

ying an overweight girl in her debut film Dum Laga Ke Haisha. Weight issues are not an issue, says the actress, who is ready to reduce to size zero if the role demands it.

She has already slimmed down after eating her way to the 89kg that her role in Dum Laga Ke Haisha required her to be.

Asked if she’s ready to be a size zero, she said: “Why not? But it all depends ...if the script really needs me to be a size zero girl, if the character of the girl needs to be size zero, I’m ready for it.”

“If in my next film they want me to be a model or so, I’ll certainly shed all the extra kg to justify my character,” she added.

The fact that she can go out of her way for a role is justified in Dum Laga Ke Haisha. For her character Sandhya, Bhumi consumed a customised calo-rie-rich diet for around a year to weigh about 89kg.

She’s now ‘slimmer’.“I’ve lost weight now. The reason my

weight loss has happened is because when I was preparing for the film, Igained a lot of weight. I was on a high-calorie diet for a year. The only thing is when the film was over, it was time to let go off Sandhya...I went back to my

normal life.”However, Bhumi has no qualms in

saying that she found herself to look “pretty” when she gained oodles of weight for her movie, as “being beauti-ful is just a state of mind”.

“My weight has never been an issue in my life. I don’t think it is a big thing. I’m comfortable with the way Ilook. Even when I was almost 90 kg, Ithought I looked beautiful. I feel if you think you are beautiful, it will show on your face. It is the state of mind. I’d say it is good to be healthy,” she said.

Bhumi, who worked behind the scenes of Yash Raj Films’ (YRF) projects as an assistant to the casting director for six years, before making a splash on the big screen herself, says she made no “deliberate effort” to get back to her normal frame.

Acting is a profession Bhumi always eyed, but she felt she would never fit the “parameter” of being an actor.

“I always wanted to be an actor...being somebody who loved watching films, acting is the only aspect I was aware of as a general audience. When I was younger, I didn’t know how a film is made. I wasn’t sure there is a certain demand, the way an actor should look, and I knew that I don’t fit that parameter because I have always been an over-weight girl.

“I guess this is the path that god chose for me; I was lucky such a script came forward.”

IANS


Don’t seek blessings from celebrities: Bachchan

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan disapproves of fans who try to seek blessings from any celebrity or ask

them to name their children.The 72-year-old, who greets his fans out-

side his house every Sunday, said that over the years, he has discovered many unique “modus operandi” of meeting him.

“Many seek blessings from celebrities, names for their children and on. This is dis-approved. I am not worthy of blessings nor intelligent enough to give a name. Please do not put me through that ordeal! It would be horrible for a child to live through his entire life saddled with a name that was not his parents’ calling,” Big B wrote on his blog.

Sharing one incident of meeting a young fan, the “Don” actor feels that people often use their children to get his autograph.

“A little fellow once came to me on a crowded occasion, and asked for my auto-graph, looking completely puzzled and has-sled. He was having problems pronouncing ‘autograph’... photograph, auto car, and some other contortions were with effort struggling to form out of his chubby face,” Big B said. “He was precocious and honest. When I asked him his name, he promptly told me that. When I asked him what my name was he said: ‘Idon’t know your name. My Father asked me to come to you, so I have come’!!. hahahaha.. cute,” added the megastar. IANS

Ready to go size zero if film demands: Bhumi Pednekar

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CROSSWORDS

HYPER SUDOKU

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How to play Hyper Sudoku:A Hyper Sudoku Puzzle

is solved by filling the

numbers from 1 to 9

into the blank cells.

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1 Something running on a cell

10 “The Waltons” co-star Ralph

15 Starting to succeed

16 Opera title boy

17 Been exposed to an awful lot

18 Like Royal Albert Hall

19 Roofing option

20 “Palindromania!” writer Jon

21 Male duck

22 Be up

24 Ones hanging around delis?

26 Flashers at a rock concert

30 Let up

31 Superslim

34 Some QB protectors

35 Out of service?: Abbr.

36 Gouge, e.g.

37 Dog tag?

38 Thespian Thurman

39 One who’s often 31-Across

43 Orbiting Galaxy, e.g.

45 Hulu offerings

46 Like a cat-o’-nine-tails’ nine tails

48 Spitfire org.

49 Paul who pioneered in quantum mechanics

50 Means to deep spiritual insight

53 Malaria-fighting compound during W.W. II

56 Development sites?

57 “V for Vendetta” writer

60 “Le Bassin aux Nymphéas” painter

61 Tabs, e.g.

62 Lead character in seasons 1-3 of “Homeland”

63 One-run homers

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2 Prime draft pick

3 Two-time belligerent against the British Empire

4 Country ___

5 “Magnum, P.I.” wear

6 Things dealt with in passing?

7 Like many dogs’ tails

8 Faint

9 TV’s Goober and others

10 Was ducky?

11 Lacking scruples

12 2007 satirical best seller

13 2007 Jamie Foxx film set in Saudi Arabia

14 Many future monarchs

22 What atoms may have

23 Oakland Oaks’ org.

25 Consist of

26 Overawed

27 Church-owned newsweekly, for short

28 Only Hispanic performer with an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony

29 ___ Club

32 Player motivator

33 Olympian troublemaker

37 Person’s sphere of operation

39 Easy street’s location?

40 Had

41 Town at the tip of Italy’s “heel”

42 Carrying people, for short?

44 Didn’t just peek

47 Couples

51 Potpourri

52 Fine ___ (Irish political party)

53 Dummy

54 “Consarn it all!”

55 Danny Ocean’s ex-wife in “Ocean’s Eleven”

58 Some mail for a mag

59 “Will ya look at that!”

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may only

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CINEMA

AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON

VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER

SCREEN 1 Pitch Perfect 2 (2D/Comedy)

10:00am, 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 & 11:45pm

SCREEN 2 Mad Max: Fury Road (2D/Action) 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 &

12:00midnight 3D 11:30am & 2:00pm

SCREEN 3 Good Kill (2D/War) 11:00am, 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 & 1100pm

SCREEN 4 Bombay Velvet (2D/Hindi) 11:00am, 2:00, 5:00, 8:00 & 11:00pm

SCREEN 5 Far From The Madding Crowd (2D/Drama)

10:50am, 3:10, 7:30 & 11:50pm

Careful What You Wish For (2D/Thriller) 1:10, 5:30 & 9:50pm

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

11:00am, 2:00, 5:00, 8:00 & 11:00pm

SCREEN 7 Hot Pursuit (2D/Action) 1:45, 3:45, 5:45 & 9:45pm

It Follows (2D/Horror) 11:45am, 7:45 & 11:45pm

SCREEN 8 Mad Max: Fury Road (2D/Action) 1:40, 6:00, 8:30 & 11:10pm

Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet (2D/Animation) 11:40am & 4:00pm

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

10:10am, 12:45, 3:30, 6:15, 9:00 & 11:45pm

SCREEN 10 Mad Max: Fury Road (2D/Action)

11:00am, 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 & 11:30pm

NOVO

MALL

LANDMARK

ROYAL PLAZA

SCREEN 1 Purampokku (2D/Tamil) 2:15pm

Pitch Perfect 2 (2D/Comedy) 5:00pm

Captain Masr (2D/Arabic) 7:00pm Bombay Velvet (2D/Hindi) 8:45

Good Kill (2D/Thriller) 11:30pm

SCREEN 2 Careful What You Wish For (2D/Thriller) 2:45 & 9:00pm

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2D/Action) 4:30pm Pitch Perfect 2 (2D/

Comedy) 7:00pm Chirakodinja Kinavukal (2D/Malayalam) 11:00pm

SCREEN 3 Good Kill (2D/Thriller) 3:00pm

Captain Masr (2D/Arabic) 5:00pm

Mad Max: Fury Road (2D/Action) 6:45, 9:00 & 11:15pm

SCREEN 1 Purampokku (2D/Tamil) 2:30 & 8:45pm

Careful What You Wish For (2D/Thriller) 5:15pm

Captain Masr (2D/Arabic) 7:00pm


SCREEN 2 Pitch Perfect 2 (2D/Comedy) 2:30pm

Mad Max: Fury Road (2D/Action) 4:30, 6:45, 9:00 & 11:15pm

SCREEN 3 Good Kill (2D/Thriller) 2:15pm

Bombay Velvet (2D/Hindi) 4:00pm

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2D/Action) 6:45pm Pitch Perfect 2 (2D/Comedy) 9:15pm

Chirakodinja Kinavukal (2D/Malayalam) 11:15pm

SCREEN 1 Mad Max: Fury Road (2D/Action) 2:00, 4:15, 9:00 & 11:15pmAvengers: Age of Ultron (2D/Action) 6:30pm

SCREEN 2 Good Kill (2D/Thriller) 2:45pm Pitch Perfect 2

(2D/Comedy) 4:45 & 8:45pm Careful What You Wish For

(2D/Thriller) 7:00pm Bombay Velvet (2D/Hindi) 10:45pm

SCREEN 3 Avengers: Age of Ultron (2D/Action) 2:30pm

Bombay Velvet (2D/Hindi) 5:00pm Captain Masr (2D/Arabic) 7:45pm

Careful What You Wish For (2D/Thriller) 9:30pm


When Tony Stark and Bruce Banner try to jump-start a dormant peacekeeping program called Ultron, things go horribly wrong and it’s up to Earth’s Mightiest Heroes to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting his terrible plans.Directors: Joss Whedon

Writers: Joss Whedon, Stan Lee

Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo

ASIAN TOWNSCREEN 1

Chirakodinja Kinavukal (2D/Malayalam) 5:00 & 10:15pm


SCREEN 2

Oru Vadakkan Selfie (2D/Malayalam) 5:00, 7:30 & 10:00pm

SCREEN 4


Purampokku (2D/Tamil) 8:45pm


DOHA EVENTS 15

IN FOCUS

A view of Museum of Islamic ArtSend your photos to [email protected]. Please mention where the photo was taken.

by Laszlo Kiss

Until 30 MayVenue: 1 & 18 La Croisette, Porto Arabia – The Pearl-QatarAdmission: 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.

8 APRIL - 11 JuneVenue: Museum of Islamic ArtAdmission: Free

This exhibition showcases Qajar artwork from the MIA collection that demonstrate the centrality of women in the artistic expression of 19th-century Iran and explores how these historic innovations continue to inspire contemporary artists.

11 JuneVenue: Museum of Islamic ArtAdmission: Free

The Museum of Islamic Art has partnered with Jazz at Lincoln Center Doha for a series of world class Jazz concerts in MIA Park. Presented by Jazz at Lincoln Center and The St. Regis Doha.

Till June 15Venue: Fire Station: Artists In ResidenceTime: 10:30 to 17:00 (Closed on Tuesdays)Admission: Free

The exhibition pays homage to “The Art Center”, the very first artist in residence initiative that took place in Doha in the early 1990’s and which ran for a decade. The name 555 is a play on the number 555 which residents used to dial to contact the Fire Station, paying tribute to the Civil Defense for their years of service to the people of Qatar.

Rainbow Park

QaJar Women: The Images of Women in 19th Century Iran

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

18-21 MayVenue: Doha Exhibition CentreAdmission: Free

The Doha International Gift Exhibition will be a trade fair for gifts, souvenirs, premiums, novelties, gifting ideas, mementoes and keepsake. It is sure to draw attraction of the Corporate attendees & High Net worth individual as well.

Doha International Gift Exhibition

21-23 May Venue: FCC auditorium in HilalAdmission: Free

Prominent writers and intellectuals from Kerala will attend a literary workshop being held by the Friends Cultural Centre. The participating writers include Perumbadavam Sreedharan, president of Kerala Sahithya Academy, C Radhakrishnan, K Sachidanandan, Professor M Thomas Mathew, Indu Menon and V A Kabeer.

Keraleeyam literary workshop

Jazz in the Park

Till 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

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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