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as te

nts,

sea

ts, l

ight

ing

and

othe

r re

quir

emen

ts th

at g

uar-

ante

e th

em c

omfo

rt a

mid

st b

eaut

iful

nat

ure.

“We

are

keen

to o

rgan

ise

trip

s eve

ry w

eeke

nd to

Al

Sham

al (a

roun

d 70

km fr

om D

oha)

alo

ng w

ith o

ur fr

iend

s an

d re

lativ

es. I

t is a

pla

ce w

here

we

find

ours

elve

s ver

y co

mfo

rtab

le a

nd e

njoy

goo

d at

mos

pher

e, v

astn

ess o

f des

ert

in a

dditi

on to

ple

asan

t win

ds,”

said

a re

side

nt S

alem

.“I

n ad

ditio

n to

its

psyc

holo

gica

l and

em

otio

nal b

en-

efits

, suc

h ou

tings

giv

e ca

mpe

rs a

cha

nce

to m

eet t

heir

fr

iend

s. M

eetin

g w

ith fr

iend

s yo

u m

iss

for

a lo

ng ti

me

is

one

of th

e m

ost b

eaut

iful

mom

ents

, esp

ecia

lly in

the

beau

tiful

nat

ure

that

mak

e yo

u ha

ppy,

” he

add

ed.

Ano

ther

cam

per,

Kha

led

Moh

sin,

com

men

ted:

“W

e ar

e or

gani

sing

thes

e tr

ips

sinc

e la

st y

ear.

We

do n

ot fi

nd

a su

itab

le o

ccas

ion

that

may

bri

ng u

s al

l tog

ethe

r lik

e th

is. W

e en

joy

man

y tr

adit

iona

l gam

es th

at w

e us

ed to

pl

ay in

our

cou

ntri

es.”

To a

que

stio

n on

how

they

org

anis

e th

eir

trip

s, h

e sa

id: “

Ever

y Fr

iday

, we

buy

all n

eces

sary

item

s an

d co

ok fo

r ou

rsel

ves

usin

g fi

rew

ood

in w

hich

eve

rybo

dy

take

s pa

rt th

at a

dds

mor

e fu

n to

the

trip

.”M

okht

ar, a

noth

er c

ampe

r, s

aid:

“Th

e w

inte

r ca

mpi

ng tr

ip o

ffer

s us

a g

et to

geth

er w

ith

frie

nds

and

we

indu

lge

ours

elve

s in

man

y tr

adit

iona

l gam

es. S

ome-

tim

es, w

e go

out

wit

h ou

r fa

mili

es a

nd s

omet

imes

w

itho

ut th

em. W

e ha

ve fo

rmed

team

s to

pla

y so

me

spor

ts a

nd p

repa

re b

arbe

cues

at n

ight

.”

“Our

chi

ldre

n al

so e

njoy

thes

e pl

aces

and

we

are

educ

atin

g th

em a

bout

the

life

in th

e de

sert

and

nam

es

of tr

ees.

Eve

ry F

rida

y, w

e sp

end

arou

nd s

ix h

ours

at t

he

cam

ping

sit

e,”

he a

dded

.A

lso,

ther

e ar

e so

me

peop

le w

ho p

refe

r go

ing

to

natu

ral r

eser

ves

to s

pend

thei

r ti

me

whe

re th

ey c

an s

ee

vari

ous

anim

als

and

tree

s. T

he c

ount

ry h

as 1

2 la

nd

rese

rves

and

2 m

arin

e re

serv

es o

f whi

ch K

hor

Al O

deid

or

'Inl

and

Sea'

is th

e bi

gges

t nat

ure

rese

rve.

Kho

r A

l O

deid

is a

Une

sco

reco

gnis

ed n

atur

al r

eser

ve w

hich

is

one

of Q

atar

's m

ost i

mpr

essi

ve n

atur

al w

onde

rs.

The

Min

istr

y of

Mun

icip

alit

y an

d En

viro

nmen

t has

de

velo

ped

a st

rate

gic

plan

to p

rese

rve

the

natu

ral e

nvi-

ronm

ent i

n th

e co

untr

y. M

inis

try

offi

cial

s fr

eque

ntly

co

nduc

t che

cks

to m

onit

or v

iola

tion

s an

d en

sure

that

en

dang

ered

spe

cies

of p

lant

s an

d an

imal

s ar

e no

t ha

rmed

.So

me

of th

e ot

her

natu

re r

eser

ves

of Q

atar

incl

ude:

Al S

haha

niya

(Al D

osar

i Zoo

), po

pula

r fo

r A

rabi

an o

ryx

and

Ara

bian

Goi

tere

d ga

zelle

- N

ubia

n ib

ex; A

l Qur

um;

Al D

akhi

ra; A

l Ree

m r

eser

ve, r

epre

sent

s al

mos

t all

the

quar

ter

nort

hwes

t of Q

atar

whe

re o

ryx

and

Ara

bian

ga

zelle

s ca

n be

spo

tted

; Al A

riq;

Al W

asil;

Al M

assh

abiy

a,

Ara

bian

ory

x ca

n be

foun

d he

re; B

rouq

and

Al R

afaa

.A

l Dos

ari Z

oo is

one

of t

he fe

w p

lace

s in

the

wor

ld

whe

re th

e se

a en

croa

ches

dee

p in

to th

e he

art o

f the

de

sert

. Thi

s is

the

reas

on th

at K

hor

Al O

deid

is a

lso

one

of tw

o m

arin

e re

serv

es th

at th

e co

untr

y ha

s; th

e se

cond

mar

ine

rese

rve

bein

g A

l Dak

hira

. T

o pr

otec

t the

wild

life,

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Pro

-te

ctio

n an

d W

ildlif

e at

the

Min

istr

y of

Mun

icip

alit

y an

d E

nvir

onm

ent i

s co

nduc

ting

dai

ly in

spec

tion

s an

d re

cent

ly th

e de

part

men

t rec

orde

d 39

3 vi

olat

ions

of

som

e pr

ovis

ions

of e

nvir

onm

enta

l law

dur

ing

2019

.T

he v

iola

tion

s in

clud

ed th

row

ing

was

tes

at u

ndes

-ig

nate

d pl

aces

, dri

ftin

g on

soi

l, gr

azin

g ca

mel

s on

pro

-hi

bite

d pa

stur

es, h

unti

ng p

rohi

bite

d bi

rds,

cut

ting

tr

ees

illeg

ally

and

dum

ping

sew

erag

e w

ater

and

ce

men

t was

tes

at u

ndes

igna

ted

area

s.T

he D

epar

tmen

t dep

loye

d sp

ecia

l pat

rolli

ng te

ams

acro

ss th

e co

untr

y to

pro

tect

the

gree

n la

nd a

nd e

nvi-

ronm

ent o

f the

cou

ntry

. A h

otlin

e 99

8 w

as a

lso

issu

ed

for

citi

zens

and

exp

atri

ates

to r

epor

t to

the

Dep

artm

ent i

f the

y co

me

acro

ss a

ny ty

pe o

f env

iron

-m

enta

l vio

lati

on.

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Cam

ping

in v

ast o

pen

dese

rts

is n

ot ju

st a

pas

time

or p

lay,

rat

her

it is

a c

entu

ries

-old

life

styl

e of

the

peop

le o

f thi

s re

gion

who

love

to s

pend

thei

r liv

es in

the

lap

of n

atur

e. N

ow w

inte

r is

bac

k. T

he

star

t of w

inte

r se

ason

als

o br

ings

bac

k th

e se

ason

of

dese

rt c

ampi

ng a

s th

ousa

nds

of p

eopl

e –

par

ticul

arly

cit-

izen

s –

indu

lge

in c

ampi

ng in

ope

n, n

ight

-tim

e-co

ld

dese

rts

to m

ake

thei

r so

uls

refr

esh

and

bodi

es a

gile

.M

any

citiz

ens

and

resi

dent

s w

ait f

or th

e w

inte

r se

ason

eve

ry y

ear

so th

at th

ey c

an e

njoy

cam

ping

and

de

sert

life

. Col

d w

eath

er, t

ranq

uilli

ty a

ttra

ct p

eopl

e es

pe-

cial

ly fa

mili

es to

enj

oy th

e ca

mpi

ng s

easo

n.N

o do

ubt,

the

cam

ping

sea

son

pres

ents

a g

reat

opp

or-

tuni

ty to

nat

ure-

love

rs to

bre

ak th

eir

dull,

hec

tic r

outin

e

of li

fe th

roug

h ex

plor

ing

vast

ness

of n

atur

e, in

dulg

ing

in

little

adv

entu

res,

mee

ting

with

frie

nds,

ext

ende

d fa

mily

m

embe

rs a

nd e

njoy

ing

the

eage

r ai

r of

nig

hts.

The

citiz

ens

and

resi

dent

s m

ake

spec

ial p

repa

ratio

ns

on w

eeke

nds

to s

pend

som

e be

autif

ul m

omen

ts o

utsi

de

the

citie

s at

the

cam

ping

site

s. C

ampi

ng a

lso

prov

ides

a

fun

atm

osph

ere

for

child

ren

tired

of e

very

day-

the-

sam

e sc

hool

and

stu

dy r

outin

es.

In a

dditi

on to

rec

reat

iona

l act

iviti

es, c

ampi

ng a

lso

prov

ides

an

impo

rtan

t edu

catio

nal a

spec

t to

peop

le w

ho

lear

n a

lot a

bout

the

life

in th

e de

sert

and

pra

ctic

e m

any

spor

ts a

nd tr

aditi

onal

gam

es.

Qat

ar is

dis

tingu

ishe

d by

its

natu

ral p

lace

s w

hich

are

su

itabl

e fo

r ca

mpi

ng, a

nd th

e ca

mpe

rs o

f Ara

b an

d ot

her

natio

nalit

ies

flock

to th

e ca

mpi

ng a

reas

with

the

begi

nnin

g of

win

ter

and

rain

y se

ason

. Mos

t par

t of t

he

coun

try,

this

yea

r, h

as r

ecei

ved

plen

ty o

f rai

n.

The

win

ter

cam

ping

sea

son

2019

-20

beg

an o

n O

ctob

er 3

0 la

st y

ear

and

will

con

tinue

unt

il M

arch

20

20.

The

regi

stra

tion

for

the

five

-mon

th lo

ng w

inte

r ca

mpi

ng

seas

on o

pene

d on

Oct

ober

14.

W

ith th

e be

ginn

ing

of w

inte

r ca

mpi

ng, m

any

regu

lar

cam

pers

inst

alle

d th

eir

tent

s un

der

the

sun

and

mad

e al

l ne

cess

ary

arra

ngem

ents

suc

h as

food

, dri

nk, a

nd r

ecre

a-tio

nal p

rovi

sion

s su

ch a

s te

levi

sion

and

spo

rts

equi

pmen

t, w

hile

oth

ers

pref

er o

rgan

isin

g th

e tr

ip e

very

wee

kend

al

ong

with

frie

nds

and

fam

ily m

embe

rs.

For

citiz

ens,

the

cam

ping

is p

art o

f Qat

ari t

radi

tions

, w

here

the

peop

le lo

okin

g fo

r re

st, t

ranq

uilli

ty a

nd r

ecu-

pera

tion

begi

n to

hea

d to

war

ds c

ampi

ng-a

reas

to r

epla

ce

the

city

’s li

fe w

ith th

e w

ildlif

e.M

any

peop

le a

re k

een

to e

njoy

this

sea

son

from

the

firs

t day

as

it st

arts

. The

y or

gani

se tr

ips

to th

e w

ildlif

e ev

ery

wee

k an

d pu

rcha

se a

ll ne

cess

ary

equi

pmen

t suc

h

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Expl

orin

g th

e jo

ys o

f nat

ure

Qat

ar is

di

stin

guis

hed

by it

s

natu

ral p

lace

s w

hich

are

su

itab

le fo

r ca

mpi

ng, a

s th

e ca

mpe

rs a

nd r

esi-

dent

s of

Ara

b an

d fo

reig

n na

tion

alit

ies

flock

to

the

cam

ping

are

as w

ith

the

begi

nnin

g of

win

ter

and

rain

y se

ason

. Mos

t pa

rt o

f th

e co

untr

y ha

s re

ceiv

ed

plen

ty o

f ra

in

this

sea

son.

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wha

t it t

akes

to b

ecom

e a

glob

al e

ntre

-pr

eneu

r and

take

par

t of a

life

cha

ngin

g ex

pe-

rien

ce. A

rab

Inno

vatio

n A

cade

my

(AIA

)’s p

artic

i-pa

nts

have

a g

reat

mis

sion

to s

hape

the

regi

on’s

fu

ture

not

onl

y by

add

ress

ing

regi

onal

cha

lleng

es b

ut b

y in

nova

ting

mar

ket-

driv

en te

chno

logy

with

real

glo

bal

impa

ct.

The

first

and

the

larg

est e

ntre

pren

eurs

hip

pro-

gram

mr i

n th

e pa

n-A

rab

regi

on, A

IA w

as b

roug

ht to

Q

atar

and

the

Mid

dle

East

thro

ugh

a co

llabo

ratio

n be

twee

n Q

atar

Sci

ence

& T

echn

olog

y Pa

rk (Q

STP)

, par

t of

Qat

ar F

ound

atio

n an

d th

e Eu

rope

an In

nova

tion

Aca

dem

y, th

e w

orld

’s la

rges

t int

ensi

ve e

ntre

pre-

neur

ship

pro

gram

me.

Th

e A

IA p

rovi

des

futu

re e

ntre

pren

eurs

from

Qat

ar

and

the

regi

on a

n op

port

unity

to w

ork

unde

r the

gu

idan

ce o

f lea

ding

Sili

con

Val

ley

men

tors

, and

lev-

erag

e an

ext

ensi

ve g

loba

l net

wor

k co

mpr

isin

g to

p ex

pert

s in

thei

r fie

lds

to h

elp

them

turn

an

idea

into

a

star

t-up

in ju

st 10

day

s.

The

inte

nsiv

e in

nova

tion

prog

ram

me

whi

ch h

as

held

two

editi

ons

host

you

ng e

ntre

pren

eurs

and

inno

-va

tors

from

top

univ

ersi

ties

in Q

atar

and

the

regi

on. T

he

acce

lera

ted

mod

e of

lear

ning

turn

s an

idea

into

a s

tart

-up

in o

nly

10 d

ays.

The

23 y

ears

old

Cha

imae

El M

ahda

oui h

as a

list

full

of in

cred

ible

ach

ieve

men

ts. P

art o

f the

win

ning

team

of

the

AIA

20

19 –

Cha

imae

– is

als

o a

yout

h ac

tivis

t, sp

eake

r at T

EDxy

outh

, and

foun

der o

f Sal

amat

-e, a

m

obile

app

licat

ion

that

pro

vide

s pr

even

tion

and

vacc

i-na

tion

tool

s ag

ains

t com

mun

icab

le d

isea

ses

for

trav

elle

rs.

“I a

m a

can

cer b

iolo

gist

, ent

repr

eneu

r, a

nd b

alle

t te

ache

r. I

love

trav

ellin

g an

d sh

arin

g po

sitiv

ity o

n m

y so

cial

med

ia c

hann

els.

I am

pas

sion

ate

abou

t life

and

be

lieve

that

eve

ry d

ay is

an

oppo

rtun

ity to

enj

oy a

nd

expe

rien

ce n

ew th

ings

,” s

aid

El M

ahda

oui.

“E

ntre

pren

eurs

hip

is o

ne o

f my

bigg

est p

assi

ons

in

life,

as

I see

it a

s th

e be

st to

ol to

con

trib

ute

to c

hang

ing

the

wor

ld,”

she

add

ed.

Whe

n El

Mah

daou

i was

sel

ecte

d fo

r AIA

, she

had

th

ree

mai

n go

als

- to

lear

n fr

om a

new

exp

erie

nce,

mee

t ot

her e

ntre

pren

eurs

, and

exc

hang

e id

eas

abou

t her

pr

ojec

t. “W

hile

at A

IA, I

dis

cove

red

that

the

prog

ram

me

wen

t way

bey

ond

that

,” s

aid

El M

ahda

oui.

“D

urin

g th

e pr

ogra

mm

e, n

ot o

nly

did

I hav

e ac

cess

to

an in

cred

ible

inte

rnat

iona

l tea

m th

at h

elpe

d m

e im

prov

e m

y pr

ojec

t, bu

t I h

ad a

lso

the

chan

ce to

mee

t men

tors

who

wer

e al

way

s ava

ilabl

e to

supp

ort u

s. O

ur m

orni

ngs w

ere

so e

nerg

isin

g th

at w

e ne

ver f

elt s

tres

s dur

ing

the

day.

“I e

nded

up

havi

ng a

gre

at te

am, a

maz

ing

men

tors

, in

cred

ible

frie

nds

from

diff

eren

t par

ts o

f the

wor

ld, a

nd

a st

rong

pro

ject

idea

… p

lus,

of c

ours

e, th

e fir

st-p

lace

pr

ize

of th

e A

rab

Inno

vatio

n A

cade

my!

” sh

e ad

ded.

Ev

ery

year

, mor

e th

an 2

00

par

ticip

ants

of 3

0

natio

nalit

ies

get t

oget

her a

t QST

P fo

r the

AIA

. Th

ey

have

to le

arn

to c

reat

e a

star

tup

in o

nly

10 d

ays.

This

exc

iting

cha

lleng

e w

as w

hat m

ade

Shai

kha

Als

ubae

y ap

ply

for A

IA 2

019

. The

22-

year

-old

sel

f-ta

ught

Qat

ari a

rtis

t/ill

ustr

ator

is a

lso

an a

ccou

ntin

g gr

adua

te w

ho lo

ves

to c

reat

e m

eani

ngfu

l con

tent

. “I

bel

ieve

I ca

n en

rich

peo

ple’

s liv

es w

ith m

y ar

tistic

sk

ills

by b

ring

ing

a ne

w p

ersp

ectiv

e of

boo

ks I

read

, po

dcas

ts I

liste

n to

, and

exp

erie

nces

I liv

e,”

said

A

lsub

aey.

“I

str

ongl

y be

lieve

that

inno

vatio

n ha

s no

thin

g to

do

with

age

, wor

k ex

peri

ence

, or s

peci

alty

; I th

ink

eve-

ryon

e sh

ould

thin

k ou

tsid

e th

e bo

x an

d be

bra

ve e

noug

h to

pur

sue

thei

r dre

ams,

” sh

e ad

ded.

Sh

arin

g he

r exp

erie

nce

with

AIA

Als

ubae

y sa

id, “

AIA

da

ys w

ere

so s

peci

al. S

ome

days

wer

e al

l abo

ut fu

n,

mee

ting

peop

le, a

nd s

hari

ng id

eas,

but

it w

as a

lso

abou

t ha

rd w

ork

and

lear

ning

. I’m

so

grat

eful

for a

ll th

e pe

ople

w

ho h

elpe

d m

e ge

t the

bes

t out

of t

his

jour

ney.

“I c

an te

ll th

at m

y su

cces

s w

as n

ot li

mite

d to

the

10

days

at A

IA, b

ut a

lso

wha

t I’v

e be

en a

ble

to a

ccom

plis

h af

ter t

he p

rogr

am. I

’m e

xtre

mel

y pr

oud

that

I st

arte

d as

a

part

icip

ant i

n A

IA 2

019

and

now

I ha

ve th

e ch

ance

to

have

my

illus

trat

ions

and

des

igns

in th

e m

arke

ting

cam

-pa

ign

for t

he 2

020

pro

gram

,” s

he a

dded

. A

lsub

aey

was

par

t of t

he te

am w

hich

pro

ject

ed th

e st

artu

p ‘E

YET

ALK

.’ It

is a

sof

twar

e-ha

rdw

are

syst

em

that

ena

bles

com

plet

ely

para

lyse

d pe

ople

to c

onne

ct

with

the

wor

ld u

sing

the

blin

king

of t

heir

eye

s.

AIA

will

retu

rn to

Qat

ar to

mor

row

(Jan

uary

7).

The

entr

epre

neur

ship

pro

gram

will

take

pla

ce fr

om Ja

nuar

y 7

to 2

0, 2

020

gat

heri

ng m

ore

than

20

0 p

artic

ipan

ts

from

30

diff

eren

t nat

ions

.

SAN

AU

LLA

H A

TAU

LLA

H

THE

PEN

INSU

LA

The B

angl

ades

h M

HM

Sch

ool &

Col

lege

has

pl

anne

d to

hos

t sev

eral

cul

tura

l and

ed

ucat

iona

l pro

gram

mes

and

spo

rt a

ctiv

itie

s du

ring

20

20. T

he a

nnua

l eve

nt c

alen

dar

of

Ban

gala

desh

Sch

ool i

n Q

atar

incl

udes

55

even

ts th

at

will

be

held

from

Janu

ary

1 to

June

30

, thi

s ye

ar.

“We

plan

to o

rgan

ise

mor

e ev

ents

this

yea

r co

mpa

red

to la

st y

ear,

incl

udin

g a

maj

or e

vent

to

cele

brat

e B

anga

band

hu S

heik

h M

ujib

ur R

ahm

an’s

10

0th

bir

th a

nniv

ersa

ry,”

Md

Zulf

iker

Aza

d, V

ice-

Pri

ncip

al, B

angl

ades

h M

HM

Sch

ool &

Col

lege

, tol

d Th

e P

enin

sula

.M

d Zu

lfik

er A

zad

is a

lso

in-c

harg

e fo

r ev

ent

man

agem

ent o

f the

sch

ool.

He

said

that

the

scho

ol w

ill h

ost A

nnua

l Pri

ze

Giv

ing

Cer

emon

y on

Janu

ary

10 in

whi

ch th

e w

inne

rs

of th

e co

mpe

titi

ons

held

last

yea

r w

ill b

e ho

nour

ed.

“Cul

tura

l pro

gram

mes

like

trad

itio

nal d

ance

, so

ngs

and

stag

e sh

ow w

ill b

e he

ld a

t the

cer

emon

y.

We

are

expe

ctin

g ab

out 2

,00

0 v

isit

ors

incl

udin

g pa

rent

s an

d gu

ests

,” s

aid

Aza

d.H

e sa

id th

at a

nnua

l spo

rt c

ompe

titi

ons

will

beg

in

on Ja

nuar

y 21

. “Th

e th

ree-

day

even

t will

giv

e op

port

unit

y to

the

stud

ents

to ta

ke p

art i

n va

riou

s at

hlet

ic a

ctiv

itie

s lik

e ra

ce, h

igh

jum

p an

d lo

ng ju

mp,

” sa

id A

zad.

He

said

that

Ban

glad

esh

Scho

ol w

ill h

ost a

spe

cial

pr

ogra

mm

e on

Feb

ruar

y 21

to m

ark

Inte

rnat

iona

l M

othe

r La

ngua

ge D

ay.

“The

stu

dent

will

be

divi

ded

into

four

hou

ses

for

Inte

r-ho

use

Wal

l Mag

azin

e C

ompe

titi

on. T

he s

tude

nts

of o

ther

sch

ools

will

be

also

invi

ted

to c

ompe

te in

pr

epar

ing

the

wal

l mag

azin

e in

thei

r m

othe

r to

ngue

,”

said

Aza

d.

He

said

that

deb

ate

com

petit

ion

on c

urre

nt is

sues

for

mid

dle

and

high

sch

ool s

tude

nts

will

be

held

on

Febr

uary

27.

“S

peec

h co

mpe

titio

n w

ill b

e he

ld o

n M

arch

7 o

n th

e oc

casi

on o

f the

Spe

ech

of B

anga

band

hu S

heik

h M

ujib

ur

Rah

man

and

his

his

tori

cal b

ackg

roun

d,”

said

Aza

d.H

e sa

id th

at B

anga

ldes

h Sc

hool

will

hol

d a

num

ber o

f ac

tiviti

es o

n M

arch

17 to

cel

ebra

te B

anga

band

hu S

heik

h M

ujib

ur R

ahm

an’s

100

th b

irth

ann

iver

sary

whi

ch c

oin-

cide

s w

ith N

atio

nal C

hild

ren'

s D

ay.

“The

act

iviti

es in

clud

e in

ter-

hous

e fo

otba

ll m

atch

, cu

ltura

l com

petit

ion,

tran

sitio

nal d

ance

and

son

gs,”

sai

d A

zad.

He

said

that

a c

orne

r will

be

dedi

cate

d to

Ban

ga-

band

hu S

heik

h M

ujib

ur R

ahm

an in

the

libra

ry o

f Ban

g-la

desh

MH

M S

choo

l & C

olle

ge d

urin

g th

e ce

lebr

atio

n.

“The

cor

ner w

ill h

ave

the

pict

ures

, mon

umen

ts o

f Ba

ngab

andh

u an

d th

e bo

oks

wri

tten

on

him

,” s

aid

Aza

d.

Ban

glad

esh

MH

M S

choo

l and

Col

lege

cel

ebra

ted

49th

Vic

tory

Day

of B

angl

ades

h w

ith g

reat

pat

riot

ic z

eal

and

muc

h pa

ssio

n w

ith c

olou

rful

func

tions

org

anis

ed a

t th

e Sc

hool

pre

mis

es o

n D

ecem

ber 1

6, 2

019

pay

ing

trib

ute

to th

e fr

eedo

m fi

ghte

rs w

ho m

ade

the

supr

eme

sacr

ifice

s in

the

War

for I

ndep

ende

nce

to fr

ee th

e na

tion

in 19

71.

On

this

occ

asio

n, th

e in

stitu

tion

hold

s th

e di

ffer

ent

even

t and

act

iviti

es li

ke ra

isin

g of

Nat

iona

l Fla

g w

ith

Nat

iona

l ant

hem

, pra

yer f

or th

e fr

eedo

m fi

ghte

rs a

nd

Fath

er o

f the

Nat

ion

Bang

aban

dhu

Shei

kh

Muj

ibur

Rah

man

.O

n th

is s

igni

fican

t da

y th

e sc

hool

arr

ange

d a

vibr

ant c

ultu

ral p

ro-

gram

me

with

an

out-

stan

ding

per

form

ance

of

resp

ecte

d Le

ctur

er A

bu

Sham

a al

ong

with

poe

m

reci

tatio

n, s

ongs

and

ot

her p

erfo

rman

ce h

ighl

-iti

ng th

e hi

stor

y, tr

aditi

on

of th

e co

untr

y.St

uden

ts o

f Ele

-m

enta

ry S

choo

l par

ticip

ated

in d

raw

ing

com

petit

ion

whi

le th

eir c

ount

erpa

rts

of m

iddl

e sc

hool

took

par

t in

Patr

iotic

Son

g, D

ram

a co

mpe

titio

n.Ba

ngla

desh

Sch

ool Q

atar

org

anis

ed th

e A

nnua

l Sc

ienc

e Fa

ir a

nd A

rts

and

Cra

fts

Exhi

bitio

n-20

19 in

mid

Se

ptem

ber 2

019

.St

uden

ts o

f ele

men

tary

, mid

dle

and

high

sch

ool p

ar-

ticip

ated

in th

e ex

hibi

tion.

M

odel

s of

win

dmill

s, g

ener

ator

s, s

pace

shi

p, m

odel

s of

che

mic

al c

ompo

unds

, and

glit

teri

ng tr

ee, c

onve

nien

t co

ffee

mac

hine

, che

mis

try

in d

aily

life

wer

e th

e su

rpri

ses

of s

cien

ce fa

ir.

A ch

alle

nge:

Lea

rn

to c

reat

e a

star

tup

in o

nly

10 d

ays

Ban

gla

des

h M

HM

Sch

ool &

Col

leg

e p

lan

s cu

ltu

ral e

ven

ts f

or 2

020

Md.

Zul

fiker

Aza

d

DO

HA

TO

DA

YD

OH

A T

OD

AY

MO

ND

AY

6 J

AN

UA

RY

202

0M

ON

DA

Y 6

JA

NU

AR

Y 2

020

CO

MM

UN

ITY

CO

MM

UN

ITY

06

07

FAZE

ENA

SA

LEEM

TH

E PE

NIN

SULA

With

an

ambi

tion

to b

e st

andi

ng a

long

eve

ry

Nig

eria

n w

oman

res

iden

t in

Qat

ar in

thei

r tim

e of

nee

d an

d fu

lfilli

ng a

long

ove

rdue

N

iger

ian

Expa

t Wom

en F

orum

(NEW

FOQ

) in

Qat

ar h

as s

tart

ed to

blo

ssom

. N

EWFO

Q th

rive

s to

bec

ome

a fo

rmid

able

net

wor

k of

Nig

eria

n w

omen

, whi

ch is

rec

ogni

sed

in Q

atar

and

N

iger

ia a

s a

foru

m o

f wom

en w

ho a

re s

uppo

rtiv

e of

on

e an

othe

r.Th

e id

ea to

intr

oduc

e an

all-

fem

ale

Nig

eria

n ex

pat

wom

en fo

rum

in Q

atar

pop

ped

into

Noi

mot

Om

olar

a O

layi

wol

a’s

head

aft

er s

he a

tten

ded

the

cele

brat

ion

of

Nig

eria

's 5

9th

Inde

pend

ence

Day

hel

d in

Doh

a la

st

year

. At t

hat e

vent

, the

room

felt

alm

ost e

mpt

y w

ithou

t an

adeq

uate

num

ber o

f wom

en in

att

enda

nce

as it

use

d to

be

dur

ing

the

time

whe

n th

e N

iger

ian

com

mun

ity in

Q

atar

was

bei

ng re

ferr

ed to

as

‘Doh

aNai

ja’,

said

Noi

mot

sh

arin

g th

e st

ory

behi

nd h

ow N

EWFO

Q w

as la

unch

ed.

She

is o

rgan

isat

ion’

s F

ound

ing

Cha

ir.

The

nost

algi

c fe

elin

gs o

f how

coh

esiv

e th

e N

iger

ian

com

mun

ity w

as a

t Doh

aNai

ja ti

me

embo

lden

ed N

oim

ot

to c

all o

n a

few

not

able

Nig

eria

n w

omen

in Q

atar

to

info

rm th

em o

f her

idea

whi

ch th

ey a

ll w

elco

med

and

N

EWFO

Q w

as la

unch

ed o

n N

ovem

ber 2

3, 2

019

.“I

can

add

that

the

idea

for

the

foru

m g

ot a

n im

petu

s du

e to

my

pers

onal

ity. I

am

a p

erso

n w

ho

cher

ishe

s re

latio

nshi

ps a

nd a

lway

s ev

er-r

eady

to

exte

nd a

hel

ping

han

d to

who

ever

is in

nee

d. I

have

al

way

s be

en a

t the

fore

-fro

nt w

hen

it co

mes

to th

e is

sue

of w

elfa

re o

f wom

en w

ithin

my

com

mun

ity,”

she

to

ld T

he P

enin

sula

. N

EWFO

Q is

a n

on-r

elig

ious

, non

-pol

itica

l and

non

-pa

rtis

an o

rgan

isat

ion.

It is

sim

ply

a co

mm

unity

-bas

ed

soci

al-c

ultu

ral o

rgan

isat

ion

of w

omen

who

are

re

spec

tful

of o

ne a

noth

er, a

s w

ell a

s ca

ring

and

lovi

ng.

“Wom

en n

eed

each

oth

er fo

r su

ppor

t, ne

twor

king

, em

pow

erm

ent a

nd g

row

th. W

e ne

ed e

ach

othe

r as

ro

cks;

we

can

all l

ean

on o

ne a

noth

er in

tim

es o

f nee

ds

and

we

need

one

ano

ther

to s

tand

tall

at th

e m

omen

ts

whe

n em

otio

ns a

re d

own,

” sa

id G

lori

a O

chec

he,

NEW

FOQ

Coo

rdin

ator

. O

chec

he s

ays

NE

WFO

Q is

als

o be

ing

envi

sage

d as

a

plat

form

to s

how

case

the

rich

ness

of t

he c

ultu

re

and

the

wom

en fa

bric

of o

ur d

ear

coun

try,

Nig

eria

to

Qat

ar a

nd it

s pe

ople

as

wel

l as

othe

r

expa

t com

mun

itie

s in

the

coun

try

thro

ugh

soci

al a

nd

cult

ural

act

ivit

ies

rela

ting

to w

omen

whi

le h

igh-

light

ing

impo

rtan

t dat

es a

nd o

ccas

ions

on

the

cal-

enda

r of

bot

h ou

r na

tion

s as

wel

l as

the

inte

rnat

iona

l co

mm

unit

y.“N

EWFO

Q w

ill a

lso

be a

foru

m c

ompr

isin

g of

w

omen

who

love

to g

ive

back

to a

ny c

omm

unity

whe

re

they

find

them

selv

es. T

his

will

be

a hi

ghly

des

irab

le a

nd

very

impo

rtan

t ten

et o

f the

gro

up (t

houg

h vo

lunt

ary)

as

they

wou

ld s

eek

to g

ive

back

to Q

atar

– a

cou

ntry

that

ha

s nu

rtur

ed a

nd c

ared

for

us s

ince

our

day

one

of

arri

ving

her

e.”

In a

dditi

on, s

he s

ays,

NEW

FOQ

wou

ld a

lso

seek

to

give

bac

k to

our

mot

herl

and,

Nig

eria

thro

ugh

volu

n-te

erin

g ou

r tim

e, in

telle

cts

and

mon

etar

y to

bet

ter

the

lot o

f fol

ks b

ack

hom

e.

“It i

s ou

r ho

pe th

at o

ur li

ttle

con

trib

utio

n w

ould

en

hanc

e ou

r pe

ople

's li

velih

oods

and

com

plim

ent g

ov-

ernm

ent's

eff

orts

in p

rovi

ding

bas

ic a

men

ities

to th

e ci

tizen

s,”

said

Och

eche

. N

EWFO

Q h

as a

lrea

dy s

tart

ed to

mak

e a

mar

k in

the

com

mun

ity.

It r

ecen

tly s

igne

d a

mem

oran

dum

of

unde

rsta

ndin

g (M

oU) w

ith K

ON

Con

sulti

ng W

LL. A

s a

resu

lt of

the

agre

emen

t, K

ON

Con

sulti

ng W

LL h

as

beco

me

NEW

FOQ

’s s

trat

egic

par

tner

for

orga

nisi

ng

activ

ities

whi

ch w

ill p

ositi

vely

impa

ct th

e N

iger

ia

wom

en c

omm

unity

in Q

atar

.A

s st

rate

gic

part

ners

, bot

h pa

rtie

s w

ill c

oope

rate

on

a nu

mbe

r of

pro

ject

s su

ch a

s em

pow

erm

ent f

orum

s,

busi

ness

inve

stm

ent m

eetin

gs, t

ouri

sm e

xhib

ition

s,

wor

kpla

ce tr

aini

ng p

rogr

amm

es, b

usin

ess

and

care

er

cons

ulta

ncy

serv

ices

, org

anis

ing

cultu

ral a

nd c

om-

mun

ity a

war

enes

s ev

ents

with

them

es fr

om Q

atar

and

N

iger

ia in

a b

id to

bri

dge

the

two

cultu

res.

A s

up

por

tive

soc

ial n

etw

ork

for

wom

en

SAN

AU

LLA

H A

TALL

AH

TH

E PE

NIN

SULA

The In

dian

Com

mun

ity B

enev

olen

t For

um (I

CB

F)

is r

unni

ng a

uni

que

life

insu

ranc

e sc

hem

e fo

r In

dian

exp

atri

ate

com

mun

ity in

col

labo

ratio

n w

ith a

loca

l ins

uran

ce c

ompa

ny w

hich

giv

es

insu

ranc

e co

ver

of Q

R10

0,0

00

aga

inst

a p

rem

ium

of

QR

125

for

two

year

s.

“The

insu

ranc

e sc

hem

e is

for

all I

ndia

n ex

patr

iate

s re

sidi

ng in

Qat

ar in

clud

ing

wor

kers

, em

ploy

ees

and

fam

ilies

from

18

to 6

5 ye

ars

old,

” V

ice-

Pres

iden

t of

ICB

F M

ahes

h G

owda

told

The

Pen

insu

la.

He

said

that

the

sche

me

desi

gned

spe

cial

ly fo

r bl

ue-

colla

r w

orke

rs b

y lo

wer

ing

the

prem

ium

at m

inim

um

poss

ible

leve

l so

they

can

aff

ord

it.Th

e in

itiat

ive

aim

s at

pro

tect

ing

the

fam

ilies

of

Indi

an e

xpat

riat

es, s

peci

ally

the

low

inco

me

wor

kers

, in

cas

e an

y un

wan

ted

inci

dent

, the

insu

ranc

e co

vera

ge

will

be

a pr

etty

goo

d su

ppor

t for

sur

viva

l of t

heir

fa

mili

es.

“Ove

r 60

0 In

dian

exp

atri

ates

hav

e ta

ken

the

polic

y si

nce

the

begi

nnin

g of

the

regi

stra

tion

on D

ecem

ber

28,

2019

,” s

aid

Gow

da.

He

said

that

the

insu

ranc

e sc

hem

e, r

unni

ng in

col

-la

bora

tion

with

Dam

aan

Isla

mic

Insu

ranc

e C

ompa

ny-

Bee

ma

cove

rs Q

R10

0,0

00

in c

ase

of d

eath

and

upt

o Q

R10

0,0

00

in c

ase

of d

isab

ility

as

per

the

disa

bilit

y pe

rcen

tage

.Sp

eaki

ng a

bout

the

prem

ium

of i

nsur

ance

sch

eme,

he

sai

d th

at it

is ju

st Q

R12

5 pe

r pe

rson

for

two

year

s an

d on

ly c

opie

s of

val

id Q

atar

i ID

(QID

) and

pas

spor

t is

requ

ired

from

the

appl

ican

ts.

“We

mad

e it

affo

rdab

le fo

r ev

eryb

ody

beca

use

our

mai

n ta

rget

are

blu

e-co

llor

wor

kers

who

se fa

mili

es

need

fina

ncia

l sup

port

if a

nyth

ing

happ

ened

to th

eir

brea

dwin

ners

,” s

aid

Gow

da.

He

than

ked

Dam

aan

Isla

mic

Insu

ranc

e C

ompa

ny-

Bee

ma

for

the

supp

ort i

n th

is c

ause

. “S

ince

Indi

an e

xpat

riat

e co

mm

unity

is th

e la

rges

t co

mm

unity

in Q

atar

, we

are

expe

cted

to e

nrol

larg

e nu

mbe

r of

peo

ple

in th

e sc

hem

e so

on,”

sai

d G

owda

.

He

said

that

the

regi

stra

tion

coun

ters

are

ava

ilabl

e at

two

plac

es -

ICB

F H

elp

Des

k in

Em

bass

y of

Indi

a pr

emis

es a

nd In

tegr

ated

Indi

an C

omm

unity

Cen

tre

(IIC

C) i

n A

l Thu

mam

a.IC

BF

also

pla

ns to

laun

ch n

atio

n-w

ide

cam

paig

n to

ed

ucat

e th

e be

nefi

ces

abou

t the

sch

eme

and

enro

l th

em in

it.

“We

will

vis

it la

bour

cam

ps a

nd w

orke

rs’ a

ccom

-m

odat

ions

wit

h th

e pe

rmis

sion

of c

ompa

nies

and

fa

cilit

ies

owne

rs to

intr

oduc

e th

e sc

hem

e,”

said

G

owda

.Sp

eaki

ng a

bout

the

idea

beh

ind

the

sche

me,

he

said

that

ICB

F re

ceiv

ed m

any

case

s du

ring

pas

t few

ye

ars

in w

hich

the

fam

ilies

nee

ded

mon

ey fo

r su

rviv

al

afte

r de

ath

of th

eir

only

bre

adw

inne

r.

“IC

BF

has

been

wor

king

to tu

rn th

e id

ea in

to a

us

eful

sch

eme

for

over

a y

ear

unde

r th

e su

perv

isio

n of

Ju

tas

Pau

l – M

embe

r of

Man

agem

ent C

omm

itte

e at

IC

BF,

In-c

harg

e fo

r In

sura

nce

Sche

me.

Man

y m

eeti

ngs

wit

h st

ockh

olde

rs M

OU

was

sig

ned

wit

h D

amaa

n Is

lam

ic In

sura

nce

Com

pany

-Bee

ma,

the

sche

me

was

la

unch

ed a

nd th

e re

gist

rati

on b

egan

on

Oct

ober

28,

20

19,”

sai

d G

owda

. M

embe

rs o

f Ind

ian

expa

tria

te c

omm

unit

y ha

ve

laud

ed th

e in

itia

tive

des

crib

ing

it a

boo

n fo

r lo

w

inco

me

wor

kers

for

prov

idin

g so

cial

sec

urit

y to

thei

r fa

mili

es.

“The

life

insu

ranc

e sc

hem

e of

ICB

F is

an

adde

d va

lue

to th

e w

orkm

en c

ompe

nsat

ion

insu

ranc

e w

hich

is

man

dato

ry in

the

coun

try,

giv

ing

extr

a la

yer

of

soci

al s

ecur

ity

to th

e po

liciy

hol

ders

,” s

aid

a pr

om-

inen

t Ind

ian

busi

ness

men

, Qaz

i Niy

az.

He

said

that

the

sche

me

is u

niqu

e be

caus

e it

prov

ides

a h

uge

insu

ranc

e co

ver

wit

h ve

ry li

ttle

pr

emiu

m, e

ncou

ragi

ng e

very

one

to ta

ke th

e po

licy.

Ano

ther

Indi

an e

xpat

riat

e, D

iwan

Ras

hid

Kha

n de

scri

bed

the

schm

e ‘in

sura

nce

of th

e ye

ar’.

I wan

ted

to ta

ke th

e po

licy

for

my

all f

amily

mem

bers

. M

any

low

inco

me

wor

kers

who

hav

e ta

ken

the

polic

y ap

prec

iate

d IC

BF

for

laun

chin

g th

e in

itia

tive

.A

kula

Gan

esh,

an

Indi

an e

xpat

riat

e w

ho is

wor

king

as

cle

aner

sai

d: “

This

sch

eme

is a

rea

lly b

oon

for

peop

le li

ke u

s w

orki

ng in

a s

mal

l com

pani

es to

saf

e gu

ard

ours

elve

s fr

om p

arti

al d

isab

ility

and

in c

ase

of

any

acci

dent

.”

Ano

ther

Indi

an e

xpat

riat

e, G

anga

redd

y w

orki

ng a

s dr

iver

sai

d: “

Our

com

pany

will

cov

er o

nly

med

ical

as

sist

ance

and

in c

ase

any

thin

g ha

ppen

s to

us

at le

ast

our

fam

ily w

ill h

ave

som

e go

od b

enef

it th

anks

to IC

BF

for

thei

r in

itia

tive

for

the

com

mun

ity.

"

ICBF

's li

fe in

sura

nce

sche

me

attr

acts

hug

e re

spon

se

The

Indi

an C

omm

unit

y B

enev

olen

t Fo

rum

(ICB

F) is

run

ning

a u

niqu

e in

itia

tive

, life

insu

ranc

e sc

hem

e fo

r In

dian

exp

atri

ate

com

mun

ity

in

colla

bora

tion

wit

h a

loca

l ins

uran

ce

com

pany

whi

ch c

over

s Q

R10

0,0

00

ag

ains

ta p

rem

ium

of

QR1

25 fo

r tw

o ye

ars.

The

sch

eme

is d

esig

ned

spec

ially

for

blue

-col

lar

wor

kers

by

low

erin

g th

e pr

emiu

m.

Diw

an R

ashi

d Kh

anM

ahes

h G

owda

DO

HA

TO

DA

YD

OH

A T

OD

AY

MO

ND

AY

6 J

AN

UA

RY

202

0M

ON

DA

Y 6

JA

NU

AR

Y 2

020

CO

MM

UN

ITY

CO

MM

UN

ITY

08

09

SACH

IN K

UM

AR

THE

PEN

INSU

LA

Whe

n it

com

es to

pla

ntat

ion

driv

e, m

ost o

f th

e pe

ople

thin

k it

is g

over

nmen

t job

and

le

ave

it fo

r th

e go

vern

men

t age

ncie

s or

de

part

men

ts. B

ut, l

adie

s in

Ezd

an V

illag

e -4

thin

k di

ffer

ently

. Tak

ing

time

out o

f the

ir b

usy

sche

dule

, lad

ies

have

sta

rted

a s

elf-

fund

ed p

lant

atio

n dr

ive.

Th

e id

ea o

f pla

ntat

ion

driv

e w

as fl

oate

d by

Ezd

an-4

re

side

nt M

ousu

mi,

who

mov

ed to

Qat

ar tw

o ye

ars

back

with

her

fam

ily. W

hen

she

shar

ed th

e id

ea, i

t was

w

ell r

ecei

ved

from

oth

er la

dies

.W

hen

arou

nd 4

0 la

dies

turn

ed u

p fo

r th

e fi

rst

mee

ting,

it b

ecam

e cl

ear

that

this

will

be

the

clas

sic

case

of ‘

wel

l beg

un is

hal

f don

e’. T

he g

roup

whi

ch

star

ted

with

just

few

mem

bers

gre

w r

apid

ly in

a s

hort

pe

riod

of t

ime

and

now

has

aro

und

140

ent

husi

astic

m

embe

rs w

ho a

re c

omm

itted

to m

ake

this

pro

ject

a

succ

ess.

The

targ

et w

as to

pla

nt fe

w m

edic

inal

and

use

ful

plan

ts li

ke N

eem

, Tul

si, A

love

ra, D

rum

stic

k, C

ham

pa

flow

ers

etc

alon

g w

ith fe

w s

easo

nal f

low

ers

in th

e Ez

dan-

4 co

mpo

und

so th

at in

stea

d of

hav

ing

just

gr

asse

s, th

ese

area

s w

ill h

ave

som

e se

ason

al c

olou

rful

flo

wer

s an

d tr

ees.

Th

e la

dies

wro

te a

n ap

plic

atio

n fo

r Ez

dan

man

-ag

emen

t see

king

per

mis

sion

to s

tart

the

plan

tatio

n dr

ive.

Aft

er g

ettin

g th

e pe

rmis

sion

, the

nex

t ste

p w

as to

fi

rst c

lean

the

gard

ens

and

get t

he fl

ower

sap

lings

and

pl

ants

. The

sta

ff o

f Ezd

an 4

was

ver

y he

lpfu

l in

clea

ning

th

e ga

rden

s.

Onc

e th

e ga

rden

s w

ere

clea

n an

d re

ady

for

plan

-ta

tion,

the

grou

p m

embe

rs th

en s

tart

ed s

earc

hing

for

sapl

ings

of f

low

ers

and

plan

ts.

Get

ting

flow

er p

lant

s w

as n

ot a

n ea

sy ta

sk a

nd

invo

lved

hug

e su

m o

f mon

ey. T

he la

dies

then

sta

rted

co

llect

ing

mon

ey to

pur

chas

e flo

wer

s fr

om n

urse

ry.

They

firs

t tri

ed n

urse

ry b

ut th

e pl

ants

wer

e re

lativ

ely

cost

ly fr

om a

pri

vate

nur

sery

.

At t

his

junc

ture

, Mah

asee

l Fes

tival

pla

yed

a cr

ucia

l ro

le in

get

ting

flow

ers

and

plan

ts. T

hey

got a

wid

e va

riet

y of

goo

d qu

ality

flow

er p

lant

s fr

om M

ahas

eel

Fest

ival

that

con

clud

ed o

n Fr

iday

. “D

espi

te b

eing

ver

y bu

sy w

ith th

eir

daily

wor

k, it

is

com

men

dabl

e th

at e

ach

grou

p m

embe

r is

put

ting

her

best

eff

orts

to m

ake

this

pla

ntat

ion

driv

e su

cces

sful

,”

Mou

sum

i, to

ld T

he P

enin

sula

. Th

e m

ain

idea

beh

ind

this

dri

ve w

as to

mak

e ou

r co

mpo

und

a be

autif

ul p

lace

. Ano

ther

dri

ving

forc

e be

hind

this

idea

was

to g

et c

onne

cted

with

eac

h ot

her.

“W

e re

alis

ed th

at m

any

fam

ilies

live

in o

ur c

om-

poun

d bu

t we

did

not k

now

eac

h ot

her.

The

se p

lan-

tatio

n dr

ives

has

bro

ught

us

clos

er to

eac

h ot

her

and

stre

ngth

ened

the

bond

of o

ur fr

iend

ship

,” s

aid

Kra

ti, a

n ac

tive

mem

ber

of th

e gr

oup.

Th

e gr

oup

mem

bers

tim

ed th

e pl

anta

tion

driv

e ke

epin

g w

inte

r va

catio

n in

thei

r m

ind.

The

sch

ools

w

ere

clos

ed d

urin

g th

e la

st tw

o w

eeks

of D

ecem

ber

whi

ch w

as g

ood

time

to fi

nish

the

plan

tatio

n dr

ive.

The

la

dies

cou

ld d

evot

e tim

e fo

r th

e pl

anta

tion

driv

e as

they

w

ere

rela

tivel

y fr

ee b

ecau

se s

choo

ls w

ere

clos

e.“T

his

plan

tatio

n dr

ive

has

also

pla

yed

a cr

ucia

l rol

e in

bri

ng u

s an

d ou

r ch

ildre

n cl

oser

to n

atur

e. D

urin

g th

e pl

anta

tion

driv

e w

e ta

ke o

ur k

ids

alon

g w

ith u

s. D

urin

g pl

anta

tion,

they

spe

nd ti

me

know

ing

abou

t gar

deni

ng

skill

s. It

is a

hap

py fe

elin

g fo

r ev

ery

pare

nt to

see

thei

r ch

ildre

n do

ing

gard

enin

g ra

ther

than

look

ing

at th

eir

mob

ile, t

able

t or

any

othe

r el

ectr

onic

gad

gets

,” s

aid

Sony

, ano

ther

mem

ber

of g

roup

.Th

e gr

oup

has

succ

essf

ully

fini

shed

the

plan

tatio

n dr

ive

by p

lant

ing

flow

ers

and

tree

sap

lings

in 1

3 ga

rden

ar

eas.

Eac

h ga

rden

are

a ha

s m

any

usef

ul m

edic

inal

tr

ees,

frui

ts a

nd fl

ower

s. W

hile

sea

sona

l flo

wer

s w

ill

requ

ire

atte

ntio

n an

d ca

re, t

he tr

ee w

ill b

e ab

le to

gro

w

on th

eir

own

afte

r th

ree

mon

ths.

“F

inis

hing

pla

ntat

ion

was

just

the

firs

t par

t of o

ur

job,

now

we

need

to lo

ok a

fter

our

pla

nts

also

. Now

we

are

plan

ning

to fo

rm g

roup

s of

our

fam

ily m

embe

rs

whi

ch w

ill b

e en

trus

ted

with

the

resp

onsi

bilit

y ta

king

ca

re o

f the

ir g

arde

ns,”

sai

d U

sha,

ano

ther

mem

ber

of

the

grou

p. M

ost o

f exp

atri

ates

cha

nge

thei

r ho

uses

of

ten

and

man

y ot

her

mov

e to

oth

er c

ount

ries

bec

ause

of

pro

fess

iona

l req

uire

men

ts.

“We

wan

t to

plan

t tre

es a

nd fl

ower

s fo

r ot

her

resi

-de

nts

and

for

futu

re g

ener

atio

ns. I

may

or

may

not

be

here

for

very

long

, but

our

pla

nts

will

be

here

for

long

,”

said

Mou

sum

i.Th

e gr

oup

has

seve

ral a

ctiv

e m

embe

rs in

clud

ing

Ram

ya, S

aran

ya, S

halin

i, Le

ena,

Pri

ya, M

eena

, Ana

nya,

Su

jath

a, T

eena

, Ezh

il, G

argi

, Poo

ja, R

upal

i, Pa

yal,

Sum

a,

Sum

athy

.

Wom

en p

ush

for g

reen

er to

mor

row

Sri L

anka

n co

mm

unity

in Q

atar

dem

on-

stra

ted

thei

r lo

ve fo

r so

ccer

dur

ing

the

firs

t se

ason

of t

he x

Zahi

rian

s’ C

halle

nge

Trop

hy

held

rec

ently

in D

oha.

Tw

enty

six

foot

ball

team

s of

var

ious

foot

ball

club

s an

d sc

hool

alu

mni

ass

ocia

tions

of t

he S

ri

Lank

an c

omm

unity

par

ticip

ated

in th

e to

ur-

nam

ent.

The

tour

nam

ent h

ad tw

o se

gmen

ts in

V

eter

an a

nd E

lite

cate

gori

es b

ased

on

age.

Ten

team

s co

mpe

ted

for

the

Vet

eran

title

w

hile

16

team

s co

mpe

ted

for

the

Elite

title

. The

Fa

ntas

tic F

ive

FC a

nd S

lave

Isla

nd F

C r

each

ed th

e fi

nals

of t

he V

eter

an w

hile

Mar

oons

City

and

Za

hira

Maw

anel

la r

each

ed th

e fi

nals

of t

he E

lite

cate

gory

.Sl

ave

Isla

nd F

C w

ere

crow

ned

Vet

eran

Cha

m-

pion

s w

hile

Mar

oons

City

FC

wer

e cr

owne

d C

ham

pion

s of

the

Elite

Cat

egor

y.Th

e Se

cond

Run

ner

Up

Trop

hy w

as w

on b

y Za

hira

Maw

anel

la in

Vet

eran

Cat

egor

y w

hile

Za

hira

Put

tala

m w

on th

e R

unne

r U

p Tr

ophy

in

Elite

Cat

egor

y.D

urin

g th

e xZ

ahir

ians

’ cha

lleng

e tr

ophy

Man

of

the

Mat

ch A

war

d in

Vet

eran

’s F

inal

was

aw

arde

d to

Riz

an H

aroo

n (S

lave

Isla

nd F

C),

Man

of

the

Mat

ch A

war

d in

Elit

es F

inal

was

giv

en to

Sa

na (M

aroo

ns F

C),

Bes

t Goa

l Kee

per

Aw

ard

for

Vet

eran

s w

as w

on b

y M

oham

med

Irsh

an H

assi

m

(Sla

ve Is

land

FC

), B

est G

oal K

eepe

r A

war

d fo

r El

ites

was

Mul

affa

r Fo

uz (Z

ahir

a M

awan

ella

), G

olde

n B

oot A

war

d fo

r V

eter

ans

was

giv

en to

R

izan

Har

ron

(Sla

ve Is

land

FC

) and

Mus

thak

eem

(Z

ahir

a Pu

ttal

am) w

alke

d aw

ay w

ith th

e G

olde

n B

oot A

war

d fo

r El

ites.

Th

e ev

ent h

eld

at C

ambr

idge

Sch

ool D

oha

Futs

al G

roun

d an

d w

as o

rgan

ised

by

Zahi

ra

Maw

anel

la O

ld B

oys

Ass

ocia

tion

(OB

A) Q

atar

. Th

e ev

ent s

aw a

larg

e nu

mbe

r of

par

ticip

ants

in

clud

ing

the

mem

bers

of t

he Z

ahir

a M

awan

ella

O

ld B

oys

Ass

ocia

tion

Qat

ar, S

ri L

anka

n so

ccer

fa

ns in

Qat

ar, m

embe

rs o

f the

par

ticip

atin

g cl

ubs,

fa

mili

es a

nd c

hild

ren

enjo

yed

a gr

eat d

ay o

f so

ccer

. —

The

Pen

insu

la

The

xZah

irian

s’

chal

leng

e tro

phy

Sprin

g Fe

stiv

al b

rings

w

arm

th to

win

ter

brea

k

Off

erin

g an

arr

ay o

f ent

erta

inm

ent a

ctiv

-iti

es to

mak

e pe

ople

hap

py p

artic

ular

ly

kids

, 15-

day

long

Spr

ing

Fest

ival

in S

ouq

Waq

if a

nd S

ouq

Al W

akra

h, c

oncl

uded

on

Sat

urda

y.Th

e Sp

ring

Fes

tival

in S

ouq

Waq

if a

nd S

ouq

Al

Wak

rah

attr

acte

d la

rge

num

ber

of v

isito

rs, e

spe-

cial

ly fa

mili

es, w

ho e

njoy

ed g

ames

, rid

es a

nd

circ

us s

how

s.Th

is y

ear’

s fe

stiv

al c

ombi

ned

trad

ition

al g

ames

an

d m

oder

n el

ectr

onic

gam

es, w

hich

wer

e no

t av

aila

ble

in s

ome

prev

ious

fest

ival

s, a

nd a

lso

trad

i-tio

nal t

ents

mad

e of

ani

mal

fur/

hair

wer

e in

stal

led

in th

e m

arke

t squ

ares

, whi

ch a

ttra

cted

hug

e nu

mbe

r of

vis

itors

.Th

e fe

stiv

al fe

atur

ed a

roun

d 60

gam

es a

nd

ride

s in

the

two

souq

s. V

isito

rs c

ould

see

wild

an

imal

s lik

e lio

ns a

nd ti

gers

at t

he c

ircu

s sh

ows.

Si

nger

s an

d da

ncer

s en

thra

lled

the

spec

tato

rs w

ith

a va

riet

y of

son

gs a

nd d

ance

s.

Dir

ecto

r of

Sou

q W

aqif

Moh

amm

ed A

l Sal

em

prai

sed

the

huge

pub

lic tu

rnou

t tha

t exc

eede

d al

l pa

st y

ears

for

the

vari

ous

fest

ival

act

iviti

es,

whe

ther

the

Rus

sian

cir

cus

show

s an

d po

pula

r ba

nds

com

ing

from

mul

tiple

Ara

b co

untr

ies

as w

ell

as g

ames

for

youn

g an

d ol

d, Q

NA

quo

ted

him

as

sayi

ng.

Reg

ardi

ng w

heth

er th

e G

reen

Lin

e of

the

Rai

l ha

d a

role

in th

is tu

rnou

t, A

l Sal

em p

oint

ed o

ut th

at

the

stat

ion

in th

e m

iddl

e of

Sou

q W

aqif

faci

litat

ed

the

smoo

th tr

ansp

orta

tion

of m

any

fam

ilies

who

ca

me

in la

rge

num

bers

.So

uq A

l Wak

rah

Dir

ecto

r K

halid

Sai

f Al S

uwai

di

said

QN

A th

at th

e pu

blic

turn

out a

t eve

nts

thro

ugho

ut th

e fe

stiv

al w

as r

emar

kabl

e. A

l Suw

aidi

po

inte

d ou

t tha

t the

dis

trib

utio

n of

eve

nts

con-

trib

uted

to th

e sm

ooth

mov

emen

t of S

ouq

visi

tors

, as

no

acci

dent

s w

ere

reco

rded

, pra

isin

g th

e

mem

bers

of t

he o

rgan

izin

g co

mm

ittee

that

pro

-vi

ded

all a

men

ities

and

gui

danc

e to

the

visi

tors

.H

e po

inte

d ou

t tha

t the

folk

lore

sho

ws

of

popu

lar

band

s fr

om Jo

rdan

, Om

an, T

unis

ia,

Leba

non,

and

Mal

aysi

a ad

ded

a fe

stiv

e at

mos

pher

e to

the

mar

ket.

Moh

amm

ed A

l Sal

em a

nd K

halid

Al S

uwai

di

than

ked

the

Min

istr

y of

Inte

rior

and

the

Ham

ad

Med

ical

Cor

pora

tion

for

thei

r fa

cilit

ies

and

serv

ice

to v

isito

rs in

a fe

stiv

e at

mos

pher

e.Th

e fe

stiv

al h

as b

ecom

e a

tour

ist d

estin

atio

n fo

r vi

sito

rs fr

om m

any

Ara

b an

d fo

reig

n co

untr

ies

and

has

cont

ribu

ted

rem

arka

bly

to th

e ec

onom

ic

boom

in th

e sh

ops

of th

e tw

o ve

nues

. Th

e fe

stiv

al a

lso

offe

red

a nu

mbe

r of

div

ersi

fied

en

tert

ainm

ent g

ames

at r

easo

nabl

e pr

ices

for

child

ren

in a

dditi

on to

oth

er c

ultu

ral p

erfo

rman

ces

by p

opul

ar te

ams

from

a n

umbe

r of

cou

ntri

es,

incl

udin

g A

rab

coun

trie

s.Th

e m

anag

emen

ts o

f bot

h th

e So

uqs

had

depl

oyed

man

y su

perv

isor

s an

d se

curi

ty m

en to

se

cure

eve

nts

and

help

the

publ

ic. T

o pr

otec

t ch

ildre

n in

suc

h bi

g fe

stiv

als

that

att

ract

larg

e nu

mbe

rs o

f vis

itors

, the

man

agem

ents

had

dis

-tr

ibut

ed h

and

brac

elet

s to

chi

ldre

n ca

rryi

ng c

hild

’s

nam

e an

d th

e ph

one

num

ber

of p

aren

ts.

Als

o po

pula

r gr

oups

from

dif

fere

nt c

ount

ries

in

clud

ing

thos

e fr

om A

rab

wor

ld e

nter

tain

ed v

is-

itors

with

cul

tura

l pre

sent

atio

n su

ch a

s fo

lk d

ance

s an

d so

ngs

with

the

acco

mpa

nim

ent o

f nat

ive

mus

ical

inst

rum

ents

.Th

e Fe

stiv

al a

lso

attr

acte

d m

any

Ara

b an

d fo

reig

n to

uris

ts, w

ho fl

ocke

d to

Sou

q W

aqif

, to

enjo

y va

riou

s ev

ents

. A

num

ber

of v

isito

rs p

rais

ed

the

hold

ing

such

act

iviti

es a

t the

se S

ouqs

whi

ch

com

bine

s th

e or

igin

ality

of t

he p

ast w

ith th

e m

oder

nity

of t

he p

rese

nt. —

The

Pen

insu

la

DO

HA

TO

DA

YD

OH

A T

OD

AY

MO

ND

AY

6 J

AN

UA

RY

202

0M

ON

DA

Y 6

JA

NU

AR

Y 2

020

HE

ALT

H10

11

FAZE

ENA

SA

LEEM

TH

E PE

NIN

SULA

The la

rges

t sle

ep la

b in

Qat

ar a

t Sid

ra M

edic

ine

has

been

des

igne

d to

mak

e th

e ch

ildre

n as

co

mfo

rtab

le a

s po

ssib

le, a

s if

the

child

ren

are

goin

g to

sle

ep in

thei

r ow

n be

ds a

t hom

e. B

ut it

is

ded

icat

ed to

dia

gnos

ing,

man

agin

g, a

nd

trea

ting

slee

p-re

late

d di

sord

ers

in c

hild

ren.

G

ood

slee

p is

impo

rtan

t for

a c

hild

, no

mat

ter

if th

ey

are

a ba

by, a

todd

ler

or a

teen

ager

. A s

ound

sle

ep h

elps

th

e ch

ild’s

phy

sica

l and

men

tal g

row

th a

nd d

evel

opm

ent.

That

’s w

hy y

oung

chi

ldre

n sp

end

40 p

erce

nt o

f the

ir

child

hood

sle

epin

g. B

ut if

you

r ch

ild is

str

uggl

ing

to g

et

enou

gh s

leep

pro

perl

y —

whe

ther

it’s

at n

ight

or

duri

ng

naps

— it

is r

ecom

men

ded

to c

heck

the

unde

rlyi

ng is

sues

. So

met

imes

dis

orde

rs li

ke s

leep

apn

ea c

an c

ause

pr

oble

ms

such

as

beha

viou

ral c

halle

nges

, slo

wed

gro

wth

, an

d ho

rmon

al a

nd m

etab

olic

issu

es.

The

stat

e-of

-the

-art

six

roo

m s

leep

labo

rato

ry a

t Si

dra

Med

icin

e ad

dres

ses

slee

p is

sues

in c

hild

ren

and

youn

g pe

ople

. It i

s eq

uipp

ed w

ith th

e la

test

tech

nolo

gies

in

clud

ing

vide

o an

d in

frar

ed m

onito

ring

to a

llow

dir

ect

patie

nt o

bser

vatio

n. T

he L

ab h

as tr

eate

d ov

er 4

50

child

ren

sinc

e it

was

inau

gura

ted.

“C

hild

ren

with

sle

ep p

robl

ems

usua

lly h

ave

unde

r-ly

ing

illne

sses

or

cond

ition

s. S

omet

imes

thes

e is

sues

can

be

beh

avio

r-ba

sed

but m

any

times

, sim

ple

cond

ition

s lik

e ad

enoi

ds a

nd la

rge

tons

ils th

at m

ight

be

over

look

ed,

end

up c

ausi

ng s

leep

issu

es in

you

ng c

hild

ren,

” Pr

ofes

sor

Ibra

him

Jana

hi, D

ivis

ion

Chi

ef o

f Pul

mon

olog

y, w

hose

de

part

men

t cur

rent

ly m

anag

es th

e Sl

eep

Lab

told

The

P

enin

sula

. “O

ur S

leep

Dis

orde

rs P

rogr

am h

as b

een

desi

gned

to

rest

ore

a ch

ild’s

nor

mal

sle

ep p

atte

rns.

The

car

e at

our

sl

eep

lab

incl

udes

pro

vide

rs w

ho a

re s

peci

ally

trai

ned

in

paed

iatr

ic s

leep

med

icin

e. O

ur te

am w

ill a

sses

s yo

ur

child

’s c

ondi

tion

and

deci

de w

hich

clin

ic is

bes

t for

you

r ch

ild’s

sle

ep p

robl

ems,

” he

add

ed.

At S

idra

Med

icin

e, th

e ch

ild is

car

ed b

y pa

edia

tric

pul

-m

onol

ogis

ts a

nd th

ose

spec

ially

trai

ned

in p

aedi

atri

c sl

eep

med

icin

e. A

str

ong

team

of s

leep

pul

mon

olog

ists

,

phys

icia

ns a

nd te

chno

logi

sts

run

the

stat

e-of

-the

-art

Sl

eep

Lab

and

addr

ess

such

sle

ep d

isor

ders

. The

lab

wor

ks c

lose

ly w

ith d

epar

tmen

ts s

uch

as p

ulm

onol

ogy,

EN

T an

d ne

urol

ogy

who

ref

er p

atie

nts

for

mon

itori

ng a

nd

obse

rvat

ion.

D

epen

ding

on

the

phys

icia

n’s

reco

mm

enda

tion,

the

slee

p st

udy

will

be

tailo

red

to s

uit e

ach

child

’s m

edic

al

cond

ition

in li

ne w

ith in

tern

atio

nal s

tand

ards

. The

chi

ld’s

m

ovem

ents

are

als

o re

cord

ed b

y vi

deo

with

infr

ared

to

ensu

re th

e sa

fety

of t

he c

hild

at a

ll tim

es.

“The

Sle

ep L

ab s

tudi

es c

ases

of o

bstr

uctiv

e sl

eep

apne

a an

d ot

her

slee

p re

late

d re

spir

ator

y di

sord

ers

caus

ed b

y a

vari

ety

of a

irw

ay d

isea

ses

and

cond

ition

s in

clud

ing

larg

e to

nsils

or

aden

oids

. In

addi

tion,

the

slee

p la

b pl

ays

a cr

itica

l rol

e in

stu

dyin

g no

n-re

spir

ator

y sl

eep

diso

rder

s as

a r

esul

t of n

euro

logi

cal i

ssue

s lik

e ce

ntra

l ap

neas

or

due

to b

ehav

iora

l abn

orm

aliti

es,”

sai

d D

r M

una

Maa

rafi

ya, M

edic

al D

irec

tor

of th

e Sl

eep

Lab

at S

idra

M

edic

ine.

Sidr

a Sl

eep

Lab

sing

s sl

eep-

wel

l lu

llaby

for c

hild

ren

“The

lab

also

per

form

s po

lyso

mno

gram

s, k

now

n as

sl

eep

stud

ies,

to r

ecor

d th

e ch

ild’s

sle

epin

g pa

tter

ns.

This

incl

udes

mon

itori

ng b

rain

wav

es b

y pl

acin

g se

nsor

s on

the

head

(EEG

) as

wel

l as

the

use

of r

espi

-ra

tory

mon

itori

ng e

quip

men

t, w

ith a

ll si

gnal

s be

ing

exam

ined

by

over

nigh

t tec

hnol

ogis

ts fr

om a

com

pute

r in

a s

epar

ate

cont

rol r

oom

,” s

he a

dded

. Pa

rent

s ar

e en

cour

aged

to b

ring

in th

eir

kids

’ fa

vour

ite n

ight

tim

e st

ory

or to

y to

the

Slee

p La

b. T

hey

are

also

exp

ecte

d to

be

activ

e pa

rtic

ipan

ts d

urin

g th

eir

child

ren’

s st

ay in

the

lab

with

one

par

ent a

llow

ed to

st

ay o

vern

ight

. The

Lab

als

o ha

s fe

mal

e te

chni

cian

s m

onito

ring

the

lab

so th

at fe

mal

e pa

tient

s an

d/or

m

othe

rs a

ccom

pany

ing

the

child

can

feel

com

fort

able

. A

ll re

cord

ings

and

test

res

ults

from

the

child

’s s

leep

st

udy

are

then

ana

lyse

d by

the

tech

nolo

gist

and

inte

r-pr

eted

by

the

Slee

p La

b te

am. R

esul

ts a

re th

en d

is-

cuss

ed w

ith th

e pa

rent

s al

ong

with

a tr

eatm

ent p

lan

duri

ng a

follo

w u

p ap

poin

tmen

t.

Fion

a Ta

bart

, Sle

ep D

isor

ders

Uni

t M

anag

er,

Pro

fess

or I

brah

im J

anah

i, D

ivis

ion

Chie

f of

Pu

lmon

olog

y at

Sid

ra M

edic

ine,

and

Dr

Mun

a M

aara

fiya,

Med

ical

Dire

ctor

of t

he S

leep

Lab

at

Sidr

a M

edic

ine

Look

af

ter

your

ba

ck

FAZE

ENA

SA

LEEM

TH

E PE

NIN

SULA

Lower

bac

k pa

in is

a u

nive

rsal

hum

an e

xpe-

rien

ce a

nd a

lmos

t eve

ryon

e ha

s it

at s

ome

poin

t. A

bout

80

per

cent

of a

dults

exp

erie

nce

low

er b

ack

pain

at s

ome

poin

t in

thei

r lif

e-tim

es a

cros

s th

e w

orld

and

in Q

atar

. B

ut s

ome

smal

l lif

esty

le c

hang

es c

an m

ake

a bi

g di

ffer

ence

, sai

d D

r N

ebal

Moh

amm

ed S

haat

h, S

enio

r C

onsu

ltant

, Ort

hope

dic

Surg

ery

at A

l Wak

ra

Hos

pita

l.“A

bout

80

to 9

0 p

eopl

e su

ffer

from

low

er b

ack

pain

all

over

the

wor

ld.

The

mos

t com

mon

cau

ses

of

low

er b

ack

pain

are

bei

ng o

verw

eigh

t, la

ck o

f ex

erci

se a

nd p

oor

post

ure.

For

thes

e re

ason

s, lo

wer

ba

ck p

ain

is fr

eque

ntly

bro

ught

on

by s

leep

ing

in th

e w

rong

pos

ition

, hea

vy li

ftin

g, o

r ev

en s

tand

ing

or

lyin

g do

wn

in a

poo

r, r

ound

ed-b

ack

posi

tion,

” he

sa

id. “A

sed

enta

ry li

fest

yle,

bei

ng o

verw

eigh

t and

do

ing

less

phy

sica

l act

iviti

es a

re a

lso

com

mon

re

ason

s be

hind

bac

k pa

in,”

he

adde

d.Th

e lo

wer

bac

k, w

hich

sta

rts

belo

w th

e ri

b ca

ge,

is c

alle

d th

e lu

mba

r re

gion

. For

tuna

tely

, low

bac

k pa

in o

ften

get

s be

tter

on

its o

wn.

Whe

n it

does

n't,

ther

e ar

e ef

fect

ive

trea

tmen

ts.

Sym

ptom

s ra

nge

from

a d

ull a

che

to a

sta

bbin

g or

sho

otin

g se

nsat

ion.

The

pai

n m

ay m

ake

it ha

rd to

m

ove

or s

tand

up

stra

ight

. Acu

te b

ack

pain

com

es o

n su

dden

ly, o

ften

aft

er a

n in

jury

from

spo

rts

or h

eavy

lif

ting. “P

icki

ng u

p th

ings

off

the

floor

in th

e w

rong

po

stur

e is

ano

ther

rea

son

whi

ch c

reat

es o

r in

crea

ses

back

pai

n. N

ever

ben

d ov

er to

pic

k th

e lo

ad. L

ower

yo

ur b

ody

to it

s le

vel j

ust a

s yo

u to

ddle

rs d

o to

pic

k up

thin

gs fr

om th

e flo

or. K

eep

your

bac

k st

raig

ht a

s yo

u lif

t str

aigh

t up.

Cen

ter

the

load

in th

e sp

ace

betw

een

your

sho

ulde

rs a

nd w

aist

,” s

aid

Dr

Shaa

th.

The

back

pai

n th

at la

sts

mor

e th

an th

ree

mon

ths

is c

onsi

dere

d ch

roni

c.

Kee

p in

min

d th

at lo

wer

bac

k st

rain

can

't be

bl

amed

for

all b

ack

pain

. The

re a

re m

any

othe

r ca

uses

, suc

h as

slip

ped

disc

s, fr

actu

res,

pin

ched

ne

rves

, art

hriti

s, in

fect

ions

, and

tum

ours

.Si

nce

som

e sy

mpt

oms

of lo

wer

bac

k st

rain

are

si

mila

r to

thos

e of

mor

e se

riou

s co

nditi

ons,

it's

im

port

ant t

o ge

t che

cked

out

by

a do

ctor

.If

the

back

pai

n is

from

a r

ecen

t str

ain

or m

ild

inju

ry, a

pri

mar

y ca

re d

octo

r ca

n pr

obab

ly h

elp.

But

if

the

pain

is s

ever

e, o

ngoi

ng, o

r ac

com

pani

ed b

y ot

her

sym

ptom

s su

ch a

s nu

mbn

ess

or ti

nglin

g in

ar

ms

or le

gs a

nd th

at n

eeds

imm

edia

te m

edic

al

atte

ntio

n.To

dia

gnos

e lo

w b

ack

stra

in, t

he d

octo

r w

ill g

ive

a th

orou

gh e

xam

. A p

atie

nt m

ay a

lso

need

X-r

ays,

M

RIs

(Mag

netic

Res

onan

ce Im

agin

g), a

nd C

T sc

ans.

Th

ese

extr

a te

sts

may

onl

y be

nee

ded

if th

e pa

in

does

n't g

o aw

ay o

n its

ow

n or

with

con

serv

ativ

e tr

eatm

ent.

To

say

good

bye

to b

ack

pain

*L

ose

the

exce

ss w

eigh

t*D

o re

gula

r ex

erci

ses;

wal

king

and

sw

imm

ing

*Loo

k af

ter

your

bac

k by

cor

rect

pos

ture

, com

-fo

rtab

le c

hair

and

use

firm

mat

tres

s ne

ither

sol

id n

or

soft

pre

fera

bly

med

ical

one

.

Child

ren

with

sle

ep p

robl

ems

usua

lly h

ave

unde

rlyi

ng il

lnes

ses

or c

ondi

tions

. Som

etim

es

thes

e is

sues

can

be

beha

vior

-ba

sed

but m

any

times

, sim

ple

cond

ition

s lik

e ad

enoi

ds a

nd

larg

e to

nsils

that

mig

ht b

e ov

erlo

oked

, end

up

caus

ing

slee

p is

sues

in y

oung

chi

ldre

n.

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esso

r Ib

rahi

m J

anah

i Di

visi

on C

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onol

ogy

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ctin

g th

e fu

ture

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ard,

eve

n fo

r th

e pe

ople

w

ith th

e m

ost p

ower

to in

fluen

ce it

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2013

, Je

ff B

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sai

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exp

ecte

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maz

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ckag

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ur

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ve y

ears

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e w

e ar

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ven

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ter,

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os e

nvis

ione

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e st

ill a

t the

test

ing

stag

e an

d ha

ve ju

st s

tart

ed to

get

reg

ulat

ory

appr

oval

in

the

US.

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pora

te fo

rtun

e te

lling

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com

mon

pra

ctic

e in

th

e te

chno

logy

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stry

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exe

cutiv

es te

nd to

cho

ose

roun

d nu

mbe

rs a

s de

adlin

es fo

r th

eir

tech

nolo

gica

l fa

ntas

ies.

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as

we

appr

oach

a n

ew d

ecad

e, le

t's ta

ke a

lo

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ack

at h

ow s

ome

of th

e te

ch in

dust

ry's

pre

dic-

tions

for

2020

fare

d.

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pute

r ch

ips

will

con

sum

e al

mos

t no

ener

gyG

ordo

n M

oore

was

fam

ous

for

his

fore

sigh

t abo

ut

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f che

aper

and

mor

e ad

vanc

ed c

om-

pute

rs. I

ntel

Cor

p, th

e co

mpa

ny h

e co

-fou

nded

, sta

yed

in th

e pr

ogno

stic

atio

n ga

me

year

s af

ter

Moo

re r

etir

ed,

with

mix

ed r

esul

ts. I

n 20

12, I

ntel

pre

dict

ed a

form

of

ubiq

uito

us c

ompu

ting

that

wou

ld c

onsu

me

alm

ost z

ero

ener

gy b

y 20

20. T

he d

ate

is a

lmos

t her

e, a

nd p

hone

s st

ill b

arel

y la

st a

day

bef

ore

need

ing

a re

char

ge. T

he i9

, In

tel's

late

st to

p-of

-the

-lin

e co

mpu

ter

chip

, req

uire

s 16

5 w

atts

of e

nerg

y. T

hat's

mor

e th

an tw

ice

as m

uch

as

a 65

-inc

h te

levi

sion

.

Nin

e ou

t of 1

0 p

eopl

e ov

er a

ge 6

will

ow

n a

mob

ile p

hone

In 2

014

, Eri

csso

n M

obili

ty e

stim

ated

that

90

per

cent

of

peo

ple

on e

arth

ove

r si

x ye

ars

old

wou

ld o

wn

a m

obile

pho

ne b

y 20

20. T

his

is a

har

d on

e to

mea

sure

, bu

t a v

isit

to d

evel

opin

g co

untr

ies

sugg

ests

we

are

now

here

clo

se. R

esea

rch

firm

Sta

tista

put

s gl

obal

pen

e-tr

atio

n at

67

perc

ent.

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mile

ston

e ac

hiev

ed th

is

deca

de is

the

num

ber

of m

obile

sub

scri

ptio

ns e

xcee

ded

the

wor

ld's

pop

ulat

ion

for

the

firs

t tim

e, a

ccor

ding

to

data

com

pile

d by

the

Wor

ld B

ank.

The

sta

tistic

is

skew

ed b

y pe

ople

who

use

mul

tiple

dev

ices

. Con

cern

ab

out t

he p

oten

tial h

arm

ful e

ffec

ts o

f vid

eo g

ame

and

soci

al-m

edia

ove

ruse

by

child

ren

may

mea

n th

is n

ever

ha

ppen

s. T

here

's n

ow a

nat

iona

l mov

emen

t in

the

US

enco

urag

ing

pare

nts

to w

ait u

ntil

kids

are

in th

e ei

ghth

gr

ade

(age

13)

bef

ore

lett

ing

them

hav

e a

smar

tpho

ne.

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om w

ill b

reak

eve

nJe

t.com

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an

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dim

ent o

f the

sta

rtup

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corn

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fore

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was

eve

n a

term

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c Lo

re s

tart

ed th

e on

line

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iler

afte

r se

lling

his

pre

viou

s co

mpa

ny to

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maz

on. J

et w

ould

cha

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form

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mpl

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by

off

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r pr

ices

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prod

ucts

with

a s

ub-

scri

ptio

n th

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lly u

nder

cut P

rim

e. T

o do

that

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t qui

ckly

sta

rted

bur

ning

thro

ugh

the

mor

e th

an

$70

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it h

ad r

aise

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om v

entu

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apita

lists

, and

cr

itics

sai

d th

e st

artu

p ha

d no

pat

h to

pro

fita

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y. In

re

spon

se, L

ore

said

on

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ombe

rg T

V in

20

15 th

at Je

t w

ould

bre

ak e

ven

by 2

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mar

t Inc

sw

oope

d in

a

year

aft

er th

at in

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iew

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bou

ght J

et fo

r $3

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ccor

ding

to n

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site

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, Wal

mar

t is

proj

ectin

g a

loss

of

mor

e th

an $

1bn

this

yea

r fo

r its

US

e-co

mm

erce

di

visi

on, n

ow le

d by

Lor

e.

The

firs

t 60

-mile

hyp

erlo

op r

ide

will

take

pla

ceIn

20

13, E

lon

Mus

k ou

tline

d hi

s vi

sion

for a

new

"fift

h m

ode

of tr

ansp

orta

tion"

that

wou

ld in

volv

e zi

ppin

g pe

ople

thro

ugh

tube

s at

spe

eds

as fa

st a

s 80

0 m

iles

per

hour

. Sev

eral

tech

ent

repr

eneu

rs h

eede

d M

usk'

s ca

ll an

d w

ent t

o w

ork

on s

uch

syst

ems

insp

ired

by

the

billi

on-

aire

's sp

ecifi

catio

ns. I

n 20

15, o

ne o

f the

lead

ing

star

tups

pr

edic

ted

a hy

perl

oop

span

ning

abo

ut 6

0 m

iles

wou

ld

be re

ady

for h

uman

tran

spor

t by

2020

. Rob

Llo

yd, t

hen

the

CEO

of H

yper

loop

Tec

hnol

ogie

s, to

ld P

opul

ar

Scie

nce:

"I'm

ver

y co

nfid

ent t

hat's

goi

ng to

hap

pen.

" It

hasn

't. H

is c

ompa

ny, n

ow c

alle

d V

irgi

n H

yper

loop

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, ha

s a

1,60

0-f

oot t

est t

rack

in C

alifo

rnia

and

hop

es to

build

a 2

2-m

ile tr

ack

in S

audi

Ara

bia

som

eday

. Mus

k ha

s si

nce

expe

rim

ente

d w

ith h

yper

loop

s of

his

ow

n, a

nd

even

he

has

had

to s

cale

bac

k hi

s am

bitio

ns. M

usk'

s Bo

ring

Co

is b

uild

ing

a so

-cal

led

Loop

sys

tem

in L

as

Veg

as, s

tart

ing

with

a n

earl

y m

ile-l

ong

trac

k th

at c

on-

sist

s of

a n

arro

w tu

nnel

and

Tes

la c

ars

mov

ing

at u

p to

15

5 m

iles

per h

our.

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gle'

s clo

ud b

usin

ess w

ill e

clip

se a

dver

tisin

gSe

lling

clo

ud s

ervi

ces

beca

me

a bi

g bu

sine

ss fo

r A

maz

on, A

libab

a G

roup

Hol

ding

Ltd

and

Mic

roso

ft C

orp

over

the

last

dec

ade.

Goo

gle

exec

utiv

e U

rs H

ölzl

e sa

w

the

shift

com

ing

and

in 2

015

pre

dict

ed G

oogl

e's

clou

d re

venu

e w

ould

sup

erse

de a

dver

tisin

g by

20

20. A

lpha

bet

Inc'

s G

oogl

e ha

s in

ched

clo

ser t

o A

maz

on W

eb S

ervi

ces

sinc

e th

en, b

ut it

'll ta

ke a

lot t

o ou

tgro

w G

oogl

e's

cash

co

w. T

he c

loud

is e

xpec

ted

to re

pres

ent a

lmos

t 15

perc

ent o

f rev

enue

for G

oogl

e th

is y

ear,

com

pare

d w

ith

85 p

erce

nt fo

r ads

.

Hua

wei

will

mak

e a

'sup

erph

one'

Her

e's

wha

t Hua

wei

Tec

hnol

ogie

s C

o sa

id in

20

15

pred

ictin

g a

"sup

erph

one"

by

2020

, acc

ordi

ng to

ZD

Net

: "I

nspi

red

by th

e bi

olog

ical

evo

lutio

n, th

e m

obile

pho

ne

we

curr

ently

kno

w w

ill c

ome

to li

fe a

s th

e su

perp

hone

,"

said

Sha

o Y

ang,

a s

trat

egy

mar

ketin

g pr

esid

ent o

f H

uaw

ei. "

Thro

ugh

evol

utio

n an

d ad

apta

tion,

the

supe

r-ph

one

will

be

mor

e in

telli

gent

, enh

anci

ng a

nd e

ven

tran

sfor

min

g ou

r per

cept

ions

, ena

blin

g hu

man

s to

go

furt

her t

han

ever

bef

ore.

" It's

not

ent

irel

y cl

ear w

hat t

hat

mea

ns, b

ut it

pro

babl

y ha

sn't

happ

ened

yet

. In

the

inte

rim

, Hua

wei

foun

d its

elf i

n th

e m

iddl

e of

a tr

ade

war

, an

d th

e C

hine

se c

ompa

ny is

focu

sing

larg

ely

on m

id-

pric

ed p

hone

s fo

r its

dom

estic

mar

ket.

Toyo

ta w

ill m

ake

fully

self

-dri

ving

car

sA

uto

and

tech

com

pani

es a

like

beca

me

conv

ince

d th

is d

ecad

e th

at c

ompu

ters

wou

ld s

oon

be a

ble

to d

rive

ca

rs m

ore

relia

bly

than

peo

ple.

In 2

015

, Toy

ota

Mot

or

Cor

p m

ade

a co

mpa

ny-w

ide

bet t

hat i

t wou

ld h

ave

auto

nom

ous

high

way

-dri

ving

car

s on

the

road

by

2020

. It

did

n't t

ake

long

for t

he h

ype

cycl

e to

vee

r off

cou

rse.

In

2018

, a p

edes

tria

n di

ed a

fter

col

lidin

g w

ith a

n U

ber s

elf-

driv

ing

car.

In 2

020

, Toy

ota'

s Le

xus

bran

d w

ill in

trod

uce

a ca

r cap

able

of d

rivi

ng a

uton

omou

sly

on th

e hi

ghw

ay,

but e

xecu

tives

ack

now

ledg

ed th

at a

uto

com

pani

es "a

re

revi

sing

thei

r tim

elin

e fo

r AI d

eplo

ymen

t sig

nific

antly

."

A B

itcoi

n w

ill b

e w

orth

$1m

John

McA

fee,

the

cont

rove

rsia

l com

pute

r ant

ivir

us

mog

ul a

nd a

n in

fluen

tial v

oice

in th

e cr

ypto

curr

ency

co

mm

unity

, pre

dict

ed th

e pr

ice

of B

itcoi

n w

ould

reac

h $1

m b

y th

e en

d of

20

20. M

cAfe

e po

sted

the

estim

ate

in

Nov

embe

r 20

17, a

bout

thre

e w

eeks

bef

ore

a cr

ash

wou

ld

eras

e 83

per

cent

of v

alue

ove

r the

nex

t yea

r. B

itcoi

n ha

s re

cove

red

som

ewha

t, bu

t the

cur

rent

pri

ce o

f abo

ut

$7,2

00

is fa

r fro

m M

cAfe

e's

mag

ic n

umbe

r. L

ike

othe

r Bi

tcoi

n bu

lls, M

cAfe

e is

sta

ndin

g by

his

unl

ikel

y pr

e-di

ctio

n. If

he'

s w

rong

, McA

fee

said

he'

ll ea

t an

intim

ate

body

par

t.

Dys

on w

ill s

ell a

n el

ectr

ic c

arIt

was

bar

ely

two

year

s ag

o w

hen

the

mak

er o

f bl

owdr

yers

and

vac

uum

cle

aner

s sa

id it

wou

ld s

ell a

n el

ectr

ic c

ar b

y 20

20. D

yson

can

celle

d th

e pr

ojec

t thi

s ye

ar, c

allin

g it

"not

com

mer

cial

ly v

iabl

e."

—B

loom

berg

Flyi

ng c

ars,

hy

perlo

ops

and

the

othe

r tec

h pr

edic

tions

th

at d

idn'

t pa

n ou

t

DO

HA

TO

DA

YD

OH

A T

OD

AY

MO

ND

AY

6 J

AN

UA

RY

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0M

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Y 6

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AR

Y 2

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13

Some

3,0

00

yea

rs a

go, t

he

prea

cher

in E

ccle

sias

tes

proc

laim

ed, "

Of m

akin

g m

any

book

s th

ere

is n

o en

d,"

but h

ow th

ose

book

s ar

e pu

blis

hed

and

enjo

yed

has

chan

ged

dram

atic

ally

. Ev

en in

the

past

dec

ade,

we'

ve w

itnes

sed

an in

dust

ry tr

ansf

orm

ed b

y ne

w e

cono

mic

fo

rces

, tec

hnol

ogic

al in

nova

tions

and

con

-su

mer

att

itude

s. H

ere

are

11 tr

ends

ove

r th

e pa

st

10 y

ears

that

cha

nged

how

we

read

:

1Cha

ins

crum

bled

as

indi

e bo

okst

ores

reb

uilt.

So

muc

h re

tail

bloo

d w

as s

pille

d th

is d

ecad

e.

Bor

ders

wen

t ban

krup

t in

2011

and

clo

sed

mor

e th

an 6

00

sto

res

in th

e U

nite

d St

ates

. Bar

nes

&

Nob

le te

eter

ed p

reca

riou

sly

but w

as s

aved

this

yea

r by

El

liott

Man

agem

ent C

orpo

ratio

n, w

hich

ope

rate

s W

ater

ston

es in

Bri

tain

. Sur

pris

ingl

y, th

e br

ight

spo

t du

ring

this

dec

ade

of r

etai

l des

truc

tion

was

the

resu

r-re

ctio

n of

indi

e bo

okst

ores

. Fro

m a

low

poi

nt in

20

09,

th

eir

rank

s ro

se b

y m

ore

than

50

per

cent

. Det

erm

ined

no

t to

be m

ere

show

room

s fo

r A

maz

on, n

ew a

nd

new

ly to

ughe

ned

stor

e ow

ners

figu

red

out h

ow to

cr

eate

con

nect

ions

with

thei

r co

mm

uniti

es a

nd o

ffer

an

art

isan

al e

xper

ienc

e th

at th

eir

onlin

e ne

mes

is c

an't.

2Ever

ybod

y st

arte

d lis

teni

ng to

aud

iobo

oks.

In

200

9, th

e au

dio

vers

ion

of S

teph

en K

ing'

s be

st-

selle

r U

nder

the

Dom

e w

as r

elea

sed

in a

con

-ve

nien

t set

of (

BEG

IN IT

AL)

just

(EN

D IT

AL)

30

CD

s. B

ut

that

phy

sica

l fo

rmat

was

al

read

y do

omed

. D

igita

l dow

nloa

ds w

ere

grow

ing

fast

. As

plat

form

s an

d lis

teni

ng d

evic

es b

ecam

e m

ore

conv

enie

nt, t

he a

udi-

oboo

k m

arke

t enj

oyed

dou

ble-

digi

t inc

reas

es a

lmos

t ev

ery

year

ove

r th

e pa

st d

ecad

e. T

his

year

, hal

f of a

ll A

mer

ican

s ag

e 12

and

old

er s

aid

they

had

list

ened

to

an a

udio

book

. Pub

lishe

rs r

espo

nded

with

slic

k ne

w

prod

uctio

ns th

at r

ival

led

the

gold

en a

ge o

f rad

io

dram

a. 3G

irls

took

ove

r. In

20

05,

the

Swed

ish

publ

ishe

r of

Stie

g La

rsso

n's

firs

t nov

el c

alle

d it

Man

som

ha

tar

kvin

nor

("M

en w

ho h

ate

wom

en")

, but

w

hen

it ap

pear

ed in

Eng

lish,

the

title

was

ch

ange

d to

The

Gir

l With

the

Dra

gon

Tatt

oo. T

hat

chan

ge s

et th

e in

k fo

r a

tren

d th

at w

ould

spi

ll ac

ross

th

e ne

xt d

ecad

e. In

20

12, G

illia

n Fl

ynn'

s G

one

Gir

l sol

d m

ore

than

two

mill

ion

copi

es. P

aula

Haw

kins

kep

t tha

t m

omen

tum

mov

ing

with

The

Gir

l on

the

Trai

n, w

hich

so

ld m

ore

than

15

mill

ion

copi

es b

y 20

16. S

uch

succ

ess

attr

acte

d ho

rdes

of m

arke

ting

imita

tors

.

4 Gra

phic

nov

els

beca

me

the

supe

rher

oes

of

publ

ishi

ng. L

ong

afte

r A

rt S

pieg

elm

an's

Mau

s w

on a

Pul

itze

r P

rize

in 1

992,

gra

phic

nov

els

still

str

uggl

ed fo

r m

ains

trea

m r

espe

ct. B

ut in

th

e 20

10s,

that

uni

nfor

med

con

desc

ensi

on m

orph

ed

into

wild

ent

husi

asm

. As

sale

s ac

cele

rate

d fa

ster

than

a

spee

ding

bul

let,

publ

ishe

rs, t

each

ers,

libr

aria

ns a

nd

espe

cial

ly H

olly

woo

d to

ok n

otic

e. O

ld s

tori

es li

ke

Har

per

Lee'

s To

Kill

a M

ocki

ngbi

rd b

ecam

e th

e su

bjec

t of g

raph

ic a

dapt

atio

ns, a

nd tr

adit

iona

l fic

tion

an

d no

nfic

tion

wri

ters

suc

h as

Rox

ane

Gay

, Ant

hony

B

ourd

ain

and

Ta-N

ehis

i Coa

tes

wer

e dr

awn

to th

e ge

nre.

5 Chi

ldre

n's

liter

atur

e to

ok s

ides

. K

ids

book

s -

real

and

fa

ux -

bec

ame

the

late

st

wea

pon

in

Am

eric

a's

heat

ed

polit

ical

bat

tle.

"Goo

dnig

ht T

rum

p,"

base

d on

Mar

gare

t W

ise

Bro

wn'

s cl

assi

c,

was

one

of m

any

such

pa

rodi

es th

at p

oked

fun

at

the

pres

iden

t. B

ut a

dif

-fe

rent

seg

men

t of t

hese

polit

icis

ed c

hild

ren'

s bo

oks

had

a se

riou

s in

tent

for

wok

e ch

ildre

n. In

nosa

nto

Nag

ara

publ

ishe

d a

boar

d bo

ok c

alle

d A

is fo

r A

ctiv

ist t

o ge

t tod

dler

s of

f the

ir

high

cha

irs

and

into

uni

on h

alls

. Boo

ks a

bout

Hill

ary

Clin

ton,

Rut

h B

ader

Gin

sbur

g an

d ot

her

liber

al h

eroe

s w

ere

aggr

essi

vely

mar

kete

d to

libe

ral p

aren

ts.

6EL

Jam

es F

ifty

Sha

des

trilo

gy, o

rigi

nally

pu

blis

hed

by a

sm

all A

ustr

alia

n pr

ess,

was

al

read

y a

phen

omen

on b

y th

e ti

me

Vin

tage

pi

cked

it u

p in

20

12 a

nd a

mpl

ifie

d it

s re

ach

arou

nd th

e w

orld

. Tha

t yea

r, R

ando

m H

ouse

mad

e so

muc

h m

oney

from

Fif

ty S

hade

s th

at e

very

sin

gle

empl

oyee

got

a $

5,0

00

bon

us. A

ll to

ld, J

ames

sol

d m

ore

than

152

mill

ion

copi

es, a

nd h

er n

ovel

s w

ere

the

best

-sel

ling

book

s of

the

deca

de.

7 Inst

ant-

prin

ting

fina

lly g

ot r

eal.

For

year

s,

the

prom

ise

of in

stan

t boo

k pu

blis

hing

ho

vere

d ju

st o

ver

the

hori

zon,

like

the

prom

ise

of fl

ying

car

s. L

ast d

ecad

e, it

fina

lly

cam

e tr

ue. I

n 20

11, P

olit

ics

& P

rose

join

ed a

gro

win

g co

llect

ion

of b

ooks

tore

s th

at c

ould

pri

nt p

aper

back

bo

oks

on d

eman

d fr

om a

cat

alog

ue o

f sev

eral

m

illio

n ti

tles

. Pri

nt-o

n-de

man

d co

mbi

ned

wit

h se

lf-

publ

ishi

ng e

-boo

k pl

atfo

rms

was

eve

n m

ore

sign

ific

ant f

or a

utho

rs w

ho c

ould

n't g

et -

or

didn

't w

ant -

a tr

adit

iona

l pub

lishe

r. A

nd th

e ne

w

tech

nolo

gy a

lso

allo

wed

trad

itio

nal p

ublis

hers

to

resp

ond

muc

h m

ore

quic

kly

to u

nexp

ecte

d de

man

d,

whi

ch h

elpe

d re

duce

the

leng

th o

f tim

e po

pula

r bo

oks

rem

aine

d so

ld o

ut.

8 C

hild

ren'

s pu

blis

hers

fina

lly g

ot s

erio

us

abou

t div

ersi

ty. I

n 20

14, t

he U

nive

rsit

y of

W

isco

nsin

at M

adis

on's

Sch

ool o

f Edu

cati

on

foun

d th

at le

ss th

an th

ree

perc

ent o

f new

ly

publ

ishe

d ch

ildre

n's

book

s w

ere

abou

t bla

ck p

eopl

e.

For

a gr

oup

of m

inor

ity

auth

ors

and

publ

ishi

ng

insi

ders

, it w

as h

igh

tim

e to

con

fron

t the

unb

eara

ble

whi

tene

ss o

f bei

ng. U

sing

the

hash

tag

#WeN

eedD

iver

seB

ooks

, the

y la

unch

ed a

soc

ial

med

ia c

ampa

ign

that

led

to th

e cr

eati

on o

f a

nonp

rofi

t org

anis

atio

n de

dica

ted

to in

crea

sing

the

repr

esen

tati

on o

f min

orit

ies

in y

oung

peo

ple'

s bo

oks.

Pub

lishe

rs a

nd li

brar

ians

exp

ress

ed n

ew

reso

lve

to fe

atur

e bo

oks

and

auth

ors

that

look

mor

e lik

e A

mer

ica

as a

who

le.

9TV

pro

duce

rs g

orge

d on

new

nov

els.

Und

er

the

old

mod

el, a

utho

rs h

oped

to s

ell r

ight

s to

th

eir

nove

ls to

mov

ie p

rodu

cers

, but

the

prol

ifer

atio

n of

str

eam

ing

TV

pla

tfor

ms

duri

ng th

is d

ecad

e cr

eate

d va

st n

ew o

ppor

tuni

ties

fo

r fi

ctio

n w

rite

rs. G

ame

of T

hron

es, T

he

Han

dmai

d's

Tal

e an

d O

utla

nder

bec

ame

mus

t-se

e T

V fo

r m

illio

ns.

Wha

t's m

ost e

ncou

ragi

ng is

the

way

th

ese

TV

sho

ws

send

peo

ple

back

to th

e or

igin

al

book

s, c

reat

ing

a vi

rtuo

us c

ircl

e of

wat

chin

g an

d re

adin

g. 10 Li

brar

ies

and

publ

ishe

rs c

lash

ed. T

his

past

dec

ade,

mill

ions

of r

eade

rs

disc

over

ed th

e co

nven

ienc

e of

do

wnl

oadi

ng e

-boo

ks fr

om p

ublic

lib

rari

es. B

ut n

ot e

very

body

was

hap

py a

bout

this

de

velo

pmen

t: P

ublis

hers

wor

ried

that

they

wer

e lo

sing

sal

es.

—Th

e W

ash

ingt

on P

ost ·

" ally

.ne

ssed

onom

ic

nd c

on-

over

the

past

d: k

tb

iltS

CD

s. B

ut

that

phy

sic

form

at w

as

alre

ady

doom

ed.

Dig

ital

dow

nloa

ds w

ei

ft

Al

tf

Book

Wor

ld:

10 tr

ends

that

ch

ange

d th

e w

ay w

e re

ad

this

dec

ade

DO

HA

TO

DA

YD

OH

A T

OD

AY

MO

ND

AY

6 J

AN

UA

RY

202

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ON

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Y 6

JA

NU

AR

Y 2

020

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14

15

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aren

tly,

we

real

ly li

ke d

ocum

enta

ries

. Of t

he

17 fi

lms

that

The

Was

hing

ton

Pos

t aw

arde

d th

eir

top

rati

ng in

20

19 -

four

sta

rs -

rou

ghly

ha

lf w

ere

nonf

icti

on fi

lms.

But

alo

ng w

ith

thos

e so

met

imes

sea

ring

, som

etim

es tr

ansc

ende

nt s

tori

es o

f re

al li

fe w

ere

just

as

man

y br

illia

nt fl

ight

s of

the

imag

i-na

tion

: mov

ies

that

mov

ed th

em n

ot w

ith

fact

, but

fi

ctio

n th

at n

ever

thel

ess

told

the

trut

h ab

out t

he w

orld

in

whi

ch w

e liv

e.

Her

e's

the

full

list o

f mov

ies

that

mer

ited

the

Pos

t's

high

est p

rais

e, o

n bo

th s

ide

of th

e ge

nre

divi

de. M

ost o

f th

ese

titl

es a

re a

vaila

ble

on D

VD

or

thro

ugh

stre

amin

g pl

atfo

rms.

63

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As

addi

ctiv

e as

the

best

rea

lity

TV, b

ut w

ith

the

epic

pe

rspe

ctiv

e of

dec

ades

, not

day

s, o

f obs

erva

tion

, the

"U

p" fi

lms

are

a hy

brid

of t

he w

orld

's s

econ

d-lo

nges

t ru

nnin

g so

ap o

pera

and

dee

p so

ciol

ogic

al fi

eld

rese

arch

.

Am

azi

ng

Gra

ce

Uns

ullie

d by

talk

ing-

head

inte

rvie

ws,

sen

tim

enta

l re

min

isce

nces

and

oth

er in

ters

titi

al d

istr

acti

ons,

A

maz

ing

Gra

ce s

impl

y ch

roni

cles

two

incr

edib

le c

on-

cert

s, a

s Fr

ankl

in, C

leve

land

, the

(Sou

ther

n C

alif

orni

a C

omm

unit

y) c

hoir

and

the

cong

rega

nts

seek

fello

wsh

ip

and

find

tran

spor

t and

tran

scen

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DOHA TODAYMONDAY 6 JANUARY 2020

FASHION16

RAYNALD C RIVERA THE PENINSULA

Shop Qatar, the country’s only nationwide shopping festival, has gone a notch higher this year pre-senting a surfeit of fashion-

forward events including fashion shows and beauty master-classes for the fashion savvy.

Kicking off its busy 2020 calendar of events on the right foot, Qatar National Tourism Council opens Shop Qatar tomorrow with a fashion show at Barahat Downtown Msheireb. The by-invitation-only show features collections by Qatari designer Hind Al Rumaihi and French collective Faith Connexion set to also provide a taste of what to expect during the upcoming Qatar-France 2020 Year of Culture.

The hip and chic can catch a glimpse of the up and coming trends in couture and ready-to-wear fashion around the world as Shop Qatar presents a rich showcase on the runway of the Spring/Summer 2020 collections by 20 interna-tional, regional and local designers from January 23 to 29.

Once named by New York Times as one of the coolest and cultured malls, the opulent Italian-inspired Al Hazm mall which has been known for its breath-taking architecture will be the perfect backdrop for most of the fashion shows.

To open the series will be the interna-tional fashion show on January 23 show-casing creations by internationally known designers Ahmed Talfeet, Laith Maalof, Baris, Naja Saade, Amjad Al Adab, Toufic Al Hassan and Saeed Malas.

International celebrity designer Nicholas Jebran will be having a solo

show of his collections on January 24. This famed Lebanese designer is known for haute couture in addition to his line of accessories and bags. His futuristic inter-pretation of fashion has made him famous far and wide.

Creations by local designers will be on the spotlight this year with a show specially for their collections on January 25. The designers who will present their creations in this show are Soleil Abayas, Al Dukan, Modish, Sarmad, Sheen Design, Shaden, Lady Aysha, Tamader Al Sultan, The Black Pearl, Tamadr and Waad.

This will be followed by shows slated on January 26 and 27 which will feature Al Hazm collections. These will include haute couture and evening wear show by Saiid Kobeisy, Sandra Mansour and J Manzel; bridal wear show which fea-turing designs by Frida and Demet Yolancris and a ready-to-wear fashion show showcasing designs by The Row and Avaro Figlio.

Capping the series will be a Chinese fashion show on 29 January featuring celebrity designers Lan Yu and Grace Chen.

In addition, Mirqab Mall will be hosting a kids fashion show on January 24 showcasing a collection by Al Mana Group brands.

The fashion shows are open to the public and seats are available on a first-come-first-serve basis. Pre-registration is required and can be done online. More information can be found on shopqatar.qa or at the Shop Qatar registration desk.

As in the previous edition, this year’s Shop Qatar also invites style-savvy resi-dents, makeup artists and enthusiasts to learn about the newest trends in the

The opulent Al Hazm mall will be the venue for most of the fashion shows which will be organised as a main feature of Shop Qatar 2020. PIC: QASSIM RAHMATULLAH/THE PENINSULA

Amjad Al Adab Grace Chen Laith Maalof Saeed Malas

world in makeup offering a series of make-up masterclasses and workshops with celebrity makeup artists and influencers.

On January 13, celebrity makeup artist Hanan Al Najada will feature at Dior makeup activation from 6PM to 8pm at Doha Festival City which is open to the public.

Al Najada will also hold a

masterclass on January 14 from 4pm to 9pm at Park Hyatt Hotel. Entrance fee is QR1,000 and tickets can be pur-chased at Virgin Megastore and its website. Only 150 seats are available for this masterclass.

Dalal Al Refai and Lady Ayesha will conduct a free to the public makeup workshop on January 18 from 5.30pm to 8.30 pm at Lagoona Mall.

Fashion-forward events at Shop Qatar 2020