According to the Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff, 75% of the funds originating from the pre-salt layer will be allocated to educational purposes in Brazil. The sum will be invested over a 10-year period.
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A study by a British publishing house shows that Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia invest in classroom technology. The Saudis should turn US$ 54 billion to education in 2013.
Emad Burnat, the author of ‘Five Broken Cameras,’ tells what it is like to make a documentary on the Palestinian cause, based on the life of his family and their struggle to keep their land.
University of São Paulo programme should grant 1,110 scholarships for graduate students in several countries. Lebanon and Morocco are among the options. Registration is open up to September 6th.
Eliane Elias should play at Baalbeck International Festival, on August 23rd. This is the first time she has a show in that country. The event should include Arabic music, rock and contemporary dance.
Formula Santander offers student grants at the New York University Abu Dhabi. Registration will remain open until September 22. There are 100 slots available to Brazilians, in 19 different countries.
The event due this month in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo will include productions from Lebanon for the first time. An Egyptian animated film will also be shown, among 510 works from 53 countries.
Jordan’s Rum Tareq Al Nasser group and trumpet player Ibrahim Maalouf, from Lebanon, will perform and give workshops at Festival Mimo, in August and September. Concerts will take place in Paraty, Ouro Preto and Olinda.
Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida may be seen starting on August 9th. The story is about war and love between Egyptians and Ethiopians. The direction is by the Italian Marco Gandini.
Works of art by at least four Lebanese are among the 94 pieces shortlisted for the 18th Contemporary Art Festival Sesc Videobrasil, due from November 6th to February 2nd.
Simone Mattar researches food design and is promoting an exhibition about the culinary identity of Brazil. The fair will be open to the public on August 9th, at Sesc Pompeia, in the city of São Paulo.
An area executive attended a meeting in Dubai and discussed an agreement. Brazilian productions like ‘Elite Squad’ and ‘Stories that only exist when remembered’ are known in the region.
The event will run from August 15 to September 16 in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, featuring 20 titles from the Middle East, North Africa, Latin America and Europe.
Amr Abd Alla is the main attraction of the 6th edition of the Sergipe Arab Dance Festival, on August 03. He performs folk dance and the ‘tanoura’, based on the rituals of Sufism.
