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Making Making cheesecheese in in DR CongoDR Congo

Better known for war and bloodshed, the lush hills of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are also home to a surprising, successful craft that has survived decades of violence: Cheesemaking.

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By Marc Jourdier

Better known for war and bloodshed, the lush hills of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are also home to a surprising, successful craft that has survived decades of violence: cheesemaking.

Though not part of the traditional diet, the cheese — a mild-tasting hard variety with a yellowish-brown rind — has managed to win favour across the nation.

But the way up has not been easy.“The history of cheesemaking goes hand in hand with the land

disputes” and conflicts that have shaken the Masisi territory for more than eight decades, said Fidel Bafilemba, a researcher with Enough Project, a non-governmental organisation working in the region.

Variously confiscated, pillaged, destroyed then reclaimed and pressed back into production, the rudimentary farms today pro-vide a living for many locals — in a country where more than 70 percent live below the poverty line.

At first glance, Masisi, in the south of volatile North Kivu prov-ince, looks like a land of plenty whose verdant landscape hints little at its troubled past.

In the 1930s, the “Banyarwanda”, ethnic Hutus and Tutsis from tiny, populous neighbouring Rwanda, started challenging the native Hunde community in their search for space.

By the 1970s, the Tutsis, who control today’s cheesemaking, were winning, at the expense of native Hundes. Further ethnic and political conflicts exploded in 1993 into massacres that claimed thousands of lives.

The village of Kilolirwe, at 2,000m (6,500 feet) in altitude and 50km (30 miles) — or two and a half hours by car — from the North Kivu capital of Goma, is still picture-postcard with small wooden farms dotting mountain paths.

Cows — both African Ndama and Zebi varieties and European Friesians and Brown Swiss cows — graze languidly on steep pas-tures bordered by eucalyptus trees and neatly cultivated fields.

The quiet craft of The quiet craft of cheesemaking in cheesemaking in war-torn eastern war-torn eastern DR CongoDR Congo

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European oddityTypical is Ernest Kakwiki. After

his morning milking — by hand — he and some 15 other farmers cart the liquid from their cows to the dairy of Innocent Ntwalabakiga, where it is poured into a huge old tub. All sport the cowboy-like hat typical of Tutsis.

Ntwalabakiga already has a wood fire heating up water, which, with whey, will be added to convert the milk into cheese.

His production chief, James Hakizi, has no modern equipment and total confidence about his savoir-faire. I only have to plunge my arm into the mix-ture “to know if the temperature is ready” and conditions right to form curds, separate them from the whey and set the milk into moulds, he said.

Final ripening takes about three weeks before the pressed, one-kilo-gram (2.2 pounds) rounds are ready for market.

Producers sell the Kivu or Masisi, as it is called, for about $3 (about €2.4) a cheese. Goma shops charge a little more, at $4-5, while across the country in the capital Kinshasa it costs three or four times that amount — a luxury price for most Congolese.

Farmer Kakwiki got involved in 1971, tending the region’s abundant cows as a 13-year-old. At the time, he said,

“milk was only for drinking, at home with the family.”

Cheese was a “foreign” oddity, brought in by Europeans and produced at three Italian-owned local farms. But all three left when late dictator Mobutu Sese Seko seized power in 1965 and confiscated foreign enterprises, said Kakwiki.

Kilolirwe locals started producing cheese themselves between 1975 and 1980, he recalled, with help from a Catholic Belgian missionary, Father Roger Carbonez, who had founded an agricultural school named Lushebere shortly after independence in 1960.

Kakwiki took to the craft, prospered and came to own 35 cows.

‘Enough to feed a family’But worse was to come: between 1996

and 2003, the east was the scene of two major wars that ravaged Kivu and saw the Tutsis flee to Rwanda. Despite the presence of 20,000 UN peacekeepers, a host of armed local and foreign groups are still active in the region.

Like many farms, Lushebere was looted and its 2,000 cows killed. Father Benjamin Barumi, the treasurer at the Goma diocese, said Father Carbonez, back in Belgium for his final years, died of shock when he heard the news.

Milk and cheese production stopped

entirely in the war years, resuming only after the Tutsi refugees started returning.

Put in charge of reviving Lushebere farm, Father Barumi said they started “with only 50 cows” and today have 420 and produce 50 cheeses per day.

At only 26 years old, Ntwalabakiga already employs three people and pro-duces an average 22 cheese a day, which brings in $150-200 a week — “enough to feed a family”, he said happily.

Overall, Masisi authorities said 120 tonnes of cheese were produced in the territory in 2012, for a turnover of some $360,000 for the producers — and the future looks promising.

Despite the instability, “lots of dairy and cheese farms are starting up,” said cheesemaker Hakizi, 22 . He himself will shortly turn over his job at Ntwalabakiga’s farm to his apprentice to go train other young locals in the art of cheesemaking. AFP

Cheese was a “foreign” oddity, brought in by Europeans and produced at three Italian-owned local farms. But all three left when late dictator Mobutu Sese Seko seized power in 1965 and confiscated foreign enterprises.

Cheesemakers at work on a farm in Masisi.

A cheese block made in DR Congo.

PLUS | TUESDAY 13 JANUARY 20154 CAMPUS

This weekend students at the Gulf English School who are study-ing for a GCSE examination in

Physical Education attended a ‘Lock-In’ at the School. This is an internal, inten-sive study camp where students spend two full days at the school receiving many hours of theory classes and even more hours of practical sport. They also camp overnight in the school sports hall and enjoy a variety of recreational and exercise activities. The study camp was warmly embraced by the students, many who do not actually study GCSE PE also attended.

On Friday, the boys attended more than two hours of theory classes and then joined English teacher John Pritchard at Sheikh Faisal’s mosque for Juma’h prayer. After this, students and staff shared lunch together at the School before the practical sessions began. In order to prepare for the GCSE PE practical examination, pupils then went on to take part in nearly five hours of physical activity, which included: Fitness Training, Rounders, Personal Survival and Swim-Fit.

This was followed by a barbeque in the school grounds organized by teach-ers Daniel Langfield (PE Department), Erlend Badham (PE Department) and Lloyd Thompson (Business Department), however; master chef of the night was Abdulla Al Kubaisi (Y11) who served up delicious BBQ chicken, beef hotdogs and garlic and peri-peri steak.

After the BBQ, all staff and students assembled in the Senior Sports Hall for an evening of volleyball, badmin-ton, penalty shootouts, remote control-led cars and PS FIFA tournaments. Despite having played sport for many hours during the day, everybody felt energised and continued to play until almost midnight.

A couple of parents visited through-out the evening and this was a good opportunity to discuss their sons’ schoolwork. We were also joined by a few of our younger students, keen to take part in some of the games. The boys then camped overnight in the sports hall, supervised by Langfield, Badham and Thompson.

Saturday morning began with the pounding of a basketball on the gym floor by Turki Al Ansari. They then returned to school to prepare the pan-cakes, eggs, baked beans and toast… a big breakfast to fuel the demands of the day to come. The Karak was Hamad Al Naimi’s responsibility. Just what everybody needed at the start of a cold winter morning.

This second day included over three hours of theory lessons, followed by vol-leyball, badminton, circuit training, basketball and football and a bit more PS4 during the breaks.

At the end of the second day, all students left for home feeling totally exhausted, yet very happy and better prepared for their final examination.

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GES sports students get intentionally locked in

Abdulla Al Kubaisi gets the BBQ going with help from Osama Ashin and Omar Fayoumi (Y11)

Year 11 students Yousef Hamed, Khaled Al Thani, Abdulla Al Khalifa, Mohammed Midfa and Mostapher Salman prepare for their theory exam.

Abdulla Al Khalifa (Y11) plays a great shot during the evening volleyball tournament.

Fire drill at Birla Public School

As a part of imparting disaster management skills and creating awareness among the students about

various kinds of fire and how to deal with them, students of Birla Public School (BPS) had a demonstration of how to handle a fire emergency and how to evacuate themselves to safety.

Civil Defence personnel from the Department of Civil Defence Shafat Ali, Abdul Aziz Rowaiti and Mohammed Ibrahim gave a demo of how to evacuate sick and the physically challenged using emergency fire exits. Different kinds of fires were caused in the open field for demonstration — electric short circuit, wood fire, metal fire etc and the different type of extinguishers were used - carbon dioxide, foam, water and so on — to extinguish them.

Students were also given a power point presentation of the scientific aspects of dealing with disaster and how to save lives. The Peninsula

Civil Defence personnel demonstrating how to contain a fire at BPS.

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Sky Jewellery Dubai honours its team members for successfully manufacturing the Guinness record holding World’s longest handmade gold chain - ‘Dubai Celebration Chain’. Babu John, Chairman, Cyriac Varghese, General Manager, and other team members were present at the event.

Migrants enrich the colours and textures on the world’s canvas.

They contribute to their country of birth and their country of work, as they strive to make the lives of their families better back home. While life throws challenges at them, they take things easy and take them head on with a smile. This is the gist of the song dedicated to migrants, world over, by UAE Exchange.

“Expatriates form a major per-centage of our customers. As a brand, we work closely with these migrants and understand them the

best. We are thoroughly inspired by their never-say-die attitude and this song, which is first-of-its-kind from a remittance brand, is our dedication to their indefatigable spirit,” said Edison Fernandez, Country Head, Qatar-UAE Exchange.

The lilting song was yet another value addition from UAE Exchange, which strongly believes in bringing the best to the migrants’ community.

The soulful song has garnered over 197,000 views on Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa4z34-ceHM). The Peninsula

UAE Exchange dedicates a special song to migrants, world over

From Thursday to Sunday over 270 high school students rep-resenting 20 countries took part in intense diplomatic

strategy and role playing sessions at Georgetown University in Qatar’s annual Model United Nations (MUN) conference held at the Qatar National Convention Center (QNCC) in Doha.

At the student-organized forum, participating high school students from 52 schools including 29 from Qatar, debated, deliberated, and developed hypothetical solutions to the issues that real UN officials are dealing with under the theme “The World in Turmoil: The Politics of Change”.

At the opening ceremony, Dr Tarik Yousef, the CEO of Silatech, a Qatar-based NGO that works to create jobs and expand economic opportunities for young people throughout the Arab world, gave the keynote address to launch the 10th Annual MUN confer-ence. This year’s MUN caps a full dec-ade of GU-Q Model UN sessions and coincides with the university’s ten year anniversary in Education City in Doha. A redesigned logo marked the special significance of this year’s conference, and could be seen on the note pads, duffel bags and t-shirts the excited stu-dents received at registration.

“In our 10th anniversary, we wanted to think outside the box and really bring something new to the conference,” said Student Development Officer and event co-organizer Mohamed Harb, who him-self attended four MUNs as a GU-Q stu-dent before graduating last year. “The MUN is the only GU-Q program that has spanned the entire ten years of the school’s history, so we decided to invite students who took part in that first con-ference to take part this year.”

Other additions this year reflect the conference’s maturity, includ-ing the introduction of a mock Gulf Cooperation Council committee where students representing each Gulf coun-try focused on reforms on migrant labor and counterterrorism efforts across the region.

This year’s theme along with the committees and committee topics were all chosen by the GU-Q MUN Student Board. Issues discussed were ripped from today’s headlines and included the Ebola response, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the crisis in Ukraine, the Basque and Scottish separatist movements, and gender equality and human trafficking. Commenting on the theme of this year’s conference, A World in Turmoil, Dr Gerd Nonneman, dean of GU-Q, said: “We are living in a country, Qatar, that is at the centre of a region embroiled in spectacular political, social, and economic shifts, which makes this theme of particular significance for us. I am very proud of the hard work our students and staff

put into making the last ten years of the MUN such a resounding success, and I look forward to the next ten.”

All of the sessions of the MUN were held at the QNCC, but participat-ing students also visited the school’s campus for separate events. A festive Cultural Night allowed the interna-tionally diverse students to showcase their culture through traditional food, flags, dress and artistic performances, and a Georgetown Open House show-cased the university’s academic offer-ings to the future college students.

“At the Open House, students took part in sample lectures presented by our world class faculty as a sneak peek into the high level of intellec-tual development Georgetown offers.

We also had an open panel moder-ated by our own Dr Mehran Kamrava and featuring the ambassadors of the United States and South Africa to Qatar, Ambassador Saad Cachalia and Ambassador Nicholas Hopton,” said Educational Enrichment man-ager, Sheena Martinez, who oversees the organization of the MUN as a part of the school’s commitment to engag-ing local and international schools and encouraging learning outside the class-room. “Students had the opportunity to pose questions to the panel, and after the debate, had the chance to mingle with the seasoned diplomats, which is a really wonderful highlight of our Model UN.”

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GU-Q celebrates ten years of Model United Nations

World’s longest handmade gold chain

PLUS | TUESDAY 13 JANUARY 20156 FOOD

WINNER

Curried EggsIngredients:

• 4 eggs

• 15ml/1tbsp sunflower oil

• 1 small onion chopped

• 2.5 cm/1 piece of fresh root ginger, peeled

and grated

• 2.5 ml/1/2 tsp ground cumin

• 2.5ml/1/2 tsp garam masala

• 22.5ml/1, 1/2 tbsp tomato puree

• 10ml/2 tsp tandoori paste

• 10ml/2 tsp freshly squeezed lemon juice

• 50ml/2fl oz/1/4 cup single cream

• 15 ml/1 tbsp finely chopped fresh coriander

• Salt and ground black pepper

• Fresh coriander sprigs,to garnish

MethodPut the eggs in a saucepan with water, bring to

the boil, lower the heat and simmer for 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, heat the oil in a frying pan and cook

the onion for 2-3 minutes. Add the fresh root gin-

ger and cook for a further i minute.

Stir in the ground cumin, garam masala, tomato

puree, tandoori paste, lemon juice and cream.

Cook for 1-2 minutes more, then stir in the cori-

ander. Season with salt and pepper.

Drain the eggs, remove the shells and cut each

egg in half.

Spoon the sauce into a serving bowl, top with

the eggs and garnish with fresh coriander. Riffat Saleem

Cheesy Veggie Omelette

Ingredients:• 2 egg• 85 gm tomatos• 20 gm mozzarella• 25 gm sliced mushrooms• 25 gm sliced green peppers• 15 gm sliced red onion• 2 tbsp canned sweet corn

Method:Break the eggs in to the jug and beat with fork. Pour the eggs in to a hot frying pan and quickly swirl around

the pan pull the mixture away from side. Using spatula and tip to let the uncooked eggs slips underneath.

When top is ready and set, add the chopped tomatoes, sliced onion, mushrooms, peppers and sweet corn. Now make a nice layer of cheese on it. Sprinkle the herbs and salt and peppers according to taste.

Place the pan under a hot grill until the cheese bubble. Serve with green salad and sprouts.

Jaya Sherekar

Spicy Egg-Soya

Ingredients:• 4 hard boiled eggs• 1 cup boiled soya chunks• 1 tbsp ginger paste• 1 tbsp garlic paste• 6-8 tbsp cornflour• 1 large onion chopped• 1 capsicum chopped• 4-5 pods garlic finely chopped• 4-5 green chillies finely chopped

• 1/2 cup spring onion finely chopped• 2 tbsp chilli flakes• 5-6 tbsp tomato ketchup• 2 tbsp green chilli sauce• 1-2 tbsp white vinegar• 5-6 tbsp dark soya sauce• salt and sugar to taste• oil for cooking

Method:Slice the eggs lengthwise.

Marinate eggs and soya chunks with ginger-garlic paste, chilli

flakes, vinegar, salt and cornflour for 20 minutes.

Heat oil in a wok. Fry the eggs carefully and keep aside. Then

fry the soya chunks. Drain out excess oil and remove.

In the same oil put chopped onion, garlic and ginger. Fry well.

Add chopped capsicum. Stir fry for 2 minutes. Add fried soya

chunks and eggs. Mix well.

Now add all the sauces, salt and sugar to taste. Keep stirring

lightly. Put chopped spring onion and green chilies. Mix well.

Serve hot with fried rice or chow mein. Riniki Ghosh

Eggs Benedict

Ingredients:• 8 eggs • 4 brown burger buns • Extra virgin olive oil for drizzling• Salt to taste• 4tsp vinegar • 1 avocado • Juice of ½ lemon • 1 medium onion finely chopped• 1 medium tomato finely chopped• 1 medium cucumber peeled and finely chopped• 2 tbsp fresh coriander leaves chopped• 1 tsp lemon juice• Crushed black peppercorns to taste

Method:For each portion, halve 1 burger bun, drizzle olive oil over

it. Place the bun in an air fryer and cook at 180º C for 4-5 minutes.

Heat 2 cup water in a deep non-stick pan, add salt and bring it to a boil, add vinegar and mix well. Break 1 egg and place in centre of the pan and let it poach.

Halve avocado, scoop out the flesh and put into a bowl. Add juice of ½ lemon and mash with a fork.

Transfer the prepared poached egg on a plate. To make salad, mix onion, tomato, cucumber, coriander

leaves, salt, 1 tsp lemon juice and crushed peppercorns in another bowl and mix well.

Keep the burger bun halves on a serving plate, spread the avocado dip on them, place poached egg on top, place some salad on the side of the plate and serve immediately.

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Egg Patties

Ingredients:• 5 boiled eggs

• 4 to 5 spring onions (chopped)

• ¾ cup gram flour

• 2 to 3 green chilies (chopped)

• ½ tsp Carom seeds

• ½ tsp Turmeric Powder

• Salt to taste

• ¼ tsp Soda bicarbonate

• Water (as required)

• Oil (for fry)

Method:Take a bowl, grate the boiled eggs then add chopped

spring onions, gram flour, chopped green chilies, carom

seeds, turmeric powder, salt and soda.

Mix it well pour water to make soft mixture.

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Egg Kofta

Ingredients:• 300 grams mutton mince

• 250 grams yogurt

• 2 medium onions

• 2 tomatoes

• 3 boiled eggs

• 6 green chilies

• 1/4 bunch coriander

• 1/4 cup oil

• 1-1/2 glass water

• 1 tsp hot spices powder

• 1 tsp cumin powder

• 1 tbsp coriander powder

• 2 tbsp red chili powder

• Salt to tastes

Method:Firstly in a chopper, add 300 grams

mince, 1 onion, 3 green chilies, 1/4

bunch half coriander, salt to taste, 2

boiled eggs and chop them together

properly. Then take it out and form small

koftas and keep it aside.

Finely slice 1 onion and fry 1/4 cup oil

until they are golden brown. Then add

250 grams yogurt, remaining 3 green

chilies remaining coriander, 2 tbsp red

chili powder, 1 tbsp cumin powder, 1 tsp

hot spice powder and salt taste. Also

add 1-1/2 glass water and cover the pan

with its lid and let it cook on low flame.

After 5 minutes remove the lid and add

koftas and cover the lid again and leave

it to cook for 50 mintues.

If gravy quantity is more then stir it

for a while. Delicious egg kofta is ready.

Shoaib

Egg Cutlets

Ingredients:• 4 eggs (boiled)

• 2 potatoes (boiled)

• 1 tbsp ginger paste

• 1 tbsp garlic paste

• 1 tbsp cumin seeds

• 4-5 green chillies (chopped)

• 1 tbsp coriander leaves (chopped)

• 1 tbsp garam masala powder

• 1 tbsp lemon juice

• Salt to taste

• Bread crumbs as required

• Oil as required

• Mint leaves to garnish

Method:Put mashed potato in a bowl.

Grate three boiled eggs into it and

slice the remaining egg and set aside

for garnishing.

Add ginger paste, garlic paste, green

chillies, coriander leaves, garam masala

powder, lemon juice, salt and bread

crumbs. Mix well.

Divide the mixture into equal portions

shaped into patties.

Heat sufficient oil in a non-stick pan.

Shallow fry patties, in batches, till

golden from both the sides.

Garnish with egg slices and mint

leaves and serve hot with tomato

ketchup or green chutney.

Naeem Pervaiz

FOOD 7PLUS | TUESDAY 13 JANUARY 2015

By Pramod Prabhakaran

Burgundy-born Chef Dominique Morin carries with him a centuries old French tradition to whichever country he travels for work. The Executive Chef of Crowne Plaza Doha – The

Business Park is offering the Galette Des Rois (or King Cake), a traditional delight served in the month of January, at the Savor Lounge for QR95 per cake.

“I have introduced this tradition at all the hotels I worked. We put a charm inside the cake and the guest who gets it will be made the king or the queen for the day and wears a crown. I always carry crowns and charms bought from France for the celebration,” said the chef.

He has celebrated Galette Des Rois in Nigeria, Morocco, Turkey, Abu Dhabi, Benin and Tunisia dur-ing his 25-year career in Middle east.

The cake looks very simple – a flaky puff pastry filled with almond cream ¬- but the exquisite puff pastry made in-house elevates it to another level. Eaten warm, it melts in your mouth and leaves a subtle almond flavour.

“Depending on the region, there are different

recipes for the cake. In Burgundy, where I was born, studied and trained, this is how we make it,” said chef Dominique.

The annual Les Gallette des Rois of the French community will be held at the Crowne Plaza Doha and the chef and his team will be preparing a special Gallette des Rois (King Cake) for them.

“We are preparing a huge cake for over 150 people. It will be around 1.5m and we will put two charms in it. Anyone who wants to celebrate this can make one following the recipe I gave or you can order one at the Savor Lounge. You can buy the puff pastry sheets from a supermarket and make the cake very easily at home,” added chef.

Here is the original recipe from Chef Dominique Morin or if you want to taste the original place an order one-day in advance at the Savor.

Galette des RoisIngredients200 grams butter, softened200 grams sugar200 grams almond powder3 eggs40 grams of flour

Makes up to two disc puff pastry.

Method1.) Beat together the softened butter and caster

sugar until light and fluffy, then beat in the egg. Stir in the ground almonds.

2.) Place a disc of puff pastry on a baking sheet spoon the mixture over, spreading it evenly.

3.) Brush the edges of the pastry with water, and then cover with the second piece, pressing the edges to seal.

4.) Mark the top of the pastry from the centre to the edges like the spokes of a wheel or in a zig zag pattern, then brush with beaten egg.

5.) Bake for 25-30 minutes until crisp and golden. Serve warm or cold.

Option: For added fun, you can place a charm or feve inside the cake and who ever find it will be the King (or the Queen) of the day!

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Celebrate French tradition at Crowne Plaza Doha

Chef Dominique Morin posing with a Galette des Rois made by him at the Savor Lounge.

By Joe Yonan

Plenty of recipes for peanut soup, which dates to colonial Virginia and has roots in Africa, call for

peanut butter. Not so the version chef Drew Trautmann makes at Southern Efficiency, the Washington tribute to below-the-Mason-Dixon-line eating and drinking

“We like old recipes,” Trautmann says, so he was drawn to techniques that start with the nut itself. “The soup was around before peanut but-ter was.”

Soaking the peanuts helps them soften during cooking (they’re leg-umes, after all), and makes for a creamier result.

The soup is rich, so serve about a cup or even less. That way you’ll keep them wanting more.

Virginia Peanut Soup6 to 8 first-course servings (Makes

about 6 cups)

1. Combine 2 cups roasted, unsalted peanuts in a bowl with enough water to cover by 2 inches. Soak at room temperature for at least 4 hours, and up to overnight. Drain.

2. Heat 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil in a pot over medium heat. Add 1 small chopped onion and 2 chopped celery ribs; cook, stirring frequently, until they are tender, 4 to 6 minutes. Add the drained peanuts, 1/2 teaspoon celery seed and 1 bay leaf; cook, stirring, until the peanuts are heated through, 2 minutes.

3. Add 6 cups no-salt-added veg-etable broth; increase the heat to medium-high and bring to a boil, then reduce the heat so the mixture is just bubbling around the edges. Cook until the peanuts are soft, about 20 min-utes. Discard the bay leaf.

4. Working in small batches, trans-fer the soup to a blender (remove the centre knob from the lid to allow steam to escape and cover

the opening with a towel to contain splash-ups); puree until smooth. Pour the soup back into the pot over medium heat; for a very smooth tex-ture, push the soup through a fine-mesh strainer as you work. Add 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice, and 1/2 teaspoon each fine sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. Taste

and add lemon juice, salt and/or pep-per as needed. Remove from the heat.

5. Ladle the soup into bowls. Divide these garnishes among them: 1/4 cup roasted, unsalted peanuts; 1/4 cup diced, unpeeled apple; and 1/4 cup celery leaves. Drizzle a little roasted peanut or toasted sesame oil over each portion. Serve hot. WP-Bloomberg

A soup that honours Virginia’s peanutty past

PLUS | TUESDAY 13 JANUARY 2015 ENTERTAINMENT8 9PLUS | TUESDAY 13 JANUARY 2015

By Mary Milliken and Piya Sinha-Roy

Coming of age tale Boyhood won the coveted Golden Globe for best drama on Sunday, while the quirky period caper The Grand Budapest Hotel was the surprise winner for best comedy or musical, in a big upset to awards season front-

runner Birdman.The first major awards for the Hollywood film industry this year

were scattered widely among many films, potentially setting up a complex race towards the industry’s top honours, the Oscars, on February 22.

The night took on a more sombre tone from the beginning when stars like George Clooney and Helen Mirren showed their support for free expression and the victims of a deadly attack on a satirical French newspaper last week.

The president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which organises the Globes, brought the room to a standing ovation by saying: “Together we will stand united against anyone who would repress free speech anywhere from North Korea to Paris.”

Boyhood took three Globes from five nominations, including the night’s top drama film honour, a reward for the unprecedented cinematic venture of making a film over 12 years with the same actors. The man behind the low-budget experiment, Richard Linklater, won best director and Patricia Arquette won best supporting actress.

If Boyhood goes on to win the Academy Award for best picture, it will constitute an extraordinary run for a film from the small studio IFC Films.

“When he came to us with this project 14 years ago, we said yes, the man has such humanity. He’s so humble. He put so much of his own life into this movie,” Boyhood producer Jonathan Sehring said of Linklater.

“This was a very personal film for me ... and it means so much to us that people have seen it and responded to it in that personal way,” Linklater said.

Birdman, a satire of show business that led all nominees with seven nods, picked up best screenplay and best actor in a comedy or musical

for Michael Keaton, embodying a comeback in both the film and real life.

But losing best comedy or musical to The Grand Budapest Hotel from director Wes Anderson was a big blow to the awards momentum of Birdman. The colourful tale of a hotel concierge caught up in a murder mystery and art heist won only that award.

Up to 10 films can compete for the Oscar best picture. In the last two years, the winner of best drama at the Globes has gone on to win the Academy Award for best picture.

Selma, Imitation Game FalterAnother top drama contender

to suffer disappointment was the Martin Luther King Jr biopic Selma, which made history with the first nomination for best director for an African American woman. It won one award: best song for Glory.

The Imitation Game, a British biopic about a World War Two codebreaking hero, walked away empty-handed despite the popularity of its star, Benedict Cumberbatch, and the heft of its distributor, the awards-savvy Weinstein Co.

The outcome of the 72nd Globes will not influence the Academy Awards slate, since voting for next

week’s nominees announcement is closed. But it can give crucial momentum to the Oscar race.

The Globes fortified the frontrunner positions of actors who portrayed extreme illness.

Julianne Moore won best actress in a drama as an early-onset Alzheimer’s patient in Still Alice, while Eddie Redmayne took best actor in a drama for his portrayal of physicist Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything.

Politics played heavily into acceptance speeches, from support for the Hispanic and transgender communities to calls to protect freedom of expression and solidarity after the deadly attack on French newspaper Charlie Hebdo.

George Clooney, receiving a lifetime achievement award and sporting a lapel pin declaring “Je suis Charlie,” noted the “extraordinary day” in Paris and around the world as millions of people and world leaders marched to pay tribute to victims of militant attacks.

“They marched in support of the idea that we will not walk in fear,” said Clooney. “Je suis Charlie.”

The hacking of Sony Pictures also played out at the Globes, but in a more humorous way.

Third-time hosts Tiny Fey and Amy Poehler opened with a joke

about the cyberattack, which the US government has blamed on North Korea. The country, which denies it is behind the hacking, was angered over the studio’s comedy The Interview, which depicts the assassination of leader King Jong Un. “Tonight we are celebrating all TV shows we know and love and all the movies North Korea was OK with,” Fey said.

In television awards, the HFPA anointed Transparent as best comedy series, the first big award for original programming streamed online from retail giant Amazon Inc. The show is about a divorced father transitioning to become a woman and how his grown children react.

In the drama category, Showtime’s The Affair won for its first season, serving an upset to the favourite, the political thriller House of Cards from Netflix Inc.

But Kevin Spacey did win best actor in a TV drama series, his first Globe after eight nominations, for his role as the conniving politician Frank Underwood in House of Cards.

Unlike the Oscars, which are voted on by some 6,000 industry members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Globes are selected by fewer than 100 journalists from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Agencies

Boyhood wins big at Golden Globes

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Best film – dramaBoyhood

Best film – musical or comedyThe Grand Budapest Hotel

Best directorRichard Linklater, Boyhood

Best actor – dramaEddie Redmayne,

The Theory of EverythingBest actress – drama

Julianne Moore, Still AliceBest actor – musical or comedy

Michael Keaton, BirdmanBest actress – musical or comedy

Amy Adams, Big EyesBest supporting actor

J.K. Simmons, WhiplashBest supporting actress

Patricia Arquette, BoyhoodBest foreign language film

Leviathan (Russia)Best animated feature film:

How to Train Your Dragon 2Best screenplay: Alejandro Gonzalez

Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone,Alexander Dinelaris,

Armando Bo, BirdmanBest original song: Glory, Selma –

John Legend, CommonBest original score: Johann

Johannsson, The Theory of Everything

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One cup of blueberries daily reduces BPJust a cup of blueberries every day could

help reduce blood pressure and arterial stiffness, both of which are associated with heart disease.

“Our findings suggest that regular con-sumption of blueberries could potentially delay the progression of prehypertension to hypertension, therefore reducing cardiovas-cular disease risk,” said Sarah Johnson from Florida State University.

Over an eight-week period, 48 post meno-pausal women were randomly assigned to receive either 22 grams of freeze-dried blue-berry powder — the equivalent to one cup of fresh blueberries — or 22 grams of a placebo powder.

Participants receiving the blueberry pow-der on average had a five percent decrease in systolic blood pressure, which is the top number in the blood pressure reading.

They also saw a 6.3 percent reduction in diastolic blood pressure, or the bottom number measuring the pressure in the arter-ies between heartbeats.

Additionally, participants in the blueberry-treated group had an average reduction of 6.5 percent in arterial stiffness.

They also found that nitric oxide, a blood biomarker known to be involved in the widen-ing of blood vessels, increased by 68.5 percent.

This rise in nitric oxide helps explain the reductions in blood pressure.

“Our findings suggest that the addition of a single food, blueberries, to the diet may mitigate the negative cardiovascular effects that often occur as a result of menopause,” Johnson said.

The study appeared in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Protein responsible for sepsis identifiedEnhanced levels of a protein that induces

the creation of fatty acid can lead to sep-sis, a leading cause of death for patients in intensive care units, new research has found.

The UCP2 protein is enhanced in patients with sepsis, the findings showed.

“These results identify UCP2 as a potential therapeutic target in inflammatory diseases such as sepsis,” said Augustine Choi from Weill Cornell Medical College, New York.

The excessive systemic inflammation in individuals with sepsis damages organs and can lead to death.

Therapeutic options for sepsis are limited and the factors that promote this excessive response to infection are poorly understood.

In mouse model of sepsis, lack of this pro-tein ( UCP2) improved survival.

The authors determined that expression of UCP2 induces fatty acid synthesis, which in turn activates inflammatory pathways.

Given the roles of UCP2 in metabolic changes triggered by the immune response, further investigation of UCP2 in the context of cellular metabolism may be useful for elu-cidating mechanisms of human diseases, the researchers noted.

The study appeared in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

Agencies

By Ronnie Cohen

Wearing compression stockings during the day may slightly improve sleep apnea at night, a small study suggests.

The benefits of the knee-high socks, however, failed to convince sleep specialists that they’d hit on a new cure for obstructive sleep apnea, which is a potentially serious condition.

In obstructive sleep apnea, breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep because the airway becomes narrowed or blocked. The condition affects 12 million Americans, raising their risk of high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, irregular heartbeat and diabetes. It also raises their risk of being sleepy and fatigued during the day, because they sleep poorly at night. The gold-standard therapy for obstructive sleep apnea is a continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, device.

In the new study, 22 patients with obstructive sleep apnea who wore compression stockings during the day for two weeks saw their frequency of apneas decrease by 27 percent, compared to 23 patients who didn’t wear the stockings, Dr T Douglas Bradley and colleagues report in Sleep Medicine.

The authors call the 27 percent reduction “mod-est.” They say it reduced patients’ sleep apnea “from the severe to the moderate range.”

They did not, however, see any improvements in patients’ daytime alertness or sleepiness.

There are a number of reasons the airway may be blocked during sleep. For example, the throat muscles and tongue may relax, blocking the airway.

This new study points to another potential mecha-nism, Bradley said. He believes fluid can move from the legs into the neck, restrict the flow of oxygen and cause obstructive sleep apnea.

“Getting rid of excess fluid is one approach of treating sleep apnea,” said Bradley, a sleep spe-cialist and professor at the University of Toronto.

Compression stockings, widely used to treat vari-cose veins and by workers whose jobs keep them on their feet all day, exert pressure on the legs and reduce fluid movement. “This study highlights what we believe to be a new cause of sleep apnea,” Bradley said. “This is further evidence that it really is a mechanism that causes sleep apnea.”

But sleep specialist Dr Jafari Behrouz of the University of California, Irvine, said he is not ready to prescribe the knee-highs to his apnea patients. “At this point, I do not recommend stockings to treat sleep apnea,” said Behrouz, who was not involved with the current study. The first thing he recommends for sleep apnea patients is that they improve their sleep hygiene by eliminating sedatives for six hours before bedtime and by avoiding caffeine after lunch. He also advises that overweight patients try to lose weight and morbidly obese patients consider bariatric surgery. He also recommends that patients use the gold-standard CPAP device when they sleep.

Some patients have trouble using it or do not like using it. A mouthpiece called a mandibular advance-ment device is an alternative that holds the lower jaw and tongue forward during sleep.

Snorers, especially men 50 years and older with a history of high blood pressure or stroke should talk to their doctors about their risk for sleep apnea, Behrouz said. “The patient and physician can discuss what’s the best treatment for them,” he said. “For the majority of the patients, the best treatment still is the CPAP machine.”

SOURCE: bit.ly/1CNgJvf Sleep Medicine, online December 18, 2014. Reuters

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Compression stockings may ease sleep apnea

British researchers have identified a novel gene that is especially active in

a difficult-to-treat form of breast cancer and could thereby help in the search for new treatments.

“Our understanding of genes that drive stem cell development led us to search for consequences when these genes go wrong. BCL11A activity stood out because it is so active in triple-negative cancers. It had all the hallmarks of a novel breast cancer gene,” said Pentao Liu, senior study author from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

After combing through 3,000 patients with breast cancer, the team from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute found that the overactive BCL11A gene drives the development and progression of “triple-negative” breast cancer.

The research that appeared in the journal Nature

Communications and was con-ducted in mice as well as human cells provided new routes to explore targeted treatments for this aggressive tumour type. There are many types of breast cancers that respond differently to treatments and have different prognoses.

Higher activity of the BCL11A gene was found in approximately eight out of 10 patients with basal-like breast cancer and was associated with a more advanced grade of tumour.

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Scientists identify novel breast cancer gene

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By Samuel Gibbs

Visions of humans running around in exoskeletons able to move faster, jump higher and hit harder from films

such as Tom Cruise’s Edge of Tomorroware no longer science fiction but a hid-den reality right now.

What started out as a military appli-cation helping soldiers carry large loads has spawned into applications in medicine, rehabilitation, construction and in the near future, possibly even sports. “We see the world of robotics as having a giant wave of human augmen-tation coming right at it,” said Nate Harding chief executive and co-founder of Ekso Bionics at CES in Las Vegas. “People will be running faster, jumping further and grannies will be showing off their new hip exoskeleton.”

‘It’s about wrapping a robot around a person’

Harding was speaking at a confer-ence session discussing the future of robotics and brought with him a working exoskeleton that allowed a paraplegic man confined to a wheel-chair, 22-year-old Shane Mosko from Connecticut, to simply stand up and walk stunning a hushed audience.

“It’s about wrapping a robot around a person,” explained Harding. “In the case of Shane, he’s able to get up and

walk without assistance. We know it will have a very positive affect the long term health of people who are stuck in wheel chairs.”

The exoskeleton ran down Mosko’s legs to feet plates, powered by a small backpack and controlled partially through two walking sticks that were used to aid balance.

“I’ve been using this device for about two years, and it didn’t take long to get to where I can walk,” explained Mosko while walking backwards and forwards across the stage. “I’m paralysed and I’m not supposed to be up and walking, but being at eye level with you all. With this device it’s a possibility.”

“With this device I can really work on building strength where I have it. I can basically walk as long as the bat-teries will allow, which is not possible with some of the other fixed knee solu-tions. This is only the beginning and there’s so much further we can go. It can only get better.”‘In five years you’ll see exoskeletons on the building site’

The exoskeleton has been designed to help paraplegics gain mobility but also to help stroke victims learn how to walk again. It is controlled by buttons on a set of walking sticks, but also with the weight of the wearer.

Leaning forward in a natural walk-ing stances while rocking side to side

triggers the steps in a very human-like non-robotic way. The exoskeleton detects how much power a person is putting in and fills the shortfall to maintain stability, but also to help people build their strength where they have it.

“Our technology started in the military, carrying heavy loads and with our partners Lockheed Martin we’re still doing that. But we melded technologies from people for athletics

and people with paralysis to aid peo-ple with stroke to walk again,” said Harding.

“Now we’re looking at industrial applications – for construction crews holding heavy tools or working on overhead surfaces. That’s our next stage to attack. In five years you’ll see exoskeletons on the building site and on the medical side, someone with paralysis will be using one to get around a party.” The Guardian

The future for augmented humans

By Dorene Internicola

Americans will continue to flock to indoor cycling, interval training, group fitness classes and other calorie-burning activi-

ties in 2015, but now hi-tech devices will monitor their every waking — and sleeping — hours, fitness experts say.

Consumers bought an estimated 84 million tracking devices in 2013, figures from analyst group HIS Inc showed. The gadgets are giving fitness experts new insights into the most popular trends in the industry.

MyFitnessPal, a digital fitness app and online website, said data from its 47 million users in the United States shows back-to-basic fitness routines such as cycling grew in popularity last year, a trend likely to continue in 2015.

“The trend list was compiled to identify the workouts we thought would be hot for the year, going into the new one,” said Rebecca Silliman, a spokeswoman for MyFitnessPal.

The San Francisco-based company determined

the trends by analyzing the minutes logged for each activity, divided by the daily active users, which they compared to 2013 and controlled for database growth.

SoulCycle, a national chain of indoor cycling stu-dios, was among the popular trends in 2014, with a participation increase of 75 percent, which is likely to continue this year, according to the data.

High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), which alternates all-out effort with recovery periods, jumped 28 percent and CrossFit, a demanding, back-to-basics regimen, was up 15 percent.

Although Zumba, the dance and aerobics rou-tine, is still popular, the figures showed it lost some

momentum in 2014 with a nine percent drop in the number of participants.

The data is consistent with the findings from the American College of Sports Medicine. It fore-cast that body weight training, which uses minimal equipment for back-to-basics-type workouts from CrossFit to bootcamp, and HIIT will be the top trends in 2015.

Strength training and group personal training were also among the top 10 identified for 2015.

Lisa Wheeler, director of group fitness devel-opment at Equinox, the national chain of fitness centers, said the popularity of short, intense work-outs paved the way for an increased emphasis on recovery.

“The last years it’s been (about) going as fast and hard as you can,” she said. “Now, we’re see-ing recovery time built into classes and recovery days, which provide fitness experts and healthcare providers with valuable information.

“Making that data meaningful will be the next trend.”

Reuters

From paraplegics able to stand up from a wheelchair and walk again to workmen carrying heavy loads, robotics-enhanced humans are no longer just science fiction.

A 22-year-old paraplegic, Shane Mosko, walks with the aid of the Ekso Bionics exoskeleton at CES in Las Vegas.

Hi-tech trackers will play big role in fitness

in 2015: Experts

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Hoy en la HistoriaJanuary 13, 2012

1910: The first live radio broadcast of opera was transmitted from New York’s Metropolitan Opera House1938: Walt Disney released his first full length animated feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs2003: Astronomers reported the discovery of three new moons orbiting Neptune, bringing the total to 112010: Venezuela imposed rolling four-hour blackouts every alternate day to combat a major energy crisis

The Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia, with 4,252 people on board, partially sank when it ran aground off the coast of Tuscany, with the loss of 32 lives

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15 Youngest Oscar winner in history

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Easy Sudoku PuzzlesPlace a digit from 1 to 9 in each empty cell so everyrow, every column and every 3x3 box contains allthe digits 1 to 9.

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21:00 Killer Women

22:00 True Blood

23:00 Mistresses

13:00 Christmas

Magic

15:00 Temptation:

Confessions

Of A Marriage

Counselor

17:00 Everything

Must Go

19:00 The Factory

21:00 Trespass

23:00 As I Lay Dying

13:00 Peeples

15:00 Epic

16:45 The Butler

19:00 The Heat

21:00 3 Days To Kill

23:00 American

Hustle

01:15 Dead Man

Down

13:00 Jamai Raja

13:30 Bandhan

14:00 Doli Armaano Ki

14:30 Jodha Akbar

15:00 Kasamh Se

16:00 Hum Paanch

17:00 Teenovation

17:30 Neeli Chatri

Waale

18:00 Maharakshak Aryan

18:30 Bandhan

19:00 Sapne Suhane

Ladakpan Ke

19:30 Jodha Akbar

20:00 Jamai Raja

20:30 Kumkum Bhagya

21:00 Qubool Hai

21:30 Satrangi Sasural

22:00 Doli Armaano Ki

22:30 Sapne Suhane

Ladakpan Ke

23:00 Best of Fear Files

00:00 Jodha Akbar

00:30 Kumkum Bhagya

13:05 I Didn't Do It

13:30 So Random

14:55 Jessie

15:20 I Didn't Do It

15:45 Liv And Maddie

16:10 Austin & Ally

17:00 I Didn't Do It

17:25 Jessie

17:50 Prank Stars

18:15 Dog With A Blog

18:40 Good Luck

Charlie

19:05 I Didn't Do It

19:30 Liv And Maddie

19:55 Austin & Ally

20:20 Wizards Of

Waverly Place

20:45 Suite Life On

Deck

21:10 Hannah Montana

21:35 That's So Raven

22:00 Suite Life On

Deck

22:50 Shake It Up

13:05 Auction Hunters

13:30 The Liquidator

13:55 Dallas Car Sharks

14:20 Siberian Cut

15:10 Rods N' Wheels

16:00 Fast N' Loud

16:50 How It's Made

17:40 Dual Survival

18:30 Dive Wars

Australia

19:20 Manhunt

20:10 The Liquidator

20:35 Dallas Car Sharks

21:00 Get Out Alive

With Bear Grylls

21:50 Dive Wars

Australia

22:40 Manhunt

23:30 Get Out Alive

With Bear Grylls

00:20 Dive Wars

Australia

01:10 Manhunt

08:00 News

08:30 Counting the

Cost

09:00 Al Jazeera

World

10:30 Inside Story

11:00 News

11:30 The Stream

12:30 Earthrise

13:00 NEWSHOUR

14:30 Inside Story

15:00 The System

17:30 The Stream

18:00 NEWSHOUR

19:00 News

19:30 The Cure

20:00 News

20:30 Inside Story

21:00 NEWSHOUR

22:00 News

22:30 The Stream

23:00 Al Jazeera

World

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$1m prize set on potion to extend human life beyond 120

A Silicon Valley entrepreneur has launched a $1m prize for the scientists to find the elixir of life that can

extend life beyond age 120 - the theoretical maximum human lifespan.

As of today, 15 scientific teams are already on the job to find the elusive fountain of youth.

According to hedge fund manager Joon Yun, the chance of dying between ages 25 and 26 is only 0.1 percent.

He now wants scientists to “hack the code of life” and make that percent consistent across the ages, the Guardian reported.

To encourage scientists, Yun has set up the $1 million “Palo Alto Longevity Prize” to anyone who can extend the life span in mice up to 50 percent in the first place.

Once the initial goal of 50 percent increase in life expectancy is achieved, Yun plans to offer more money for feats above and beyond until longevity is no longer an “issue.”

For this, Yun has a team of nearly 50 advisers, includ-ing scientists from some of America’s top universities, for help.

The quest for an eternal life is not new.In 2013, Google launched California Life Company

(Calico) whose mission is to reverse engineer the biol-ogy that controls lifespan and “devise interventions that enable people to lead longer and healthier lives”.

In 2014, US biologist and technologist Craig Venter and the founder of the X Prize Foundation, Peter Diamandis, announced a new company called Human Longevity Inc.

It aims to create a database of 1 million human genome sequences by 2020 that will give key information for a longer, healthier life.

Swiss clamp down on cross-border pizza deliverySwitzerland’s frugal pizza lovers have had their hopes

dashed for a special rule that would have allowed them to keep ordering cheaper pizza delivery from neigh-bouring Germany.

Around a year ago the Swiss customs administra-tion scrapped an exception that, in some circumstances, allowed food delivery like pizza into Switzerland without having to pass through customs.

The previous system had prompted businesses across the border to offer deals targeting Swiss customers, a spokesman for the customs office said.

The strong Swiss franc has prompted Swiss bargain hunters to cross the border in search of cheaper goods in neighbouring Germany and France.

The Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) for Hochrhein-Bodensee, a German region that borders Switzerland, had lobbied for an exception in the case of pizza delivery, but the Swiss customs administration has decided against such a move for the time being.

“IHK Hochrhein-Bodensee is disappointed with this information and will, in the interests of our member companies, continue to work to find a solution,” the industry body’s Chief Executive Uwe Boehm said in a statement.

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Events in Qatar

Mal Lawal BiennaleWhen: Till February 28Where: Doha Exhibition Center What: Spread over 5,000sqm space, the expo is divided into 11 categories and offers a feast to the eyes and intellect of visitors with a diverse array of objects.There has been a rise in the number of participants from 90 in the first edition to 152 this year, 110 of whom are from Qatar and 42 from other GCC countries.Free entry

Family Art Workshops When: Till March 31, 2015 Where: Katara Art Studios - Bldg 19What: Katara Art Studios is hosting a series of Diverse Family Art Workshops from September 2014 to March 2015. They invite families to attend with their children aged between 5 years old to 10 years old.The cost of each workshop is QR150

Shirin Neshat: Afterwards When: Till February 15, 2015 Where: Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art What: The first solo exhibition in the Middle East by internationally acclaimed artist Shirin Neshat. Occupying the entire ground floor galleries, the exhibition features existing and newly produced works. Free admission

The Tiger’s Dream: Tipu Sultan When: Till January 24Where: Museum Of Islamic Art What: This exhibition delves into the life of Tipu Sultan, the South Indian ruler, statesman, and patron. Drawn entirely from the MIA collection, and featuring many objects which have never been displayed in Qatar, the centerpiece is a group of 24 paintings showing Tipu’s victory at the Battle of Pollilur in 1780.Free entry

Yousef Ahmad: Story of ingenuity When: Nov 11- Feb14; 10am-8pmWhere: Qatar Museums Gallery, Building 10, Katara What: As a pioneer of Qatar’s modern art movement, Yousef Ahmad’s artistic journey has spanned over three decades, and his work has been influenced by his surroundings and emotional ties with Qatar’s culture and traditions. It showcases three phases in his career, from the early oil paintings that include the depiction of Al Zubarah Fort, to mixed media calligraphic pieces to new conceptual artworks.Free Entry