• Members of the "Castellers de Villafranca" Human Tower team form a "castell" during an exhibition to celebrate the 75th anniversary of their foundation at the Zocalo square in Mexico City on November 21, 2023. (Photo by Rodrigo Oropeza / AFP)
    Members of the "Castellers de Villafranca" Human Tower team form a "castell" during an exhibition to celebrate the 75th anniversary of their foundation at the Zocalo square in Mexico City on November 21, 2023. (Photo by Rodrigo Oropeza / AFP)
  • Employees install Christmas decorations in central Frankfurt. AFP
    Employees install Christmas decorations in central Frankfurt. AFP
  • Voting at the Dutch parliamentary elections in Amsterdam. Reuters
    Voting at the Dutch parliamentary elections in Amsterdam. Reuters
  • The winter's first snowfall in Kyiv. Reuters
    The winter's first snowfall in Kyiv. Reuters
  • Workers battle to extinguish a fire in the Pantanal, the world's largest wetland, in Pocone, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. Reuters
    Workers battle to extinguish a fire in the Pantanal, the world's largest wetland, in Pocone, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. Reuters
  • Villagers gather around a well to draw water in Telamwadi, north-east of Mumbai, India. AP
    Villagers gather around a well to draw water in Telamwadi, north-east of Mumbai, India. AP
  • A man prays under the watchful eye of armed security in Bosaso, Somalia. EPA
    A man prays under the watchful eye of armed security in Bosaso, Somalia. EPA
  • Excavators’ boots are seen at a shelter house, during a rescue operation to free workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in Uttarkashi. AFP
    Excavators’ boots are seen at a shelter house, during a rescue operation to free workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in Uttarkashi. AFP
  • An elderly woman rests outside a home in Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province, 38km north of Seoul. AFP
    An elderly woman rests outside a home in Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province, 38km north of Seoul. AFP
  • Barracuda among a school of surgeonfish off the coast of Indonesia’s West Papua region. AFP
    Barracuda among a school of surgeonfish off the coast of Indonesia’s West Papua region. AFP
  • A funeral in Beirut for two journalists killed by an Israeli air strike on Tuesday in southern Lebanon. Reuters
    A funeral in Beirut for two journalists killed by an Israeli air strike on Tuesday in southern Lebanon. Reuters
  • Edema Bibi, 66, has her registration card checked during a door-to-door verification drive for undocumented Afghans, in a camp on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan. Reuters
    Edema Bibi, 66, has her registration card checked during a door-to-door verification drive for undocumented Afghans, in a camp on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan. Reuters
  • Newly arrived Rohingya refugees rest on a beach on Sabang island, Aceh province, Indonesia. AFP
    Newly arrived Rohingya refugees rest on a beach on Sabang island, Aceh province, Indonesia. AFP
  • Participants make kimchi at an event where US and South Korean soldiers joined residents to make food for members of the local community in Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province. AFP
    Participants make kimchi at an event where US and South Korean soldiers joined residents to make food for members of the local community in Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province. AFP

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November 22, 2023

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The specs: 2018 Bentley Bentayga V8

Price, base: Dh853,226

Engine: 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8

Transmission: Eight-speed automatic

Power: 550hp @ 6,000pm

Torque: 770Nm @ 1,960rpm

Fuel economy, combined: 11.4L / 100km

Company profile

Name: Tratok Portal

Founded: 2017

Based: UAE

Sector: Travel & tourism

Size: 36 employees

Funding: Privately funded

The biog

Name: Timothy Husband

Nationality: New Zealand

Education: Degree in zoology at The University of Sydney

Favourite book: Lemurs of Madagascar by Russell A Mittermeier

Favourite music: Billy Joel

Weekends and holidays: Talking about animals or visiting his farm in Australia

Other acts on the Jazz Garden bill

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.

While you're here
De De Pyaar De

Produced: Luv Films, YRF Films
Directed: Akiv Ali
Cast: Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Rakul Preet Singh, Jimmy Sheirgill, Jaaved Jaffrey
Rating: 3.5/5 stars

The specs
Engine: 2.7-litre 4-cylinder Turbomax
Power: 310hp
Torque: 583Nm
Transmission: 8-speed automatic
Price: From Dh192,500
On sale: Now
Primera Liga fixtures (all times UAE: 4 GMT)

Friday
Real Sociedad v Villarreal (10.15pm)
Real Betis v Celta Vigo (midnight)
Saturday
Alaves v Barcelona (8.15pm)
Levante v Deportivo La Coruna (10.15pm)
Girona v Malaga (10.15pm)
Las Palmas v Atletico Madrid (12.15am)
Sunday
Espanyol v Leganes (8.15pm)
Eibar v Athletic Bilbao (8.15pm)
Getafe v Sevilla (10.15pm)
Real Madrid v Valencia (10.15pm)

Tomorrow 2021
The five pillars of Islam

1. Fasting 

2. Prayer 

3. Hajj 

4. Shahada 

5. Zakat 

Updated: November 22, 2023, 1:58 PM