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Do you remember the Sex
And The City episode
where Carrie realises
she can’t afford a down
payment on an apartment
because she has spent all her
money on shoes? “I’ve spent
US$40,000 on shoes and I
have no place to live? I will
literally be the old woman who
lived in her shoes!” she cried.
I am not proud to say but, up
until recently, that was me. I
had no idea what was going in
and coming out of my account.
IMAGE AFP
Until I actually started to write
it down I was only postponing
a pending money meltdown.
Coffees, taxis, a cute scarf
here and a mani/pedi there
all added up to thousands of
dirhams every month.
My self-enforced intervention
came at just the right time, but
are you still in need of one?
Are you the type of person
who spends with no thought
of tomorrow or one that enters
every dirham you spend onto
an excel sheet? This month we
interviewed four professional
women in Dubai and found out
not only how much they earn
but also, and importantly, how
much they spend. I saw my
spending personality in some
of the ladies and I’m sure you
will too.
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on the cover
48 Lily Collins the face of a new
hollywood
2 Big Spenders Four women, four
incomes and how they spend it
56 15 Years On… what happened
after columbine
64 Get Styled With Miroslava
Duma
78 Totes Amaze introducing the all-day,
all-occasion bag
94 Bare-Faced Beauty would you
go make-up free?
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Contents
features
48 Lily Collins the face of a new Hollywood
52 Big Spenders four women, four incomes and how they spend it
56 15 years on… what happened after Columbine
60 Should I Stay Or Should I Go? two women with unfaithful
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84 Hot Pursuit Dior’s shades of summer
93 Beauty Bulletin
94 Bare-faced beauty would you go make-up free?
96 Working 9 To 5 Desk drawer beauty
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t was a shocking scene: two young girls led
through crowds of reporters by Peruvian
police, hands cuffed, heads down and fear
etched on their faces. The so-called Peru Two,
arrested for smuggling drugs at Lima airport,
ignited a media frenzy with ostentatious
reports on everything from drug-fuelled
parties in Ibiza to gun crime and suspicious suicides. Some
newspaper reports suggested Mexican cartels had infiltrated
the White Isle, others said the party scene is simply spiralling
out of control. Either way, the spotlight has turned on the
glamorised debauchery of Ibiza, and it doesn’t make for a
pretty sight.
Ibiza’s liberal identity was carved by hippies in the 1960s,
fuelled by free-thinking, escapism and an open drug culture,
but over the last two decades this image has been hijacked
by super-brands, as club and hotel chains capitalise on the
WrITTEn By Sarah GardEn
the
106 emirates woman march 2014
“Sometimes they
need to overlook
how drugs are dealt,
because they need
people to come to
the island”
Once the world’s
capital of all things
liberal and free,
Ibiza’s soul has
been swallowed by
mega-brands and
commercialisation.
Headlines suggest
that Mexican cartels
are the latest power
to prey on the party
haven, but scratch
below the surface and
you’ll find the biggest
threat may actually
be the partygoers
themselves
features/ibiza report
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i had no idea that donna karan had such a
fantastic story. she’s an incredible example of a
woman who’s managed to have children and a
career – bringing the office to her bedside just hours
after giving birth may be extreme, but what a lady!
Juggling parenthood with a successful job in fashion
at just 26 is one thing, but going on to launch your
own label is extraordinary. mia R, dubai
international women’s day is an opportunity to celebrate the
achievements of women throughout the world, and show just how
strong we really are. i loved reading quotes from inspirational women in
your march issue. madonna’s comment that “power is being told that you
are not loved and not being destroyed by it” has a lot of impact. whether
single or married, loving yourself is the most important thing. kay c, dubai
l o V i N G m e
l i k e m o t H e R ,
l i k e D a U G H t e R
it was adorable to read your feature mother
knows best. we all learn so much from our
mums and will probably pass it down to our own
daughters. my mum taught me how to apply
red lipstick and it’s something i’ve never forgotten
– i can’t wait to teach my own mini-me the same
trick. Damu l, abu dhabi
beauty/local feature
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MUM KNOWS BEST
TWO GENERATIONS OF DUBAI-BASED BEAUTIES REVEAL THEIR TREASURED
GROOMING SECRETS HANDED DOWN FROM MOTHER TO DAUGHTER
Written by Samantha Hamilton-Rushforth
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S P R AY D H S 4 7 W E L L A
NAME: Dalia Sadiq Chebaro
OCCUPATION: Co-Owner of
Socialista Boutique
“Like my sister Lama, I’ve
always favoured the laidback,
beach babe look – growing
up in California does that to
you! The smell of my mum’s
Hypnotic Poison perfume takes
me back to my childhood,
as does a whiff of hairspray,
which takes pride of place on
her vanity table. She tends to
disapprove of OTT make-up,
especially around the eyes.
But as I’m blonde and she’s
brunette, I always say to her
I can get away with being
more playful in the beauty
department than she can.”
“My mum really
didn’t approve of
my dyed hair
when I was a
teenager”
NAME: Lama Sadiq Azzam
OCCUPATION: Co-Owner of
Socialista Boutique
“I’ve always been the girly
girl, so playing with my
mum’s make-up is one of my
earliest memories. Maybe
I overdid it when I was a
little younger because now I
favour a more classic, neutral
look. My mum really didn’t
approve of my dyed hair
when I was a teenager, but
she’s happier now I’ve settled
on natural sleek locks –
definitely more up her street.
If I had to pass any beauty
lessons onto my daughter
they would probably echo
mum’s mantra: ‘Beauty comes
from within.’”
D A L I A , Z U L FA AND LAMA
“The smell of my mum’s Hypnotic
Poison by Dior perfume always takes
me back to my childhood”
NAME: Zeina Abdalla
OCCUPATION: Founder and Managing Director of
Fishfayce and Co-Founder of Moushii
“I spend more time applying my make-up than my
mum does. She does have her signature shade of
pink Chanel lipstick that I’ll forever associate with
her. She taught me many invaluable life and beauty
lessons, but most importantly to stick to a skincare
brand that I like and not just snap up the next miracle
cream on the market, which, I do ignore sometimes,
especially when La Prairie has a new line out!”
ZEINA’S DRESS BY MEHER AND RIDDHIMA
“She has her signature
shade of pink Chanel
lipstick that I’ll
forever associate
with her”
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NAME: Reema Al Banna
OCCUPATION: Fashion
designer and Founder of
Reemami
“I’ve come along way
with my beauty look. I
remember being about six
years old and using my
mum’s eyeliner to draw all
over my face as I tried to
emulate her signature kohl
eyes. Luckily, I’ve perfected
the art of the retro eyeliner
flick now, but
whenever I use a
sharp black pencil
I always think of
her. She’s been
very supportive of
my many makeovers
throughout
the years but I
think she’ll agree
that I look a
lot better now
I’ve given up
my tanning
addiction!”
NAME: Amy Denny
OCCUPATION: PR
Associate at Copia
Communications
“Fitness, health and
eating right were
always the hot topics
of conversation in our
household, so I will
definitely pass the
importance of taking
care of yourself from
within to my future kids.
Mum doesn’t have
an extensive make-up
collection but she’s never
without a slick of black
Bobbi Brown mascara.
Dark eyes really suit
her. I tend to take a
cue from her ‘less is
more’ approach to all
things beauty and try
to work with my natural
features.”
“I tend to take a cue from
her ‘less is more’ approach”
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Donna Karan\'s arrival on to the world style stage
30 years ago is the stuff of fashion industry
folklore. As the story goes, having worked as
a right hand assistant to the late, legendary
New York designer Anne Klein for years (even
having been fired and later rehired by her), Donna was
anointed to run the company from her hospital bed, the
same day she gave birth to her daughter Gabby.
Anne\'s deteriorating health meant someone had to step
up quickly so the entire company, consisting of 25 people
at the time, arrived at Donna\'s bedside with bagels and lox
and they designed that season\'s entire collection from her
hospital maternity room. She was just 26 years old.
Donna joked at the time that her first response to the
company\'s proprietors was: “Would you like to know if I
had a boy or a girl?”
Donna\'s ambition and powers of persuasion were
palpable and after a decade at the helm of Anne Klein, the
brash girl from Queens convinced the owners of Anne
Klein to give her her own line. And with the launch of
Donna Karan New York 30 years ago, a label built on the
unusual principals of combining androgyny and sensuality,
the cult of Karan was born.
Five years later Donna, who had always designed clothes
“for myself and my friends”, was growing weary of her
daughter borrowing her clothes. So she envisaged a hipper,
younger brand in the form of DKNY by blending the chic
hallmarks of the original brand with a street sensibility
that would appeal to a more urban customer. The line was
a runaway success and now DNKY is celebrating its 25th
anniversary and, like Donna, is returning to its inspirational
roots with a mash up of styles from the streets of New York.
Today, with snowdrift in the clear winter air, Donna
Karan is breaking bread. Or cookies to be precise. As she
curls up on a swing chair in a studio above the Cedar Lake
dance studio in downtown Manhattan, the chaos of a hotly
anticipated DKNY fashion-show-in-progress is unfolding
on the ground floor below.
Donna
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prima
W r i t t e n b y b i l l m i lt e n b e r g e r
as she celebrates the
25th anniversary
of her urban
chic baby DKny,
Donna Karan talKs of
her worlDly journey
that began from,
anD then returneD
to, her beloveD
streets of new yorK
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fashion/donna karan
W r i t t e n b y Gina Johnson
images corbis anD gettty
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“Power is being
loved and not being destroyed
told that you are not
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pa R t y i s l e
while i thought your feature the white isle addressed
a lot of issues in ibiza, as well as shedding light on
a huge and largely ignored drug problem, i feel it’s
important that people realise there is so much more
to the island. san antonio gives ibiza such a bad
reputation and is a relatively small area. as you say,
there are no scary drug cartels there… so don’t write
it off! lene V, abu dhabi

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40 emirates woman april 2014
look to the stars for some serious style tips
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42 emirates woman april 2014
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the miu miu runway as girls
strutted down the blue shag
carpet to trance-pop. editors
watched on from 1960s-style
chairs surrounded by kitsch animal print
wallpaper and vinyl green and black stripe
floors. all the while the models looked
vacant and dazed with their flyaway hair
awkwardly, yet intentionally, stuck to their
glossy lips.
the gawky spirit followed through to
the clothes with a mixture of glazed ciré
fabric, printed suede, chunky knit tights
and sci-fi-style sunglasses. the range of ice
cream shades teamed with single-breasted
courreges coats and shiny new mary
Janes lured out our inner little-girl – the
feeling was pretty yet instinctively perverse.
there was a shift in time as the models
shook off matching twin-sets and slipped
on beaded brassieres, sequin slip dresses
and fringe beading, evocative of the
moulin rouge era. though the standout
look arrived in the form of an embellished
dress with gaudy goldfish prints offset
against teal wool stockings and worn with
open-toe platforms. if there is anyone who’s
going to make socks worn with sandals
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46 EMIRATES WOMAN APRIL 2014
“Work hard and look your best while doing it,” says
Emirates Woman’s April columnist, Deborah Lloyd.
The Kate Spade New York president and creative
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work hard and look your best while doing it. I believe in bright
colours and bold prints. I believe that red lipstick empowers a woman.
I believe a cocktail ring completes a look and that dressing up can
transform your entire day.
I have always loved fashion. I learned at a young age what it meant to
dress up, and how to put together a polished look. Over the course of my
life, through the many jobs I have had and journeys I have taken, daytime
dressing has become second nature to me. The journey from London to
New York City, and designing for Kate Spade New York, have both given
me the opportunity to take my passion for daytime sparkle to new heights.
I can occasionally be found on the weekends working on my garden in a
cashmere cardigan and dress. I sometimes ride the subway to work in the
morning dressed as if I were going to a cocktail party – why wait until 6pm
to bring attention to your personal style?
No two days are the same in my life
and I believe that a wardrobe should
reflect that. My schedule changes by the
minute, and I truly believe that daytime
dressing reflects an attitude of being
ready for anything. A pointed-toe pump
and a belted dress is the epitome of
elegance for most 9am to 5pm occasions,
and I am not afraid to add over-the-top
accessories that shine, like a statement
clutch, embellished belt, or a red lip to create intrigue. Accessories should
be conversation starters. One of my favourite pieces from the summer
collection is the Fancy Footwork piano clutch. I love anything that elicits
humour and whimsy – items that will be noticed no matter where you are.
Great classics are where great wardrobes begin, but unexpected elements
are what keep a wardrobe exciting. I love updating classics, whether it’s adding
a pop of colour to a timeless silhouette, like the Cristi Coat, or adding beaded
embellishment to a pair of well-tailored pants. At the end of the day, it’s about
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48 EMIRATES WOMAN APRIL 2014 EMIRATESWOMAN.COM
GIRL LILY COLLINS IS THE OWNER OF HOLLYWOOD’S MOST
EXCITING YOUNG CAREER, AND ITS MOST TALKED-ABOUT
EYEBROWS. EMIRATES WOMAN TAKES A LOOK AT SCREEN’S
LATEST TRANSATLANTIC TALENT, AND ASKS: HOW DOES SHE
ALWAYS GET IT RIGHT?
Lily Collins\' eyebrows have a Twitter
account with 1,397 followers.
They\'ve been the focus of entire
blogs, articles and have even
taken centre stage on American
talk shows. In fact, when it comes
down to it, there are two contenders for
World\'s Hottest Eyebrows right now:
Collins and British model Cara Delevingne.
\"Everyone\'s trying to pair us off against
each other, it\'s so funny,\" says Collins.
\"We\'ve got a little brow club going on.\"
In fact the star admits that her brows
were once a source of consternation, and
definitely \"not the look in LA, where I grew
up. But my mum instilled in me that it\'s
the quirky things that make you beautiful”.
Brows or not, Collins\' was always
destined for stardom of some kind. Born
in the London suburb of Guildford, UK, in
1989 to a rock star father (Phil Collins) and
socialite mother (Jill Tavelman), the young
Brit soon moved to Los Angeles, where
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she would later attend the University of
Southern California. But it wasn\'t theatrics
that initially tickled the star\'s professional
yearns, but broadcast journalism. In fact
a young(er) Lily had quite a good thing
going in the trade, picking up work from
Teen Vogue, Seventeen and the Los
Angeles Times. She even had a column
in British magazine Elle Girl called NY
Confidential, which explored the
travails of stardom across the Atlantic.
But it would be acting that eventually
pulled Collins away from journalism.
Child appearances on Nickleodeon
presaged teen work on high school
drama 90210, aged 19. But it was her
role as Snow White, alongside Julia
Roberts, in 2012 movie Mirror, Mirror
that won her international recognition.
The Chicago Tribune described Collins
as a \"convincing foil for Roberts\' jealous
Queen, personifying intelligence, innate
goodness and fairest-of-them-all femininity.”
Written By Sean Williams
and the brows...
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ABOUT THE
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It had been a long time coming for the now
25-year-old, who said: \"I grew up in England in
the countryside in basically farmland and forests.
I was read fairy tales before bedtime and I was
totally the young girl who loved fairy tale princesses.”
Millions of moviegoers agreed, and thus
followed starring roles in Stuck In Love (2012),
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
and The English Teacher (out this month).
Now, with Lily established within the screen scene,
the beauty has bagged more big parts. Love, Rosie,
an American romantic comedy, which is released
later this year, will be Lily\'s next headline outing.
Warren Beatty has cast her in an
untitled project slated for completion
next year, and the star has been busy
working on the tween action adventure
sequel to City of Bones, City of Ashes.
Success has long been in the air
for Lily, but now it appears that love
is too, in the shape of fellow actor
Thomas Cocquerel, with whom she\'s
been snapped several times in her
hometown of LA. But it might just be the
star\'s looks and style, which have taken
most of the plaudits recently. Collins
has mastered the shabby-chic look,
something for which she thanks her UK
heritage. And besides the brows she
has created a style that flits seamlessly
from elegance to ef fortlessness.
\"I love pushing the boundaries with fashion,\" she
says. \"I\'m feeling a little bit edgier and sexier.\"
With pearly white skin, immaculate brunette
locks and those bushy brows, it\'s little wonder
Lily was picked to become the face of
French beauty giant Lancôme. The pair\'s first
collection together was called French Ballerine –
fitting since Lily\'s grandmother is a ballerina.
And with her Audrey Hepburn-esque looks
(\"Audrey has that classic, but still very youthful and
approachable look\"), it\'s little wonder the world
is queuing up for a piece of her style. \"I have
always admired the brand\'s unique and distinctive
appreciation for inner beauty and grace, elegance
and utter radiance,\" she says. \"I feel incredibly lucky
to be included among the most inspirational women
ambassadresses for one of the most prestigious
brands in the world. It\'s truly a dream come true.\"
It may seem like the secret to Lily\'s look is more
alchemy than every day. But the star admits that
when it comes to her own beauty routine, there\'s
little beyond a quick make-up pep in the morning. In
fact, the star, who was named fourth most beautiful
in the world in 2012 by People Magazine, claims it
takes her no more than 10 minutes to get ready. \"I
like doing it fast,\" she says. \"The more you have on
your face the more there is to go wrong.\" Hypnose
Drama mascara, Lip Lover, highlighter under the brows
and Bienfait sunscreen – her porcelain skin is easily
damaged by sunlight – are all it takes, apparently. If
only the same were true of the rest of us mere mortals.
Lily\'s father, Phil Collins, is one of Britain\'s most
famous and successful musicians. Once of pop-rock
giants Genesis, later a solo
artist, Collins is responsible for
some of the best-known songs
of recent times (number one hits
include Against All Odds and
Another Day In Paradise). Lily\'s
mother, Jill Taverman, was threetime
president of the Beverly
Hills Women\'s Club. Lily\'s
siblings include actress Joely
Collins and singer Simon Collins.
It\'s little surprise that with
such a star pedigree, Lily
learned to take fame in her
stride from an early age. \"I
never understood the word
\'celebrity\',\" she says. \"I was just
part of my everyday. I learned
that no mat ter how big you get, it\'s still
important not to let anything go to your head.\"
As Lily grows into her career, her roles become
grittier. And while that has propelled her into
Hollywood\'s elite, there are some difficult things the
star has had to deal with. \"My dad started as an
actor. It\'s close to his heart. It excites him to see
me taking on roles about growing up but, yeah,
kissing scenes aren\'t easy for him. And in Stuck
In Love, I take my top off, so that was awkward.\"
But despite the hiccups it\'s clear that Lily
Collins is set as one of the silver screen\'s biggest
talents. And with such big roles in the pipeline,
there\'s no doubt we\'ll be hearing more good
things about her in 2014 and beyond. Because
at the end of the day, her passion is simply for a
great story. \"If I can help make people a part of
a story, that\'s what I enjoyed most about being
little was that I was taken into another world.\"
We can\'t wait to be drawn into Lily\'s world, too.
\"I LEARNED THAT
NO MATTER
how big you get,
it\'s still important
not to let
ANyTHING
GO TO
yOUR HEAD\"
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APRIL 2014 EMIRATES WOMAN 51
WHAT I T C O S T S to be me... DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO LIVE YOUR LIFESTYLE?
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can be extortionate during the summer months.
THE WEEKEND
It often starts with a long bike ride in the desert,
then I feel like I have the rest of the weekend
to relax guilt-free. I love entertaining, so I prefer
having friends over for dinner parties and BBQs
rather than doing brunches.
THE SPLURGE
Like most women, I like lovely things, but I like to
think that I buy wisely. I keep an eye out for sales
on sites like theoutnet.com and matches.com.
They ship to Dubai and you can pick up some
great deals.
SHOES, SHOES, SHOES
I think my shoe collection is quite modest but, of
course, my husband would disagree. My favourite
shoes are my Nicholas Kirkwood Python heels
– I got them in the sale for roughly Dhs1,368.
They’re totally impractical but I love them.
TOP TIP
My friends think it’s hilarious as I put every single
spend on a spreadsheet. My husband and I also
have a finance meeting every month to make sure
we’re on track.
MONEY MANTRA
Of course money allows us the ability to
enjoy experiences but, in a world that is so
full of uncertainty, I think saving for the future is
equally important.
Mont hly Expenses
Rent: 9,200
Bills: 1,750
P hone: 400
Groceries: 3,000
Cars: 3,000
Petrol/Salik: 2,000
Maid: 2,400
Nights out : 3,000
Exercise: 1,500
Lunches: 1,000
Grooming: 2,000
Total: 29,250
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HOLMBERG, 32
MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SEPT PR
SALARY BRACKET: DHS35,000 –
DHS40,000 PER MONTH
HOME SWEET HOME
My two-bedroom apartment near Safa Park has an
eclectic mix of furniture and décor from my days of
living in London, imports from New York and pieces
I’ve collected during my time in the Middle East. My
pet dog – a perky rescue puppy – is the king of the
castle. He comes with me to the office most days.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
I love to cook. On weekends I go for a big shop at
an organic food market and then prepare a large
lunch or dinner. I try to buy local fruit and vegetables
wherever possible, as they’re both cheaper and
fresher. I’m lucky enough to represent some of
Dubai’s best restaurants so I also dine out often.
THE WEEKEND
When I’m at home I either plan a BBQ at a friend’s
house, head to the beach or enjoy a long lunch, so
Dubai weekends don’t have a big impact on my
finances. I like to travel often because of my busy
work schedule. With airfares reducing and living in
Dubai (which is such a hub for travel) it’s becoming
more affordable to explore the world.
SHOES, SHOES, SHOES
During the day I often wear flats and pumps from
designers such as Tod’s, Miu Miu and Tory Burch.
My favourite shoes are a pair of coral netted
Christian Louboutins, which I was lucky enough to
receive as a gift.
TOP TIP
I always try to calculate how much I’d be paying
in tax if I were living in Europe and put that into my
savings account.
MONEY MANTRA
My father always told me to invest in property and
art – I’m working hard on both.
Monthly Expenses
Rent: 9,500
Bil ls: 2,000
P hone: 500
Groceries: 2,400
Taxis: 1,200
Car: 2,000
C leaner: 700
Pampering: 2,500
Travel: 3,000
Gym classes: 1,500
Dog daycare: 1,000
Total: 26,300
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HOME SWEET HOME
I have a three-bedroom apartment in Dubai Marina,
which is owned by my company so I don’t pay rent.
I live with a parrot called Mr Grumpy, who flew
through my window two years ago and never left.
THE SPLURGE
My car sets me back quite a bit as I have it on loan.
My biggest bill is the gym as I have a personal
trainer. At Dhs5,000 every month it’s expensive but
it’s worth it. I don’t think I spend too much on clothes
– you can find great designer bargains if you know
where to shop.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
I have a smoothie or fruit for breakfast. Lunches
probably cost me around Dhs2,000, which is
incorporated into my food budget and I cook
most evenings.
Monthly Expenses
Groceries: 6,000
Maid: 480
Car loan: 2,300
Internet and T V: 517
P hone: 350
Par rot food: 500
C l othes shopping: 2,000 – 7000
Weekends: 1,000
Manicures: 240
Pedicures: 200
Hair: 600 – 2000
Gym: 5,000
Total: 19,187 – 25,587
THE WEEKEND
I’m a member of Le Royal Méridian club so
I spend my Fridays in there. It doesn’t affect my
finances massively as I have a good deal. A
typical Friday would be gym in the morning, beach
from 9am until 12pm (reading a book), nail and
hair appointments in the afternoon and then dinner
with friends.
SHOES, SHOES, SHOES
I have a bit of an addiction – shoes! I have over
40 pairs and I can’t resist buying more. My
favourites are a gorgeous pair of green Jimmy
Choos, which were a gift.
MONEY MANTRA
Money is made for spending.
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EVENTS MANAGER AT GALERIES
LAFAYETTE
SALARY BRACKET: DHS15,000 –
DHS20,000 PER MONTH
HOME SWEET HOME
I share my Dubai Marina apartment with a friend
and all of our bills are included. I seem to spend at
least Dhs200 on candles every month as I feel they
make the apartment appear warmer.
FOOD FOR THOUGHt
As I work in the food industry I don’t tend to buy
lunch. However, most evenings I have a takeaway,
go out or cook a nice meal, which adds up. In the
morning I normally make myself a smoothie – you
can add anything and it’s pretty cheap.
THE WEEKEND
I work for a few hours at the weekend and that
helps me save money. If I’m not working I go out for
dinner, go to house parties or BBQs, visit the beach,
do brunch or go away for a weekend. Most of my
money goes on weekend activities. I find you can’t
do a lot in Dubai without spending.
TOP TIP
I’m always raving about my local Friday food market
at Emirates Towers. It’s a very grown up alternative
to brunch, but it saves me a lot of money and it’s
something a little different to do at the weekend.
CUT BACK
Anyone who says it’s cheaper to order in than
cook just doesn’t know how to budget. It’s actually
really simple.
MONEY MANTRA
Money is made for enjoying. Having said that, I try
to live within my means so that I can travel as much
as possible. ■
Monthly Expenses
Rent: 5,500
P hone Bill: 400
Taxis: 400
Car: 1,000
Petr ol: 600
Salik: 200
Groceries: 2,000
Personal Trainer: 800
VPN: 100
C leaners: 400
Weekends: 4,000
Entertaining: 600
C lothes: 1,500
Total: 17, 500
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This April marks the 15th anniversary of
the Columbine High School massacre in
Littleton, Colorado. But despite the wounds
it left on America, a fight is still on for its
legacy. Is it possible for Columbine to mean
more than a random act of violence?
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LISTENING?
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Darrell Scott told
them everything.
He told them
about God, about
money, about
the media and about guns. About
televangelists, million-dollar
churches and Cain and Abel. He
told them about his little girl,
Rachel, and about how she had
been killed while she sat on her
school field talking to a friend.
He told them about his son,
Craig, who hid under a table and
saw two kids die in front of him.
He told them about compassion,
forgiveness and love. And he told
them to do something so his
daughter’s life, and the lives of
those 11 others, wouldn’t have
been lost in vain.
It was a month since
Columbine. In the 15 years that
followed, little has been done.
Columbine was not the
deadliest school shooting in
United States history. Nor was it
the first. But the massacre, in a
sleepy Denver suburb on April 20,
1999, was a trauma that ruptured
America across age, religion
and morality. Films, books and
reports have since dispelled many
of the myths surrounding Eric
Harris and Dylan Klebold, the
murderers who eventually turned
their guns on themselves. But the
US is still reeling from the many
more questions it raised about
popular culture, guns and
American violence.
For Darrell Scott they’re
questions that have consumed
his life ever since Rachel, then
a bright-faced 17-year-old with
long, brown hair and a deep-set
spiritual curiosity, was gunned
down while talking to a friend,
Richard Castaldo. Castaldo, who
was shot eight times, survived.
Rachel was the first to die at
Columbine. A few weeks later
Congress called and asked her
father if he’d speak at a judiciary
committee. They wanted him
to speak about gun control.
He was still emotionally raw.
“I told them I’d come on one
condition,” he says. “Just that
I could speak from my heart. I
wasn’t there to talk about gun
control cause I felt there’s much
deeper issues than just passing
more laws.”
Scott’s speech roused the
nation and led to helm Rachel’s
Challenge, an organisation that
arranges talks and training to
deal with schoolyard issues
like bullying and depression.
“Specially in those early days I’d
speak in front of 20,000 people,
30,000 people at a football
stadium, hockey stadium,”
he says. “We began to realise
the impact of Rachel’s story,
especially on young people.”
Gun control laws have barely
changed in Colorado since
Columbine, despite lawmakers
proposing almost 800 new laws
in the wake of the tragedy. Ten
per cent passed. The state still
allows weapons to be carried in
vehicles, and offers permits for
concealed guns to be carried
for protection. Gun laws have
barely changed across America.
Since the massacre there have
been 153 school shootings, and
185 deaths. Some parents, like
Tom Mauser, father of Daniel
Mauser, who was also killed that
day, have campaigned hard for
gun laws to be tightened. Scott,
a stocky, soft-spoken man with
smart, grey-white hair, grew up
in Louisiana. People there had
guns. Some of his friends would
stash them away in lockers
during the school day so they
could head straight out after to
hunt squirrels, deer, whatever
they could find. For him the
answer is less clear-cut.
“No matter what you say
you polarise yourself,” he says.
“There are two extremes. One
is that guns are to blame for
all of this, let’s get rid of every
gun in America. Which is a very
impractical goal because it’s
never gonna happen. Secondly
would be that you can’t pass any
law on anything – no background
checks, no anything, because of
the second amendment (which
entrenches Americans’ rights
to bear arms). And I think both
those extremes are asinine.
“It’s like Pandora’s Box that
you can’t bring it all back,\" he
adds. \"That’s why I don’t get
involved in that stuff.”
Scott is an ordinary guy
kids and teachers before they
killed them. Some played dead;
others stole away under desks,
chairs and computer tables.
The murders were relentlessly
random, despite theories they
were based on faith.
Steven Curnow, a skinny
14-year-old who dreamed of a
life in the Navy, was killed when
Harris strolled past the desk he
was under and fired his shotgun
without looking. William David
\"In the weeks and months
that followed the killings,
I was nearly insane with
sorrow for the suffering
my son had caused”
who suffered an extraordinary
tragedy. Littleton, a town of
just over 40,000 people south
of Denver, is little different.
Founded in the wake of the 1859
Pike’s Peak Gold Rush, the town
is a pretty grid of old municipal
blocks and cute, tree-lined
streets. A short drive west is the
Rocky Mountain National Park.
The feel of quiet permanence is
everywhere.
But on April 20, 1999 the
quiet was shattered. Eric Harris
and Dylan Klebold entered
Columbine a little after 11am
on an usually bright, warm day.
They were armed with 9mm
weapons and two 12-gauge
shotguns. Propane bombs they’d
planted in the school cafeteria
had failed to ignite. Harris and
Klebold shot indiscriminately as
they moved, jeering at hidden
‘Dave’ Sanders, a computer
teacher and varsity coach, was
shot as he ran down a corridor
evacuating children. He was
the only teacher killed that day.
An hour after they entered the
school, Harris and Klebold killed
themselves. The pair had planned
for years, and dreamed of a death
count greater than the Oklahoma
City bombing that occurred four
years before, and which killed
168 people. They had originally
planned their attack on its
anniversary. If they’d been better
at timing the propane bombs 600
may have died.
In the wake of the disaster,
fingers were pointed everywhere.
Some aimed vitriol at video
games. Others at guns, goths,
South Park and Marilyn
Manson, who refused to be
drawn into the debate.
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People looked to the Klebolds
and Harrises, who quickly
became social pariahs for the
actions of their sons. Susan
Klebold described the moment
she discovered her son was a
serial killer, to Oprah Winfrey
several years later She said.
“My husband had told himself
that if he found the coat, Dylan
couldn’t be involved. He’d
torn the house apart, looking
everywhere. No coat. When
there was nowhere left to look,
somehow he knew the truth.
“It was like staring at one
of those computer-generated
3D pictures when the abstract
pattern suddenly comes into
focus as a recognisable image.
“In the weeks and months
that followed the killings, I was
nearly insane with sorrow for
the suffering my son had caused,
and with grief for the child I had
lost,” added Klebold. “Much of
the time, I felt that I could not
breathe, and I often wished that
I would die.”
In a book released in 2012,
Klebold opened up about
Dylan’s actions, and claimed
the way she was treated helped
her understand him better:
“What I’ve learned from being
an outcast since the tragedy has
given me insight into what it
must have felt like for my son
to be marginalised. He created
a version of his reality for us:
to be pariahs, unpopular, with
no means to defend ourselves
against those who hate us.
“I could read three hundred
letters where people were saying,
‘I admire you,’ ‘I’m praying for
you,’ and I’d read one hate letter
and be destroyed,” she added.
“When people devalue you, it far
outweighs all the love.”
Dave Cullen’s 2009 book
Columbine recounts the
attack, and the 10 years that
followed. His work unravelling
the characters of Harris and
Klebold won him dozens of
awards, and has shed light on
the issue of teen depression,
that was largely ignored after
Columbine. “Most of these
school shooters are deeply
depressed, and the biggest
thing they have in common
is a suicidal depression,”
he says. “It’s much more
sensible to view most of these
shootings as suicides, vengeful
homicide-suicides, in terms of
understanding them.
“I think the video games/
messed up (theories) came and
went,” adds Cullen, who was
shocked by the compassion of
victims’ families. “But the idea
of bullying is very prominent,
and there’s still the idea that
‘you pushed these kids too far,
you hurt them and then they
struck back.’ That’s usually not
what’s going on. I think it’s
foolish and uneducated to make
assumptions that they must
have been driven to it, looking
for external problems rather
than say that these people had
problems and weren’t dealing
with them.\"
Klebold, Cullen explains, was
a depressed, reclusive young
man well before his awful
act. Harris, meanwhile, was a
textbook psychopath. One of
his journals, released six months
after Columbine, opened with
the line “Kill mankind. No-one
should survive.”
“We hate n*ggers, sp*cks …
and let’s not forget you white
P.O.S. [pieces of sh*t* also,\"
wrote Harris. “We hate you...
You know what I hate? Racism.
Anyone who hates Asians,
Mexicans, or people of any race
because they’re different.”
Rachel Scott kept a diary too.
Six of them. She had a copy of
Anne Frank’s Diary and wrote
inspirational messages in her free
time. “Some of them are pretty
profound,” says Darrell Scott,
who breaks into one: “‘Don’t let
your character change colour
with your environment; find out
who you are, and let it stay its
true colour.’
“She also had a sense that she
was going to die at a young age,”
adds Scott. “She told some of her
friends about it, she wrote about
it in one of her last poems she
wrote, she said: ‘I’m dying, slowly
my soul leaves. It isn’t suicide, I
consider it homicide, the world
you have created has led to my
death.’ And that sounds morbid
when you quote it but it wasn’t.
She wasn’t obsessed with death
and she didn’t have a morbid
personality. It was almost like a
premonition that she was going
to die young, and at the same
time she’d save millions of lives,
she wrote that on the back of
her dresser with an outline of
her hands. The things that she
said have become reality.
“It’s wonderful to see that her
life has counted. If I died today I
would die knowing that I fulfilled
my, not just a duty to her, but my
celebration of her life.”
Tragically, though, history
often repeats itself. And just
13 years after Columbine James
Holmes walked into a cineplex
in Aurora, Colorado – just
a short drive from Littleton
– and killed 12 people. Later
that year, 2012, 26 children and
teachers were shot dead at Sandy
Hook Elementary School in
Connecticut by Adam Lanza.
Hands have been wrung and
debates rage on at a government
level, but it seems as if little is
being done to quell the long line
of gun victims in America.
Darrell Scott prefers not to
dwell on government action,
though. He’s not sure it helps
as much as solid grass-roots
involvement with children, and
the many issues flung at them
on a daily basis. Counteract
the problems children face, he
says, and Rachel’s life, and all
the others lost at Columbine
15 years ago, will have left
a great legacy. “I would like
people to focus on the positive
solutions. Understanding one
another. Timeless compassion,
these are things my daughter
represented. Also to pay
attention to those kids who are
withdrawn, antisocial. Most of
the time they’re the shooter. If
we could take a little more time
to help people be social, people
to become more interrelating,
that’d go a long way.”
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SHOULD I STAY
OR SHOULD I GO?
AN AFFAIR IS THE ULTIMATE BETRAYAL OF TRUST, BUT IS
IT POSSIBLE TO FORGIVE? TWO WOMEN WHO MADE
VERY DIFFERENT DECISIONS SHARE THEIR STORIES
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at a friend’s for the weekend. I felt
crushed, but strangely liberated.
Eventually, Daniel admitted
that he’d been seeing a colleague
for three months but told me that
it was over. On my request, he
moved out and I returned to the
family home. Over the next few
weeks I couldn’t eat, sleep or see
anyone. Everywhere I looked there
were reminders of him. The kitchen
reminded me of our first night in
the house, when he’d started an
impromptu water-fight with the
kids – I’d been angry at first, but
then decided to join in. The garden
reminded me of the day I fell through
a sun chair and Daniel wouldn’t help
me up until I kissed him. In short, I
started to remember why I loved him.
He wrote me letters during our
two months apart and gradually I
started writing back. We had lost
our way somewhere down the
line and stopped working at our
marriage. I was going through a
tough time and so was Daniel.
Somehow, we started to help each
other through our issues and become
a team again. After a lot of arguing,
late night chats, dinners, tears and
laughter, I let him move back in.
Ultimately, I realised that we were
worth the effort.
People can think what they like
about me. They can call me weak.
But I know that it took much more
strength to stay than it did to leave.
Four years later and we’re still like
teenagers. We’d simply forgotten
how to love each other and,
though it’s unfortunate that it took
something so devastating to make us
realise, I’m just grateful that we’ve
remembered again. n
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I think that women who don’t
leave an unfaithful husband are
typecast: she’s