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THE INSPIRATIONAL JOURNEY
OF “ARAB EXCELLENCE’’
BEING
DRESS THE MANNEQUIN
IN SUPPORT OF GAZA
ARABIAN STYLE MEETS
AFRICAN TRADITION
RISING FASHION DESIGNER SARA ALAY
WHAT IS HALLOWEEN?
CUPCAKES AND SPOOKY FACTS
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to take photos like
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Welcome to another action packed issue
of Tempo!
As always, Tempo is chockfull of creativity,
diversity and community. Our cover story
is about a determined young Arab who has
dedicated his time in search of the Arab ‘role
model,’ and to inspiring young people in the
Middle East. His efforts are exemplary and
his journey worthy of sharing.
We love cultural bridge builders, and no one
has captured the essence of harmonising art
from different worlds as much as Sara Alay
- a talented fashion designer who brings to
Arabia her vision of elegant styling with the
uniqueness of Ethiopian fabric.
We welcome our new contributors who
offer a new perspective on health, balance
and family, and those who continue to
push the envelope of entrepreneurship and
innovation.
Tempo wouldn’t be complete without our
causes, and this month we shout out about
Sumayya Al Suwaidi and her fashion
initiative supporting the reconstruction of
Gaza, and the cancer awareness campaigners
of Sing for Pink. Support and get engaged.
Spread love and kindness.
MANAGING EDITOR
Sana Bagersh
EDITORIAL COORDINATOR
Vera Rosales
MARKETING COORDINATOR
Manjul Abhishek
DESIGN & LAYOUT
Shihabudheen Hamza
PHOTOGRAPHER
Angeli Castillo
DISTRIBUTION COORDINATOR
Melaku Muluneh
TEMPO GROUP: EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS:
Adithya Christopher
Alma Kadragic
Azza El Masri
Bashair Al Mashjari
Dalal Saeed Rashed
Ahmed Seyoud
Dorian “Paul D” Rogers
Donna Howarth
Ellis Davidson
Heather Long Vandevoorde
Jessica Lou-Hing
Lana Nasser
Mariam Juma Al Dhaheri
Marien Oomen
Melissa Lowry
Nisma Hamid
Seumas Gallacher
Shahid Saeed
Theresa F. Weber
Vanessa Middleton
Warren Fox
ontents
04 notes &cyberchatter/ librarian’s lounge
05 op ed
06 what’s hot
07 what’s cool/ people calendar
08 tempo top 10/ high five/ #temporeviews
09 talking books/ the blog
10 auntie m’s haunted cupcakes
11 infographix: halloween
13 time capsule: usman khan
14 #temposwag
15 blueprint: christopher joshua benton
16 arabian style meets african tradition
19 abu dhabi art
20 arab excellence with hamza chraibi
22 the epicurean
23 it’s not easy being vegetarian
25 lean&clean
26 phototripping
27 shutterbug adp
28 articulate café/ dhabi dames
29 youth talk/ parental guide
31 flash fiction
32 tech talk
33 tempo cause
35 women in business/ expat returns home
36 the magic of photos: snap like kent
37 pinoy kid wonder/ teen vox pop
38 instafame

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notes cyberchatter
ON FOOD FOR THOUGHT:
A YOUNG MASTERCHEF
TEMPO POLL OF THE MONTH
LIBRARIANS’ LOUNGE: LEADERS’ READER CIRCLE
What is October to you?
I must say you came a long way
Khumo. It was a privilege to meet you
at MasterChef season two. Wishing
Khumo all the best in her dream! Keep
it up Master buddy! – Elhaam
ON TEMPO’S TOP 10 SONGS
IN THE UAE
Wow! Thanks for sharing.
- Linsey Pereira
ON FREEDOM IN MOVEMENT:
UAE PARKOUR
It’s kinda like what ninjas do when
they run for cover. I want to be like
them! – Kora Telabi
The holidays... Eid Al Adha, Hijra New Year’s
Day, Halloween... (33%, 70 Votes)
In the name of Ned Stark... Winter is coming.
(29%, 61 Votes)
The events... Abu Dhabi Film Festival, Handicrafts
Festival, Abu Dhabi Classics Season (21%, 45 Votes)
It’s just another month I guess... (17%, 35 Votes)
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By Vanessa Middleton
We took some time to interview the movers and shakers of the local
“knowledge and information management industry” to find out about
the books that motivate and inspire them.
Ms. Gordana Latinovic
Rauski, Information
Services Librarian,
Petroleum Institute
Information
Literacy Network,
Communications Chair
Book of Choice :
“Dictionary of the Khazars”
by Milorad Pavic
“If you love the magical worlds of Clavino, Eco and
Borges you will definitely enjoy this best-selling book
by Serbian author Milorad Pavic. This unique lexicon
novel combines the dictionaries of three major
“Abrahamic” religions with entries that leap between
past and present; fiction and historical facts. A must
read for fans of magical realism!”
Dr. Jassim Mohammed
Jirjees, PhD, Masters of
Library & Information
Science, Program Director,
College of Computer
Information Technology,
American University
of the Emirates.
Book of Choice:
“The Holy Quran”
“It is not an ordinary book;
every time one reads it he or she discovers something
new and valuable. I respect the point of view of those
who might have a different opinion about the Holy
Quran, it is mainly because terrorist organizations
claim that they are Muslim but have distorted the image of Islam. I am a strong believer
of the fact that religion is a personal choice and it is something between the individual
and his or her God.”
Dr. Abdullah Al Hefeiti, PhD,
Dean of Library, Masdar
Institute
Book of Choice: “Zayed:
From Challenges to Union”
by Jaynati Maitra
“This is one of the most
interesting books I’ve read;
it’s about Zayed’s life and his
memory of the
UAE’s history”.
Ms. Badreya Al Rejaibi,
Library Management
Section Manager, Abu
Dhabi Education Council
Book of Choice: “Zayed: From Challenges to Union”
by Jaynati Maitra
“I believe that many of his ideas and brilliant thoughts should
be taught at schools and universities today. I think that we need to discuss such a book
to learn that whatever your dream is, you can make it real!”
#ASKTEMPO
I am 23 and am currently working
for an engineering firm however I
really want to do stage design and
film production. The job I have right
now pays well and my parents are
proud that my life is somewhat stable…
Although my heart isn’t in it. There’s
this play production in Dubai that
I want to be a part of and I want to
register as a freelancer. I’m afraid that if
I follow my gut, my parents would get
disappointed. What do you think
I should do?
Follow your dreams. Life is too short
for “what if’s” and regret for not doing
something you wanted to do. It’s
understandable that you don’t want to
disappoint your parents, but you have
to live your own life and not live a life
for others. – Emma
Follow your heart and do what you
are passionate about. Doing a job just
because it pays well will eventually
make one miserable. Parents might get a
bit frustrated at the start but eventually
will support you. -Alaa
2 years in a job which you dislike
is a season of character building.
Experience teaches us many things.
Freelancing is not easy. For money,
he’ll probably turn back to his parents.
Follow your dreams when you have
built up a sufficient back up. 23 is still so
young, for crying out loud. The world
is at your feet. Job hopping at quick
intervals is not good on a resume.
– Marien
..he says he ‘thinks his parents would be
disappointed’... has he discussed it with
them ? if so, and they resist, he should
honour his parents... if the parents are
‘tuned in’ to his real vocation, they may
permit him to follow his dream... but he
certainly should discuss it openly with
his parents , with a request that they
allow him to pursue it...
– Seamus
Why not network? Find a mentor in
that industry and transition.
- Caroline Domanska
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HAPPY TEACHERS, BETTER
STUDENTS
Happy teachers make happy
students, and happy
students learn faster!
I learned this as an educator over 21 years. You
will have days where not everyone is happy,
especially if you teach teens. However, I have
found that for students, happy memories of school
correlate with better academic performance.
We remember classrooms where we felt
comfortable to speak up, and we remember
the teacher’s high level of engagement.
Such classrooms feed intrinsic motivation.
To perform well a teacher has to be comfortable.
Job security is paramount. Even financially
strapped school systems improve when teachers
feel secure and valued.
Often that feeling of security appears to
dissipate for some expat teachers. Many are
dedicated professionals who have uprooted
their families and their lives, to be a part of a
monumental education reform. These expats are
moved by the story of the great Sheikh Zayed, his
vision, and his commitment to a globally
aware student.
All over the world, teachers intrinsically love
their jobs. Any study on motivation will
show the most motivated and energetic
people are those who are comfortable,
and able to be creative. Because they are
happy they work harder and better.
Paradoxically, it doesn’t take that
much to make teachers happy, and
when teachers are happy, their energy transfers
to students, who are able to learn faster in an
environment of contentment.
When teachers arrive here they are excited. They
bring their expertise and training. With a suitcase
of clothes and a second full of instructional resources,
they embark on an adventure. They are told they are
valued; they are needed, respected, and important. Most
are aware of the awesome responsibility and opportunity
to exact meaningful change in a progressive and
impressive country.
Like many cultures around the world teachers here are
schooled on the top-down model here. They also quickly
learn that they are discouraged to give their input. This
drains their motivation, and impacts their performance.
English-Medium Teacher veterans, and Arabic-Medium
Teachers suggest; ‘Don’t ask why,’ ‘don’t get
noticed,’ ‘do your job, but not too well,’
‘there is no reward for taking risks’. Many
teachers have learned this the hard way:
through perfunctory evaluations, quick
transfers, and sudden terminations. Often
one hears that his or her voice does not
matter because a supervisor has already
decided. If there is a rare opportunity
to make one’s case, he or she hears
“you can’t change things,”
“that’s the way it is,” or “the
boss rules”.
Teachers are
encouraged not to
speak out about
unexplained
changes,
not make
comments
about how
things run, and to
accept everything
without stakeholder
input. This is
counter-intuitive
to the training teachers receive. The very
qualities that make them qualified
become a liability.
News of these insecurities spread across
social media, propelling the rumour mill
into overdrive. Nervous teachers start to
withhold their ideas. They second-guess their
own efforts, and their jobs.
But all this has to change if education is to
improve. Indeed it is historical opportunity, a
moral imperative. It won’t cost money; it takes
only better communication. We need to listen
to each other, ask and discuss. We want our
students to raise their hands and ask “why”
and “what if”. We should model this courage
as leaders. We can’t stifle creativity. We
want to help students become independent
thinkers. And it all begins with giving the
teacher a voice…
Remember, happy teachers make happy
students, and happy students learn faster!
By Ellis Davidson

ADFF at the Space
Mondays | 7:00 PM
ADFF at The Space is a series of film screenings
presented by the Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF) in
partnership with The Space.
Visit www.adff.ae or follow #ADFFatThe Space for
more information.
Rooftop Rhythms
October 1 | 7:00 AM - 9:00 PM
After two years of hosting a successful poetry open mic
night (predominantly in English) to Abu Dhabi called
Rooftop Rhythms, the show’s organizer and award-
winning poet, Dorian “Paul D” Rogers, has decided to
pay homage to the rich Arabic history of poetry with a
new event hosted and performed exclusively in Arabic.
Mind Your Hashtags
October 1 - 31 | 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM weekdays
Mind Your Hashtags is a one month long art exhibition
curated by Henosis. Abu Dhabi artists express their
mind boggling reality of the 21st century
through all forms of art.
TheSpaceAD
Wonho Chung - Live
7 October
DUCTAC, Mall of the Emirates, Dubai
Born on Saudi soil but with Korean and Vietnamese
lineage, Wonho Chung is an Asian comedian with a Middle
Eastern twist. Being able to converse in both his native
languages and Arabic, the comic has attempted to bridge
the culture gap between the two regions through humour
developed through experiences with his family, friends
and surroundings. This comedian will be performing, in
Arabic, for one night only at DUCTAC this October.
Info: www.ductac.org/theatre
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
30 October – 8 November
Du Forum, Abu Dhabi
The production is based on the 1991 Academy-Award
winning animated feature film, Disney’s Beauty and the
Beast, which premiered on Broadway in 1994, ran for
13 years, and was nominated for nine prestigious Tony
Awards. It still ranks as one of the longest-running and
highest-grossing Broadway shows of all time. Disney’s
Beauty and the Beast is the classic story of Belle, a young
woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is a young
prince trapped in a spell placed by an enchantress. If the
Beast can learn to love and be loved, the curse will end and
he will become a young man again.
Info: www.ticketmaster.ae
Al Ain Reads Book Show
Al Ain Convention Centrehall 1, Al Ain
Enjoy everything from interactive discussion panels,
reading programmes, poetry evenings, book launches and
signings to cultural workshops for young visitors. The
Book Exchange initiative lets visitors hand in their old
books in exchange for new ones. The Creativity Corner,
an educational interactive programme, reminds kids that
reading is fun.
Info: www.kitab.ae
Love, Loss and What I Wore
16-18 October
Madinat Theatre, Dubai
Love, Loss, and What I Wore is a play written by the
late Nora Ephron, writer of When Harry Met Sally
and Sleepless in Seattle, and her sister Delia, based on
the popular book by Ilene Beckerman. This award-
winning comedy takes the audience on a funny and
often poignant journey through the lives of women,
told through clothing and accessories that trigger
important memories in the actor’s life.
Info: www.madinattheatre.com
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Abu Dhabi Film Festival
Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi
This annual festival helps create a vibrant film culture
throughout the region. With a focus on Arab cinema and
the wealth of emerging and established film talent from
around the world, ADFF has become one of the most
anticipated cultural events in Abu Dhabi, reinforcing the
emirate’s standing as a hub of creativity.
The films of Arab directors are presented in competition
with those of the some of the world’s most
respected filmmakers.
Info: www.abudhabifilmfestival.ae

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ABU DHABI CLASSICS SEASON | 14 OCTOBER 2014 - 28 MAY 2015 |
MANARAT AL SAADIYAT, AL JAHILI FORT IN AL AIN,
ABU DHABI THEATER, ADNEC, ABU DHABI
The upcoming 2014-2015 season
is dedicated to the figure of
the traveller, offering a wide
range of musical explorations
centred around that theme.
The event, which will highlight
the finest classical music from
East and West, will feature
prestigious ensembles such as
the world leading Staatskapelle
Dresden conducted by their star
conductor Christian Thielemann
and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, as well as renowned Grammy Award Winner Jordi Savall,
and exceptional young concert pianists Khatia Buniatishvili and David Fray, Oud virtuoso Nasser Shamma and
the acclaimed Emirati Oud Master Faisal Al Saari. Also performing are leading violinists Gidon Kremer and
James Ehnes. Info: abudhabiclassics@tcaabudhabi.ae
3. ISEA 2014 LOCATION: THE 20TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF
ELECTRONIC ART | 30 OCTOBER – 8 NOVEMBER 2014 | DUBAI
THESE HAPPENINGS ARE THE TALK OF THE TOWN
CHIC LADY SHOW
ABU
DHABI @ ADNEC
Dubai’s Pink Ball 2014
@ Emirates Golf Club
hisham saeed
• Jordan
• 22
• Student
The Spearo Extreme
Sports Expo
@ Skydive Dubai
Power-Gen Middle
East & Waterworld
Middle East
@ ADNEC
DESERT WARRIOR CHALLENGE | 17 OCTOBER 2014 | DUBAI
Desert Warrior Challenge brings you fun and
challenging obstacle courses that are designed to test the
physical power, mental strength, team-work and overall
fitness of the warrior in you.
The courses cater for participants with various skill and
fitness levels, from children and those of little physical
prowess, to the extreme athlete striving for the true
warrior challenge.
The courses consist of a wide range of obstacles that have
participants run, crawl, jump, carry, climb and slide their
way to the finish line. The location of the event is yet to
be announced.
Info: www.desertwarriorchallenge.com
ISEA is the International Symposium on Electronic Art. The series of
symposia known as the International Symposium on Electronic Art
was initiated in 1988 in order to support the founding and mainte-
nance of an international network of organizations and individuals
active in the field of the electronic arts.
ISEA2014 will open with a series of talks, exhibitions and events pre-
sented in conjunction with our partners. We will be working with a
range of partners around Dubai and Abu Dhabi to ensure that there is
an exciting program of workshops, residencies, exhibitions
and events for ISEA2014.

songs in
the uae
| Abu Dhabi | Ajman | Dubai | Fujairah | Ras Al Khaimah | Sharjah | Umm Al Quwain
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Don’t Tell ‘Em
> Jeremih Feat. YG
Habits (Stay High)
> Tove Lo
Blame
> Calvin Harris
Prayer In C (Robin Schultz Remix)
> Lily Wood
All About That Bass
> Meghan Trainor1
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It Was Always You
> Maroon 5
Shake It Off
> Taylor Swift
Fireball
> Pitbull Feat. John Ryan
Fireproof
> One Direction
Changing
> Sigma Feat. Paloma Faith
now showing this month
Tempo’s movie buffs came together and discovered this month’s latest flicks in the Gulf.
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Taking place during April 1945, the Allies make
their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-
hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy
commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on
a deadly mission.
Fun Fact: Shia LaBeouf reportedly pulled out his
own tooth and refused to shower during filming,
angering the cast and crew.
Directed by: David Ayer
Cast: Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman
A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite
after many years when they return to visit their
small hometown.
Fun Fact: James Marsden began his acting career
in 1991 during a family vacation in Hawaii. He met
actor Kirk Cameron and his actress sister Candace
Cameron Bure; the Camerons invited the Marsden
family to visit L.A.
Directed by: Michael Hoffman
Cast: Michelle Monaghan, Liana Liberato, James Marsden
Two best friends rise through the ranks of New
York’s Chinese underworld in the 1980s.
Fun Fact: The first film Wai-keung Lau and
Martin Scorsese officially work on together
(after Wai-keung Lau’s Infernal Affairs (2002)
inspired Martin Scorsese’s The Departed (2006).
Directed by: Wai-keung Lau, Andrew Loo
Cast: Justin Chon, Kevin Wu, Harry Shum Jr.
In the aftermath of his girlfriend’s mysterious
death, a young man awakens to strange horns
sprouting from his temples.
Fun Fact: The movie is based on the Joe Hill
(Stephen King’s son) novel Horns.
Directed by: Alexandra Aja
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Juno Temple, Heather Graham
Fury
Genre: Action | Drama | War
TEMPO PREDICTION:
The Best of Me
Genre: Drama | Romance
TEMPO PREDICTION:
Revenge of the Green Dragons
Genre: Action | Drama | Crime
Tempo Prediction:
Horns
Genre: Drama | Fantasy | Horror
Tempo Prediction:
POWERED BY
Nick Kohn
Age: 17
Nationality: USA
Genre(s): Classical, and rock ‘n’ roll
Inspirations: Oliver Messian, Itzakh Perlman, Richard Wagner
Favorite Artists: Meatloaf, Leonard Bernstein, Yuri Bushmet
Music Dreams: To play in a great orchestra
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TALKING BOOKS
By Seumas Gallacher
@seumasgallacher
A Book Review by Azza El Masri
@aetheawesome
…sum’thing they DID teach me at
Harvard…
…nearly thirty years
ago, the business
group I worked with
in the Far East decided
my brain needed
some retreading…
the result was a place
in the Advanced
Management Program
(AMP) at Harvard
University Graduate
School of Business in
Boston… (how’s that
for a neat bit of name-
dropping, Mabel?)…
the AMP is basically a
two year advanced business education syllabus crammed into three and half
months… there were 160 of us on the program, mostly older, well-established
senior executives… to give yeez an idea, I was the second-youngest participant
at the tender age of 38… so yeez can p’raps imagine the kind of stressful
cramming on the case studies (three per day, each case shared three different
times each day with different mixtures of high-powered captains of industry)…
exhausting, frightening, and exhilarating all at the same time…
…the faculty numbered some of the finest academic teaching professors on the
planet… but the one that made the most impression on this ol ‘Jurassic (then
in my pre-Jurassic meta-form) was the guy who taught the human resources’
‘soft skills’… the hows and wherefores of surviving as a human (heaven
forfend, ‘human’?) in the rat race that often constitutes the murky universe
of commerce and finance… he highlighted the fact that the majority of the
attendees had probably spent the major part of their working careers excelling
in the rarefied atmosphere of the corporate world… too often that means the
subsuming of family life, of other interests, of friendships…of being part of
Life... one helluva cost for far too many… his advice was simple… he said, ’every
year, try to get immersed in some activity, however foreign to yeez, that has
absolutely NUTHIN to do with yer job… and give that as much attention as yeez
give to yer work’… at the time, it made a lot of sense to me, and immediately
when I returned home to Hong Kong after the three and a half months, I
decided to do something which had scared me all my life… at the age of 38,
I learned how to swim… got a proper tutor, and spent three more months
acquiring that skill set, the thought of which had terrified me all my life until
then… it proved to be one of the best summers I’ve ever had…
…since then, each year I’ve tried to find some new pursuit… many of them
with more or less success than others… different languages… guitar playing,
Acoustic and Electric … professional singing lessons… six years ago, it was
deciding to write my first novel… and since then, more and more of the SOSYAL
NETWURK involvement… NUTHIN is too scary now… I seldom seem to have
any ‘down time’ and that suits me perfectly… I enjoy keeping what’s left of the
grey cells moving up there… maybe a wee thought or three in there for some of
yeez?… see yeez later… LUV YEEZ!…
Azza El Masri is an avid reader and is always looking for new recommendations.
You can reach her on: www.tempoplanet.com/talking-books
The story of sons and fathers is often riddled with bumps and regrets, but when your ageing
father is a Salinger-like archetype of literary reclusiveness and black humour - with two
estranged sons and another illegitimate offspring that broke up an-already rickety marriage -
you have Gilbert’s “& Sons”.
A.N. Dyer is an ill and ageing father who
is full of remorse, and who tries to piece
together his family by bringing his three
sons together for one last story.
The story is seen through the eyes of
Dyer’s dead best friend’s son, Phillip
Topping, who is going through a divorce
at the time and briefly living in Dyer’s
dusty Upper East Side apartment.
Gilbert’s little hints, such as A.N. Dyer’s
full initials spelling ‘AND’ with the title of
the fictitious author being an Ampersand
is a direct nudge to Gilbert’s own book
title which also holds the
same complexity.
Gilbert’s ardent focus on a linear plot
makes for a smooth read over almost 450
pages, as the reader grows increasingly
intrigued by the perplexity and shrouded
nature of a dying Dyer. We get a glimpse
of this from epistolary exchanges sent to Charlie Topping, Phillip’s father.
The gem within “& Sons” is in its humour; especially its devilish mockery of New York’s upper
class and the fetishes with which Gilbert grew up. Gilbert’s & Sons is a brilliant look at the rich
white male who comes to realise his inevitable mortality and tries to amend heal wounds
one last time.
& SONS
THE BLOG
BY DAVID GILBERT
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If you’re looking for haunted home-baked
treats this Halloween you may not need
to look further than Auntie M’s CupCakes.
Based out of a home in Mangrove Village,
Auntie M, aka, Melanie Bahr Al Daboos
makes cupcakes that are good to
the last crumb.
Melanie grew up in the suburbs of St. Louis
has been fooling around with frosting
for more than 18 years. “I took a cake
decorating class once, which helped me
with piping and basic techniques,” she says.
“The rest of my skills are self-taught.”
When Melanie moved to Abu Dhabi
fifteen years ago, she brought all her cake
decorating tools along with her. At first
Melanie only used her talents to celebrate
her children’s birthdays. With five kids,
that was already good practice. When they
saw what she could do, her friends started
requesting her cupcakes for their kids’
parties. But it still was not for profit. Then,
by a twist of fate, she was encouraged to
go into business for herself three years ago
when she wanted to help her niece
buy her first car.
“I was trying to think of ways to earn some
money to send to her. At the same time
I attended a baby shower. I made ducky
cupcakes and another friend said, ‘these are
so good! You should sell them. I’ll help you
find clients.’ It was like the answer fell out
of the sky.”
Auntie M’s was born and friends ordered
and then their friends began ordering
too. The business began to take off, and six
months later she was able to send her niece
the money for a car.
These days she cannot believe people pay
her to do what she loves to do. “It never
feels like work,” says Melanie. What makes
her cupcakes so different? She says there
are a few things that set her cupcakes apart.
For one, her cupcakes come in more flavours
than just chocolate and vanilla. Her most
popular cupcake is carrot cake and the most
original flavour is chocolate covered cherry.
Yet her caramel toffee crunch and red
velvet are among her top winners.
Melanie realized early on that when cakes
are completely covered in fondant, people
often do not eat it. Fondant, she realised,
can be too sweet and can often ruin the
taste of the cake. So she frosts her cupcakes
with good, old-fashioned butter cream and
only uses fondant as decoration.
A scrap-booker at heart, Melanie has
developed cake-decorating skills using
many scrapbooking techniques and accents.
Her style is whimsical, fun and
very colourful.
“I want people to see my cupcakes and
recognize them as mine,” she says. The
result is a cupcake that you cannot decide
whether or not to eat or frame!
For Auntie M’s Cupcakes go to instagram: auntiemscupcakes
AUNTIE M’S HAUNTED
CUPCAKES SPOOKILY
DELICIOUS
By Heather Long Vandevoorde, PhD/@hvdvoorde
Photo Credit: Gilles Vandevoorde

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Usman
Khan
< Angeli Castillo
Usman
Khan
Profession: Filmmaker
Age: 28
Nationality: American
Motto: NEVER STOP SEARCHING
Most valued possession:
Coffee and the closest pair of shades
One thing I can’t live without:
Camera. Whether it be my handheld camera, or
in an iPhone, iPad..
The person who inspires me the most:
My mother - she always reminds me to
stay positive.
Five things I need for survival:
Sunglasses, Camera, this could also double as a
mirror!
Notebook / pen
A really cool pair of shoes
A book by Dostoyevsky
Car I’d like to own:
I’m from New York where practically no one
has a car. That said, I’d like a Lamborghini.
My idea of peace:
Loving yourself and your neighbors, the rest
falls into place.
My goal in life:
To create beauty.
Three things today has taught me:
Be patient. Listen to what others have to say.
Try to understand how someone else is feeling
without them explaining it to you.
Who deserves a big old thank you:
My Mom. My Brother. My Dad. And CJB.
Most/least like to be stuck in an elevator with:
Most: Joaquin Phoenix // Least: Kim Kardashian
Music I put to get a party started:
Gesaffelstein.
Song I’d like played at my funeral:
Nirvana- Milk It
My current Last SONG syndrome:
Cropsey - Have a Nice Life ors.
A movie that made me cry:
I recently re-watched Paris, Texas. A real tearjerker.
My perfect hangout:
In Abu Dhabi, I’ve grown quite fond of The Galleria Mall.
In New York, nothing beats The Bethesda fountain in
Central Park on an autumn day.
A perfect weekend:
Picnic. Art Galleries. Dinner. Lounge.
Historical event I wish I saw…
Nirvana Unplugged concert.
I love to eat:
Maki - sliced sushi.
And dessert:
Tiramisu, gulab jamun.
A food that describes me best:
Black licorice.
time capsule
LIFE MUSIC FOOD TRAVELABOUT ME

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CHRISTOPHER
JOSHUA
BENTON
Profession: Creative director,
stylist, blogger
Nationality: American
Blog: editorialconsignment.com
FASHION STATEMENT:
Never buy something on first impulse. Go home and if
you’re still thinking about it, you know it’s the one.
PERSONAL STYLE:
I try to be minimalist, but I naturally love prints.
FAVE BUY OF THE PAST MONTH:
A new pair of gnarly harem pants. Love Liebe
Amore them!
FAVE STORE?
The Luxury Arcade at World Trade Center Mall. The
merchandising is really smart and it’s really exciting
to see such fresh concept stores pop up and expose the
capital city to avant-garde design.
DOES THE UAE HAVE STYLE?
There are always signs of life...
DO YOU HAVE ANY FASHION PET HATES?
Capris for men are sins of denim and proportion.
PHOTOGRAPH BY:
Angeli Castillo

ARABIAN STYLE MEETS
AFRICAN TRADITION
INTRODUCING FASHION DESIGNER SARA ALAY
Tempo: Who is Sara Alay?
Sara: I am originally from Yemen, I was born and raised in Saudi Arabia, and I now
live in Ethiopia. I went on a thrilling journey experimenting with the abundant
variety of locally hand woven textiles. I loved exploring different designs and
looks for all occasions. My intention was to create something comfortable, light
and beautiful for myself. I enjoyed wearing my designs at home, at my friends’, and
at events, and soon I started getting orders from people who saw me. So now I’m
happy to share my creations with anyone who’s looking for something beautiful,
stylish and quite unique.
Tempo: Your business involves hand woven textiles?
Sara: Yes, I established Sara Ethiopia using local handmade material. I make sure
that each piece can be worn for different occasions; that one outfit can go from
street style to leisurewear to elegant outing. I handpick the colours and patterns
of the fabric from different artisans across the city and bring them together in
a single piece. A garment is often made of many different colours, patterns and
sometimes even fabrics.

Tempo: Share with us your vision.
Sara: I want to break the stereotype
of Ethiopia as being a third world
country. I want my brand to become
international. I want people to stop
associating Ethiopia with poverty
and instead thinking of it as a place of
beauty, elegance and style.
Tempo: How did your passion for
fashion become a business?
Sara: Fashion is a great way to express
one’s creativity and personality. Sara
Ethiopia embodies this fact. I create
outfits that can be worn by every
personality and for every occasion. The
process of creating the outfits is a lot
of fun. I first spend a great deal of time
wandering in local markets looking for
the right fabrics. Then I start creating
patterns and designs, which I sew
and tailor. After I finish the collection,
there’s the photo shoot, which is a
whole other process by itself.
Tempo: Tell us about your collections.
Sara: My inspiration comes mostly
from the beautiful locally produced,
ethnically handmade materials. The
themes reflect my past and present. I
grew up and lived most of my life in
Saudi Arabia, and then I got married
and moved to Ethiopia. I always feel
there are two parts of me, one that
longs for my family and friends back
home and the other part that is with
my family in Ethiopia. So the theme is
bringing both together – like being in
two places at once - the aura and feel
of Saudi Arabia but with the heart and
essence of Ethiopia.
Tempo: Do you have any
fashion icons?
Sara: I love the style of the Duchess of
Cambridge, Kate Middleton. I love her
regal yet bang-on-trend style.
Tempo: How are you expanding your
visibility in the UAE?
Sara: Social media has been a great way
to connect with people, especially with
clients in the UAE and other countries.
However I am looking forward to
strengthen my connections with the
UAE by joining bazaars, exhibitions and
being represented by boutiques. I think
this will develop a more personal and
first hand connection with clients. So
please be on the look out
for my fashion!
Tempo: What is your message to
aspiring designers?
Sara: My message would definitely
be to keep going and never quit.
As cliché as that sounds, it is true
regardless of what you want to do.
The road towards your goal will get
bumpy but the only way to achieve it
and be a successful designer is to stay
focused and keep going.
Model: Makeda Ruth Hannah Mitchell

Abu Dhabi Art is poised once again to
redefine the notion of an art fair through its
upcoming event taking place from
5 to 8 November.
This year’s Abu Dhabi Art will present
an exciting lineup of art, talks and perfor-
mances that bring together the world’s top
galleries, artists, cultural icons, collectors and
visitors from across the globe.
Spokesperson Alanood Al Hammadi says
that Abu Dhabi Art envisions itself as a
“modern and contemporary design art fair
wherein besides the public programme it
will inspire our culture, past and traditions
with a modern and contemporary twist in
ABU DHABI ART IS BACK!
which will attract international guests and
the general public”.
The sixth edition will present the two key
elements launched last year; the Artists’
Waves section which showcases cu-
rated works by artists, as well as Durab Al
Tawaya, a performing arts programme that
takes Abu Dhabi Art beyond Saadiyat Island
and into the city.
“Basically we will be having big installa-
tions and sculptures expanding throughout
the city. There will be beautifully designed
movable artwork along with installations in
selected bus stops dedicated to Abu Dhabi
Art,” says Al Hammadi.
Abu Dhabi Art will be held in the Saadiyat
Cultural District, future home to the Louvre
Abu Dhabi, Zayed National Museum and
the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi.
The event firmly establishes Saadiyat Island
and Abu Dhabi’s legacy as the cultural
destination of the future through ongoing
curated programming and visitors from
around the world. Abu Dhabi Art is organ-
ised by the Abu Dhabi Tourism and
Culture Authority.
Alanood describes the Abu Dhabi art scene
with great enthusiasm, “The community is
abudhabiart.ae
#AbuDhabiArt #InAbuDhabi
definitely growing with all these galleries
popping all over the city. Saadiyat culture in
particular is helping it thrive. It’s something
to be proud of”. www.abudhabiart.ae

ARAB PRIDE
HAMZA CHRAIBI AND
“ARAB EXCELLENCE”By Vera Rosales
We all have role models in our lives, however Hamza Chraibi
takes the pursuit of excellence to new heights. He has founded
“Arab Excellence,” a non-profit organization whose sole mission
is to honour Arab achievers from across the globe. Tempo
chatted with Hamza…
Tempo: First of all, who is Hamza Chraibi?
Hamza: I am just a young Arab who wants to have a positive impact on my community. I
am a graduate of finance from a business school in France. I am 24 and I have been told that
I look more Swedish than Arab. Even now, I still don’t understand what it really means to
‘look’ Arab.
Tempo: What is Arab Excellence?
Hamza: It is an initiative intended to inspire Arab youth, especially those who are
underprivileged. There are many brilliant Arab figures that are great role models. Many
Arab youth are pessimistic about their future and need outstanding role
models to look up to.
A group of us decided to collect interviews from self-made Arabs from around world. Our
hope is that these interviews will help inspire Arab youth, and especially disadvantaged
children, by showing them Arab success stories and tangible examples of Arab intellectual,
artistic and entrepreneurial contributions.
Tempo: What was your inspiration for this initiative?
Hamza: Two things. I grew up in Morocco until the age of 20 with a lot of love for my Arab
culture, the Arabic language and the Arab people in general. But when I arrived in Europe
to continue my studies, I realised that many people did not have the same image of the
ArabI had. Some of them even tended to confuse Arab with terrorism. This really
bothered me.
The second is that my mother is a professor in a school for underprivileged children and
she used to tell me how some of the kids didn’t want to go to class anymore. They often
didn’t bother to bring their notebooks and many dropped out of school. It was clear to me
that they had lost hope and didn’t believe in the system anymore.
I knew I had to do something about it, and last year, something changed my life forever.
While working as an investment banker in an American bank in London, I woke up one
day and decided to quit and do something I believed in.
I decided to travel the world to meet Arab role models and to relate their success stories. I
wanted to show the world our beautiful culture and I wanted to inspire Arab youth and
make them dream again.
Using my meager savings I traveled more than 20 countries in 18 months, sleeping in cheap
hostels and talking to lots of people. I conducted more than 40 interviews of
inspiring Arabs.
Now the project has grown; it has a great team, media partners and private sponsors. I have
also got invited as a speaker in HEC Paris, in South Korea, the Philippines and even at the
United Nations in China. I am hoping we will hold a conference in Stanford
University next year.

Tempo: Tell us about your team.
Hamza: It is mostly young dynamic Arabs who have become involved with their
communities. There are other nationalities as well. For example Nawrass is involved in
developing new ideas and partnerships, while Aicha identifies successful Arabs writers
from South America. Maina, our French designer, is passionate about the Arab culture and
Arabic letters; she designs our website, logos and brochures.
Tempo: How did you discover the role models?
We have informal partnerships with organisations such as Harvard Arab Alumni and
Polytechnique Alumni. I used to meet many great people in Morocco and Paris that were
willing to grab a coffee with me to share their suggestions and contacts for interviews
worldwide. In remote countries such as Brazil or Indonesia, the Arab community is quite
small so successful Arabs know each other. Once you have interviews with people who love
what we’re doing it gets easier to meet others.
Tempo: Tell us about some of the interesting role models you met.
Hamza: All of them were unique, and they all welcomed us and we spend many hours
together before and after the interview talking about great topics.
We interviewed Omar Samra in Dubai, the youngest Arab who climbed the Everest and
astronaut. We had lunch with Nassim Nicholas Taleb in New York, the bestselling author
of Black Swan (regarded as one of the 10 most influential books since World War 2). In Sao
Paolo we met with Safa Jubran, the recipient of the award of the best translator in Brazil.
Then there was Mauricio Nader in Mexico, one of the best pianists in South America,
Dr. Ossama Hassanein in San Francisco, who is a brilliant venture capitalist in the Silicon
Valley, and there’s the double world and Olympic champion Nezha Bidouane of Morocco.
There were many others, and each interview was an amazing and intense encounter.
To watch videos of amazing Arab achievers from all around the world scan here:
Tempo: So what are you doing now?
Hamza: We have gathered more than 40 great interviews and have already started
broadcasting them last month. But we still have new confirmed interviews to conduct such
as with the one with Zaha Hadid in London.
We also have events planned to meet with underprivileged kids across the Arab world, and
to inspire them and make them want to dream again. We are also thinking about writing
a book that will gather the best moments of our meetings with the Arab role models.And
we want to share interesting anecdotes of our journey across the world, such as my stay
with the Arab Mayas in the Mexican jungle, or the day I got stuck in the flood in a slum in
Indonesia. There are also my experiences as a Young Ambassador at the Youth Olympic
Games, and speaking at The United Nations forum in China.
Tempo: And what’s next for Arab Excellence?
Our vision for the next 10 years is to the incorporate the words ‘excellence’ and ‘success’ in
the Arab mentalities so that they can become normal words. Kids should know that if they
really want to succeed they can. The social elevator might be broken, but there are still
stairs to go to the top. And we prove this with concrete examples of Arab success stories.
The main challenge is education and this why we are starting to collaborate with many
universities, high schools and even secondary schools in various Arab countries. We will
tell you more about this collaboration once things are more concrete.
Tempo: How about your own role models?
Hamza: When I was growing up, I played a lot of tennis so I looked up to Hicham Arazi and
Younes El Aynaoui (the former world tennis champion). By the way both of them agreed to
taking part in Arab Excellence, and I had to chance to spend time with them.
Tempo: How proud are you of being an Arab?
Hamza: I’m really proud of my Arab identity and I became even more proud after I met so
many successful Arabs worldwide. These encounters increased my self-confidence. As I
was having lunch Nassim Nicholas Taleb in New York, we spoke about Arab identity and
he told me: ‘‘Be proud of being Arab, but never be too proud.’’ Indeed I learned from him
that one should be assured of their Arab identity but not push this pride too far.
Tempo: What’s your personal advice to Arab youth?
Hamza: Personally I didn’t achieve excellence in investment banking, while I was in Paris
and London. I realised early on that this is not what I wanted to do, and decided to quit. I
have always wanted to inspire young people. Thus my message to others is to first define
your passion, and then you’ll know what your dreams are. We’ve all grown up with dreams
but they are hidden somewhere. Once you discover, rediscover or simply clearly define
what you are passionate about, your professional path will become obvious, and you will
become your best. And once you are your best, in whatever field that is, money will come
along. That is my belief.
Dr. Hassanein USA Omar Samra Dubai
Hamza having lunch with Nassim Taleb

the epicurean By Lana Nasser/ Instagram: @l4n4n
THE MIRACLE OF CARB
AND CALORIE FREE PASTA!
Carb and calorie free Pasta?
Miracles do happen!
“Are you sure? It tastes amazing,
I can’t believe it!” is the typical
shocking reply I get when I tell the
lunch guests at Lana’s the plate of
pasta they just enjoyed contained
zero carbohydrates. It gets even
better to see the joy on their faces,
when I proceed to inform them that
the pasta is also calorie-free, sugar-
free, soy-free and gluten-free. It’s
the kind of pasta that allows you the
freedom to eat with pleasure and
cut out the guilt that usually comes
on with an overstuffed and bloated
feeling. How many prepared meals
do you know that can own
up to that?
So what is the secret behind the pasta of
air? It’s not pasta, it’s a miracle noodle called
Shirataki, which is a translucent, gelatinous
and traditional Japanese noodle made from
the bulb of the Devil’s Tongue plant. It
sounds quite sinister right? But not to worry,
this plant is all good on the inside and the
benefits are endless. It takes its nickname
from the dark reddish-purple spadix that
juts from its center like a pointy lurid
tongue. Other names used for it are Konjac,
pronounced like “Cognac”, konnyaku,
voodoo lily, snake palm and elephant yam.
At the heart of the plant is the yam or the
potato that is pulverized into flour that is
then formed into patties popularly known
as yam cakes. These cakes can be fileted and
eaten as sashimi, formed into gelatinous balls
or pressed into the famous miracle Shirataki
noodles. Its name means “white waterfall”,
which again is derived from the white, see-
through appearance of the noodles and the
fact they are largely composed of water and
glucomannan; a water soluble fiber with
very little flavor of its own.
It is available though in various flavors such
as spinach, which is what Lana’s café stocks
up on and a black Shirataki, which is a type
of Japanese vegetable. In both cases, because
of the added ingredient to the noodle, there
is a slight calorie increase of about
10 to 15 calories.
How does it all work? It is the water and
vegetable fiber, glucomannan, that gives
this noodle its sought after super powers.
The fiber, which contains no fat, sugar
or starch, slows down digestion, which
allows you to fully absorb and benefit
from the nutrients in the foods added
to your noodle dish and the best part is
it prolongs the sensation of fullness. If
you replace your traditional pasta meal
with the Miracle Noodle, you could easily
reduce the total calorie count of the meal
by 500, and possibly more. It also reduces
the glycemix index, which is great for
people who are trying to control their
blood sugar levels. Medical studies have
shown that the Miracle Noodle has had
beneficial effects for people with Type II
diabetes, constipation, obesity
and cholesterol.
If your interest has piqued enough to find
out what a miracle tastes like, pass by
Lana’s café for lunch. The spinach noodle
is served up in a Garden Chicken Alfredo
sauce with strips of grilled chicken, lightly
sautéed zucchini, squash, red bell pepper
and mushrooms in a low fat cream sauce.
Another healthy option is the Tuna Ziti
“Nicoise” salad with chunks of tuna,
tomatoes, potatoes, boiled egg, blanched
green beans and black olives in a balsamic
vinaigrette. If you prefer to prepare your
dish at home, you can also purchase the
packaged noodles from Lana’s. They are
packed in water and should be stored in
the fridge. The preparation method is
very simple; once the package is opened,
and the water drained, the noodles are run
under hot water to bring them up to a warm
temperature. Your cooked ingredients are
then mixed in with the noodles to add flavor
and extra nutrition to your meal.
Always remember to choose the ingredients
you’ll add to your pasta wisely because that’s
where your calorie, sugar and fat intake
will be coming from. Cook up a meal that is
healthy, beneficial and serves
you the results!
Spinach Noodle with Garden Chicken Alfredo SauceTuna Ziti ‘‘Nicoise’’ Salad

IT’S NOT EASY
BEING
VEGETARIAN
Did you know that October is ‘Vegetarian
Month’? If you’re thinking of becoming
a vegetarian, think again. Speaking from
personal experience I can say that converting
to vegetarianism is definitely not a cakewalk.
It all started for me about two years ago. I
was at the mall with my family enjoying a
burger at a certain ‘mcrestaurant’when my
sister went on a rant about a video she had
just watched. “They make meat products at
food factories,”she told us. “They get lazy,
and the chickens’ beaks and claws end up
getting mixed in with the meat and chicken
that are used in the burgers and nuggets.”
Although she had no proof of the video’s
credibility, I lost my appetite and couldn’t
continue eating my burger. From that day
onwards, I’ve had a different outlook on
meat products.
Over the following year I decided
to abstain from meat, chicken, and
fish - I had essentially become a full-
fledged vegetarian! Much to my mom’s
consternation, I had not thought to look for
a substitute for the proteins I was lacking.
And especially because I was heavily into
sports my mom worried that vegetarianism
would pose a threat to my stamina,
endurance, and even health.
I found out that she was right in some
ways. I was unable to keep up with my
dance classes, and I found my attention
span and concentration deteriorating. A
flight of stairs seemed like a hundred,
and I was experiencing
extreme fatigue.
Since my entire family members are
non-vegetarians I did not have many
options at home when it came to daily
meals. This went on for a couple of
months before my mother decided that
enough was enough. She demanded I
find a protein substitute immediately or
that she would stage an intervention.
When I failed to find that protein
substitute, she stripped off my
vegetarian status. At that time I was
furious because I truly felt that my body
was becoming gradually accustomed to
my vegetarian diet – to the point where
the smell of meat ruined my appetite.
But, mothers being so good at what they
do, she managed to completely flip me
back to my old state. And not too long
after that I was back to my old ways.
Looking back at this brief episode in my
life, I don’t regret my decision to become
a vegetarian. In fact, I plan down the
line on becoming a vegan.
But just not now.
So, my advice to anyone who is
considering crossing that bridge towards
vegetarianism is right from the start
don’t forget to find a protein substitute;
don’t miss meals simply because there
are no vegetarian dishes; and stay
healthy. And also, be sure to listen to
your mom.
By Nisma Hamid/ @NismaHamid

I came across a friend’s Facebook post
that deserves sharing…
My friend posted her pride in watching her
seven-year-old son attempt his first 25-meter
breaststroke for his school’s swim squad. He
woke up begging her to let him try out. He
hadn’t swum the breaststroke or butterfly
and although she wanted to protect him, he
pleaded, “Mom, I can at least try.”
Without hesitation, he jumped right in, feet
first, swimming his heart out in every stroke
and touching the wall in last place. She
expressed her astonishment in his display of
“true grit and character” knowing his courage
outweighed the outcome.
Eleanor Roosevelt’s famous quote, “You must
do the thing you think you cannot do, “ springs
to my mind; however, children think they can
do anything, so perhaps, Nike’s slogan “just
do it” is more appropriate for pursuing your
passion. And, if your passion is fitness, you’ve
come to the right column and live in
the right place.
This month, I will participate in the Dubai
Desert Warrior Challenge for the first time.
Technically, it’s my first DWC, because I
had the pleasure and pain of competing in
Hercules Trophy and Wild Wadi Adventure
Race (WAR 6) this spring. I must say I was
lean and clean
FEET FIRST EAT CLEAN UAE!
By Melissa Lowry
@fitandfaithfulforever
By Donna Howarth
@cleaneatuae
blown away with WAR 6‘s 10k obstacle course
in Al Ain. I ran the first few kilometers with a
20-kg ruck sack before climbing walls, fighting
an uphill stream, crawling under never-
ending barbwire, climbing walls and swinging
on monkey bars, to name a few.
The adventure races in the UAE trump my
humble beginnings in a 5k Warrior Dash
in Texas, so I’m preparing myself for the
upcoming DWC by incorporating sprints and
additional distance into my treadmill work
while continuing weight-lifting. I’m also
looking forward to creating basic routines
with plyometrics like burpees, tuck jumps
and broad jumps and primal-based exercises
like lunges, squats, push-ups, pull-ups, and
planks – all of which can be done without any
equipment in the privacy of your own home
or backyard.
What I know, with or without prior
experience, is it takes putting one foot
forward. I had no idea I would embrace
boxing, a sport I didn’t previously support,
until I wrapped my hands, put my fists into
gloves and hit the body bag a couple of rounds.
I found my inner athlete in boxing and within
the same year, with increased stamina and
conditioning, I was running half-marathons.
At age 33, I stepped foot in a ring (and won in
a split-decision) to duke it out in front of 1,000
spectators for a charity event. My pursuits
led to increased confidence in and outside of
the ring. I wouldn’t have had the courage to
move 8,300 miles from home to Abu Dhabi
if I hadn’t tested myself physically. I know I
wouldn’t have succeeded in placing first in my
age category in a WBFF Bikini contest in May
if I didn’t train with true grit and character.
Most times, that’s all it takes.
CleanEatUAE was founded two years ago
out of frustration (and a few tears), following
horrendous trips to the grocers! I was angry
- cooked meats had additives, salt and sugar!
Some fruit juices had added sugar; vegetables
were old, rotten, inedible and the choice…
what choice? Aisles of chocolate biscuits and
breakfast cereals loaded with sugar – I was
screaming inside!
I decided to create a Facebook page,
CleanEatUAE, to document my family’s meals
and to devote time to creating clean, healthy
recipes - sourcing natural ingredients, healthy
alternatives and offering advice to others.
I recently met with Alan, the owner of
Springbok Butchery, at his premises in
Mushrif Market. We discussed his new
clean range called “Eat Clean, Train Dirty”
which offers sausages, meatballs, burgers and
Billtong with new additions in the future.
Alan explained, “Our meat is grass-fed beef
and sourced in Australia; our clean range is
literally the meat with fresh herbs and spices
allowing, approximately, 90% of pure meat,
even our casings for the sausages are natural!”
The “Eat Clean, Train Dirty” range is perfect
for those of us who exercise (excellent levels
of pure protein) and for those of us who are
concerned with what goes into food. We
discussed the lack of “meat flavour” in steaks
and burgers offered by restaurants – a natural
flavour hidden away by adding artificial
flavours, fillers, saturated fat and topped with
sugar and salt loaded sauces – awful!
Alan organised a selection of clean sausages,
burgers and Billtong for me to try. The
sausages had a real “beefy” flavour and
I could taste the herbs and spices – these
were definitely meaty sausages! With the
Billtong, I was concerned with the levels of
salt – I need not have worried- again, it was
the beef taste that came through; a perfect,
on the go, high protein snack. The burgers
were delicious, meaty and full of flavour – my
teenagers loved them!
The “Clean Eat, Train Dirty” range is gluten
free with no added preservatives including
MSG – therefore, the range sits perfectly with
those of us that are gluten-free, Paleo and
Clean Eaters etc.
Springbok Clean Sausages & Baby
Potatoes - Serves 4
Springbok Clean Sausages, 2 links
1 tbsp Sunflower oil
2 onions, sliced
2 garlic cloves
3 fresh sprigs of Rosemary
2 tablespoon Balsamic Vinegar
2 cups of water
1 kg new potatoes
175 Celsius Fan Oven.
In a food processor, blend the onions, garlic
and Rosemary leaves from one sprig with
½ cup of water. In a large lidded casserole
dish, lightly brown sausages in oil, add onion
mixture, vinegar and cook for 10 minutes,
medium heat, add remaining water, season
lightly with salt & pepper. Meantime, parboil
new potatoes for 3-5 minutes, drain and
put in the dish, surrounding the sausages,
place remaining sprigs on top. Put on the lid,
transfer to the oven for 45 minutes - 1 hour.
Check potatoes are cooked, remove lid to
brown the potatoes for 5-10 minutes.
Devour on it’s own or with some lovely green
veggies. Enjoy!
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Street photography features an
object or an environment. The
term ‘street’ in photography refers
to time instead a place; framing
and timing are the key aspects of
the craft, with the aim to create
images at a decisive or poignant
moment. You don’t need to use
a professional camera, you can
use a good mobile camera. The
important thing is to capture the
image at the right
time and place.
PHOTOGRAPHER: AMJAD RASOOL
LOCATION: ABU DHABI, UAE
SETTING: Mobile
CAMERA MODEL: iPhone 5
F-STOP/APERTURE: f2.4
ISO: 200
SHUTTER SPEED: 1/20sec
TIP: You don’t take a photograph, you
make it. (Ansel Adams)
photo tripping By Shahid Saeed
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY

shutterbug adp The Group: Abu Dhabi Photographers
NOTE: This time the theme was
500px Annual Global Photo Walk.
Thousands of photographers in
hundreds of cities joined the photo
walk on 6 September 2014. Abu
Dhabi Photographers hosted the
walk in the capital, and more than
50 photographers participated in
the walk to share their passion
for photography. The meetup was
co-hosted by UAE Landscapers,
which is made up of around
30 members.
ABOUT: Abu Dhabi Photographers
is a group of photography
enthusiasts who meet regularly
to capture beautiful shots and to
share knowledge and experiences.
The group is managed by
BrandMoxie.
THE CHALLENGE:
500PX ANNUAL GLOBAL PHOTO WALK 2014
Viktoryia Vinnikava
Shahid Saeed Amjad Rasool

Coffee with: Wafae Bisim, Member
of the Cultural and Student
Services Department at Paris
Sorbonne University of
Abu Dhabi (PSUAD)
Paul D: When did you move to Abu Dhabi?
Wafae: I arrived here in January 2001 and
worked in 5-star hotels for a couple of years
then decided it was time for a change. I
found an interesting position in an embassy
in Abu Dhabi where they needed French-
speaking staff.
Paul D: How did you get involved
with PSUAD?
Wafae: While working at the embassy I
heard about a French university opening
in Abu Dhabi. I sent my CV to them and
I got a phone call two months afterwards
asking me to come in for an interview. I
left the embassy for this new and exciting
adventure at PSUAD.
Paul D: What made you gravitate towards a
career in student campus entertainment?
dhabi dames
Life Learnings
Wafae: When I started at Sorbonne
University, I was the Executive Assistant
of the Vice President. I was attending a
management council meeting and helping
with the translation for the French and
Emirati members. After that a position
opened in the Cultural and Student Services
Department. I took the chance to apply for
it, got it, and here I am.
At Sorbonne-Abu Dhabi, we have more
than sixty different nationalities. It’s
amazing to see these young people from
different cultures and religions. Having
direct contact with the diverse student
body and staff is what makes my
job so interesting.
Paul D: Since I moved here in late 2011,
I noticed that you have been integral in
providing PSUAD with top-notch poetry
events. Do you have a personal
passion with poetry?
Wafae: I just love poetry. For me it’s a
healing tool to the mind and soul. I grew
up loving the poetry of Nizar Qabbani. His
lyrics are sung by Lebanese and Syrian
vocalists who helped popularize his work.
Qabbani made women his main theme
and inspiration. I love also Palestinian poet
Mahmoud Darwish, and of course I also
read French poems and enjoy them very
much. When I first came to the UAE, I was
amazed by this country; where almost all its
citizens are poets. I was introduced to Nabati
poetry. Some of the Nabati poets sing while
reciting; this describes and represents their
identity, their inspiration, and their dreams.
Organizing poetic evenings at Sorbonne
University is a dream come true.
Paul D: Is it part of the school’s mission to
provide these types of multicultural events?
Wafae: Yes, our department provides
different cultural and artistic activities such
as music classes, painting, theatre and, of
course, we organize poetic evenings. These
activities allow students to broaden their
skills and stimulate exchange with regards
to idea sharing. Some students are poets
who were never given the opportunity to
speak in public. Sorbonne-Abu Dhabi gave
them that chance. Every year we have more
and more students participating along with
other poets from other universities as well
as poets from the community.
Paul D: What are your favourite events, that
you have organized in Abu Dhabi?
Wafae: Mainly the Poetic Evenings, but
every year we also celebrate UAE National
Day. We have International Day where
students talk about their origins and present
their countries, and we also organize a
yearly student talent show.
Paul D: It’s great that you love organizing.
Let’s organize this bill. Can you organize the
remainder of the check if I give you
five dirhams?
The new term has started. But it is not just about the achievement of academic brilliance.
It is also about picking up an extra dose of humanness, empathy, and compassion to others.
Parents, take note
Children need not just qualified teachers, but also other children from different walks
of life to learn crucial life lessons. They say it takes a community to raise a child, and it
certainly takes more than school to educate one.
Social consciousness teaches children to respect their others. Erroneous thinking is caused
by erroneous perception. But what do parents want to present to their children? That it
is a superficial world that we live in? One where cool is dictated by money, wealth, fashion,
and the height of one’s heels?
Give guidance to your child
The unmonitored child views violence, hatred and pornography freely on the net.
Innocence is lost much too soon. In neighboring countries blood-splattered children are
rushed to the hospitals, and left to die. We see on TV that children in Liberia are orphaned
due to the Ebola outbreak. Our world has changed drastically in the last two years.
Ask yourself: Am I becoming more apathetic as a parent?
School teaches our children a lot. But it is truly the duty of every parent to teach his child to
forgive, to make peace, to love, to understand, and to tolerate.
The UAE has blessed us with excellent schools. But parents must show restraint and avoid
giving their kids unnecessary flashy gifts, such as Iphones, IPads, stone-encrusted phone
covers, extravagant watches and fancy cars. Endless desires leads to endless waste on every
level: waste of food, waste of clothes and waste of gadgets... Parents should learn to say no
to their children.
A village educates
During a recent visit to Tanzania, I saw a heart-warming sight of little children on the long
dusty road off to school. Each one carried a long stick to make a fire to cook his food. Their
day began thus. Teachers taught them self-sufficiency. First they would eat, be nourished
and with full stomachs tackle the math on the blackboard. The idea of breakfast porridge
got them to school! You see dedicated teachers who are paid very low wages trying to eke
a meager living, but striving to inspire a new generation.
Then you see rich spoilt kids in other countries, making light of their God-given
opportunities. Even the wise King Solomon is said to have made a shipwreck of his life in
spite of his wealth.
Simply expect good
“My dreams are achievable,” said the cheerful Masai teenager, who is a part time drummer
and a tourism student learning three languages. Things may work out for him differently.
Who knows? And who can predict what’s in store for our own children? Regardless of the
outcome we should at least teach our children to have empathy and compassion for others.
By Marien Oomen
articulate cafe By Dorian “Paul D” Rogers/@pauldTHERIPY

Third Culture Parenting
There is a lot that can keep someone back
from succeeding. You may often feel that
you are destined to fail, and that your
goal is unreachable. But in truth such
experiences are quite typical - even in the
lives of those who have ‘made it’!
Think of famous people… like Walt
Disney, Bill Gates, Oprah, Einstein, Elvis
and J.K.Rowling. Although they are now
hugely successful, they all experienced
numerous failures in their lives.
Today ‘Disney’ is known worldwide for
his iconic merchandise, movies and theme
parks. But to achieve success Walt Disney
struggled for many years, and even got
fired from his newspaper job for “lacking
imagination and good ideas”!
How about Bill Gates, the man who
currently holds the title of the “richest
man in the world”? Before he created
the global empire that is Microsoft,
he dropped out of Harvard and failed
miserably in his first business.
Oprah is seen today as one of the richest
women and most influential people on
television, and yet she also experienced
countless setbacks in her life. She often
talks on her shows about her abusive
upbringing, and how she was fired from
numerous jobs.
We all associate the name “Einstein” with
intelligence and genius. However during
Albert Einstein’s early years, he was
thought by his teachers to be mentally
handicapped because he did not speak
until the age of four, and did not start
reading until the age of seven. He was
slow and anti-social, and was expelled
from school!
Elvis Presley is known as the king of
rock and roll, and as one of the most
famous artists of all time. But back in
1954 Elvis was told after one of his early
performances to “go back to
driving a truck”.
Then there’s J.K.Rowling, the worldwide
literary sensation. The author of the
Harry Potter series struggled in her early
years; she was penniless and depressed.
She was a single mother who was trying
to attend school and to write a novel.
She went from depending on benefits to
survive, to becoming the success she is
today – all within the span of five years!
So as you can see from all these examples:
success doesn’t always come easily.
Famous peoples’ lives look amazing but
most had to work extremely hard to get
where they are. To put this in perspective,
imagine the stress you are currently
feeling at school or work. You may have
some self-doubt and feel undervalued
and underestimated. But realize that your
journey will be full of many false starts
and lots of hard work. Don’t take failure
as a reason to stop working hard; rather
convert every challenge into a learning
experience, and stay steadfast. You are
the only person that matters to achieve
your dream!
A personal viewpoint:
What Does Success Entail?
By Jessica Lou-Hing/@jess_kaitlyn By Heather Long Vandevoorde, Ph.D./@hvdvoorde
The question, “so, where are you from?” is
my kids’ least favourite. It is a harmless,
and normal sounding question, yet one
that is complex to answer. Inevitably my
children roll their eyes and answer, “we’re
from everywhere.” The person asking
the question then smiles, bewildered, and
looks at me for further explanation.
My children sound American enough. But
my children have never lived in the USA.
I am American, my husband is French and
my girls, Lolita (11) and Jania (10), were
born in the Dominican Republic. They
thus hold three nationalities. And that’s
not all. During their tenure on this planet
they have lived in the Dominican Republic,
France, Luxembourg, South Africa, Saudi
Arabia and now, the UAE. Often children
living outside their home country are
referred to as “third culture children,” and
mine, people say, are very well-adjusted
considering they’ve moved so often.
Thankfully, yes, they are. But that is not
entirely by accident. My husband and I
have worked hard to be consistent in our
parenting routines, regardless of where we
are living. Our technique boils down to a
few main ideas:
• Keep family members alive in their
minds – we keep photos of family
throughout our house and I update them
after every visit so they can always see
the family as they look now. Through
photos and stories, our kids feel close to
those people and understand that they
have a larger family who loves them
on a couple of continents. And when
they do see family, they hit the ground
running and jump right back into their
relationships. There is no awkward time of
re-acquainting themselves with
their relatives.
• Keep the core family together – for us
this also involves three dogs that have
already lived with us in three countries.
When we enter the new house, it becomes
a home only when they are with us.
• Jump into the new community – I always
grab the first guide I can find to immerse
us in local culture. We do the museums,
attraction parks and sporting events
immediately. We always get comments
from locals that in the first six months we
do more than they have done in a lifetime
of living in the same place. Guide books
and community magazines help, as do
“friendships” with businesses on Facebook
and other social media. It makes us better
tour guides when people come to visit too.
• Speak the lingo - My children speak a
little bit of several languages and we try
to incorporate the local lingo at home.
My husband is especially talented with
languages and always gets us caught up
in local sayings. We call people we don’t
know “China” according to the South
African approach, we say “arret” when we
want someone to stop, and we say “khallas”
when we’ve had enough. The people
we meet when we are out are always
pleasantly surprised to hear my very All-
American looking girls rattling off a few
lines in Arabic.
Kids adapt quickly and they follow the
parents’ attitudes. If you yourself are
excited about the move and can help them
see some benefits of the new hometown,
they will accept it quickly.
We are extremely happy here. We hope
to stay for a long time, but if things change
and we end up moving to a new country,
we will accept it with open arms. We
will jump headfirst into the new culture,
drawing from places we have lived in
as references, and looking forward to
discovering more new and different aspects
of the world we live in.
parental guide

The Haunted Village
by Mariam Juma Al Dhaheri
The Painter’s Child looked on through the
clouds on high. Sometimes he wondered
why the world was dark, void of feeling
and hope. Sometime he wondered why
the ages passed on in a paradigm of
unchanging events, each different, but
similar. Near the shore, the world was
separate yet one with the ashen gray
that had covered all the land ever since
the colours of the remnants of the world
had been taken away by the one event
that would go on to change everything.
Far beyond, he could hear the song of the
Ancient Ones, the melancholy sounds of
a tune that, in every way, possessed the
very essence of life, yet failed to
appease him.
For life, there was none. At the edge of the
wooden plank directed outward, towards
the silent sea, he sat, and looked on. All
was gray, ashen gray. And what once was
would never be, he knew, for it was to
be as such. The last of the painters was
dead, gone with the end of the era. And
he, sitting there, alone was the last of the
Painter’s Children.
In the days of lore he heard of the ones
who had descended downwards and
coloured the world, when all laughed
and each was not alone. He recalled, and
slowly, a tear brushed past his cheek.
His dark black hair parted to the left, his
simple rags, his posture and his very being
gave off an aura of hope, something that
was lacking in a dying world. The painter’s
had come once, down to the ground in
their Wooden Spaceships, they were good
in all they said and did. They painted the
skies, the oceans and then, people called
the era a golden age. But then came the
one they called the Emperor, they said
he was a mere child, a child of unknown
origins, but a child nonetheless.
His arrival heralded the end of the
Painters, and the beginning of the
darkness, the beginning of the end of the
age. None saw the child, none knew of
him. Only the wind carried whispers and
rumours of a little boy, of darkness and
lacking in soul. And ‘ere sat the Painter’s
Child, the last of his kind. Alive because
he was not discovered, alive because he
had not left the world in the Wooden
Spaceships. Getting up, he turned back and
began to walk away, because he was here
for a reason. He knew where the Emperor
was. The planks clattered as the wind
blew against the boy’s hair. Before him,
facing the ocean stood the vast palace of
stone, and ebony. Time, though ephemeral,
held both dark and light.
And ‘ere stood the Painter’s Child. Walking
onward, he entered the glimmering
monument, for none barred it, none knew
of it but the Painter Men. And as with all
things in the world, the palace was dark.
With ebony and coal, it was a marvel to
behold, but the Child had no time for this.
He knew what he would face, he knew
that this was his burden to bear. The steps
of his bare feet made no sounds upon the
stairs, his feet slid across the floor and
behold! He came across a vast door, and
with the turn of the handle, he entered.
And within was a mirror, a gargantuan
structure held erect and motionless, and
walking on, within the child saw the
emperor. The Painter’s Child saw himself.
It was he who darkened the world, he
who made the mistake of life. It was then,
in that moment of realization, that he
hurled the rock he held within his satchel
towards the mirror which shattered and
fell upon the marbled floor. The colours
returned, the world restored to the Golden
Age of lore. But now, within the palace,
lay the remnants of the Emperor and the
corpse of the Painter’s Child.
The Painter’s Child
By Adithya Christopher
ZAYED UNIVERSITY’S AL KHARAREEF STORYTELLING CLUB
was created to enrich the legacy of the Emirati storytelling tradition
and contribute to the revival of this important cultural heritage
within the United Arab Emirates.
Last year, the Club in partnership with the Abu Dhabi Music &
Arts Foundation launched an Emirati cultural literacy project titled
the Story Mile, a collection of 48 original fables and folktales, written by students
from the Academic Bridge Program, illustrated by the College of Arts and Creative
Enterprise majors and translated by ZOWD volunteers into the language of its
characters, Emirati dialect.
The Story Mile tales, which are the first of a three volume series, were recently
published as a book in English and titled “Tales from the Emirates” in Arabic. The
stories not only share the storytelling tradition of the Emirates, but have also
introduced other key aspects of Emirati culture and are creating new footprints in
the sands of the cultural landscape of the UAE.
There once was a house made of arish. The sun never entered it, the rain never
fell on it and the wind never shook it. Jinn occupied it for more than a thousand
years. Humans called them Qawm Al Deseas.
The people didn’t want Qawm Al Deseas because they brought misfortune on
the village, so the Sheikh decided to destroy the house. One day soon after, the
villagers all started reading the Holy Quran and mawethat. But one old woman
called Aisha didn’t want the house destroyed. She had lived in the area for more
than 70 years, and knew what would happen if the house was knocked down.
Aisha warned the people but no one listened, so she left.
The night after Al Asha prayers, the villagers read together in a loud voice.
Suddenly, the house burst into flames. They thought they had killed all the jinn,
but they were wrong. Qawm Al Deseas didn’t die. They had escaped and were
now very angry.
They went to Ras Al Khaimah to get help from a friend who lived in the sea.
Khattaf Raffay is a boat with a haunted sail. United, Khattaf Raffay and Qawm Al
Deseas decided to kill the people, take their souls and throw the bodies away.
Disguised as traders, Qawm Al Deseas and Khattaf Raffay built a store in the
Souqand hung up a sign, ‘Change Your Life in a Minute.’ They invited the Sheikh
to open it. When he stepped inside, his mind started playing tricks. He saw an
amazing chair made of gold and purple diamonds and other wonderful things.
Khattaf Raffay told the Sheikh to close his eyes and put his hand on a sail.
Possessed by Qawm Al Deseas, the Sheikh saw everything he wanted in life –
popularity, riches, and much more. He left the store telling people how wonderful
it was. The people visited one by one. Qawm Al Deseas and Khattaf Raffay were
very happy, because with each body they entered, they became stronger. They
turned all the people in to jinn and made the whole village haunted.
FLASH FICTION IS A STYLE OF FICTIONAL LITERATURE CHARACTERIZED BY
BREVITY; WITH THE STANDARD BEING A STORY OF UNDER 1000 WORDS.
Illustration by Dina Bin Masoud
“Suddenly, the
house burst
into flames.”

THE APPLE – SAMSUNG DEBATE
BITS AND BYTES
LARGEST EVER MEMORY CARD
Memory specialist SanDisk is introducing an SD card with 512
gigabyte (512GB) of storage space – which is the highest capacity ever
released in a compact memory card. The memory card will go on
sale for US $800, a decade after the firm released its 512-megabyte
(512MB) SD card. Experts believe SD Cards could eventually hold up
to two terabytes (2TB) of data, which is the equivalent of 2,000GB.
The new card is aimed at film-makers shooting in the high-quality
4K format.
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Abu Dhabi Taxi: Are you tired of waiting for taxis? Then you could like
the Abu Dhabi Taxi App, which helps you order your taxi and have it
pick you up in less than 10 minutes. The app is user friendly and works in
Abu Dhabi and Al Ain. Your location is determined by GPS, and you can,
via the app, also request the type of car you prefer. The App is available
for free download on Apple iOS devices
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APPLE’S PLAN TO CHANGE
HOW YOU PAY
FOR EVERYTHING
If Apple has its way you will leave your wallet at
home and pay for everything using your iPhone 6.
Apple Pay is a wireless, digital wallet that could be
the future of your transactions. All you have to do
is just put your finger on the iPhone’s finger print
sensor at the register. Beep. You’re done.
tech talkShahid Saeed
Talker for the Non-Techies
APPLE iPHONE 6 AND iPHONE 6 PLUS
Apple has delivered to customers what they’ve been looking for: the iPhone
6 with a 4.7-inch display, and the even larger iPhone 6 Plus with a 5.5-inch
display. Both handsets have 64-bit desktop class architecture, the new A8
chip and M8 motion coprocessor. The iPhone 6 has 1334 x 750 Retina HD
Display while the iPhone 6 Plus has 1920 x 1080 Full HD Retina Display. Both
handsets share the same 1.5-micron pixels f2.2 HD Camera with the ability to
make time-lapse video, and both devices are wrapped with Apple’s new iOS
8 and lots of new features added.
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SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE EDGE
AND GALAXY NOTE 4
For a while there were rumours that
Samsung would be launching a unique
new product, and then it introduces the
new Galaxy Note Edge! The Galaxy Note
4 has a 5.7-inch screen Note 4 with 2560 x
1440 super AMOLED Quad HD display and
Note Edge has 5.6-inches 2560 x 1600 Quad
HD+ Display, a Quad-Core snapdragon 805
Krait 450 CPU, 3GB Ram, 16 mega-pixels
camera which is also capable to shoot 4K
video, Android 4.4 (KitKat) and the S Pen.
Samsung has also introduced ultra-fast
battery charging which lets you charge
the 50 percent of battery juice in just 30
minutes. The Galaxy Note 4 and Note Edge
have fixed internal memory of 32 GB with
micro-SD slot for up to 64GB card.

On the 8th of October Emirati artist
Sumayyah Al Suwaidi, Founder of Abu
Dhabi Fashion Days will hold the “Dress
the Mannequin” silent auction at Wafi Mall
in Dubai. The annual event that is aimed at
supporting charitable causes, will focus this
time on reconstruction in Gaza. Summayah
shares her vision with Tempo…
“Dress the Mannequin” is the humanitarian
side of Abu Dhabi Fashion Days. It is held
twice a year, once each season.The reason is
to highlight the creative minds living within
DRESS THE MANNEQUIN
AN ARTISTIC BENEFIT FOR GAZA
SING FOR
PINK
The NSO Chamber Music Series opens its 2014-2015 Season with a delightful concert on
Saturday 11th October in the Brighton College Abu Dhabi Auditorium. The show entitled
“Sing for Pink”, will honour breast cancer survivors and is aimed to raise awareness and
support for ‘Breast Cancer Arabia‘, a non-profit organisation.
‘Sing for Pink’, features the professional
vocal talents of the NSO Three Sopranos
performing a musical array of solo and semi
staged ensemble selections from popular
operatic and Broadway repertoire including
Carmen, La Traviata, Carnival, Wizard of Oz,
and many more. The Three NSO Sopranos,
Gretchen Hewitt (USA), Sonia González
(Venezuela) and Louise Merrifield (England),
are all professional vocal artists in their home
countries performing in opera, oratorio, musical
theatre and contemporary works.
Piano artist Aurora Muratti joins the singers on stage
as well as visual artist Wilma Burton whose ‘Healing Art’
paintings will provide the colourful and inspiring stage décor for
this evening‘s concert.
For more information visit www.nsouae.org
Do you have a project or a cause dear to your heart that you need to crowd fund? Share
it with Tempo Cause for publishing consideration. Send it to editorial@tempoplanet.com FUNDING LINK
the UAE and to support the needy as much
as possible by auctioning the miniature
mannequins and giving all the proceeds
to charity.
“I’ve always wanted to support charities as
its one of the ways I could thank God for the
blessed life I am living, and when the time
came for Abu Dhabi Fashion Days it was
crucial for me to have a humanitarian
side to it.
“People can support by buying the
miniature mannequins or sponsoring.
The silent bidding auction of Dress The
Mannequin will begin at
7:00pm, all proceeds
towards supporting
Palestinians in
Gaza. I urge
everyone
to come.
“Our hope is that this initiative growswith
each season, with more participants and
bidders, and that we raise more money for
worthy causes.”
For more information visit
www.abudhabifashiondays.com
FUNDING LINK
Artwork by Wilma Burton

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ask for advice or feedback, or sense a
disagreement or conflict. An email lasts
forever in cyberspace, even when you delete
it, so avoid writing emotional or angry
emails. Also when you speak with someone
face to face, it gives you a better read on
what they are really trying to say as you can
interpret their body language.
MISTAKE 5: Don’t read body language
A fundamental part of emotional
intelligence is the ability to read body
language. This skill helps managers
understand how someone is feeling and
thinking through their physical cues. Often
employees will hide what they are thinking.
If you can read them well, you can help
avoid employee dissatisfaction or potential
conflicts between employees.
MISTAKE 6: Rely too much on weekly
staff meetings
Many managers use weekly staff meetings
as a primary way of communicating with
staff. Each team member gives an update
about their activities and progress so the
manager can gauge if goals are being met.
While this may be useful for the manager,
some members of the team may feel it is a
waste of their time. These meeting should
be short and focused. They should not be
a one-on-one meetings with each staff
member in front of other staff. During
true one-on-one meetings, ask your team
members about their needs, not necessarily
about what you need.
MISTAKE 7: Fail to ask for feedback
Managers are not perfect and need to
measure how they are doing. Some do
not ask for feedback fearing that it might
be negative. You are better off knowing
what people think and using the negative
feedback to improve your skills. You
may even receive positive feedback for
something you are not aware of, and this
can be empowering. You can ask your staff
individually two questions: what you should
stop doing and what you should start doing.
MISTAKE 8: Play the blame game and don’t
give credit
When something goes wrong it is human
nature to complain. New managers often
put the blame on a member of their team,
for example citing that someone did not
finish the project in time. It is important
to remember that as a manager you are
responsible for the entire project. Don’t fall
into the trap of blaming others. Instead,
review your management skills so that you
can avoid making the same mistake, and
when things go right; do not take all the
credit. Praise the good work of individual
members who contributed to the success of
the project. This small gesture will not only
increase your team’s confidence in you but
will also highlight your team management
skills to your supervisor.
Eight Mistakes New Managers Make
Moving from a staff to a management
position can be empowering and exciting. It
can also be daunting as your colleagues may
still see you as a co-worker or teammate
and it is difficult to make the transition to
supervisor, manager or boss. If you are a
new manager, here are eight
mistakes to avoid:
MISTAKE 1: Choose to be liked rather
than respected
One reason many inexperienced managers
don’t know how to make difficult decisions
is that they are afraid that staff will not
like them. A desire to be liked, plus a fear
of conflict, can lead to managers not only
avoiding making tough decisions but
also delivering bad news. And of course
problems don’t go away, they multiply if
they are not addressed. As a supervisor you
need to be respected and to make difficult
decisions and deliver them in way that
shows you value and appreciate them.
MISTAKE 2: Don’t delegate work
Trying to do all the work yourself is a vote
of no confidence in your staff. By delegating
or assigning work to your team members,
you reap a double benefit. First, it helps you
shorten your “to do” list, giving you valuable
time to focus on more important work.
Second, you empower your staff by giving
them more responsibility and experience. It
is a sign of faith in your employees and they
feel more empowered to develop their skills
and to grow professionally.
MISTAKE 3: Micromanage team members
Some new managers take the opposite
approach and micromanage teams
members. This may start out as a desire
to be conscientious but can turn into
perfectionism. And perfectionism can lead
to micromanaging, which has a negative
affect on your team’s confidence and
performance. If you are constantly sending
emails, calling employees or stopping by
their desk to check up on them, it is a sign
that you do not trust them. This behavior
can stifle their enthusiasm and confidence.
You should always expect the best from
your team, but don’t micromanage them.
MISTAKE 4: Communicate in writing
instead of in person
Let’s face it we all do it. Instead of having
a difficult conversation, we send an email
or text. Face-to-face communication is
important when you want to build trust,
Wherever I go, IKEA seems to follow, or
maybe it’s the other way around. In 1990
when I resigned from my position as ABC
News bureau chief in Warsaw and started
my company in Poland’s capital, IKEA
opened its first store in the country there.
This was just after Poland had become
independent of the Soviet Union, and the
economy was in awful shape.
As I walked around what I now know was
a small IKEA store, I saw prices that seemed
reasonable. I soon heard from Polish friends
that IKEA was expensive, and anything
bought qualified as a luxury item. But that
didn’t last long because IKEA always tries to
adapt to the market and to source locally.
When I arrived in Abu Dhabi in August
2005 with a three-year contract fromZayed
University, I came – as we had been advised
– without household goods, only with
clothes and the books I can’t live without.
We received apartments and a furniture
allowance, and colleagues pointed me to
IKEA at Marina Mall.
The prices were reasonable, and like all
expats, I bought linens, dishes, cutlery,
towels, and other essentials including a
sleep sofa. During the eight years I spent in
the UAE, IKEA was my store for everything
needed for comfortable living.
The super IKEA on Saadiyat Island opened
around the time I decided to return to the
US, but I managed to pick up coloured paper
napkins and basic IKEA mugs in white and
blue. I think I had eight mugs by the time
I left the UAE; since I was trying to limit
shipping, I gave them away.
Last month I received an invitation to a pre-
opening luncheon for community leaders at
the new IKEA in Miami Dade County. I was
delighted to accept because as I was setting
up my home in Miami, I missed IKEA. There
has been an IKEA about 40 miles away for
several years. However, I didn’t go because
it seemed like too much trouble.
This is the 39th IKEA in the US and the 361st
in the world. It is the second biggest in the
US – second only to the one in Schaumburg,
Illinois, near Chicago - but for those of us
who have seen the Saadiyat Island store, it
seemed familiar in size and layout.
But not entirely. Merchandise tags are
in English and Spanish. The cafeteria
restaurant on the top floor seats 600
people, and the menu – on an overhead
screen – shows calorie counts. The Swedish
meatball dinner is 690 calories. The Swedish
pancakes with Lingonberry jam are 390.
Because the luncheon came several days
before the opening, we weren’t allowed to
shop although we could tour the store. It
was wonderful to be almost alone in the
huge space, to walk past familiar furniture
including the sofa bed I gave to a friend
in Abu Dhabi and many new items. I saw
the coloured paper napkins, the white and
blue mugs, and the stainless steel cutlery I
bought in Abu Dhabi. I need more.
Next trip to IKEA is for shopping.
Dr. Alma Kadragic
Follow Alma on Twitter: @almakad
Theresa F. Weber
an expat
returns home
women in
business
Follow Theresa on Twitter: @TheresaFWeber and @ACT_LLC

THE MAGIC OF PHOTOS:
SNAP LIKE KENTBy Warren Fox
There’s a timeless quality to the photos of
Jacqueline Kent. An established Canadian
photographer now working out in Dubai,
Jacqueline manages to capture nuance in
the little details, the subtle movements and
the quirky expressions.
Before moving to Dubai in 2011, Jacqueline
lived in Bahrain for six years where
she worked as a corporate, freelance,
commercial, and editorial photographer.
She was born in London and moved for
twenty years from “the east to the west
coast of Canada.” And the breadth of her
photographic work reflects that.
Jacqueline is drawn to photographing
people. “I love what I do, I could not imagine
being anything else, and it is people I love.
Landscapes are pretty, but always more
interesting when people are in the picture.”
When she initially started to pursue
photography her intention was to “create
beautiful portraits” even though she says
she experienced the kind of uncertainty felt
by those who move to a new place.
“The big question I ask myself every
time we move, is what do I want to do? I
would really like to continue on with my
photography, but doing what? What will be
my niche? Should I steer my career toward
fashion, weddings, school portraits, real
estate? There is such opportunity here in
this grand city.”
Jacqueline doesn’t know what the future
holds for her. She says, “I’ll always be
addicted to photography. I will bring my
camera with me everywhere I go. And from
there I’ll see where my lens leads me.”
Info: www.jacquelinekentphotography.com

PINOY KID WONDER IAN CRIS TOCLE
At first glance Ian Cris Tocle is like any
10-year-old you’d meet. But ask him to
describe himself, and he’ll tell you he’s a “kid
of many hats.” See him on stage and you’ll
realize the kid’s a born ‘artiste,’ whether he’s
strutting his stuff on stage, or broadcasting
off his own YouTube channel.
When you talk to Tocle you realize right
away that he displays adult-like poise
beyond his years. He’d tell you that
he developed an intense passion for
performing before audiences from the age
of five, and cites Bruno Mars as his idol.
Ironically Bruno Mars also started
performing and entertaining at a young
age. Now Tocle is determined to follow
Bruno’s career path. Wherever there’s
a competition in malls, theatres, talent
shows and jam sessions Tocle is quick to
enlist, performing before a growing base of
enthralled fans.
Tocle says the biggest fear he’s had to
overcome is stage fright. “I’m always very
nervous, but I love the audience and it
makes me happy to perform,” he said.
Tocle’s family says the young boy is
exceptionally disciplined in both his
personal and private life. He says that he
tries hard to balance singing and school,
“You need to have good time management
and a performer’s attitude. You need to
practice your piece every time and you need
to be serious.”
Tocle says he loves to sing and dance, but
that he knows that school must always
come first. He told Tempo that he already
has his future planned out, and
hopes to become a certified
accountant first, and a professional
musician on the side.
As for the immediate future Tocle
says he’ll continue playing shows
around Dubai and performing some
of his original compositions. He’s
also working on improving his
voice, and taking acting lessons.
Tocle enthuses, “Everybody loves
music and music unites people.
There’s no gender, religion, and
nationality in music”. You hear him
express these big ideas, and for a
moment forget that he’s only 10.
By Warren Fox & Vera Rosales
teen vox pop
What is the
most innovative
invention/idea
that you have ever
come across?
Sophia Grifferty, 17
American Community School
Abu Dhabi
A “Steripen” is a pen that purifies
dirty water into clean,
drinking water.
Jessica Lou-Hing, 17
British School Al Khubairat
Probably the internet; the fact that it
allows you to connect with people all
over the world and access information
easily is pretty impressive.
Julia Grifferty, 16
Abu Dhabi
I came across a video on Youtube where
a billboard in Costa Rica collected
rainwater and through a mechanism
filtered it into drinking water.
Louise Christodoulides, 17
I still think airplanes are amazing. I
don’t like them but whoever came up
with the idea was pretty
much a genius.
Maamoun Kassab Bachi, 14
Abu Dhabi
The Big Bang Theory because it
states that the entire universe came
from a tiny speck.
Mareya Khouri, 15
The evil genius who thought of
putting an oreo inside a cupcake…
oh and Wi-Fi.
Meghna Choudhary, 17
Abu Dhabi
All forms of communication: e-mail,
cell phones, mail, Youtube, blogs,
Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, etc.
Danielle Harris, 18
Abu Dhabi
In my lifetime, it has to be the internet,
just because it’s not something you
would even think to create.
Watch this talented kid here

instafame
The Tempo team routinely trawls instagram in search of creative talent.
To be discovered connect with us on Instagram @tempoplanet.
FATIMA ABDULLA FARAH
ABDULRAHMAN
Nationality: Emirati
Instgram ID: Fatimas_art
When I was growing up I used to watch cartoons then pause
to doodle them. When I was 10 and on a road trip with my
family to Turkey I wanted to draw everything I saw instead
of wanting to visit amusement parks. In high school I would
cover my books with drawings, even my laptop. When I was 16, I was happy when my
dad allowed me to draw on the walls of my room. That’s how much I have always been
obsessed with art! I find art in all its forms therapeutic; it’s my way of communicating with
the world! I only started showing my art to others when my friends forced me to set up an
Instagram page in 2012. Thanks to the support of my followers I can now call myself a
graphic designer.

Under the Patronage of
H.E. Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi
Minister of International Cooperation and Development,
President of Zayed University
ISEA2014 @ISEA_2014
www.ISEA2014.org
30 October — 8 November, 2014
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INTERNATIONAL
#ISEA2014
The 20th International Symposium
on Electronic Art
Abu Dhabi
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