Ray Ban Jackie O
Ray Ban is one of the dozens of well-known brands sold on a newish website, Pret a Noir, which matches the convenience of online shopping with the expertise offered by professional opticians based in Glasgow, Scotland. It can advise on and fit prescription lenses to all the brands of sunglasses but, obviously, you need to have visited an optician and have a current prescription. £84 (Dh485), plus £12.95 (Dh75) p&p (www.pretavoir.co.uk; 00 44 141 237 7375).
Linda Farrow Luxe
Our local department stores and boutiques in the UAE provide ever-fertile hunting grounds for sunglasses. Don't mention this in the malls but some shrewd shoppers first find a pair that suits them by trying numerous pairs on locally, then hunt online to find the best price. Square-frame sunglasses with brown lenses, £276 (Dh1,592) plus £20 (Dh115) p&p (net-a-porter.com; 00 44 203 471 4510).
Thierry Lasry Lingery
Chanel, Prada, Dolce, Gucci - to the classic brand names we perhaps have to add Thierry Lasry, whose glasses are increasingly seen perched on Hollywood noses. Jessica Alba, Madonna, Nicole Richie and Eva Mendes have all been papped recently wearing them. Oversized sunglasses with brown lenses, £310 (Dh1,788), with free delivery worldwide (www.asos.com).
BUNDESLIGA FIXTURES
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Profile
Company name: Marefa Digital
Based: Dubai Multi Commodities Centre
Number of employees: seven
Sector: e-learning
Funding stage: Pre-seed funding of Dh1.5m in 2017 and an initial seed round of Dh2m in 2019
Investors: Friends and family
Analysis
Members of Syria's Alawite minority community face threat in their heartland after one of the deadliest days in country’s recent history. Read more
COMPANY PROFILE
Name: Mamo Year it started: 2019 Founders: Imad Gharazeddine, Asim Janjua Based: Dubai, UAE Number of employees: 28 Sector: Financial services Investment: $9.5m Funding stage: Pre-Series A Investors: Global Ventures, GFC, 4DX Ventures, AlRajhi Partners, Olive Tree Capital, and prominent Silicon Valley investors. Killing of Qassem Suleimani
Killing of Qassem Suleimani
Killing of Qassem Suleimani
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.
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Test
Director: S Sashikanth
Cast: Nayanthara, Siddharth, Meera Jasmine, R Madhavan
Star rating: 2/5
Who is Allegra Stratton?
- Previously worked at The Guardian, BBC’s Newsnight programme and ITV News
- Took up a public relations role for Chancellor Rishi Sunak in April 2020
- In October 2020 she was hired to lead No 10’s planned daily televised press briefings
- The idea was later scrapped and she was appointed spokeswoman for Cop26
- Ms Stratton, 41, is married to James Forsyth, the political editor of The Spectator
- She has strong connections to the Conservative establishment
- Mr Sunak served as best man at her 2011 wedding to Mr Forsyth
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
Directed by: Shaka King
Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Lakeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons
Four stars
