Emir receives message from

Brazilian president
THE Emir His Highness Sheikh
Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani
received a written message from
President of Brazil Dilma
Rousseff pertaining to bilateral
relations and means of promot-
ing them. The Assistant Minister
for Foreign Affairs HE Ali bin
Fahad al Hajri received the mes-
sage during a meeting with
Brazils Ambassador to Qatar HE
Hildebrando Tadeu Valadares on
Sunday. (QNA)
Heir Apparent receives
message from Guyana
THE Heir Apparent His Highness
Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al
Thani received a written message
from President of the Republic of
Guyana Donald Ramotar pertain-
ing to bilateral relations and
means of enhancing them.
Assistant Minister for Foreign
Affairs HE Ali bin Fahad al Hajri
received the message during a
meeting with Minister of State for
International Cooperation and
Presidential Envoy of the
Republic of Guyana George
Hallaq. (QNA)
Minister of municipality
meets Lord Mayor of London
MINISTER of Municipal Affairs
and Urban Planning HE Sheikh
Abdurrahman bin Khalifa bin
Abdulaziz al Thani met with Lord
Mayor of London Alderman David
Wootton on Sunday. Talks during
the meeting dealt with means of
promoting bilateral cooperation in
the municipal sector and infra-
structure development. (QNA)
Assistant foreign minister
meets US Congress delegation
ASSISTANT Minister for Foreign
Affairs HE Ali bin Fahad al Hajri
met with a delegation from the US
Congress on Sunday. Bilateral rela-
tions and issues of common inter-
est were discussed during the
meetin. The assistant minister
spoke about the strong relationship
between Qatar and the US. (QNA)
Nationline
Deputy prime minister
meets UNAMID head
DEPUTY Prime Minister and
Minister of State for Cabinet
Affairs HE Ahmed bin Abdullah al
Mahmoud met with head of the
AU-UN Mission in Darfur
(UNAMID) and Joint Chief
Mediator Professor Ibrahim
Gambari. Talks during the meeting
dealt with a number of issues
related to the implementation
of Doha Document For Peace
in Darfur. (QNA)
Advisory Council Speaker
meets US Congress delegation
SPEAKER of the Advisory (Shura)
Council HE Mohammed bin
Mubarak al Khulai met with a
visiting delegation of the US
Congress on Sunday. Talks during
the meeting dealt with bilateral
parliamentary ties and means of
enhancing them. The meeting was
attended by the Deputy Speaker of
the Advisory Council HE Isa bin
Rabia al Kuwari, the Councils
General Secretary HE Fahd bin
Mubarak al Khayareen and a
number of senior ofcials at the
Council. (QNA)
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DOHA
QATAR University (QU) and
Georgetown University School
of Foreign Service in Qatar
(SFSQ) recently signed a ve-
year memorandum of under-
standing (MoU) for academic
exchanges and faculty research
collaboration and establishing
opportunities for students from
both institutions to take up
courses and programmes on
their respective campuses.
The agreement was signed by
QU President Prof Sheikha
Abdulla al Misnad and
Georgetown SFSQ Dean Prof
Gerd Nonneman in the pres-
ence of QU Vice-President and
Chief Academic Ofcer Dr
Sheikha bint Jabor al Thani,
deans and faculty members
from both institutions.
Dr al Thani gave a presenta-
tion on the implementation
strategy, noting that with
respect to major academic proj-
ects, collaboration may be in the
form of joint committees which
would facilitate exchange of
ideas and constructive feedback.
Additionally, SFSQ may act as
a facilitator for collaboration
with its parent campus in
Washington DC.
Prof al Misnad said, This
agreement is a clear indication
of how higher education is
evolving in Qatar.
Collaboration and exchanges
form part of the goal to establish
a cohesive environment of aca-
demic opportunities for stu-
dents preparing to enter univer-
sity and those in the process of
making nal decisions on the
studies they want to pursue.
We are pleased to enhance our
relationship with Georgetown
University in Qatar by providing
new and exciting opportunities
that will benet students and
faculty at both institutions.
Prof Nonneman said, We, at
Georgetown SFSQ, are proud to
partner with Qatar University to
build synergies wherever we
can. This ts our fundamental
aim of engaging with the wider
Qatari society and education as
part of Georgetowns develop-
ment and mission. Both of our
institutions students and facul-
ty will benet from the exchange
of ideas and knowledge and we
hope our exchange of expertise
leads to long-term relationships
of mutual benet among teach-
ing faculty, staff and administra-
tive leaders. We also hope it will
help serve the needs of Qatar
and the region. The MoU is in
line with what we feel is the right
next step in the development of
both Georgetowns endeavours
in Qatar and the development of
Qatar as a regional leader in
higher education.
QU, Georgetown in
pact to exchange
academic expertise
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Low 15C
Wind 30 kts
Visibility moderate
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Rel. humidity 56%
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DOHA
ROAD safety issues are never
far from the headlines in Qatar.
Mobile phone use, tailgating
and failure to wear the seat belt
are just some of the issues
causing concern among the
countrys road safety cam-
paigners.
Voucher Clubs, an up-and-
coming discount voucher web-
site, launched in December
2011, immediately set about
initiating a campaign to pro-
mote the use of seat belts and
car seats for children.
Voucher Clubs believes
greater efforts need to be made
to improve education and raise
awareness of this important
issue. The simple fact is that
wearing a seat belt signicantly
reduces the risk of injury or
death in the event of a crash.
Research by the US National
Highway Trafc Safety
Administration has found that
wearing a seat belt reduces the
risk of death in a car accident
by 45 percent.
Despite the evidence sup-
porting the use of seat belts,
residents of Qatar will be all too
familiar with the worrying
sight of young children climb-
ing around inside cars, not
wearing seat belts or restraints.
Qatar currently has no law to
enforce the use of seat belts in
the rear seats of cars. In 2007,
the World Health Organisation
(WHO) published a report
stating that just 50 percent of
people in Qatar wore a seat belt
when travelling in a vehicle.
Voucher Clubs has designed
and printed car stickers to raise
awareness on this issue.
Amanda Parker-Woods,
founder of Voucher Clubs,
commented: With two young
children myself, I am constant-
ly shocked by the number of
children that do not fasten a
seat belt or travel in a car seat.
Seeing children on an every-
day basis jumping around
inside cars, or perched on a
parents lap, is hugely concern-
ing. The response to the stick-
ers has been fantastic, with
many people especially par-
ents - very keen to support the
campaign.
Drive to promote
use of car seat belt
PM WITH LORD MAYOR
Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor al Thani met Lord Mayor of London
Alderman David Wootton, in Doha, on Sunday. Later, the Lord Mayor and Qatars Attorney-General HE Dr Ali bin Futais al
Marri addressed a business delegation at the Qatar Financial Centre Civil and Commercial Court. They talked about the close
cooperation between Qatar and the UK in strengthening the rule of law and ght against corruption.
QU President Prof Sheikha Abdulla al Misnad (left) and Georgetown
SFSQ Dean Prof Gerd Nonneman, in Doha, recently.
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THE fourth sub-regional
workshop for customs per-
sonnel in the Gulf
Cooperation Council (GCC)
countries kicked off here on
Sunday. The two-day work-
shops main focus is on the
technical aspects of the
Transfer Regime of the
Chemical Weapons
Convention (CWC).
The workshop is being
organised by the National
Committee for the
Prohibition of Weapons
(NCPW) in cooperation with
the Organisation for the
Prohibition of Chemical
Weapons (OPCW).
The workshop will discuss
several issues related to the
Convention, including an
introduction on OPCW, prin-
ciples and procedures govern-
ing transportation of chemi-
cals and means of identica-
tion of chemical and biological
warfare agents. The
Convention on the Prohibition
of Chemical Weapons enjoins
on every signatory country to
ensure that its advertisements
include an annual statement
on the quantities of chemicals
supplied to it, including the
amounts consumed and
exported.
Speaking on the occasion,
Chairman of the Qatar
National Committee for
Prohibition of Weapons
Brigadier-General Nasser
Mohammed al Ali stressed
Qatars keenness to organise
such workshops for the repre-
sentatives of GCC customs as
they are geographically con-
tiguous, and that the smug-
gling of any of the materials
used in manufacture of chem-
ical weapons into the GCC
territory will affect the securi-
ty of the member-states.
Al Ali pointed out that the
workshop is about the impor-
tance of the role customs
authorities in the GCC coun-
tries play to uphold the sanc-
tity of the Convention. These
authorities guard against
inltration of these weapons
in the GCC countries to avoid
any risks resulting from clan-
destine inow of chemicals.
The NCPW believes in the
importance of the customs
role in effective implementa-
tion of the Convention, Ali
said, adding that the customs
department represented the
states sovereignty over its
territory and its inviolable
right to protect itself against
the smuggling of chemical
weapons, banned substances
and the illicit trade.
He also pointed out that
while protecting the country
was the responsibility of every
countryman, the customs
inspectors formed the rst
line of defence. It is worth
noting that Qatar ratied the
Chemical Weapons
Convention on August 13,
1997, to become one of the
rst countries to support the
international efforts towards
achieving universal applica-
tion of the Convention. We
recognise the importance of
customs department in
enforcing control over what
comes in and what goes out of
the country. Customs func-
tion is to serve as a protection
shield, Ali said.
The Convention has
restricted the circulation of
dangerous substances used in
manufacture of chemical
weapons which represent a
serious danger to the safety
and security of the citizens.
The Convention has also
imposed severe restrictions
on the transport of these
chemicals out of the borders
of a country. Banned chemi-
cals are allowed into only
those states which are signa-
tory to the Convention, and
on the condition that these
chemicals are used for med-
ical or pharmaceutical pur-
poses or prophylactic
researches.
Customs role in security highlighted
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DOHA
GEORGETOWN Universitys
Edmund A Walsh School of
Foreign Service in Qatar
(SFSQ) recently held a
Faculty Distinguished
Lecture which highlighted the
effects of the Arab Spring and
Arab-America relations.
The lecture, hosted by the
universitys Center for
International and Regional
Studies (CIRS) featured
noted journalist Peter Bergen.
Addressing a packed house,
where the assembly of people
ranged from diplomats and
faculty members to students
and those with an interest in
international affairs, Bergens
speech on, The Awakening:
How Revolutionaries, Barack
Obama and Ordinary
Muslims are Remaking the
Middle East analysed signi-
cant regional developments
against the background of
global current affairs.
The CNN national security
analyst and recent author of
The Longest War: The
Enduring Conict Between
America and Al Qaeda, based
his insightful lecture on the
premises of the ve inter-
linked topics of Al Qaeda, ter-
rorism, Afghanistan-Pakistan,
the Arab Spring and the inu-
ence of President Obama on
some of these issues, before
engaging the audience in his
analyses and predictions for
the road ahead.
The death of Bin Laden
was a punctuation point for Al
Qaeda, whose strategic goals
have failed in getting the US
out of the Middle East as a
result of waging war against
America, Bergen said.
Bin Laden never com-
mented on the Arab Spring
because people who led the
revolution in the Arab World
were inuenced by Gandhi
and non-violent ideas, added
Bergen as he gave the Arab
Spring the status of most sig-
nicant event since the col-
lapse of Ottoman Empire in
the 20th century.
Bergen said while the gov-
ernment in the Arab World
will be able to transform and
weather the storms for a vari-
ety of reasons, Israel and Iran
would be the losers of the rev-
olution.
Israel can no longer claim
it is the only democracy in the
Middle East. Another big
loser is Iran; it is about to lose
its key Syrian ally and its only
land link to Hamas and
Hezbollah. The US too is not a
winner in a sense that newly-
formed regional governments
reect their populations
mood, and most of them are
not pro-US at all, he said.
Moving to Central and
South Asia, Bergen saw a ray
of hope in Afghanistan, where
70 percent of the population
now feels their country is
heading in the right direction,
and in Pakistan, where civil
society movements anticipat-
ed a turning around Arab
Spring even before the
Middle East.
Bergen was, however, criti-
cal of President Obamas
approach to foreign policy, as
the White House has failed to
exert real effort on Palestine-
Israel relations in the Middle
East.
Bergen underlines effects of Arab Spring
Peter Bergen (left) and a Georgetown University ofcial during a
lecture, in Doha, recently.
Participants at the workshop for customs personnel of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, in Doha, on Sunday.
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DOHA
QATAR Universitys Gas
Processing Center (GPC)
announced at a press confer-
ence on Sunday that the third
International Gas Processing
Symposium will be held from
March 5 to 7.
The event will be sponsored
by Shell as elite sponsor, along
with Qatar Petroleum (QP),
ConocoPhillips , ExxonMobil
and Dolphin Energy Limited
as main sponsors.
QU VP for Research Dr
Hassan al Derham, Dean
College of Engineering
(CENG) Dr Mazen Hasna,
GPC Director Prof
Abdelwahab Aroussi, Qatar
Shell Country Chairman and
Managing Director Andy
Brown, QP Director of
Administration Ahmed
Mawlawi, ConocoPhillips
Qatar President Erec Isaacson,
Dolphin Energy Qatar General
Manager Adel Ahmed
Albuainain, and Research
Director of ExxonMobil
Research Qatar Andy Wigton
participated in the press con-
ference.
Dr al Derham said: This
symposium has become a
major event on the Qatar and
QU calendar. It is very timely,
given the ever-increasing
importance placed on natural
gas in the development of
greener products and tech-
nologies to advance sustain-
able economic development.
Qatar University is proud to
host this event and to welcome
participants from around the
world who will bring signi-
cant weight and expertise to
the dialogue.
Dr Hasna said: This event
is a golden opportunity not
only for our students of engi-
neering, but also those in the
sciences, environment, busi-
ness and law to participate
actively in the symposium pro-
ceedings and to hear rst-
hand from leading industry
players, top academics and
experts on a topic that is criti-
cal for Qatar and its develop-
ment.
Prof Aroussi said that along
with its consortium members,
the GPC was committed to
engaging the national, region-
al and international communi-
ty to address the various chal-
lenges related to sustainable
and diversied gas utilisation.
Isaacson said:
ConocoPhillips is a founding
member of the GPC and an
active partner in a number of
university programmes. We
fully support Qatars efforts to
diversify gas utilisation and
the advancement of new ef-
cient and greener technolo-
gies, which promote economic
development and sustainabili-
ty. We have no alternative but
to look at natural gas as a
strategic, viable clean alterna-
tive one that Qatar is blessed
to have in abundance.
Wigton commended the
GPC for organising the sympo-
sium, saying: At its founda-
tion, the Center focuses on
enhancing the educational
experience for engineering
students at Qatar University
and ultimately helps address
challenges facing the gas
industry. This is a shared pri-
ority for ExxonMobil, and is
reected in our support of
GPC and QU, as well as in our
business practices, as we con-
tinually look for ways to devel-
op the next generation of sci-
entists and engineers and raise
the bar in operational excel-
lence.
Albuainain said that the
symposium will not only
strengthen the link between
education and the energy
industry but also foster debate
and discussion to help high-
light the importance of gas
processing.
Brown noted that the sym-
posiums theme was particu-
larly relevant to Shells activi-
ties in Qatar and pointed to the
companys ongoing relation-
ship with QU, in sponsoring
the Chair in Sustainable
Development, its involvement
in the Al Bairaq program
under the Materials
Technology Unit, and last
years global Shell eco-
marathon challenge in
Germany in which QU student
teams took part.
The symposium will include
presentations by keynote
speakers, and attendees will
participate in a series of dis-
cussion and technical sessions,
workshops and training semi-
nars led by expert presenters.
They will also take part in trips
to Qatars industrial cities
which host the longest LNG
production trains in the world.
The symposium programme
will also include an exhibition
by QP, Shell, Qapco, Dolphin
Energy, Gas Processing
Association of GCC,
ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil
Qatar, Resato, CCTE Algeria,
and others.
QUs gas processing
meet from March 5
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DOHA
THE Psychiatry Department
of Hamad Medical
Corporation will hold an
open-day lecture on
Wednesday in an effort to
raise awareness on depres-
sion and public understand-
ing of the causes, symptoms,
and care for the debilitating
illness.
All clinical and healthcare
professionals, educators and
members of the general public
are invited to attend the event
which will run from 5:30 to
7:30 pm at the Psychiatry
Department, located next to
the Center and Mega Mart,
and the Kahramaa ofce on
Ibn Sina Street.
The lecture will be present-
ed in both Arabic and English
by Dr Elnour Elniem Dafeeah,
senior clinical psychologist at
HMC, and Dr Ameera
Alkharaz, specialist in the
Psychiatry Department.
Depression is a medical ill-
ness that has a serious impact
on a persons quality of life
and his/her ability to func-
tion. However, with correct
diagnosis, depression is treat-
able for nearly all patients.
According to the World
Health Organisation, major
depression is the second lead-
ing cause of disability world-
wide. Statistics indicates that
about 10 percent of men and
20 percent of women will
experience at least one seri-
ous case of depression in their
life span.
A recent study shows that
the pervasiveness of depres-
sion in Qatar is higher than
the global rate -between 11-20
percent, but it is lower com-
pared to other GCC countries.
The number of patients diag-
nosed as suffering from
depression in Qatar is around
27 percent, of which just over
three percent require urgent
treatment.
Those attending the lecture
will learn more about depres-
sion and how to deal with it.
The Psychiatry Department
holds open days once a
month throughout the year
(except for the summer break
from July to September). The
open days aim to provide
education on various aspects
of mental illness and mental
health, as well as services
offered by the department.
HMC to hold lecture on depression
The symposium
will include pre-
sentations by
keynote speakers,
and attendees will
participate in a
series of discus-
sion and technical
sessions, work-
shops and training
seminars led by
expert presenters.
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Monday, February 20, 2012
www.qatar-tribune.com 23
TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK
DOHA
A HIGH-LEVEL Indian busi-
ness delegation from Doha
visited the Indian state of
Bihar recently on the invita-
tion of Sunil Kumar Pintu,
minister for tourism of Bihar.
The trip was coordinated
by Shakil Ahmed Kakvi,
chairman of the Kainat
Foundation.
The team consisted of MS
Bukhari, Hassan Chougule,
Azim Abbas, Harish Kanjani,
Syed Abdul Hye and Habib
Un Nabi.
The delegation was wel-
comed at Patna Airport by
ofcials of Bihar Tourism, as
well as members of Kainat
Foundation in Bihar.
The team met Minister of
Tourism Sunil Kumar Pintu,
Deputy Chief Minister Sushil
Kumar Modi and Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar and
discussed the areas of possible
investment in the elds of
education, tourism, health,
power and food processing.
The team also met Dr Ahmed
Abdul Hye, chairman of Hai
Hospitals & Research Centre
and Rahul Sharma, member
of Bihar Legislative Assembly.
The delegation also visited
Kainat Foundation, Kako,
Jehanabad, Gaya, Bodh
Gaya, Rajgeer, Nalanda
University, Bihar Shariff, and
Maner Sharief. They met B
Bala Murgandi, district mag-
istrate, Jehanabad,
Chandrika S, superintendent
of police, Jehanabad, Sanjay
Agrawal, district magistrate,
Nalanda, Nayyer Hasnain
Khan, DIG police, Magadh
Range, and Vivek Singh,
commissioner of Magadh
division.
There were visits to places
of educational and historical
importance in the state.
Business proposals from
both sides are to be
exchanged and discussed and
nalised later.
METRO MUSINGS
Indian expats
team visits Bihar
TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK
DOHA
MASHREQ Qatar, a leading
nancial institution, recently
organised a study tour for a
visiting delegation of students
from Dubai Womens College
in the UAE to reect its com-
munity service strategy
With a track record span-
ning over more than 44 years
in the region, Mashreqs con-
tinuous approach to the
growth of human capital and
insight was on display during
the three-day visit.
The Emirati students visit-
ed Mashreq Qatar headquar-
ters and branches, which gave
them the opportunity to share
views and ideas on banking
practices in the Middle East
with the Country Head
Howard Kitson, as well as
with Ayesha al Kuwari, HR
manager.
During the tour, the third-
year nance majors as well as
two faculty members from the
Higher Colleges of
TechnologyDubai Womens
College had the opportunity
to visit some of the most
prominent organisations in
Qatar, among them Qatar
National Bank, Qatar Faculty
of Islamic Studies, Qatar
University, Qatar Financial
Centre, Qatar Finance and
Business Academy, as well as
the College of the North
Atlantic.
Kitson said, We always
welcome and encourage
young talent to obtain an
overview of all the markets in
the GCC.
In particular, Qatar has
emerged one of the fastest
developing markets with its
magnicent progress and
positive drive towards the
future, which includes a
unique wealth of innovation
to be discovered not only in
the banking sector.
Such visits bring together
valuable insights between
markets and reect very well
how Mashreq is committed
towards unifying the closely-
knit communities in the GCC,
cultivating our future genera-
tions in todays competitive
scene, Ayesha al Kuwari
added.
When asked, many from
the visiting students delega-
tion identied with Mashreq
as a brand that has been serv-
ing successive generations in
the region, while adhering to
the highest international
banking standards.
Qatar is an amazing place.
We loved it and were very
impressed by what we have
seen and by the warm wel-
come that was extended by
everyone we met. I am de-
nitely planning to come back
soon, one of the students
added.
The Emirati delegations
tour of Qatar also included
visits to iconic landmarks,
such as Souq Waqif, Katara
and the Pearl-Qatar.
Mashreq Qatar hosts students of Dubai Womens College
Mashreq Qatar ofcials with students of Dubai Womens College, in Doha, recently.
Members of the delegation with Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar, in Patna, India, recently.
JOSEPH VARGHESE
DOHA
ABDULLHA Abdulghani &
Bros (AAB) announced the
winners of the Toyota Dream
Car Art Contest on Sunday.
This is the sixth annual con-
test held for the students in
Qatar by Toyota.
All the winners were hon-
oured at a special event at the
Toyota showroom.
The national contest was
open to children below the age
of 16. It was held in three dif-
ferent categories.
In the category No1 for stu-
dents under 10 years old, the
rst position was won by
Hamda Rahman of Doha
Modern Indian School
(DMIS) while in the second
category of 10-12 years, the
rst position went to Deepak
Sajikumar Rahman of Ideal
Indian School (IIS). In the
third category of 13 -15-year-
old students, Rahul Murali
Murugan from DPS Modern
Indian School (DPSMIS)
emerged the winner. The win-
ners were selected by Jamila
Ibrahim al Sharaim and
Supriya Sameer Gaikwad.
Other winners in the
under10 category were Siddhi
Prasad from DPS-MIS, Sarang
Santhosh from MES Indian
School, Aalaa Abdullatif from
Al Maha Academy for Girls
and Jalak Banzel from DPS-
MIS. In the 10-12 years catego-
ry, Kumari Simran from DPS-
MIS, Mumthaz Jaleel from
MES Indian School, Daksha
Shetty from Birla Public
School and Ashwin Pradeep
Kumar from DPS-MIS were
also winners.
Joseph Justin from Al Khor
International School, Charlene
from Phillippine International
School, Adil Rasali and
Faheem Ahmed Khan from
MES Indian School were the
winners, in the third category
of 13-15-years-old.
The Dream Car Art Contest
is held in more than 50 coun-
tries around the world every
year. In the last edition,
around 120,000 children took
part worldwide.
The contest aims to create
an opportunity for children
through drawing pictures of
their dream cars under the
theme of Your Dream-The
Car of the Future to develop
their interest in cars.
The prizes were distributed
to the winners by AAB
Managing Director Dr Nasser
Abdulghani Abdulghani.
AAB CEO Karim Mansour
Dahbi, Director of Sales and
Marketing R K Murugan, and
other ofcials were also pres-
ent on the occasion.
Toyota announces dream
car art contest winners
Ofcials of Abdullha Abdulghani & Bros with winners of the art competition, in Doha, on Sunday. (HANSON K JOSEPH)
TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK
DOHA
TWO doctors from Aspetar -
Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports
Medicine Hospital, Dr
Philippe Landreau and Dr
Hakim Chalabi, played lead-
ing role in the Fourth
Biennial Advanced Knee
Surgery Course in France
recently.
The course started eight
years ago and is held every
two years in France, bringing
together some elite knee sur-
geons from around the world
to provide high-level educa-
tion and training for 150 sur-
geons coming from different
countries including the
Middle East.
The specic topics that were
discussed during the 5-day
programme were: stiff knee,
posterior cruciate ligament,
multiligament injuries, tendi-
nous lesions around the knee
(from tendinopathy to rup-
ture), difcult primary knee
arthroplasty, and improving
exion in knee arthroplasty.
Dr Landreau, chief of sur-
gery and orthopaedic surgeon
at Aspetar, has also been the
co-chairman of the course
since it started. Dr Chalabi,
assistant chief medical ofcer
at Aspetar and executive direc-
tor of National Sport Medicine
Programme (NSMP), made a
presentation about Aspetar
and NSMP. The presentation
generated a discussion and
interest of the attendees who
were impressed by the high
and unique character of the
projects.
Dr Landreau said: I am
very happy that Aspetar has
demonstrated,once more, its
involvement in high-level
education, by participating in
such a renowned course. The
partnership between Aspetar
and the advanced knee sur-
gery course is an additional
value for the hospital. It will
allow us to enlarge our net-
work with the best knee and
sports surgeons in the
world.
Aspetar doctors attend
surgery course in France
TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK
DOHA
NASSER Bin Khaled, one of
Qatars leading business con-
glomerates, will be the
Ofcial Car Transporter for
the upcoming Qatar
International Equestrian
Festival (QIEF) & HH the
Emir Trophies and Sword
Day which will run at the
Qatar Racing & Equestrian
Club (REC) from February 23
to March 1.
NBK will have 25
Mercedes-Benz S-Class vehi-
cles lined up for the star-stud-
ded event adding comfort and
class to the transportation
solutions for the entire event
and its high-prole guests in
addition to granting four
Mitsubishi cars to the REC.
The sponsorship announce-
ment was marked with a sign-
ing ceremony at the NBK
headquarters in the presence
of NBK Chairman Sheikh
Nawaf Nasser bin Khaled al
Thani and REC President
Sheikh Mohammed bin Faleh
al Thani, REC Director Sami
al Buainain, and Mohammed
Salem al Abdullah, head of
public relations.
Sheikh Nawaf said: Our
partnership with the REC has
spanned more than a decade
through which we have seen
the club saving no effort to
promote the sports heritage of
our country. Equestrian sports
are deeply rooted in our cul-
ture and we are therefore
extremely proud to be associ-
ated with such an event. Were
condent that this years edi-
tion will prove to be as memo-
rable and fantastic as ever.
The sponsorship is in line
with NBKs effort to be a van-
guard of sports in Qatar hav-
ing strongly invested into
promotion of national sports
happenings and home-grown
initiatives since inception.
Sheikh Mohammed bin
Faleh also said: The REC has
played a signicant role in
promoting a rst-rate profes-
sional equestrian culture in
Qatar and has staged unpar-
alleled events which saw the
attendance of scores of high-
ly-recognized equestrian g-
ures from across the globe.
Theres no doubt that our
partnership with one of the
largest business organisa-
tions in the country, such as
NBK, will be key to maintain-
ing the success of this
esteemed event particularly
when NBK has been consid-
ered the clubs sports partner
for years.
The racing carnival is yet
again ready to enthrall Qatari
and international audience-
with the live telecast of the
QIEF reaching many homes.
The QIEF promises high-
quality horse racing action
besides fun and entertain-
ment for young and old.
The QIEF attracts the par-
ticipation of top quality Pure
Arabians and Thoroughbreds
and is one of the most await-
ed happening in Qatar.
Over the years, the QIEF
has grown to be one of the
most exciting in the Middle
East region.
NBK named QIEFs official transporter
Ofcials of NBK and Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club, in Doha, recently.
Monday, February 20, 2012
www.qatar-tribune.com 24
CITY LIGHTS
MoI security awareness camp a big success
TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK
DOHA
THE Community Policing
Section of North Security
Department at the Ministry
of Interior (MoI) organised
the 2nd spring camp 2012
under the theme For a safer
spring at Al Khor corniche
recently.
Different departments
from the Ministry of
Interior such as Civil
Defence, Coast Guard,
Trafc Department,
Permanent Committee for
Drugs and Alcohol Affairs,
Community Policing
Section of North Security
Department and Seashore
Group besides other private
and public institutions took
part in the camp.
The camp was aimed at
creating security awareness
among various segments of
society.
A large number of visi-
tors, including families, citi-
zens and expatriates resid-
ing in Al Khor and sur-
rounding areas, attended
the event which presented
many awareness and recre-
ational programmes that
provided useful informa-
tion.
The ofcers in charge of
each pavilion explained the
functions and duties of their
departments and distrib-
uted awareness brochures,
booklets and stickers among
the visitors. The organisers
also arranged a show of
classic cars with the support
of Seashore Group.
The proceedings of the
camp started with the play-
ing of police band followed
by a number of shows that
showcased the skills and tal-
ent of the dogs from CEID
insnifng out criminals,
explosives and drugs. The
shows exhibited the skills
and talents of the dogs in
nding out and tracing
criminals, explosives and
drugs. The shows were fol-
lowed by a demonstration
by Qatar Red Crescent on
rst aid and high risks fami-
lies are exposed to in case of
medical emergencies and
how to deal with them.
Helicopter ambulance
service also took part in the
camp to provide informa-
tion on the services ren-
dered by the ying ambu-
lance team.
Families and children were
given chance to take photos
from close range of the heli-
copter and its interiors.
The camp also featured a
special pavilion where visi-
tors were served various
Qatari traditional food. The
visitors also had an oppor-
tunity to take part in some
awareness competitions.
Head of Community
Policing Section of North
Security Department
Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed
Zayed al Muhannadi
expressed his appreciation
of the participants in the
camp. He also thanked
Seashore Group for spon-
soring the camp.
Ofcers of Criminal Evidences and Information Department present a dog show, in Al Khor, recently. Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed Zayed al Muhannadi listens to an explanation by an ofcer at the event.
Barwa Bank holds workshop
to motivate employees
TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK
DOHA
BARWA Bank, Qatars fastest
growing shariah-compliant
banking service provider,
held a motivational workshop
for its employees on
Saturday.
The workshop was conduct-
ed by Nabil al Busaidi, the rst
Arab to walk to the magnetic
North Pole. The session was
facilitated by consultants of
Art of Abundant Living.
Barwa Bank staff had an
opportunity to hear Nabil
speak about his gruelling
expedition, as the 39-year-old
and his team mates walked
more than 650km to reach
the magnetic North pole in
order to draw their own per-
sonal outcomes and inspira-
tion from it.
Nabil shared his challenges,
courage, ambition and moti-
vation with the participants,
highlighting his toughest tri-
als, including dealing with
frostbite in temperatures as
low as 40 degrees Celsius.
He also discussed the les-
sons he learnt from the envi-
ronments and how these have
been directly applied in nor-
mal life.
Art of Abundant Living
consultants Nicole van
Hattem and Lauren Penny
followed the inspiring talk
with a workshop designed to
support Barwa Bank employ-
ees to explore their individual
vision and goals.
Commenting on the work-
shop, Head of Banking at
Barwa Keith Bradley said,
This is an opportunity we
didnt want to miss. Having
inspirational personality like
Nabil to come and share his
experiences is highly motivat-
ing. Very few of us can say we
will ever face such momen-
tous challenges but we can
still learn to apply the state of
mind to succeed in everything
we do. As workers in a rela-
tively new bank in Qatar, each
and every one of us at Barwa
is driven to provide our cus-
tomers with the highest level
of service to become the most
recommended shariah-com-
pliant bank in Qatar.
This programme was part
of training and workshops
hosted by Barwa Bank man-
agement to empower staff
and ensure that the bank con-
tinues to be a major contribu-
tor to the nancial services
sector in Qatar and the
region, he added.
Filipino news organisation
marks first anniversary
AILYN AGONIA
DOHA
BALITANG Qatar, a non-
prot Filipino news organisa-
tion accredited and recog-
nised by the Philippine
embassy in Qatar, marked its
one year in service recently.
The group (www.bali-
tangq.org) was established to
broadcast and disseminate
accurate and up-to-date infor-
mation about the way of life,
experiences and accomplish-
ments of over 200,000
Filipino expatriates in Qatar
through online streaming. It
has also paved the way for
pro-active community jour-
nalism among Filipinos in the
country.
Balitang Q is a project sim-
ilar to farming. One has to cul-
tivate the land, water and take
care of the plant before reap-
ing the fruit. Balitang Q has
gone through all the stages
that is why we are celebrating
its achievements, Philippine
Ambassador to Qatar HE
Crescente Relacion said on
the accomplishments of the
group.
The envoy urged the ofcers
and members of Balitang Q to
coordinate all its activities and
undertakings with the
embassy to ensure smooth
running of affairs and promo-
tion of Philippine interests
while at the same time work-
ing in compliance with the
laws of Qatar.
Balitang Q milestones
include the extensive coverage
of the grand celebration of the
113th declaration of
Philippine Independence in
June last year, the Puerto
Princesa Underground River
(PPUR) campaign in Qatar
and the groundbreaking of the
new home of the Philippine
School Doha at Messaimeer.
The group is also active in cov-
ering inaugurations, dental
and medical missions and
other events of various
Filipino organisations in
Qatar.
Our goal is to broadcast the
latest and accurate news, fea-
tures and information about
Filipinos way of life through
video streaming while
upholding the principle of
responsible and balanced
community journalism, said
Cora Balde- Lopez, one of the
ofcers at Balitang Q.
Another member of the
group, Carlo Yan said, We are
fast, accurate and reliable.
Live streaming is our business
in Balitang Q
He added that the group
was preparing to deliver live
streaming broadcast of the
114th celebration of the decla-
ration of Philippine
Independence which will be
held at the Qatar Exhibition
Centre in June.
The people behind Balitang
Q are Flor Cabrito (President),
Antonio de Leon (Vice-
President Internal), Rannie
Tanchico (Vice-President -
External) and Rico dela Rosa
(Auditor). Other ofcers are
Melvin Yadao, Omar de la
Cruz, Lito Lopez, Fidel
Escurel, Margarit Cabrito,
Josephine Junio, Alex Flores,
Francis Morilao, Aries
Celestial, and Jake
Cayangyang.
HEC Paris conducts first Knowledge Lab training session
TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK
DOHA
HEC PARIS in Qatar the
regions leading hub for exec-
utive education, held its rst
HEC Knowledge Lab 2012
training session recently.
The HEC Knowledge Lab
was attended by more than
25 human resources and
L&D professionals. HEC
Paris in Qatar created the
HEC Knowledge Lab with the
aim to provide a platform for
senior HR and L&D execu-
tives in Qatar to network and
learn from each other
through a series of lectures
and workshops led by local
and international experts.
The intent is to create a
knowledge community that
will contribute to talent
development for organisa-
tions in Qatar and in the
region.
Facilitated by Senior
Adjunct Lecturer at HEC
Paris Dr Sandra Shullman,
the session addressed the
challenges for Qatars human
resources professionals and
learning leaders in the attrac-
tion, development and reten-
tion of leadership talent with-
in their organisations.
Dr Shullman has a distin-
guished career working with
senior executives and execu-
tive teams in a wide range of
organisations around the
world. She is managing part-
ner at the Executive
Development Group, an inter-
national leadership develop-
ment and consulting rm.
Dr Shullman brings her
expertise to HEC Paris,
where she teaches in the
EMBA programme, lecturing
on leadership courses in
Europe, Asia and the Middle
East. She has been involved
in executive development for
over 35 years at the highest
level.
The HEC Knowledge Labs
programme included presen-
tations and group interac-
tions, helping participants
exchange ideas and share
best practices. Learning
objectives included work-
force trends, understanding
how talent management and
leadership initiatives can be
more successful and the key
components of effective tal-
ent management and leader-
ship development.
The event also presented
an opportunity to showcase
HEC Paris in Qatars com-
mitment to executive educa-
tion and its contribution to
the transformation of Qatar
into an advanced, competi-
tive and knowledge-based
economy. The programme
was the rst of several
planned workshops to take
place in 2012, with subse-
quent Labs exploring differ-
ent themes.
COO of HEC Paris in Qatar
Joshua Kobb said, This HR
leadership event was well-
attended, informative and
productive. HEC Paris in
Qatar was delighted to be
able to bring a professor of
the calibre of Dr Shullman to
the Knowledge Lab as it
underlines our efforts to pro-
vide the best executive edu-
cation to our participants.
This is what makes us leaders
in our eld not only in Qatar,
but worldwide.
HEC Paris in Qatar is
committed to a number of
Knowledge Lab events taking
place throughout the year
covering a variety of subjects
that are pertinent to this
important community. The
onus is on us to provide
speakers of the same excep-
tional standard as Dr
Shullman and were con-
dent of being able to do that,
he added.
Participants at the workshop, in Doha, recently.
Ofcials of Balitang Qatar at an event, in Doha, recently.
Dr Sandra Shullman addresses participants at the training session, in Doha, recently.