This Wednesday (5) in your ANBA Bulletin: an exclusive interview with congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro, who presides over the Chamber of Deputies' Foreign Relations and National Defense Commission. Just back from a trip to the United Arab Emirates, he confirmed that his father, president Jair Bolsonaro, will tour the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar late next October. “The expectations are the best possible,” he said. Eduardo met with the UAE's foreign minister Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (pictured), Ministry of Defense undersecretary Matar Salim Al Dhaheri, and with National Federal Council president Amal Al Qubaisi. Subjects in discussion included trade, the conclusion of a double taxation agreement, the possibility to export the Embraer KC-390 aircraft, military cooperation, and Middle East geopolitics. “It may really expand our markets,” he said.
And Dubai's artificial palm tree-shaped islands will be in discussoin at Inovaconstruir Experience, an event on innovation in civil construction due September 19 and 20 in Fortaleza, the capital of Ceará, Brazil. The speaker on the subject will be Tim Helbo, the director of Netherlands-based company Van Oord, which did the dredging work for the islands. The company has an unit in Rio de Janeiro, where Helbo works.
And check out Thais Sousa's interviews with three of the four Egyptian fine artists whose work was on show at the Egyptian Cultural Festival, which wrapped up last Sunday (4) in São Paulo. Despite their different styles, Samar Kamel, Lotfi Abu Sariya and Ahmed Samir Farid explore shared themes, like Arab women and politics.