Are you a female business owner who is actively balancing the roles of mom and entrepreneur?  According to Entrepreneur Magazine you are the definition of a mompreneur! Other sources define mompreneur as a mom who has started a business out of her home and/or sells products and services to...

“An urban equivalent of landscape” Cityscape photography is not necessarily hard but it does require adequate preparation and technical knowledge to get a stunning picture. You will have to make sure your subject (cityscape view) is interesting: be sure to mix some foreground and background...

Age: 25 Nationality: UK Profession: PE teacher Statement: Don’t follow rules. Money doesn’t buy style; wear clothes that suit your body and reflect your personality Personal style: varied, simple dresses, fun accessories Fave buy past month: Black H&M dress and burgundy fedora from...

Superheroes. What can I say about them? One in a million, over the top, super-brains or super-strengths with a super-big heart of gold and a mission to save the world. These human wonders – from Superman to Batman to Ironman, Hulk, Captain America, and so on – have encaptured our...

Tempo and Abu Dhabi Photographers present “DISCOVER UAE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST 2013″ from 15TH MAY to 15TH JULY 2013 Theme: UAE-IMAGES OF PRIDE * LIVE(PEOPLE & RESIDENTS) Candid photos tat shows the lifestyle of the UAE communities and other nationalities as they go...

Fashion has always been a passion for 18 year old Tala Abi Esber. The young fashionista from Lebanon is the mastermind behind Re-fashion, a project she set up as a way to keep up with the latest trends without having to exhaust her allowance. An early start “From the time I was young my...

Maram Ashour is steadily gaining a reputation as an emerging talent through her work on the films “Ten Hours” and “Embodiment”. The 22 yr old Egyptian media graduate of American University of Sharjah is a writer, editor, producer and director. She chatted with Tempo about her view through the...

Crayon in hand, Latifa Al Hamed started her creative exploration early in life. Now a confident 17-year-old, the Emirati teenager has made a fun side business out of painting and selling Tom’s shoes.  In fact her artsy shoes have caught the whimsy of young girls in her community and she’s...

Gauthier DELECROIX – 28 yrs old – French – Business Development Manager Ping YAO – 30 yrs old – Chinese – Housewife (as we have a baby now).   When did you meet Gauthier: 30th of May 2011 evening Ping: last day of May 2011 Where did you meet Gauthier: In Abu Dhabi city center Ping: Abu...

Tempo presents: “First Strokes” A workshop for fiction writers. Call 02 4918624 to book your seats now...

Sara Al Souqi, a 21 year old from Palestine, wrote this poem in response to a personal adversity; this was after the basketball coach at her school in Jasper Place High School, in Edmonton advised her not to play basketball because her hijab could lead her to have an accident on the court. ...

Since the collapse of the communist bloc in 1991, Western doctrines and values have insidiously spread throughout nations, crossing borders and transgressing traditions. A new order was born, and new phenomena arose: the economy became a global market of corporate capitalism and Western mass...

The French are famous for their romance, and (fortunately for us) their food as well!  Indeed Paris tops as the “Must Visit Romantic Spot and Food Destination” with enough bistros and patisseries to make a gourmand’s dreams come true forever in food heaven.  Since we couldn’t literally hop on...

Yea, all those hours on the couch gaming your heart out have not gone to waste, because now you can win Dh 1 million in an upcoming gaming competition which is being held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. This is awesome. If parents and/or spouses ever complain...

The WWF made the inspired decision to host the 3rd Annual TEDxWWF in Abu Dhabi in May, by gathering local and international speakers for a one day ‘brain spa. Speakers from Andy Ridley, the founder of Earth Hour, to Luc Marin, and his wonderful sand art, all used their own personal area of...

Are you a good or bad client? It is inevitable that, as an entrepreneur, you will use the services of consultants or agencies to help grow your business. But how do you treat these consultants? Do you micro-manage them, or do you give them the room to perform their job? As the client, you...

The warmly anticipated smartphone by Samsung, the Galaxy S4 is now viewed as the one of most desirable mobile phones on the planet, and certainly the most powerful device Samsung has created yet. For you techies, here’s the lowdown: the phone is equipped with Xynos Quad Core 1.9 GHz...

I’m among a few who think that bullying can change a person’s life in a positive way if he or she believes in the mantra ‘I am special’. To many of my classmates, I was always the shy and sensitive newcomer who never mingled with the others. I would often get bullied for being a ‘nerd’. But...

Seumas Gallacher is becoming a bit of a local celebrity, backed by the growth of an online reputation as a successful publishing guru and a marketing maverick!  The Abu Dhabi based Scot manages the entire creative and business cycle, from conceiving and writing his thrillers, to marketing...

Neil D’ Cruz ‘Cruize’ and Irfan Omar ‘Charlie’ are two hardcore rockers who joined forces in 2009 to make music. They formed Nikotin; a rock band that now has six members and is thriving in the UAE rock scene. Tempo caught up with the band… THE MEMBERS Neil D’Cruz, 32, Indian – Lead Vocals...