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different health problems, stress and other problems by different techniques. Contact: 99315825.

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Leadership Excellence Course: The Leadership Excellence Course (LEC) is a course modeled on the Seerah of Rasoolullah who is the best model of leadership for all mankind. The LEC focuses on the lessons that we can learn from the Seerah of Rasoolullah and see how we can apply them in our lives to become winners in this world and the next.

The objectives of the course are 1. Understand what leadership is from the Seerah of Rasoolullah and how to apply it in our lives today 2. Understand

the purpose of our lives and learn to live that purpose with confi dence 3. Understand the importance of con-necting to Allah and learn how to do it 4. Understand how to leverage your strengths and overcome weaknesses 5. Understand how to articulate your life goal and create a road map to achieve it.

For more information please visit www.leckuwait.com or call 99514995 / 66363310.

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AWL registration: If you would like to join the American Women’s

League (AWL), please call 99039723 or 94067999 or email: kuwaitawl@yahoo.com. All American women and wives of Americans are welcomed.

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Ugandans register with UIK: Are you a Ugandan living and working in Kuwait? Would you like to get in touch with other Ugandans in Kuwait both socially and professionally? Then please get in touch with us. We would like to invite you to register with the Ugandans

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Festivals and activities of 2016 highlighted

TCA Abu Dhabi launches Roadshow CampaignKUWAIT CITY, Feb 15: Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) will announce 2016’s top festivals and activities during its Roadshow Campaign in the capital cit-ies of the GCC as it actively promotes Abu Dhabi as a unique destination with a year-long programme of events for families and tourists alike.

Headlining these events will be the action-packed Red Bull Air Race, which forms part of the Abu Dhabi Aerospace & Aviation Week in March. The race features world-class acrobatic pilots who will be flying their planes at incred-ible speeds whilst twisting and turning through a tough slalom course with the aim of recording the fastest lap time.

In addition, the always eagerly antici-pated Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in November will see the finest Formula 1 race car drivers

reaching top speeds of more than 300 KPH as they battle each other on the Yas Marina Circuit for the closing race of the 2016 Formula 1 season.

Entertainment“The UAE’s capital of Abu Dhabi

continues to live up to its well-estab-lished reputation as a preferred and sought-after destination for exciting family-oriented fun and entertainment,” said Sultan Al Mansoori, GCC Country Manager, TCA Abu Dhabi. “For 2016, we have worked even harder to bring bigger and better events that offer more fun and excitement. Accordingly, we would like to encourage families and tourists from the GCC to carefully plan their year-long calendar in order not to miss out on their favourite events,” Al Mansoori added.

The host of other events programmed

throughout the year that truly make Abu Dhabi a year-long family-oriented destination include Abu Dhabi Classics. Running until the 10th of May from its launch in October of the previous year, the eight-month-long event features 26 classical concerts and performances by some of the world’s leading musicians, orchestras and the most prestigious names in Western and Eastern classical music. These performances will take place in the UAE capital, Saadiyat Island, Liwa desert and other historic sites in the emirate’s heritage heartland of Al Ain.

Once the summer months kick in, the whole family can also enjoy three months of thrilling activities and enter-tainment in Abu Dhabi Summer Season 2016. Fun-filled events include superb comedy acts, world-famous children’s shows, star-studded concerts, interna-tional theatre shows and much more.

With a host of hotels and attractions offering attractive packages and special Summer Season promotional offers, the entire family can also indulge in enjoyable shopping sprees at various shopping malls. Further adding to all the fun and excitement is the chance to win amazing prizes with the mega promo-tions and raffle draws throughout Abu Dhabi Summer Season 2016.

In December 2016, the annual Abu Dhabi Food Festival is all set to team up with SIAL Abu Dhabi, the region’s pro-fessional business platform for the food, drink and hospitality industries, to bring together all the ingredients for a food extravaganza across the emirate. Spread over three weeks, the festival, which at-tracted over 50,000 visitors last year, will incorporate the already established and popular Street Feast, Emirati Kitchen and Gourmet Abu Dhabi brands.

From left to right: Sultan Al Mansoori – GCC Country Manager; Safwan Makh-dari – Exhibitions & Events Manager.

Salah Al Fulaij, NBK CEO – Kuwait, and NBK officials in a group picture with NBK Academy new graduates

Registration open until March 1

Zain official ‘sponsor’ of KuwaitGrand Photography CompetitionKUWAIT CITY, Feb 15: Zain, the leading telecommunications company in Kuwait, announced its official spon-sorship of the Kuwait Grand Photogra-phy Contest for the third year running. The contest, considered the largest of its kind in the country, comes under the patronage of HH the Prime Minis-ter Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al Hamad Al Subah.

Zain’s support of this competition for three consecutive years comes as part of its endless efforts to highlight and sup-port Kuwaiti youth’s hidden talents, es-pecially that photography is a hobby that has tremendous widespread among youth in Kuwait.

The previous two editions of Kuwait Grand Photography Contest witnessed overwhelming local and regional suc-cess. This year’s contest will witness its

international launch with participation of judges from Kuwait, Oman, USA, UK, China, and Italy.

Zain’s sponsorship of the contest springs from the company’s core belief that equipping young people with skills and tools necessary to help them navi-gate their future lives is an opportunity it should not pass on. Photography is developing to become a well-recognized and regarded profession and Zain is keen to support its further development within the local community.

Zain will continue to foster young tal-ents, believing that the current generation of youngsters holds to the keys to the fu-ture development of Kuwait and need to be well supported by private and govern-mental entities.

Registration is open until the 1st of March through kwtphotography.com.

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Daily draw

Burgan Bank names Yawmi winnersKUWAIT CITY, Feb 15: Burgan Bank announced today the names of the lucky winners of its Yawmi account draw, each taking home a prize of KD 5,000.

The lucky winners for the daily draws took home a cash-prize of KD 5,000 each, and they are:

1. Bader Ali Yaqoub Al-Wazzan; 2. Mohammad Zeber Mohammad Naeem; 3. Hussain Hameed Ahmad Mohammad; 4. Sh: Nawal Mohd Al-Jaber Al-Sabah; 5. Fatma Lilo Naif Shaded.

To further add to the anticipation of Yawmi account customers, Burgan Bank now offers a Quarterly Draw with more chances to win higher re-wards, entitling one lucky customer to win KD 125,000 every three months. The Yawmi Account now offers Dai-ly and quarterly Draws, the Quarterly Draw requires customers to maintain a minimum amount of KD 500 in their account for 2 months prior to draw date. Additionally, every KD 10 in the

account, will entitle customers to one chance of winning. If the account bal-ance is KD 500 and above, the account holder will be qualified for both the quarterly and daily draws.

Burgan Bank encourages everyone to open a Yawmi account and/or increase their deposit to maximize their chances to becoming a winner. The more custom-ers deposit, the higher the chances they receive of winning.

For more information on opening a Yawmi account or about the new quar-terly draw, customers are urged to visit their nearest Burgan Bank branch and receive all the details, or simply call the bank’s Call Center at 1804080 where customer service representatives will be delighted to assist with any questions on the Yawmi account or any of the bank’s products and services. Customers can also log on to Burgan Bank’s www.burgan.com for further information.

NBK celebrates 14th batch of NBK Academy graduation

National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) cel-ebrated the graduation of the four-teenth batch of newly hired young Kuwaitis from NBK Academy. NBK Academy aims to train and develop the professional skills of young Ku-waitis as part of NBK’s strategy to attract and develop national human resources.

NBK organized a special ceremony

for the graduation of the newly hired young Kuwaitis. Salah Al Fulaij, NBK CEO – Kuwait, attended the ceremo-ny along with other NBK officials.

NBK Academy is the first initia-tive of its kind in the private sector in Kuwait and is part of NBK’s strategy to attract young Kuwaitis by offering them a range of career and profes-sional development opportunities.

NBK Academy programs run for four months and specially tailored to provide trainees with theoretical and practical skills covering the different aspects of the banking industry.

NBK maintains its leading position as one of the country’s largest em-ployers in the private sector and is committed to supporting Kuwaiti na-tionals and empowering them to real-

ize their potentials. Annually, NBK offers many train-

ing programs for employees includ-ing Shabab program, and the first of its kind NBK High Fliers Program. NBK also organizes executive train-ing programs in line with the bank’s commitment to developing and in-vesting in its key resource and hu-man capital.

Hala February campaign

Exciting cash incentives, rewards

With Nissan Al Babtain win guaranteed

Gulf Bank launches new salary promotion

KUWAIT CITY, Feb 15: Your win is guaranteed with NISSAN Al Babtain, Abdulmohsen Abdulaziz Al Babtain Co, the exclusive agent of Nissan in the State of Kuwait, launched the special “Hala February campaign”, with cash prizes up to 250,000 KD and a grand draw on a 2016 X-Trail Nissan.

As a part of the Hala February cel-ebrations, Nissan Al Babtain is giving away amazing cash prizes on all ve-hicles, with every purchase, customers are eligible to enter the grand draw on the 2016 X-Trail Nissan.

Hala February is considered the big-gest celebration throughout the whole

year here in Kuwait and it gets many participants from all ages and gives them a combination of art, culture, reli-gion and entertaining activities. That is exactly why Abdulmohsen Abdulaziz Al Babtain Co, always wanted and al-ways will want to be a part of this pa-triotic celebration.

Nissan Al Babtain is known for always providing the customers with exceptional offers throughout the year to keep them exceptional in the market.

Now Nissan Al Babtain is asking all the loyal customers to celebrate this special month and use these special of-fers and surprises.

KUWAIT CITY, Feb 15: Gulf Bank announces the launch of its new 2016 Salary offer for Kuwaiti salary cus-tomers. This new promotion is valid through Dec 31, 2016.

The offer is open to all Kuwaitis who transfer their salary payments to Gulf Bank. Customers gifts are based on the amount of their salary transfer and include either cash or Gulf Rewards incentives. Gulf Rewards is the fastest and most rewarding points program in Kuwait. It includes Gulf Points for free flights and hotels redemptions, as well as Gulf Bank Entertainer, Kuwait’s first geo-locator mobile application of-fering exclusive deals in Kuwait, UAE, and London.

Upon transferring their salary, cus-tomers will have a choice of prize de-pending on their salary range. If the salary amount transferred is between KD 600 – KD 800, the gift is either KD 100 or 30,000 Gulf Points; if sal-ary is between KD 800 – KD 1,999, the choice is either KD 200 or 60,000 Gulf Points; for salaries at KD 2000 and cus-tomers are entitled to a Gulf Bank Visa Signature credit card free for life. Ad-ditionally, all customers will have the chance to enter a monthly cash draw to

win KD 1,000 and quarterly car draws with the chance to win a new Cadillac.

In addition to these exciting prizes, Gulf Bank is also offering other ben-efits as part of its salary offer. These include an annual fee waiver on new Gulf Bank credit cards for the first year; loans of up to KD 70,000 pay-able over 15 years; and special vehicle discounts when financing the vehicle through Gulf Bank and available from the bank’s dealership partners.

Using Gulf Points is easy as Gulf

Bank created a dedicated webpage on its website www.e-gulfbank.com/gulf-points-en where customers can view their points balances, redeem points in-stantly online for free flights and hotel stays, and benefit from special offers.

For more information about Gulf Bank’s new Salary Promotion, cus-tomers can visit one of Gulf Bank’s 56 branches, call the Customer Con-tact Center on 1805805, or log on to www.e-gulfbank.com for assistance and guidance.

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VIVA to participate inMobile World CongressKUWAIT CITY, Feb 15: VIVA, Ku-wait’s fastest-growing and most devel-oped telecom operator, announced its participation in Mobile World Congress 2016 organized by Group Special Mo-bile association “GSMA” that will take place in Barcelona between 22 and 25 February 2016.

VIVA’s CEO Eng Salman Bin Ab-dulaziz Al-Badran will headed VIVA’s executive delegation to the congress at STC’s Booth, where all VIVA’s achievements will be displayed since its inception, in addition to the latest offers, services and products.

VIVA reaped several awards for excellence in the Kuwaiti telecom sec-tor in 2015, including “Best Industry Call Center” and “Best Medium Help Desk” from Insights - Middle East Call Center Awards 2015, the only Call Centre dedicated, Professional Services Organization in the Middle East.

Up to 2,200 companies from around the world will participate in this con-gress, specialized in telecommunica-tions, internet and technology, in addi-tion to more than 90 thousands visitors who will experience the latest in the mo-bile industry.

The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, unit-ing nearly 800 operators with more than 250 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset and device makers, software compa-nies, equipment providers and Internet companies, as well as organizations in adjacent industry sectors. The GSMA also produces industry-leading events such as Mobile World Congress, Mo-bile Asia Expo.

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