A Moroccan and an Iraqi will perform at the International Language and Culture Festival on the 27th and 28th this month. The event’s first Brazilian edition will feature participants from 16 countries.
Author: Aurea Santos
Salem Nasser, a professor at Fundação Getúlio Vargas, will administer the course ‘A trip to the Middle East in 5 stations’ from March 14 to May 02 in São Paulo, about political and historical aspects of the region.
A designer, photographer, painter, engraver and sculptor, São Paulo’s Tarek Mourad takes inspiration from anonymous people to create his artworks. A resident of Beirut, he is getting ready to take his work to Paris.
José Humberto de Brito Cruz, the new Brazilian ambassador in the Arab country, believes an agreement could give a boost to financial relations. He is set to take office on the 18th.
Rio Grande do Sul state native Lisiane Haddad cooks dishes for events such as dinners, engagement and cocktail parties. She also owns a restaurant, a snack bar and supplies food to Brazil’s navy in the Arab country.
B Moda, owned by Bia Adem, carries skirts, dresses, jackets, trousers, shirts and even furs. The items, purchased by the store owner herself in countries like Turkey and Norway, are for women of all ages.
The Brazilian embassy in Beirut is organizing the participation of companies in the building expo Project Lebanon and in the food and hospitality show Horeca. The events are slated from April and May.
Brazilian Ana Zakhour represents four brands and sells the products to salons and perfume shops in Lebanon, UAE and Qatar. She is interested in entering Egypt’s market.
A book combining both genres, ‘The Syrian house,’ by Claudia Ferreira, brings readers the memories of Merched, who left his country with his family to rebuild his life around these parts. The author’s grandfather inspired the novel.
In 2015, schools in the state welcomed 8,278 foreign students, 174 of them Arab. Enrolment is open throughout the year and the school network supports the learning of the Portuguese language.
Juice in Time, from São Paulo, developed a machine to prepare natural juices using capsules. Focused on the corporate market, the company has a representative in Dubai and is in search of other partners in the region.
Exporters association Abiec is taking 18 meat companies to the Gulfood fair in Dubai. Outside the event, two barbecues will be thrown for importers, authorities and opinion-makers in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
The president of the Arab Chamber pointed out the importance of long-term contact for the maintenance and expansion of business with Middle East and North Africa countries. The Chamber released extensive activity calendar.
In a lecture at the Arab Chamber, Zeina Latif stressed the need to get the country’s finances in order so it can grow again and draw investments in. She also said the export portfolio needs diversifying.
