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The British Council working with the Ministry of Education to deliver the Connecting Classrooms Project Contest

Libya 2050

    After the liberation of Libya and starting a phase of true democracy, the life pace is accelerating every day, so let's stop for a moment and reflect: where is Libya now? And where is Libya heading 2050. This is a call  to all students in all schools in Libya to conceptualize what will the primary problem  in Libya be in 2050, in  all fields, especially education, health, economy, self-sufficiency, the utilization of resources, social and economic development, especially education, health, economy ,  self-sufficiency,  economic and social development, general behaviours and  morality,  maintaining  traditions ,  protecting the environment and Internal and foreign policy. All this, and visualizing a practically applicable solution for this problem.

    Libya will only rise on the hands of its well-behaved enthusiast young people, who have a great deal of knowledge and awareness, and this is a call to all Libyan students from the first primary to the third grade secondary schools in determining the most crucial problem to be faced by the year 2050 and suggestions to solve or avoid this problem of now.

How do I participate?

    Writing researches, paintings, inventions, handicrafts. You can express yourself in any way you think appropriate-in either Arabic or English.

    Prizes will be awarded to the participants, and the Grand Prize is a lifetime opportunity to visit London, and attend an international forum, visit the most famous Science Museum in the world as well as visiting some landmarks in London. The winning team will include 10 students and 3 teachers.

How can I submit my work?

Take your competition entry to your school for submission. The deadline for submitting the works is 17/3/2012.

Phase I:   Problem identification

Phase II: To search for the consequences of this problem

Phase III: Researches, students' graphics, visual notes and scientific

               Interpretations

Phase IV: The solution, either through developing a plan, a model, an

                Invention or art work

For inquiries please e-mail our office on info.libya@ly.britishcouncil.org

Good luck!

The British Council is bringing 14 leading theatre professionals from the Near East and North Africa to take part in the biennial Edinburgh Showcase, which runs alongside the Edinburgh International Festival (14 August - 6 September) - one of the world’s biggest festivals of performing arts.

Leading theatre professionals from the Arab world including Al-Fadhel Al-Jaibi, Ibrahim Noual, Iman Aoun, Ahmad Attar, Hanane Haj Ali and Raed Asfour will be taking part in the Showcase programme, which is a diverse mix of contemporary UK performances, ranging from the experimental to the established. The programme also includes a series of networking events, and a seminar on Arab theatre, which will provide opportunities for the exchange of knowledge, ideas and experience between theatre professionals worldwide, as well as a platform for voices from the Arab World to highlight current trends in contemporary Arabic theatre, with a view to increasing collaborative creative exchange in the performing arts.   

Jordan will be represented in the Showcase by Raed Asfour, a theatre studies graduate, from Al-Balad Theatre. Raed Asfour began his career in 1989 as theatre director & scenographer with Al Fawanees theatre group in Jordan where he co-founded and became the executive director of the Amman International Theatre Festival (1994 – 2004). Asfour also co-founded the Arab Theatre Training Center (ATTC) in 1999 and continues to serve as one of its key active board member. Since 2005, Asfour has led the founding process and became the full time director of Al Balad Theatre (www.al-balad.org), an independent multi-purpose cultural and artistic space in Amman-Jordan.

This participation in the showcase is organised within the framework of a broader British Council project supporting creative collaboration between theatre professionals in the region and the UK - increasing international exposure, enhancing awareness and enriching mutual dialogue.

For more information about the project please contact

Arts Manager

British Council, First Circle, Jabal Amman
PO Box 634, Amman 11118, Jordan

Telephone +962 6 4603420
Fax +962 6 4656413
E-mail info@britishcouncil.org.jo