Rome – …to North Africa. Not only Brazil has noticed the commercial importance of the Arab market in coming years. The Russians are also eyeing the countries, mainly those of North Africa. This week, for example, Sonatrach and Gazprom placed the cornerstone for an agreement on production and exploration of liquefied natural gas (LNG). According to Algerian journalists, the presidents of both companies, Abdelhamid Zerguine, from Sonatrach, and Alexei Miller, from Gazprom, met in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, during the World Gas Congress, to discuss the matter.
Rich reserves
According to the same source, the partnership will be for joint development of new oil and natural gas projects in Algeria. The objective is to export to European nations. The country’s natural gas reserves are around 4.5 million cubic metres – the second greatest in the African continent, second only to those of Nigeria. Regarding oil, they are approximately 1.5 billion tonnes.
Libya Hurra
Up to July 14th, the city of São Paulo will host exhibition Libya Hurra (Free Libya), by Brazilian photographer Maurício Lima. The 22 picture exhibition was opened on the 5th, and inaugurates DOC Galeria, a new space in the city dedicated to photography, in Vila Madalena neighbourhood. The exhibition is also Lima’s first in São Paulo. He currently works for US newspaper The New York Times. In 2012, Lima was elected Photographer of the Year, an award granted by the main journalism agencies on the planet to professionals in the sector, for his coverage of conflict zones. Last month, for his work in Libya, Lima was also awarded by the National Photographers Association (NPPA), of the United States.
Telling stories
According to Fernando Costa Netto, one of the fathers of DOC, the idea is to bring to the art gallery circuit in São Paulo a documentary line, that of photo-journalism, with pictures thought exclusively to tell a story, inform and socially transform the planet. And nothing better than the recent history of Libya to illustrate such a context. Libya Hurra may be visited from Monday to Friday, from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm, and on Saturday from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Further information at www.docgaleria.com
It is playing that we learn
The idea is old: you learn while playing, but it is not easy to put this idea in practice, as resistance is great, mainly in more classic education systems. However, projects in this direction are always successful. In Tangiers, starting in September, public schools will receive an educative board game turned to children aged 10 and above. The game was designed to teach students in an amusing way about the historical assets of the city. The project is financed by the European Union. In each level, players discover interesting facts about historic monuments, important buildings and specific aspects of the culture of Tangiers.
With the project, the organizers plan to help the population, mainly women and children, to come closer to cultural assets, but in a sustainable way. One of the objectives of the project is, after promotion and use of the material, to develop new instruments for management of material and immaterial local cultural assets. A good idea that could be copied and adopted in Brazil.
*Translated by Mark Ament
