Pro League round-up: Ajman hammer Kalba to claim first win


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Al Dhafra 1 Al Shabab 1
Al Dhafra Diop 35' Al Shabab Henrique 62'

Al Dhafra continued to impress with a 1-1 home draw with Al Shabab. Makhete Diop headed a cross from Reda Abdulhadi for a 34th-minute lead for the home side.

Luiz Henrique headed a cross from Ciel for the equaliser just after the hour mark.

Shabab pressed hard for the winner but were denied by outstanding work from Abdulbasit Mohammed, the Dhafra goalkeeper.

He stopped two close-range efforts from Azizbek Haydarov and Edgar Bruno.

Ajman 6 Kalba 1
Ajman: Basheer 3', Kabi 32', 52, 60', Sy 58', 73' Kalba: Daoudi 16'

Ajman grabbed their first Pro League victory with an impressive second half, netting four goals in a 6-1 demolition of Kalba.

Saleh Basheer gave Ajman a third-minute lead but that was cancelled by Nabil Daoudi in the 16th minute only for Boris Kabi, above, to regain the lead past the half hour.

Kabi returned after the break to complete the hat-trick and Founeke Sy joined the party with a pair of goals.

Kalba have been outscored 27-3 thus far.

Some of Darwish's last words

"They see their tomorrows slipping out of their reach. And though it seems to them that everything outside this reality is heaven, yet they do not want to go to that heaven. They stay, because they are afflicted with hope." - Mahmoud Darwish, to attendees of the Palestine Festival of Literature, 2008

His life in brief: Born in a village near Galilee, he lived in exile for most of his life and started writing poetry after high school. He was arrested several times by Israel for what were deemed to be inciteful poems. Most of his work focused on the love and yearning for his homeland, and he was regarded the Palestinian poet of resistance. Over the course of his life, he published more than 30 poetry collections and books of prose, with his work translated into more than 20 languages. Many of his poems were set to music by Arab composers, most significantly Marcel Khalife. Darwish died on August 9, 2008 after undergoing heart surgery in the United States. He was later buried in Ramallah where a shrine was erected in his honour.

In numbers: China in Dubai

The number of Chinese people living in Dubai: An estimated 200,000

Number of Chinese people in International City: Almost 50,000

Daily visitors to Dragon Mart in 2018/19: 120,000

Daily visitors to Dragon Mart in 2010: 20,000

Percentage increase in visitors in eight years: 500 per cent

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Wael Kfoury
(Rotana)

The design

The protective shell is covered in solar panels to make use of light and produce energy. This will drastically reduce energy loss.

More than 80 per cent of the energy consumed by the French pavilion will be produced by the sun.

The architecture will control light sources to provide a highly insulated and airtight building.

The forecourt is protected from the sun and the plants will refresh the inner spaces.

A micro water treatment plant will recycle used water to supply the irrigation for the plants and to flush the toilets. This will reduce the pavilion’s need for fresh water by 30 per cent.

Energy-saving equipment will be used for all lighting and projections.

Beyond its use for the expo, the pavilion will be easy to dismantle and reuse the material.

Some elements of the metal frame can be prefabricated in a factory.

 From architects to sound technicians and construction companies, a group of experts from 10 companies have created the pavilion.

Work will begin in May; the first stone will be laid in Dubai in the second quarter of 2019. 

Construction of the pavilion will take 17 months from May 2019 to September 2020.