By Neena Rai
I first met Bahrain-based Dutch artist Sita Dotinga at Art Abu Dhabi last year. From the beginning, I was intrigued by her very Indian-sounding name, and it turns out that Sita is a Dutch name as well. Not having come across many Dutch artists in the region, I welcomed the opportunity to know her better.
By Abbas Alidina
I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve heard someone say “we don’t need a social media policy. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other social networking sites are blocked in the office”.
This type of statement is usually a recipe for disaster. We can no longer bury our heads in the sand and avoid social media in the workplace.
By Rohith Bhat
There are not a lot of things in this beautiful world that I hate. Ok, that’s a complete lie. I’m actually disappointed that 2012 went by so peacefully. Never again will I trust the good name of internet promises (read rumours) of mass destruction.
But in my long list of cursed things – which includes traffic jams, clowns, politicians, flying monkeys and Robert Patterson – a new breed of nuisance has entered and now contends for the top position with movie vampires….. FAN GIRLS!!!
By Hana Makki
Once upon a time in a faraway desert, there was a sparkling metropolis filled with people from the lands of the world. Many people would come through; some would stay, and some would go.
By Ahmed Samir
You’re wrong. Yes, you are. You think you’re right, and perhaps many agree with you that you are right, but you’re very likely as wrong as can be. Allow me to explain.
Italian food you can’t refuse
By Justin Thomas
The restaurant is one of the last strongholds of genuine face-to-face social intercourse. Sadly though, even here, there are increasing numbers of diners insisting on a side of Blackberry with every meal. It’s heartbreaking to watch a young couple out for a candle-lit meal, both of them stare lovingly into their smart-phone screens, frantically thumbing messages to whoever, wherever – “fa6ooomy: waynich 3yooni?” On what level is the couple actually even together? Physically? Perhaps. Psychologically? Definitely not. More tragic still is when only one partner engages in this behavior, the other partner waiting patiently for scraps of leftover attention.
Social media the recipe for success
Wild Peeta is a home-grown success story with an ambitious plan to roll their unique brand of restaurants across the globe. Mohamed and Peyman Parham Al Awadhi, the brothers behind Wild Peeta, tell Tempo’s Sharon Carvalho how social media has been critical to their growth.
How’s it going, Game Hedz? I trust you’ve done the right thing and got your hands on a copy of Mass Effect 3. If you haven’t, you’ll be cursed with two left thumbs…or something like that. We’ve been playing through the game (not finished yet) and can see the immediate impact of larger scale conflict and story that makes for a density of interdependent missions and pivotal relationships.
In the zone with Houda Cassim, Francophile Fashionista. Houda, a Saudi entrepreneur with a strong French influence, has poured her love of Paris and everything Parisian into a new boutique she has set up called ‘Paris Avenue,’ located in Khalidiya.