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PAUL D’ LIGHT

By Sharon Carvalho

There are two sides to Dorian Paul Rogers. By day, he is an English teacher in Abu Dhabi; at most other times, he morphs into award-winning poet Paul D.

Born in 1982, Dorian has always had a way with words, and his earliest memories are of growing up in the USA during the hip-hop era of the mid-1980s. “My only talent was that I remembered raps, so I’d be up there, rapping the latest songs while my dad pretended to be the DJ. Rap was cool and I always loved music but it didn’t provide the respite I needed.”

Indulge in brain-spa

 

 

I’ve watched a lot of TED Talks on YouTube, the “Spinning ball of death” being my absolute favorite. I was completely stoked and fortunate enough to have attended the first Abu Dhabi TEDx on the 26th of May, and it’s a good time to write a review. Why a couple of weeks later?

 

I LOVE UAE

Tempo competition changes winner’s life The year 2011 was all about the 40th celebration of the UAE’s union. There were parades, bazaars, exhibits, fireworks and so much more! Tempo decided

OPERATION SMILE

 

 

By Alia Youssef- Seeing a smile light up a child’s face is one of the greatest but simplest joys in this world but some children are not lucky to be blessed with beautiful smiles. Around the world, there are many children born with a deformity that leaves them with a cleft lip or cleft palate.

 

YOUNG VOLUNTEERS

By Yasmine Ziadat
Emma Grimes, a Year 13 student from the British School Al Khubairat, started volunteering at The Future Centre for Special Needs in Abu Dhabi back in 2010. The Future Centre is a non-profit organisation which specialises in the rehabilitation and education of individuals with special needs between the ages of three and 14. Despite the pressure of school work and upcoming A-levels, Emma volunteered on a weekly basis for eight months and was assigned to a class of children with learning difficulties.

CARING CLOWNS

By Sharon Carvalho

Clowns make you laugh no matter how old you are. They fill you with joy over their silly behavior and big noses and feet and have you rolling on the floor with laughter in a matter of minutes. There are happy clowns and sad clowns and fat clowns and thin clowns and then there are the Clowns Who Care.

 

BOOKS

By Azza El Masri

The Paris Wife (Virago Press, 2012) Author: Paula McLain

To the world, Ernest Hemingway was one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, whose prose was brilliant, concise and brutal and whose books bled fear, horror and love like no other. To Hadley Richardson, Ernest Hemingway was the love of her life.

FEEL YOUR TEMPO