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ANBA Bulletin, August 27, 2020 ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
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This Thursday (27) in your ANBA Bulletin: the Arab Brazilian Chamber arranged a webinar this week to address Brazilian aid to Lebanon. The event was hosted by the Lebanese-Brazilian Community's Humanitarian Aid Group, which comprises the Arab Chamber alongside other associations and entities.
The webinar featured former Brazilian president Michel Temer, who led an entourage to Lebanon to deliver donated goods earlier this month. He looked back on the trip and said he would like for Brazil to help out in talks with Lebanon. According to parties managing aid from Brazil, there are 60 tons of goods yet to ship out.
The Brazilian entrepreneur Maria Eduarda Becker established the Três Marias Coffee brand in the UAE. Becker is partners with exporting company Ally Coffee for the Middle East and North Africa.
Saudi Arabia's Bahri and SALIC have created the National Grain Company. And Egypt sold USD 3.4 billion in Treasury bills, which will go towards addressing its buget deficit.
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The Lebanese-Brazilian Community’s Humanitarian Aid Group has raised 60 more tons of donated items that should be sent to Beirut until next Tuesday (25), according to Instituto Kanoun (Association of Jurists of Lebanese Origin) president Ricardo Maluf.
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Former Brazilian president Michel Temer looked back on his August 13 trip to Beirut during a webinar hosted this Monday (24) by the Lebanese-Brazilian Community’s Humanitarian Aid Group and organized by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC).
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Students from the Arab countries Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon and Syria are eligible to pursue graduate studies in Brazil in 2021. Enrolments will be accepted until September 30 for the selection process of Programa de Estudantes-Convênio de Graduação (PEC-G).
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In 2014, Brazilian businesswoman Maria Eduarda Becker (pictured above) began her journey in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. She arrived in the country as a barista and established herself as a leading professional there and in neighboring countries such as Saudi Arabia.
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Assets held by Brazilian individuals and corporate entities in other countries amounted to USD 529.221 billion in 2019, the Brazilian Central Bank reported this Tuesday (25). This was the first time the total amount exceeded the USD 500 billion mark.
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Four more races have been added to the Formula 1 2020 calendar, three being in Arab Gulf countries. There will be two Grand Prix in Bahrain, and the season concludes in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, F1 organizers announced on Tuesday (25).
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Saudi Arabia announced on Monday (24) the creation of the National Grain Company, via a joint venture involving the Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Co. (SALIC) and the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri). SALIC is the majority shareholder in Minerva Foods of Brazil.
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Soy exports from Brazil are expected to increase by 34.3% year-to-date through August from a year ago, the National Association of Cereal Exporters (ANEC) reported on Tuesday (25). The volume shipped will reach 75.8 million tonnes, according to the forecast.
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The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) sold EGP 55.4 billion (USD 3.4 billion) worth of Treasury Bills (T-Bills) in four auctions on Sunday and (23) Monday (24), newspaper Al Ahram reported on its website this Wednesday (26).
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Born in Syria from Palestinian parents, Rahaf Hussin lived in Damascus until her teenager years, spent a year in the country during the war in 2011, then moved to Lebanon with her family. In 2017, she came to São Paulo as a refugee together with her mother and brother.
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Stone structures erected about 7,000 years ago in what is now Saudi Arabia are the earliest largescale stone buildings in the Arabian Peninsula and are probably among the oldest in the world.
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The Arab World Film Festival will open on Friday (28) at 6pm in an online event featuring guests and the premiere of documentary film Gaza (100 min, Ireland and Palestine, 2019, pictured at the top of this page), directed by Garry Keane and Andrew McConnell.
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