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Wednesday, February 12, 2020
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COVER
STORY
STARTING EARLY: A slice from the National Sport Day action in Musheireb yesterday as part of activities for the day. Photo by Jayan Orma
Health is wealth
Qatar National Sport Day signifies the need for an active lifestyle. Noted expats tell
Community how it helps prioritise well-being of citizens and residents alike. P4-5
OSCARS BACK PAGE
How the Oscars kept Eminem’s CCQ celebrates Qatar National
surprise performance a secret. Sport Day with series of activities.
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COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT
PRAYER TIME
Fajr 4.53am
Shorooq (sunrise) 6.13am
Zuhr (noon) 11.49am
Asr (afternoon) 3.02pm
Maghreb (sunset) 5.27pm
Isha (night) 6.57pm
USEFUL NUMBERS
Anveshanam hospital immediately. What awaits him comes as a shock as he
CAST: Jayasurya, Vijay Babu, Shruti Ramachandran is soon sucked into a miasma of questions that he has to fight
DIRECTION: Prasobh Vijayan to find the answers.
SYNOPSIS: Aravind is informed that something
unexpected has happened to his family and has to reach the THEATRES: Landmark, Royal Plaza, The Mall
Emergency 999
Worldwide Emergency Number 112
Kahramaa – Electricity and Water 991
Local Directory 180
International Calls Enquires 150
Hamad International Airport 40106666
Labor Department 44508111, 44406537
Mowasalat Taxi 44588888
Qatar Airways 44496000
Hamad Medical Corporation 44392222, 44393333
Qatar General Electricity and
Water Corporation 44845555, 44845464
Primary Health Care Corporation 44593333
44593363
Qatar Assistive Technology
Centre 44594050
Qatar News Agency 44450205
44450333
Q-Post – General Postal
Corporation 44464444
Humanitarian Services Office
(Single window facility for the repatriation of bodies)
Ministry of Interior 40253371, 40253372,
40253369
Ministry of Health 40253370, 40253364
Hamad Medical Corporation 40253368, 40253365 Latte And The Magic Waterstone on a mission to find the magic waterstone and help bring back
Qatar Airways 40253374 DIRECTION: Mimi Maynard, Regina Welker CAST: water to the forest. Together with the squirrel Tjum, they will
Ashley Bornancin, Danny Fehsenfeld, Leslie L. Miller find themselves on the most challenging adventure of their
SYNOPSIS: Animals wake up to discover that the forest life.
is facing drought. Latte, an energy-filled little hedgehog goes THEATRES: Royal Plaza, Landmark, The Mall
uote Unquote
Q “Life lived
for tomorrow will
always be just a day away
from being realised.”
– Leo Buscaglia
Community Editor For movie timings and
Kamran Rehmat further details please scan
e-mail: community@gulf-times.com the QR code above with your
Telephone: 44466405 mobile phone camera or
visit qatarcinemas.com
Fax: 44350474
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Ballet Lessons
WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier
WHEN: Ongoing
TIME: 4pm – 8pm
For more info e-mail at registration@
atelierqatar.com or call on 33003839.
After School Activities
WHERE: Atelier
WHEN: Ongoing
Music and arts activities for students
taking place after they finish their day in
school includes Group Music lessons, Hip-
hop, Ballet, Drawing and Painting, Drama
MIA Park Bazaar 2020 TIME: 12:30pm Theatre & Taekwondo. Ages between 5 and 10
WHERE: MIA Park Street Food is the ideal venue for a leisure Qatar Food Fest years old after school hours.
WHEN: Ongoing till April 25 experience for the whole family offering over WHERE: Sheraton Hotel Park
TIME: 2pm — 8pm 20 dine-in options and 18-hole World Mini- WHEN: Ongoing till April 30
MIA Park Bazaar is a modern version of Golf setup. TIME: 4pm — 1am
the Old Souq tradition with vibrant mix of The festival is currently happening at
around 120 stalls. You can browse and buy Hobby Classes Sheraton Hotel Park. Qatar Food Fest features
handicrafts, accessories, paintings, clothing, WHERE: Mamangam Performing Art 77 stalls, food trucks, and trolleys, bringing
food, jewellery, photography and art. Centre culinary and cultural experiences from all
WHEN:Wednesday – Monday corners of the globe to visitors and residents
Mamangam is an art and performance in Qatar.
centre started with a vision of spreading
our knowledge, interests and experience in
various disciplines in arts across different Public Speaking Classes for Adults
countries for children and adults. WHERE: Sharq Capital, C-Ring Road
We offer regular classes in disciplines like WHEN:Ongoing till July 1
traditional classical dance, art and craft, TIME: 6:30pm – 9pm
Bollywood and hip-hop styles, Carnatic Get trained by experts to be a good speaker.
music, robotics, percussion instruments, Smedley Toastmasters is conducting a
keyboard, yoga, zumba and martial arts six-month speech-craft programme that
like Karate, Shaolin Kung Fu and Kalari. teaches new members to speak confidently
For those who wish to register e-mail and develop leadership skills. For more
at info@mamangamqatar.in or call on information, 66053485, 33232490 or visit
33897609/44723680 www.SmedleyToastmasters.org
2020 Grand Prix – Test and Race
WHERE: Losail International Circuit
WHEN: March 6–8
2020 Grand Prix is set to take place from March 6 till March 8 at the Losail International
Circuit. Built-in just under a year, the circuit has been a regular venue of the MotoGP
calendar ever since. You can watch the races with friends or family in an open-air setting
where you will be surrounded by the uproar of larger crowds.
Artistic Gymnastic Classes
WHERE: Qatar Academy Msheireb
WHEN: Ongoing
TIME: 3:15pm – 4:15pm
The Olympic sport using horizontal bar,
rings and floor exercises on mats for the
children from age 4 till 16.
Metro Street Food
WHERE: DECC Metro Station
WHEN: Ongoing
Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: gtlisting@gmail.com, Events and timings subject to change
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“Sport helps people come
out of comfort zones”
Expats join cause with National Sport Day and underline the need to be
on the right side of physiology by taking charge of your body and mind
A BEAUTIFUL DAY, A SPORTING CHANCE: Watersport against the stunning West Bay skyline. People from different nationalities, ages and backgrounds step out in large numbers to participate in
the Qatar National Sport Day across Doha and beyond every year.
By Mudassir Raja form of a sport and in a festive day. The one-of-its-kind event is a well-known chef promoting human body is not meant to sit all
mood. National Sport Day in Qatar — held every second Tuesday of healthy food. She eulogised the day. We should be as active as we
is a yearly occasion that offers February — encourages all members vision behind the sport day and can throughout the day. It is also
T
he universal saying opportunities filled with fun and of the society to take part in the underlines the necessity of having important to eat well and make
goes ‘a healthy mind in fitness. It is a time to celebrate the nationwide celebration. an active life and nutritious food. sensible choices in order to keep
a healthy body’. It is a healthy way of living as people in In this connection Community, “For the nation to host such healthy,” Julia said.
point beyond doubt that Qatar take off from work to partake got in touch with prominent a special day as the sport day, She added: “The National
a healthy lifestyle effects fitness with an air of festivity. members of different expatriate where the people are encouraged Sport Day, I believe is the perfect
body, mind, mood and attitude in A varied programme of sport communities to learn how they to get outside and be active, I platform to encourage healthy
a very positive way. Good things and other physical activities aimed celebrate and view the vision believe it is very important. It is activities in order to promote good
come to those who sweat. at promoting active and healthy behind the festivity. very easy to live a sedentary life in health and an active lifestyle. It
A physical activity becomes lifestyles takes centre stage at Julia Toon, a British expatriate Qatar due to the intense weather helps to educate the populace and
fun when it is carried out in the various locations to mark the and longtime resident of Qatar, and our computerised lives. The encourage all to be responsible
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“The recurrence of
physical activity is very
“The National Sport Day,
FITNESS AND FUN: Communities take part in full range of fun and fitness important in everyone’s
activities on the National Sport Day that focus on the body, mind and spirit. I believe is the perfect
life. It helps to balance
platform to encourage
social and work lives. Being
for their health, well-being and different walks of life a chance healthy activities in order
happiness.” to come together and celebrate active physiologically
Julia attended a special event sportsmanship as they give to promote good health
at Oryx International School. themselves a big reminder of how helps generate certain
important healthy body and mind and an active lifestyle”
The event was organised by Qatar
Airways. In the event, she led are.”
good hormones”
and judged the ‘Create a Salad’ Mohammad Redzuan
competition. The theme behind Nordin, President of Malaysian — Julia Toon, British chef — Pierre Daniel,
this activity was to inspire people Association of Qatar, attended the
to eat healthily, have fun and enjoy
being creative. “For many years,
sport day activities organised by
his company for all employees.
French athlete
my main activity on the sport day “The day was fun-filled. Sport
had been walking my dogs — my activities brought people from
everyday main pastime — and the different backgrounds together. I
other members of my family play think one of the best and the most
golf.” interesting events was tug of war
Pierre Daniel is an active French that was attended by both adults
athlete who has walked and cycled and kids. The event overall created
around Qatar. Pierre spent the a spirit of togetherness, harmony
Sport Day at Aspire Zone taking and joy.
part in different public activities
— fun runs, park and run, walk,
“The Government of Qatar has a
good vision and mission. There is a
“The Government of
martial arts, and fitness classes.
“I joined the activities very early
lot of interest in sport activities and
training of sportspersons.”
Qatar has a good vision
in the morning with my other Riyaz Ahmed Bakali is a noted and mission. There is a
colleagues. Later, my family joined member of Pakistani expatriate
me and we enjoyed different sport community. He sees the rising lot of interest in sport “Sport has become a
activities together.”
Sharing his thoughts on the
interest in sports in Qatar as a
positive sign. “Qatar has long been
activities and training of strategy for Qatar. It is an
active lifestyle, the French athlete involved in organising different
international sporting events.
sportspersons” objective of the country
said: “The recurrence of physical
activity is very important in There is enviable infrastructure for to keep its people active,
everyone’s life. It helps to balance
social and work lives. Being active
sport activities. People of all walks
of life can take advantage of the
— Mohammad Redzuan healthy and happy”
physiologically helps generate infrastructure from playing tennis
to walking or jogging at Corniche.
Nordin, President of
certain good hormones. It is a
tool that helps you maintain brain “To further boost the interest Malaysian Association — Riyaz Ahmed Bakali,
chemistry. It genuinely makes in sports, the country has started
people feel happy. celebrating the sport day. Sport of Qatar prominent Pakistani
“Qatar follows its vision of has become a strategy for Qatar.
2030. One of the pillars of the It is an objective of the country to community member
vision is sport. Sport brings people keep its people active, healthy and
together and help create strong happy. There is no other example
communities. It is also a social of celebrating a sport day at the
activity. I, being a sport loving national level.”
person, am at ease in Qatar because Nilangshu Dey is a prominent
of the sport-friendly environment. member of the Indian expatriate
Sport helps people come out of community and president of Indian
their comfort zones. Sporting Sports Centre. “Qatar started to
activities have generally become a celebrate the sport day to create a
part of Qatar culture.” sporting environment emphasising
Aliguma Saul Rayan is a the value of sports in everyone’s
prominent leader of the Ugandan life. To have a healthy life, sport has
expatriate community in Qatar. become mandatory for everyone
He motivates his community to keep alive the slogan of Qatar “We highly admire the “The day gives people
Olympic Committee — Sports for
members to get involved in different
sport activities. “The Ugandan Life. So we highly admire the Qatari Qatari government’s vision from different walks of
community has more than one
football teams. People work for
government’s vision in shaping our
mindsets positively by bringing
in shaping our mindsets life a chance to come
different companies in different sport into everyone’s life. There positively by bringing sport together and celebrate
areas but they get together to play is support for sport activities
football. The sport day actually everywhere in Qatar.” into everyone’s life” sportsmanship”
helps in finding and uplifting other
talented sportspersons.”
“Since Indian Sports Centre was
officially launched on National
— Aliguma Saul Rayan,
He added: “This day is not Sport Day in February 2017, it has — Nilangshu Dey, President eminent Ugandan
necessarily an occasion to get been organising different sport
involved in sports activities. tournaments for people of different of Indian Sports Centre community leader
Instead, it gives people from age groups.”
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COMMUNITY
NEA Qatar organises blood donation drive
Nepal Engineer Association — Qatar Chapter (NEA-Qatar) recently organised a blood donation responsibility to transfer some of our energy for those in need. Many times, we hear that people
drive at HMC Blood Donor Centre. Over 30 members of NEA Qatar participated in the drive. lose their precious life because of not getting blood on time, so we wanted to contribute to that
Speaking on the occasion, Padam Sha, President of NEA-Qatar, said, “NEA-Qatar aims to inspire situation.”
more and more people for blood donation. We’re proud to see so many of our members taking Mohammed Ayub, member of NEA-Qatar, “Donating blood is one of the best things one can
part in the drive.” do to help a person. The initiative of the drive is to raise awareness on the significance of blood
Arjun Prasad Bhatterai, community leader, said, “We are young and healthy, we have the donation and to save lives.” — Text and photos by Usha Wagle Gautam
IEI-Qatar Chapter conducts technical session
The Institution of Engineers India – Qatar Chapter (IEI – Qatar Chapter) recently conducted a panel speakers along with stating the importance of the seminar.
speech session on ‘Energy Conservation: Today’s Challenges’ at Oryx Rotana. The session was KM Salihudeen FIE was the moderator of the technical session. The session was conducted by
attended by over 110 member engineers. Professor Syed Javaid Zaidi, Chair Professor of Chemical Engineering and QAFAC Chair in Qatar
Ahmed al-Jolo, President of Arab Engineers Federation, was the chief guest and Nishad Azeem, University, along with K M Bazeeth Ahamed, Director of Conserve Engineering Solutions; and
former chairman of Qatari Society of Engineers and CEO of Coastal Qatar, the guest of honour. Dr Rajendran Sankaran Researcher at Qatar University. Ahmed al-Jolo along with Abdul Sathar
Abdul Sathar, Chairman of IEI-Qatar Chapter, welcomed the gathering and introduced the guest felicitated the speakers on the occasion.
PICPA Doha marks Qatar National Sport Day
Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) Doha LLC(G) recently organised at MIA Park. Sheila Medel, President of PICE Qatar Chapter, welcomed the gathering, which
various activities, spearheaded by the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE) Qatar was followed by a message by David Des Dicang, Labor Attaché II at the Embassy of the
Chapter in collaboration with Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) and Philippine Philippines. The event included various activities, including dance, sack race, tug of war and
Professional Organization Qatar (PPO-Q), as part of Qatar National Sport Day celebrations pictionary.
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COMMUNITY
Nepal and India football teams compete in 8th ACFT
Nepal Football Team Qatar and
Indian Community Team recently
played against each other in
8th Asian Community Football
Tournament (ACFT) organised by
Qatar Football Association at Al
Arabi Sports Club.
The players of Indian Community
Team included Sandeep, Badusha,
Shiyas, Salman Faris, Shajeer,
Aghin, Faisal, Salman Zubair,
Ashique, Sadik, Shuhaib, Kannan,
Mufeer and Helmi. Players of
Nepal Football Team included
Arjun Subba, Purna Thami, Purna
Danuwar, Tej Narayan Limbu,
Ranjeet Sachin Sadahi, Suman
Limbu, Jebi Rai, Jaman Limbu, Dilhi
Parhag Limbu, Rajkumar Chaudary,
Rakesh Sapkota, Bikash Pardah
and Roshna Limbu. The match was
drawn between the teams.
– Text and photos by Usha
Wagle Gautam
La Bodega Negra in The Middle East opens at the St Regis Hotel Doha
La Bodega Negra, the celebrated Negra ambience, as they explored
Mexican restaurant originally from the interiors of the Hacienda-style
Soho in London, recently launched designed rooms. Guests enjoyed the
its very first Middle East outlet at authentic atmosphere, viewing the
the St Regis Hotel Doha, stated a variety of unique and interesting art
press release. The recently opened pieces including sculptures, paintings
restaurant offers guests a unique and pottery. The restaurant also
Mexican dining experience, with an includes an expansive leafy garden
outstanding atmosphere, food and terrace, where many people relaxed
beverages available in a cosy setting and enjoyed their evening.
inside or the beautiful outdoor terrace. Will Ricker, Owner of La Bodega
The opening celebration was Negra, said, “We are thrilled to have
attended by VIP guests, local finally opened the first La Bodega
celebrities and the social elite Negra in the Middle East here in
of Doha’s vibrant dining scene, Doha. I look forward to welcoming
media and loyal customers. The more guests in our Mexican home
restaurant was alive with music and at the St Regis Hotel. We promise
entertainment by Lannka, a musician exquisite Mexican favourites, cooked
well known for incorporating folkloric using ingredients sourced specially
sounds and ancient rhythms, for us.”
bringing them into an electronic Ian Hunt, Operations Director at
realm of deep house music. La Bodega Negra Doha, added: “It
Guests savoured the La Bodega was a fantastic night. The feedback
Negra menu, featuring favourites was amazing, and we are very
from authentic Mexican cuisine, happy that everyone enjoyed the
alongside a fine selection of music and evening in a laid-back
beverages specifically created for the environment, which is the essence
evening. of Mexican culture. We look forward
The restaurant was transformed for to fantastic times ahead with great
the evening to allow the guests to entertainment, food, and beverages
indulge in a complete La Bodega to be offered to our guests.”
Palakkadan Nattarangu elects new office bearers
Palakkadan Nattarangu, a socio- Vijayakumar, Vanaja
cultural organisation affiliated Krishnakumar, Acharath Gopala
to Indian Cultural Centre Krishnan, Asokan Madathil,
under the aegis of embassy Sreekumar K P, Shamim,
of India, recently elected new Praveen Kuriyil, Baburaj K M,
office bearers for the tenure Gireesh Sankaranunni, Jyothi
of 2020 to 22. The new office Pradeep, Nishanth Vijayan,
bearers, include V A Gopinath, Rajesh Mangode, Sreedevi,
President; Gopalakrishnan K V, and Abdul Salam, executive
Vice President; Nithin Baburaj, members.
Secretary; Chandrasekharan K The organisation plans on
A, Treasurer; Thekre Ambalappat hosting several socio-cultural
Vasudeven, Joint Secretary; activities in this calendar year,
Krishnakumar K, Joint Treasurer; including Eid, Onam Celebration
and Rajith Kumar, Lal Kannottil, and the Nilosatvam function
Rasin Edappayil, Sreeja along with various medical
Vadakkedath Muralidharan, camps. V A Gopinath Gopalakrishnan K V Nithin Baburaj Chandrasekharan K A
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An emotionally devastating film abou
CAST: The cast of Parasite poses on the red carpet during the Oscars arrivals at the 92nd Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, US.
for directing.) Parasite is the first
By Justin Chang movie to win best picture and
the international feature award
(formerly known as the foreign-
T
he members of the language film award) in the same
Academy of Motion night.
Picture Arts and It is the second winner of the
Sciences did something Palme d’Or, the Cannes Film
extraordinarily rare on Festival’s top prize, to take the best
Sunday night. They gave the Oscar picture Oscar, and the first since
for best picture of the year to — wait Marty pulled off the same feat 64
for it — the actual best picture of years ago, thus forging – or renewing
the year. – a symbolic bond between the
You may not concur, which is Hollywood establishment and
fine, even great. Movies were made the most venerated platform for
for vigorous argument, for the international cinema.
passionate drawing of aesthetic and Parasite has dealt a much-needed
ideological battle lines. But if we slap to the American film industry’s
were to look at the Oscar pantheon narcissism, its long-standing love
from this young century alone, affair with itself, its own product
I would say that Parasite, Bong and its own image. It has startled the
Joon-ho’s genre-blurring marvel of academy into recognising that no
a darkly comic thriller, joins an elite country’s cinema has a monopoly on
company of best picture winners greatness — no small thing at a time
— I’m thinking of Moonlight, 12 when trumped-up nationalism and
Years a Slave, The Hurt Locker, No xenophobia have a way of seeping
Country for Old Men, The Lord of the into our art no less than our politics.
Rings: The Return of the King and not And in a year of unwelcome
much else – that could be plausibly resurgence for #OscarsSoWhite, PLOT: Parasite features a man tutoring the daughter of an influential family.
defended as the very finest films especially in the acting categories
nominated in their respective years. (where Cynthia Erivo was the sole having an imperfect but measurable Michael Haneke’s Amour (2012) – pulled off something that Fellini and
And yet, even within said elite actor of colour nominated), the sight effect. masterpieces all, it’s worth noting, Bergman and Kurosawa and Truffaut
company, Parasite stands in a of actors Song Kang Ho, Park So The victory of Parasite has had any of them won, they would have could not. Hell, if more academy
history-making class by itself. Dam, Choi Woo Shik, Lee Jung Eun shattered a glass ceiling that held restored some luster to the academy’s members had voted for Alfonso
Bong’s movie is not just the first and other members of the Parasite stubbornly firm for 92 years, even often lackluster history. Cuaron’s Roma last year, we might
Korean production but also the cast and crew taking the stage was in the face of best picture nominees By no means should Parasite have have been spared the indignity of
first non-English-language picture nothing less than a balm — and a such as Jean Renoir’s Grand Illusion been the first movie to achieve this Green Book.
ever to win the Oscar for best sign, perhaps, that the academy’s (1937), Ingmar Bergman’s Cries and milestone; it frankly boggles the But today is not a day to spend
picture. (He also became the first efforts to diversify its ranks and Whispers (1972), Ang Lee’s Crouching mind, in ways both thrilling and dwelling on the regressive missteps
Korean filmmaker to win the Oscar become a truly global institution are Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) and sobering, to realise that Bong has and missed opportunities of
Wednesday, February 12, 2020 GULF TIMES 9
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ut broken families, wealth inequality
Oscar past. It is not a day to waste
time stewing about Crash and A
Beautiful Mind and Forrest Gump
and all the times when art lost out
to sentimentalised views of race,
class and (American) history. I’d
much rather think about all the
Korean-non-conversant moviegoers
who, having slept on Parasite all
season long, will finally, grudgingly
force themselves to surmount “the
1-inch-tall barrier of subtitles,” in
Bong’s unimprovable phrase, and
watch the damn thing. My God,
they’re in for a treat.
I wouldn’t go so far as to say that
all is forgiven ... but my God, it
matters that the best picture Oscar
has gone to Parasite.
I wouldn’t go so far as to say that
all is forgiven; academy absolution
is in the eye of the moviegoer. But
my God, it matters that the best
picture Oscar has gone to Parasite,
a morally galvanising, viscerally
unsettling and emotionally
devastating movie about patriarchal
sins, broken families, wealth
inequality and the class hierarchy of
Seoul as a microcosm of capitalist
rot. Remember that until this year,
no Korean movie had even been
nominated for the international
feature Oscar — or any Oscar – let
alone come within spitting distance
of best picture. What can we say?
When South Korea makes history, it BREAKTHROUGH: Until this year, no Korean movie had been nominated for the international feature Oscar — or any Oscar.
really makes history.
Bong, of course, is not a stand-in and big-budget visual effects, and cross-purposes with itself, where reason to celebrate Parasite and the the greatest movie ever made about,
for Korean cinema, and it would be shot mostly in English. one hand scarcely knows what the anxious, unsettled moment to which and for, a house divided. – Los
reductive to see him as such. He is It’s instructive, I think, that after other is doing. Maybe that’s another it speaks so indelibly: This may be Angeles Times/ TNS
not Lee Chang-dong, Park Chan- two stabs at going Hollywood, it was
wook or Hong Sang-soo, to name Bong’s return to Korean filmmaking
three important, internationally — to an intimately scaled, modestly
renowned Korean filmmakers that budgeted production with an
any self-respecting member of entirely Korean cast and crew
the academy should be familiar — that resulted in a mid-career
with. Championed for years by masterpiece, a movie that spoke
none other than his recent Oscar more directly and powerfully to
rival Quentin Tarantino (to whom audiences than anything he had
he gave a moving shout-out from made in years. He made a movie, in
the stage), and hailed from the short, that met the academy more
beginning as an heir to the mantles than halfway – and the academy, to
of Hitchcock and Spielberg, Bong its credit, responded in kind.
is one of those filmmakers who tells In a year when its members could
stories in a cinematic idiom so fluent have voted for a British war drama
and accessible that conventional that exudes a more obvious kind of
language barriers, for all intents and Oscar-worthiness (1917) – or two
purposes, cease to exist. great American movies that are,
One of the many ironies in themselves, monuments to the
underpinning the victory of Parasite greatness of American cinema (Once
is that Bong, more than most of his Upon a Time ... in Hollywood and The
contemporaries, is a student and Irishman) – the victory of Parasite
ardent lover of American cinema, is an enormously meaningful
someone who grew up watching statement.
Hollywood movies on American And not one that I expect will be
Forces Korean Network, the TV repeated anytime soon. No one who
channel for US soldiers stationed in has followed the Oscars with any
Korea. You see that love in his work. regularity over the years can be naive
His 2003 masterpiece, Memories enough to think that progress is a
of Murder, is an epistemological straight line; a major step forward
serial-killer thriller that anticipates one year will almost certainly be
David Fincher’s Zodiac (and remains answered by two steps backward
one of the few movies worthy of the next. Post-Parasite, I wouldn’t
the comparison). His 2006 hit, the steel myself for a sudden succession
gloriously entertaining monster of best picture winners hailing from
movie The Host, should be essential China, Mexico, Germany or Senegal.
viewing for every Hollywood There will be retrenchments and
filmmaker tasked with a Godzilla or detours. There will be reminders
Pacific Rim reboot. The two pictures that the academy, in retaining its
Bong made just before Parasite – long-standing members while
the thrillers Snowpiercer and Okja broadening its international reach, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Bong Joon-ho, left, and Han Jin-won accept the Writing - Original Screenplay - award for
– were made with Hollywood stars is an unwieldy organisation often at Parasite.
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Science Matters
Best plants for a growing dinosaur
The long-necked sauropod dinosaurs, among
the largest animals that ever lived, ate only plants –
but what plants could nourish such a monster,
particularly when young and growing fast?
Researchers compared different plants
that lived in Age of Dinosaurs for their
nutritional value and digestibility
for immature, growing sauropods
Top rated food: Horsetails
Equisetum, a spore-bearing plant; popular
names: “scouring rush” and “horsetail”
Highly digestible, nutritious; low-growing,
easily reached by young dinosaurs
Horsetail leaves
No. 2:
Gingko
Fruit-bearing leafy
tree with edible
nuts; used today
as an ornamental
Horsetail stems
No. 3: Conifers No. 4: Ferns No. 5: Cycads
Source: Carole Gee, University of Bonn; sauropod illustration by Jon Hoad; TNS Photos; US Navy
Graphic: Helen Lee McComas, Tribune News Service © 2020 TNSWednesday, February 12, 2020 GULF TIMES 11
LIFESTYLE/HOROSCOPE COMMUNITY
Smartphone applications not
reliable to spot skin cancer
S
martphone apps that false reassurance caused delay in not by users on their phones,
assess the suspicious people seeking medical advice, the and photographs that could not
moles can›t be relied researchers said. be evaluated by the apps were
upon to detect all skin In Europe, two apps (SkinVision excluded.
cancer cases, researchers and SkinScan) are available. They Also, study participants were not
have found. Also, the regulatory are regulated as class I medical tracked to identify cancer cases,
mechanism for these apps doesn’t devices (deemed to have low to missed by the apps.
provide adequate protection to moderate risk to the user). No SkinScan was evaluated in a
the public, according to a study apps have the US Food and Drug single study of 15 moles with five
published in the journal The BMJ. Administration (FDA) approval. melanomas. The app didn’t identify
According to the World Health A previous expert review of such any of the melanomas.
Organisation (WHO), 2-3 million apps suggested that there was a SkinVision was evaluated in two
non-melanoma and 132,000 high chance of skin cancers being studies. One study of 108 moles (35
melanoma skin cancer cases occur missed. cancerous or precancerous moles)
globally each year. For the study, the researchers achieved a sensitivity of 88 per cent
“Our review found poor and examined the validity and findings and a specificity of 79 per cent.
variable performance of algorithm- of researches, looking at the It meant 12 per cent patients with
based smartphone apps. These accuracy of algorithm-based cancerous or precancerous moles
apps have not yet shown sufficient smartphone ‘skin’ apps. would be missed, while 21 per cent
promise to recommend their Nine studies that evaluated six of those non-problematic moles
use,” said study authors from the different apps were identified. could be identified as potentially
University of Warwick, the UK. Studies were small and of poor cancerous.
Apps, using artificial intelligence quality. They had problems, like The study authors say in a
(AI), offer the possibility of the suspicious moles being chosen population of 1,000 users in which
early detection and treatment by clinicians not the app users, three per cent have melanoma,
of suspicious moles. But they photographs taken by trained SkinVision could still miss four
could be harmful, particularly if researchers on study phones and of 30 melanomas and 200 people would wrongly be told their mole was of high concern. – IANS
ARIES
March 21 — April 19
TAURUS
April 20 — May 20
GEMINI
May 21 — June 20
Some rather tedious and boring paperwork you have to handle Books, lectures, and other sources of information regarding spiritual, A goal related to business or finance that is very important to you
for your business might be a pain in the neck now, Aries, but it metaphysical, or religious matters could have your mind spinning, could require you to pay a lot of attention to paperwork today, Gemini.
should bring a lot of benefits to you later. Therefore, you’ll want Taurus. What you read or hear is likely to be fascinating, but you You’re likely to spend most of the day on it since a deadline may be
to exercise your usual conscientiousness in order to assure that it might be too overwhelmed to make sense of it right now. Don’t feel involved. Take care, however, that you don’t get so caught up in a
gets completed. Your diligence and dedication should attract the that you have to get it all together today. Do something else, let it all quest for perfection that you stress yourself out. Sometimes obsessive
attention of those in authority, so expect advancement in some way. stew, and tomorrow its meaning could all appear to you in a rush. attention can sabotage the very aim you’re working toward.
CANCER
June 21 — July 22
LEO
July 23 — August 22
VIRGO
August 23 — September 22
The establishment of a new business partnership could require a lot Legal documents that concern your business may need to be Today you might consider making an investment of time, energy, and
of paperwork today, Cancer. It might be really tedious trying to make executed today, Leo. There might be a lot of paper to wade through, perhaps a little money in a creative project of some kind, Virgo. This
sense of all the jargon involved, but it’s important to you, so you’re not to mention jargon that appears indecipherable. Don’t get too could also involve modern technology in some way. You could have
likely to be more persistent than usual. Someone more familiar with impatient, however, as this is important. Instead, find someone more several colleagues who want to work with you on this, and therefore the
these matters could explain the ins and outs to you. This is likely to familiar with this sort of thing and get him or her to explain it all entire enterprise could be very exciting. Be sure not to lose sight of the
be a very fortunate development for you, so don’t lose heart. to you. Then, assuming it’s agreeable, take care of it and move on. practical details involved or you might never get it off the ground.
LIBRA
September 23 — October 22
SCORPIO
October 23 — November 21
SAGITTARIUS
November 22 — December 21
Visitors might come to your home today to discuss business of some A rush of excess ambition could cause you to channel a lot of your An upcoming visit from someone close may have you working
kind, Libra, perhaps job related, perhaps about an enterprise you’re physical and mental energy into whatever work you’re doing right overtime in order to fix up your house, Sagittarius. Therefore, you
developing on your own. If you aren’t careful, however, you could get now, Scorpio. This might involve writing, teaching, or speaking in could be tempted to go crazy buying decorative items. This is fine
caught up in conversations that are more social than practical and thus some way. As a result of your zeal, your body could be exhausted up to a point, but be careful! Some of the stuff that looks good in
lose sight of the reasons you got together. Stay focused on the matter at but your mind spinning like a top, even though the thoughts coming the store might not look quite the same once you get it home. Your
hand and you could be pleasantly surprised at the results. up may be scattered. It might be best to pace yourself now. guest is more interested in seeing you. Decorate in moderation.
CAPRICORN
December 22 — January 19
AQUARIUS
January 20 — February 18
PISCES
February 19 — March 20
Working at home might be the answer for you today, Capricorn. You News you may receive about your place of business or the people Paperwork involving money might seem a bit overwhelming today,
could be physically and mentally worn out from working too hard, you work for might bring up some doubts about your future in this Pisces, and you might ask a friend for advice or assistance. This
but you still have important tasks to complete. You may operate organisation, Aquarius. You might feel that you aren’t getting anywhere. person probably knows what it’s all about, so listen even though
better on your own territory right now, without having to fight traffic You might be considering the possibility of changing jobs or even you might not understand much of what he or she says! Financial
or parking problems. You tend to be very conscientious where work careers. Someone may put forth a type of opportunity that you’ve never benefits could be in the wind. You may be entertaining outrageous
is concerned, sometimes to your own detriment. Don’t do this today. considered before. Think about it, but don’t decide for a few days. fantasies of what you’re going to buy with it all. Dream all you want.12 GULF TIMES Wednesday, February 12, 2020
COMMUNITY CARTOONS/PUZZLES
Wordsearch Adam
Pooch Cafe
ALDER SYCAMORE CEDAR
CYPRESS BEECH MAHOGANY
PINE HICKORY WILLOW
ASH TEAK CHERRY
DEAL BIRCH MAPLE
SAPELE LIGNUM YEW
BALSA VITAE CHESTNUT
EBONY WALNUT OAK
Codeword
Every letter of the alphabet is used at least once.
Squares with the same number in have the same letter
in. Work out which number represents which letter.
Puzzles courtesy: Puzzlechoice.com
Garfield
Sudoku
Bound And Gagged
Sudoku is a puzzle based
on a 9x9 grid. The grid is
also divided into nine (3x3)
boxes. You are given a
selection of values and to
complete the puzzle, you
must fill the grid so that
every column, every anone
is repeated.Wednesday, February 12, 2020 GULF TIMES 13
PUZZLES COMMUNITY
Super Cryptic Clues Colouring
Across Down
1 Informal neckwear injured 1 Boat capsized in ocean (5)
people (10) 2 Condiment for Jack Tar (4)
7 Unmarried people taking some 3 Take in topless cab before
kissing lessons? (7) brothers turn up (6)
8 Climbed a pole to see flowers? 4 Rows about stray dogs (8)
(5) 5 Oriental festival on the first of
10 Something used by angler for November (7)
river fish? (4) 6 Terrible monster or a scientist
11 Footwear for coaches (8) (10)
13 They tend to be in hospital! (6) 9 Orderly sorting out messy attic
15 Dreamy state produced by (10)
nectar (6) 12 Free to be let out again? (8)
17 Attractive trap in sorcery (8) 14 Maigret’s sort of music? (7)
18 Only turning to one 16 1000 is suitable for a square
instrument (4) peg (6)
21 I take ladders out from wrecks 19 Availing oneself of gun is
(5) wrong (5)
22 Dropped in on Italian film 20 In feudal society as well (4)
director (7)
23 Terrible hag snorted, being
wilful (10)
Yesterday’s Solutions
Answers
Wordsearch Codeword14 GULF TIMES Wednesday, February 12, 2020
COMMUNITY OSCARS
The Oscars ceremony
fights its own irrelevance against the old methodology of a studio
By Lorraine Ali system that’s been slow to catch up with the
rest of the world.
So what did the show’s organisers do to
S
outh Korea saved Hollywood make up for the lack of surprise, and colour,
from itself on Sunday night when in the award categories?
Parasite won the top prize at They organised a diverse array of presenters
the 92nd Academy Awards, the and guests from all over the entertainment
culmination of a telecast that universe: Atlanta’s Zazie Beetz. Spike Lee.
struggled to entertain let alone find relevance Salma Hayek. In clips of footage and songs
in the art form it was honouring. from previous winners, Sunday’s Oscars
To celebrate film’s biggest night, the attempted to highlight films such as Slumdog
Oscars relied heavily on talent imported from Millionaire, La Bamba and Moonlight from
television, music and theatre. years when a fresh perspective, or at least a
Welcome Veep’s Julia Louis-Dreyfus! Billie new story or two, prevailed.
Eilish! Anthony Ramos of Hamilton! Most of If the honours look predictable, put your
the evening’s big winners, such as Laura Dern surprises in the choreographed telecast.
and Brad Pitt – who took home supporting Even on this front, there was at least one
acting honours for Marriage Story and Once surprise that qualified as a head-scratcher:
Upon a Time … in Hollywood, respectively To the confusion of several in the crowd at the
– were easily predicted. And all the funniest Dolby Theatre, rapper Eminem performed his
stand-out moments in the three-hour Oscar-winning song Lose Yourself 17 years
telecast came when the show pointed out after the 2003 Oscar triumph.
just how out of touch the academy is with the It was telling that the ads during commercial
industry’s leading edge. breaks for forthcoming TV series such as
“It’s time to come alive, because the Oscars Genius: Aretha and Mrs. America looked more
is so white,” sang Janelle Monáe in the show’s innovative and in-touch than much of what
opening number, flanked by Pose star and came out in theatres over the last year.
Emmy winner Billy Porter. They highlighted The argument that television has overtaken
the lack of diversity in Oscar categories SARCASTIC: Steve Martin, left, and Chris Rock speak onstage during the 92nd Annual Academy film as the leading, innovative medium gained
by praising women, people of colour and Awards at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. more steam after Sunday night’s ceremony.
productions that were snubbed, in the song No wonder Regina King, Reese Witherspoon
lyrics or in the costumes of the dancers Theatre, joked about the academy’s failure short buddy act. and Nicole Kidman have defected, at least
onstage, some of whom were dressed as to recognise those outside of its traditional “Think how much the Oscars have changed momentarily, to the small screen. Streamers
characters from My Name Is Dolemite, others go-to choices – white men. And though in in the past 92 years,” said Martin. “Back in such as Apple TV+ and Netflix, which was up
as Little Women. it’s a joke that’s growing old after so many 1929, there were no black acting nominees.” for 24 awards going into the Oscars this year,
British actress Cynthia Erivo was the only missed opportunities, it was still fresher “And now in 2020, we got one,” said Rock. have a place for them, and it’s not just as a
person of colour nominated for acting, and than the familiar faces who delivered familiar “Amazing growth.” presenter.
it was for playing a former slave, no less. For acceptance speeches thanks to the marathon Other presenters whose gags bested the Hollywood has no excuse for falling
her role as freedom fighter and abolitionist of Oscar precursor awards they’d won. speeches for entertainment value included behind, or adhering to the old patterns of
Harriet Tubman in Harriet, she lost, as “So many great directors this year,” said SNL vets Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig and awarding the same films and same folks. Film
predicted, to Renée Zellweger, who played Rock. Cats stars James Corden and Rebel Wilson, celebrities have been some of the loudest
Judy Garland in Judy. “I don’t know Chris, I thought there was who poked fun at 2019’s most notorious flop. proponents of inclusion, on all levels, and of
No women were nominated for the director something missing this year,” responded The generational and racial divide between pushing the ball forward creatively.
award, and Little Women’s Greta Gerwig was Martin. those presenting and entertaining onstage This year’s Oscars showed an art form in
among those snubbed. “Women?” and the majority of nominees and winners dire need of a relevancy check. Instead we got
Former Oscar hosts Chris Rock and “Yeah.” belied a tension in the academy. Reflecting the biggest rap act of 2002 and a whole lot of
Steve Martin, who made an appearance The pair also picked up the in the battle between Parasite and 1917 the jokes about the industry’s inability to see its
together early in Sunday’s show at the Dolby #OscarsSoWhite thread and wove it into their telecast pitted the new faces of pop culture own stasis. – Los Angeles Times/TNS
Oscars telecast draws 23.6 director Bong Joon Ho has only Phoenix for best actor in The
million viewers on ABC, an made about $35 million in ticket Joker, Renée Zellweger for best
all-time low sales in the US and Canada. actress in Judy, Laura Dern for best
The audience level for last supporting actress in Marriage
The ratings comeback for the year’s programme rose due to the Story, and Brad Pitt for best
Oscars was short-lived as ABC’s presence of Disney’s mega-hit supporting actor in Once Upon a
telecast on Sunday was watched by Black Panther, which had seven Time … in Hollywood.
23.6 million viewers, an all-time nominations and three wins, and The ceremony had a sizeable
low. musical performances from Lady helping of political rhetoric, which
The 92nd Academy Awards Gaga and Queen. has been considered a turnoff for
ceremony from the Dolby Theatre TV viewing for the Oscars and some viewers and turned into talking
was down 20% from 2019. Last other awards shows has been under points for right wing critics who
year, the telecast was up 12% pressure in recent years as more seek to portray Hollywood figures as
coming off its previous all-time low viewers are watching video online. leftist, out-of-touch elites.
of 26.5 million viewers in 2018. During live awards ceremonies, The most direct hit came from
The ceremony presented by the younger viewers tend to watch clips Pitt, who commented that the 45
Motion Picture Academy of Arts on social media sites instead of seconds allotted for his acceptance
and Sciences was historic due to sitting through an entire three- speech was “more than the Senate
the surprising best picture win for hour plus telecast. gave John Bolton this week,” which
Parasite – the first non-English Parasite was the big winner was the only reference to the SUPPORTING ACTOR: Brad Pitt accepts the Actor in a Supporting Role
language film ever to take the on Sunday, earning awards for impeachment trial of President award for Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood.
trophy. But box office appeal is direction, original screenplay and Trump. Bolton, Trump’s former
often an indicator for Oscar ratings, international film. Other major national security adviser, offered to him. But the Senate voted not to was acquitted last Wednesday.
and the film from South Korean category winners included Joaquin testify were the Senate to subpoena allow witnesses at the trial. Trump – Los Angeles Times/TNSWednesday, February 12, 2020 GULF TIMES 15
OSCARS COMMUNITY
Joaquin Phoenix Jojo Rabbit director Taika Waititi becomes
champions a big night for first Maori person to win Oscar
vegans at the Oscars
Jojo Rabbit writer-
It was a night of laughs and director Taika Waititi
celebrations and a handful of achieved a major
triumphant moments for vegans. milestone on Sunday at
Billie Eilish, Natalie Portman, the Oscars.
Cynthia Erivo and Joaquin Phoenix In winning Best
were among the animal-free Adapted Screenplay,
celebrities who attended the 92nd Waititi became the first
Academy Awards on Sunday at the person of Maori – the
Dolby Theatre. indigenous people of
Phoenix spent much of his New Zealand – descent
Oscars speech for lead actor in to take home an award
Joker talking about animal rights in the 92-year history of
and the cruelty of the factory the show.
farming industry. “This is really great,
“I think whether we’re talking and I dedicate this to
about gender inequality or racism all the Indigenous kids STORYTELLER: New Zealand director-actor
or queer rights or indigenous rights who are in the world Taika Waititi poses with his award for Best
or animal rights, we’re talking who want to do art and Adapted Screenplay for Jojo Rabbit.
about the fight against injustice,” dance and write stories,”
he said. “We’re talking about the SPEECH: Best Actor award winner Joaquin Phoenix speaks onstage. Waititi said during his acceptance speech at the Dolby Theatre in Los
fight against the belief that one Angeles.
nation, one people, one race, one we think that we have to sacrifice People for the Ethical “We are the original storytellers and we can make it here as well.”
gender or one species has the right something, to give something up.” Treatment of Animals, the Waititi had already made history before the Academy Awards ceremony
to dominate, control and use and Eilish gave a touching animal-rights organisation, began, as he’s the first indigenous person to receive an Oscar nomination
exploit another with impunity. performance of the Beatles’ saluted the vegan Hollywood for Best Adapted Screenplay, according to the Los Angeles Times.
“We feel entitled to artificially Yesterday during the show’s In A-listers on Twitter throughout The satirical Jojo Rabbit centres on a 10-year-old member of Hitler’s
inseminate a cow, and when she Memoriam section, which honoured the night. It even pointed out that youth named Jojo and his German mother who hides a Jewish girl in their
gives birth we steal her baby even Kirk Douglas, Kobe Bryant and the CGI-animated musical Cats home during World War II.
though her cries of anguish aren’t others who died in the last year. left out real animals. PETA also In addition to directing the film and writing the screenplay, Waititi
mistakable. And then we take her Erivo also put on quite a show gave a nod to Oscar winner Bong starred as a bumbling version of Adolf Hitler who only appears to Jojo as
milk that’s intended for her calf, when she sang Stand Up, from the Joon Ho for his 2017 drama Okja, an imaginary friend.
and we put it in our coffee and film Harriet, which earned her two which the organisation claimed Best Adapted Screenplay was the lone win Sunday for “Jojo Rabbit,”
our cereal. And I think we fear the Oscar nominations, including for turned many carnivores into which received six Oscar nominations overall, including one for Best
idea of personal change because lead actress and original song. vegans. – Los Angeles Times/ TNS Picture. – New York Daily News/ TNS
How the Oscars kept Eminem’s
surprise performance a secret
The tweet parroted lyrics from Lose
By Edward Pevos Yourself where he asks “If you had one shot or
one opportunity to seize everything you ever
wanted in one moment would you capture it
J
ust how did the Academy Awards or just let it slip?”
pull off one of its most secretive The answer for Eminem, whose real name
performances in years when Eminem is Mashall Mathers, was the former on
surprised at the 2020 show? Few Sunday. His apparently vulgar performance
people knew about it and a fake song was largely censored for ABC’s broadcast of
was used during rehearsals. the 92nd Academy Awards, but attendees at
According to an ET interview with Robert Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre got more than an
Mills, senior vice president of Alternative earful.
Series, Specials and Late-Night Programming While the crowd roared with thunderous
at ABC, the surprise had actually been in the approval during his inspired performance,
works for years. photos of seemingly bewildered showbiz
“I want to say the first time it was ever types including The Irishman director Martin
talked about was after Justin Timberlake Scorsese and singers Idina Menzel and Billie
opened with ‘Can’t Stop the Feeling’ in 2017,” Eilish made the rounds on social media.
Mills told ET. “We talked about it with the When Eminem won his Oscar 17 years ago,
Academy that Eminem, the fact that he never he stayed home because he thought he had no
performed that song and it’s such an anthem, chance of actually collecting a statue.
and it’s one everybody knows and it won the “Actually, I was sleeping that night,” he LIVE: Eminem performed the song Lose Yourself, which earned him a 2003 Academy Award for
Oscar. Wouldn’t it be great to figure out a way said in an interview for the music program best original song that he didn’t show up to accept.
to get him to come and do that?” Behind the Boards. “I just felt like I had no
The Detroit rapper won the Oscar for best chance of winning because, you know, when during the rehearsal so no one would know Saturday Night Fever. It was a fake-out.”
original song for Lose Yourself at the 2003 I heard I was nominated, I thought that was what was going on. Mills told ET Eminem was really into the
awards show, but did not accept the award for actors.” “When we did dress rehearsals, there surprise performance.
in person. The song was released in 2002 His co-writer Luis Resto accepted that was a whole alternate beat where it was “The element of surprise was really
for Eminem’s movie 8 Mile. It became his honour from presenter Barbra Streisand. Lose just Eminem’s band playing ‘You Should paramount to him that I think had it been
first Billboard Hot 100 number one single. Yourself was the first hip-hop song to win an Be Dancing’ by The Bee Gees with John leaked, he would have backed out. It was
The rapper wrote on social media after the Academy Award. Travolta in the background, so that’s how great that it was able to be kept such a huge,
surprise performance at last night’s show, “It had to be the right time, it had to be in much it was kept a secret and surprise. jaw-dropping surprise. Really, up until
“Look, if you had another shot, another the right place in the show,” Mills told ET. He There was a whole alternate ending to that 48 hours before, I think maybe six people
opportunity... Thanks for having me said that the Detroit rapper only rehearsed beat. “If anybody happened to wander in knew. The Academy, us at the network, the
Academy. Sorry it took me 18 years to get the performance one time. It was such a and see it they would have been like, ‘Oh producers and Eminem’s team. And that was
here.” secret, a different song was actually played yeah, there’s been a switch with a salute to really it.” – TNS16 GULF TIMES Wednesday, February 12, 2020
COMMUNITY
CCQ celebrates Qatar National
Sport Day with series of activities
WINNERS: The winners of various competitions and games in a group photo.
T
he Community College also launched its ‘Be the Biggest
of Qatar (CCQ) Winner’ competition, where over
recently marked Qatar the span of 3 months, participants
National Sport Day competed against each other to
with a series of fun and see who loses the most weight
productive activities at Park 65 for a special prize. During the
Onaiza. Various sports activities event, participants were also
along with medical tests and given the opportunity to play with
other initiatives to encourage the professional players from Qatar’s
adoption of a healthy lifestyle were football clubs.
set up on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion,
CCQ’s celebration was divided Abdulrahman Bakhit al-Abdullah,
into three main categories, a football player, stressed on the
including sports events for adults importance of the Sport Day for
and children, lab testing for health, the mind and the body,
health, and sports and nutrition as well as how it brings families,
consultations. children and friends together.
Speaking on the occasion, Safia He also thanked the CCQ for
Saleh al-Sheeb, Head of Public organising the event.
Relations and Communication of Ahmad al-Mohammad, football
CCQ, said, “At CCQ, we believe player of Muaither Sports Club,
that a healthy mind resides in a called on all members of the
healthy body, and that’s why we community to participate in
are constantly encouraging all our sporting activities and practice
community members to engage sports continuously because
in sports activities, eat healthy of their numerous physical and
food, and look after their health psychological benefits, as well
in general. Our beloved nation as their role in promoting co-
needs more and more educated operation and teamwork.
and healthy generations that As part of the sports medical
work to boost its economy and tests, participants went through
develop its resources, and there body composition analysis,
is no doubt that the activities we footprint analysis to detect birth
offered our College Community defects, joint flexibility tests, lower
today contribute towards this body muscular endurance tests,
endeavour.” and metabolic rate analysis at rest
The sports celebration featured and in motion.
a ‘Telematch’ competition for Abdeltawab Mahfouz, one
children that included commando of the participants, stressed
crawls and obstacle courses, and a on the importance of the tests
five-a-side football tournament, conducted. He said, “The
where each team was led by a activities were fun and the test
Qatar Stars League player. In was very informative and will help
addition, basketball, volleyball, me make more balanced lifestyle
table tennis, javelin throwing, choices.”
and cycling games were held Sports and nutrition
along with the ‘CCQ Strongest consultations provided
Man’ contest which was bagged participants with key information
by Wessam Mokhtar, Finance on the foundations of optimal
Department at CCQ. To encourage CATEGORIES: CCQ’s celebration was divided into three main categories, including sports events for adults and nutrition, in addition to tips for
fitness and an active lifestyle, CCQ children, lab testing for health, and sports and nutrition consultations. making healthy lifestyle changes.You can also read
