• An Afghan refugee girl stands with her mother as they wait for their turn to have a medical check-up at a health clinic set-up by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to mark World Refugee Day in Islamabad. Faisal Mahmood / Reuters
    An Afghan refugee girl stands with her mother as they wait for their turn to have a medical check-up at a health clinic set-up by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to mark World Refugee Day in Islamabad. Faisal Mahmood / Reuters
  • Switzerland’s goalkeeper Diego Benaglio saves a penalty shot by France’s forward Karim Benzema during a Group E football match between Switzerland and France at the Fonte Nova Arena in Salvador during the 2014 Fifa World Cup. Fabrice Coffrini / AFP
    Switzerland’s goalkeeper Diego Benaglio saves a penalty shot by France’s forward Karim Benzema during a Group E football match between Switzerland and France at the Fonte Nova Arena in Salvador during the 2014 Fifa World Cup. Fabrice Coffrini / AFP
  • A young mother holds her child in her IDP (Internaly Displaced Persons) shelter in the UNMISS camp in Juba. According to UNMISS spokesperson Ariane Quinter, the UNMISS will be closing the IDP site and relocating them to a new site in Jebel Area due to the congestion at the current site in Tomping. Charles Lomodong / AFP
    A young mother holds her child in her IDP (Internaly Displaced Persons) shelter in the UNMISS camp in Juba. According to UNMISS spokesperson Ariane Quinter, the UNMISS will be closing the IDP site and relocating them to a new site in Jebel Area due to the congestion at the current site in Tomping. Charles Lomodong / AFP
  • People watch a laser and fireworks show over the Neva River and the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg. The show marks the annual school leavers day. Alexander Demianchuk / Reuters
    People watch a laser and fireworks show over the Neva River and the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg. The show marks the annual school leavers day. Alexander Demianchuk / Reuters
  • Stonehenge is reflected in the glasses of a reveller as people gather at the Stonehenge ancient monument in Wiltshire, Britain, after witnessing the sunrise in celebration of the Summer Solstice. Tens of thousands of summer solstice revellers celebrated the beginning of the longest day of the year at Stonehenge. Will Oliver / EPA
    Stonehenge is reflected in the glasses of a reveller as people gather at the Stonehenge ancient monument in Wiltshire, Britain, after witnessing the sunrise in celebration of the Summer Solstice. Tens of thousands of summer solstice revellers celebrated the beginning of the longest day of the year at Stonehenge. Will Oliver / EPA
  • People prepare for the summer solstice dawn celebrations as Druids, pagans and revellers gathered the night before the Summer Solstice sunrise at Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. A sunny forecast brought thousands of revellers to the 5,000 year old stone circle in Wiltshire to see the sunrise on the Summer Solstice dawn. Tim Ireland / Getty
    People prepare for the summer solstice dawn celebrations as Druids, pagans and revellers gathered the night before the Summer Solstice sunrise at Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. A sunny forecast brought thousands of revellers to the 5,000 year old stone circle in Wiltshire to see the sunrise on the Summer Solstice dawn. Tim Ireland / Getty
  • Shadows of football fans are cast against the gate of Chile national football team base during the team’s training session at Toca da Raposa II in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Dennis M Sabangan / EPA
    Shadows of football fans are cast against the gate of Chile national football team base during the team’s training session at Toca da Raposa II in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Dennis M Sabangan / EPA
  • A man covers his face near firefighters extinguishing a fire at a wholesale vegetables market in Sanaa. About 10 shops were destroyed in the fire and there has been no reports of casualties, according to local media. Mohamed Al-Sayaghi / Reuters
    A man covers his face near firefighters extinguishing a fire at a wholesale vegetables market in Sanaa. About 10 shops were destroyed in the fire and there has been no reports of casualties, according to local media. Mohamed Al-Sayaghi / Reuters
  • An Ecuador football team fan reacts while watching a play against the Honduras team at the Word Cup Fifa Fan Fest during on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Joe Raedle / Getty
    An Ecuador football team fan reacts while watching a play against the Honduras team at the Word Cup Fifa Fan Fest during on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Joe Raedle / Getty

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The President's Cake

Director: Hasan Hadi

Starring: Baneen Ahmad Nayyef, Waheed Thabet Khreibat, Sajad Mohamad Qasem 

Rating: 4/5

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The major Hashd factions linked to Iran:

Badr Organisation: Seen as the most militarily capable faction in the Hashd. Iraqi Shiite exiles opposed to Saddam Hussein set up the group in Tehran in the early 1980s as the Badr Corps under the supervision of the Iran Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). The militia exalts Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei but intermittently cooperated with the US military.

Saraya Al Salam (Peace Brigade): Comprised of former members of the officially defunct Mahdi Army, a militia that was commanded by Iraqi cleric Moqtada Al Sadr and fought US and Iraqi government and other forces between 2004 and 2008. As part of a political overhaul aimed as casting Mr Al Sadr as a more nationalist and less sectarian figure, the cleric formed Saraya Al Salam in 2014. The group’s relations with Iran has been volatile.

Kataeb Hezbollah: The group, which is fighting on behalf of the Bashar Al Assad government in Syria, traces its origins to attacks on US forces in Iraq in 2004 and adopts a tough stance against Washington, calling the United States “the enemy of humanity”.

Asaeb Ahl Al Haq: An offshoot of the Mahdi Army active in Syria. Asaeb Ahl Al Haq’s leader Qais al Khazali was a student of Mr Al Moqtada’s late father Mohammed Sadeq Al Sadr, a prominent Shiite cleric who was killed during Saddam Hussein’s rule.

Harakat Hezbollah Al Nujaba: Formed in 2013 to fight alongside Mr Al Assad’s loyalists in Syria before joining the Hashd. The group is seen as among the most ideological and sectarian-driven Hashd militias in Syria and is the major recruiter of foreign fighters to Syria.

Saraya Al Khorasani:  The ICRG formed Saraya Al Khorasani in the mid-1990s and the group is seen as the most ideologically attached to Iran among Tehran’s satellites in Iraq.

(Source: The Wilson Centre, the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation)

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Sharrie Williams
The American singer is hugely respected in blues circles due to her passionate vocals and songwriting. Born and raised in Michigan, Williams began recording and touring as a teenage gospel singer. Her career took off with the blues band The Wiseguys. Such was the acclaim of their live shows that they toured throughout Europe and in Africa. As a solo artist, Williams has also collaborated with the likes of the late Dizzy Gillespie, Van Morrison and Mavis Staples.
Lin Rountree
An accomplished smooth jazz artist who blends his chilled approach with R‘n’B. Trained at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC, Rountree formed his own band in 2004. He has also recorded with the likes of Kem, Dwele and Conya Doss. He comes to Dubai on the back of his new single Pass The Groove, from his forthcoming 2018 album Stronger Still, which may follow his five previous solo albums in cracking the top 10 of the US jazz charts.
Anita Williams
Dubai-based singer Anita Williams will open the night with a set of covers and swing, jazz and blues standards that made her an in-demand singer across the emirate. The Irish singer has been performing in Dubai since 2008 at venues such as MusicHall and Voda Bar. Her Jazz Garden appearance is career highlight as she will use the event to perform the original song Big Blue Eyes, the single from her debut solo album, due for release soon.

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