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VODAFONE Qatar hasextended its international callpromotions for March.

Just as in February, cus-tomers would benefit fromreduced World Calling Clubrates to 26 countries. Theycan call the countries for 54dirham per minute. The offercovers Bahrain, Bangladesh,Egypt, Ghana, India, Iran,Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait,Lebanon, Malaysia, Nepal,Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan,Philippines, Saudi Arabia,South Africa, Sri Lanka,Sudan, Syria, Thailand,Turkey, United ArabEmirates, and Yemen.

The International CallingCard promotion has also beenextended. Customers whoload the scratch card byMarch 14 will get 52 minutescalling time instead of thenormal 38 minutes, for aneffective rate of 49 dirham perminute.

The offer includes 15 coun-tries Bahrain, Bangladesh,Egypt, India, Indonesia,Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines,Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka,

Sudan, Syria, Thailand,Turkey and United ArabEmirates.

For countries participating inthe Cricket World Cup and notincluded in the World CallingClub rate reduction (Australia,Canada, England, Ireland,Netherlands, New Zealand,West Indies, and Zimbabwe),Vodafone is offering a rate of 66

dirham per minute every daythat their national teams play.

“Our customers rely onVodafone for the best interna-tional rates and we are com-mitted to delivering forthem,” said Michael Portz,chief marketing officer atVodafone Qatar. “We aim tomake a world of difference bymaking it affordable to callfamily and friends backhome.”

Vodafone extendspromo till March 14

CATHERINE W GICHUKIDOHA

A TOTAL of 65 students par-ticipated in the annual BritishSchools of the Middle EastPerforming Arts Festival(BSMA) which concluded onSaturday. It was organised byDoha Montessori and BritishSchool (DMBS).

The three-day meetthemed, ‘Voices’ broughttogether students fromOman, Dubai, Bahrain andQatar. The schools that wererepresented included theEnglish College, Dubai; StChristopher’s, Bahrain;Sultan’s Schools, Oman; andDoha College and DMBSfrom Qatar.

The students took part indrama, dance, film making,animation and choral work-shops. A performance high-lighting their work was heldon Saturday. It included adocumentary titled, ‘Behindthe Scene’, and an animation‘Mixed-Mation’. The partici-pants made characters fromplasticine clay and took aseries of still pictures thatwere replayed in rapid suc-cession to create the illusionof movement.

They also performed adance entitled, ‘Voicesthrough Dance’, and a drama,‘Having a Voice’. The choirperformed ‘One Voice’, a songby Barry Manilow and ‘You’rethe Voice’ which was thetheme song.

Doha Film Institute (DFI)officials were among thosewho assisted the participantsduring the workshops.

Speaking to Qatar Tribune,Helen Swan, deputy principalof DMBS and the organiser ofthe event, said that it wasdesigned to bring students

from different countriestogether to learn, share ideasand make friends.

“The event was all aboutyoung people having voices.The performances were bril-liant. Twenty students fromQatar participated. This wasthe first time the school host-ed the annual event and weare so delighted about it. Ithank Simon Lambert, ourfinance and business manag-er, for making the event a suc-cess,” she said.

Akila Aluthge, a student ofDMBS who participated in

Claymation project, said thatit was a great experience tolearn the art of animation.

“I enjoyed taking photo-graphs. I learnt that oneshould learn to be patient ifhe wants to be a good photog-rapher. Patience matters on aday to day life. It was a greatopportunity for me,” he said

Sophie Blankholm, a stu-dent of St Christopher’sSchool in Bahrain who per-formed in drama, said, “Thedrama was amazing. Welearnt new things. We gaveideas on what we thought was

good,” she said.Eamon Standring, a stu-

dent at DMBS said that it wasfun to participate in a one-minute drama depicting howadvances in technology haveruined the voice of youngpeople.

“Without a voice, you don’thave a personality, no oneknows you. In the modernworld, there are so many elec-tronics. We spend most of thetime with the devices anddon’t listen to each other. Wehave a voice but no one hastime to listen,” he said.

Shurook Sultan, a studentat Sultan’s School, Oman,said that young people have avoice and need to be heard.“This is my first time to par-ticipate in an event away fromhome. I am happy to meetnew people,” she said.

Rian Starkin, a DMBS stu-dent, said that it was a goodexperience participating inthe film making workshop.“Shooting people doing activ-ities, editing the clips and put-ting them in a complete filmwas a memorable experiencefor me,” he said.

65 students participate inperforming arts festival

DATELINE DOHA

Customers whoload the scratchcard by March 14will get 52 minutescalling timeinstead of the nor-mal 38 minutes,for an effectiverate of 49 dirhamper minute.

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IHSAN YOUSEFDOHA

A MULTI-PROPERTY generalmanager has been appointedfor Renaissance Hotel,Courtyard by Marriott andMarriott Executive Apart-ments. He is Oliver Kahf. Allthree properties are scheduledto open in the second quarterof this year.

Kahf will oversee the finalstages of the pre-opening phaseof the three properties and spear-head them through to a success-ful opening and operationalphase. Kahf, who has had a longand successful 30-year career inthe hospitality industry, had ear-lier led the expansion of the 763-unit Renaiss-ance MumbaiConven-tion Center Hotel andMarriott Executive Apartmentsin 2008 as the multi-propertygeneral manager.

Announcing the appoint-ment, Mark Satterfield, chiefoperating officer for MiddleEast and Africa at Marriott,said: “We are excited toappoint Oliver Kahf as themulti-property general man-ager for our launch project.We will benefit from the vastexperience that he will bring tothe pre-opening team.”

Kahf said: “I am thrilled tobe back in Doha with thesenew Marriott properties, eachunique in its own way, andreinforcing Doha’s emergenceas a top destination.”

Students taking part in the arts festival, in Doha, on Saturday.

Oliver Kahf

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about healthy lifestyle will goa long way in shaping theirperception about life in gen-eral,” he added.

The programme is a modi-fied version of the pro-gramme ‘Healthy Steps toDoha’ which was launched bythe SCH last year. ‘We areHealthy Kids’ has been tailor-made to suit the culture ofchildren in Qatar. It is spon-sored by the QatarFoundation and supported bythe Primary HealthcareDepartment.

Addressing the press meet,Dr Al Anoud Mohamed alThani, director at the SCHHealth Promotion and Non-Communicable DiseasesDepartment, said that theSCH is currently in theprocess of setting up a com-mittee to frame a set of regu-lations for all restaurants, fastfood chains and eateries. Therules will include regulationson packaging food for chil-dren, she added.

Regarding new campaign,she said, “We are HealthyKids will not only help thestudents but will also benefittheir siblings and parents.Children can be instrumentalin passing information, so wehope that they will spread the

message among their sib-lings, parents as well as peers.The parents have a veryimportant role to play in guid-ing their children towardshealthy living,” she added.

Also present on the occa-sion were Qatar Foundation’sHealth Safety Security andEnvironment DirectorateManager Amal Thamer al-Thani, HSSE staff and stu-dents wellness specialist DrEman Mahmud, and PHC’sSchool Health PromotionInitiative Co-ordinator DrAbdulhameed al Khenji.

SCH to launchhealth campaignin schools today

“The parents havea very importantrole to play in guid-ing their childrentowards healthyliving.”

QNA DOHA

THE Heir Apparent HisHighness Sheikh Tamim binHamad al Thani will grace theEducation Excellence Day(EED) which will be held atSheraton Hotel on Monday.

According to the SupremeEducation Council (SEC), dis-tinguished high school anduniversity graduates, PhDholders, teachers, schools andresearch by secondary schoolstudents, will be honouredand awarded platinum andgold medals in addition tofinancial awards.

The celebration will beattended by dignitaries, edu-cation leaders, parents, schoolprincipals, teachers, studentsand the media.

SEC said the event wouldcontribute to the promotion ofinnovation, establishing theculture of excellence in theQatari society and deepeningits concepts through the adop-tion of international stan-dards of excellence, the imple-mentation of quality pro-grammes and the integrationof individual efforts and insti-tutional capacities to improvethe output of the educationalprocess in the country.

It will lead to the assess-ment of academically distin-guished people, honour themand encourage all individualsand educational institutionsto develop their performanceand strengthen positivetrends towards knowledgeand outstanding scientificresearch.

The EED programme willdeepen the spirit of innova-tion among students,researchers and educationalinstitutions, and raise thespirit of competition amongthem in the field of scientificexcellence.

EducationExcellenceDay to becelebratedtomorrow

RenaissanceHotel getsnew generalmanager