Exporters at the Arab Brazilian Chamber stand in the supermarkets fair made over 100 contacts this week and showed their goods to prospective clients from Brazil, Venezuela, Uruguay, Argentina and the Dominican Republic.
Author: Aurea Santos
Next Sunday will be ‘Lebanese-Brazilian Day,’ featuring handicraft, cuisine, painting, dancing and music from both countries. Lebanon’s minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Gebran Bassil will attend.
Food exporters from Morocco, Qatar, the UAE, Egypt and Tunisia will be at the São Paulo Supermarkets Association fair from May 2 to 5. They will be offering items including olive oil and spices.
At an event in São Paulo, a delegation from the Arab country discussed their interest in having a Brazilian business mission to Tunis, and in cooperating to address youth unemployment.
A delegation led by Tunisian Foreign Relations minister Khemaies Jhinaoui will be in Brazil this week. They will have meetings in a bid to increase exports and bring investments into the Arab country.
Dissimilarities between film portrayals of the Egyptian female figure and the real lives of women in the time of the pharaohs will be addressed in ‘Women and everyday life in Ancient Egypt,’ on April 24th.
The organization’s president Rubens Hannun met with Brazilian Agriculture minister Blairo Maggi on Wednesday (19). Hannun discussed actions taken to strengthen the image of Brazil’s meat industry in Arab countries.
Dubai Chamber staff and local executives will attend meetings with government and enterprises in São Paulo. They will also have appointments in Paraguay and Argentina. The trip will last from March 15 to 22.
The second edition of the festival ‘One Day in Arabia’ includes gastronomy, dances and crafts from the Middle East in two days at Ceret park. With stands organized by refugees, the event takes place on April 22 and 23.
Chocolate-dipped fruits from two UAE companies are now being sold in Brazil. The products from brands Chocodate and Zayna are available in São Paulo and Paraná and should soon reach other regions.
On the 17th, the Brazil-Lebanon Cultural Center will host the lecture ‘Baroque Sacred Art in Brazil and Portugal,’ and the opening of a showing of photos of the city of Ouro Preto, in Minas Gerais.
The São Paulo Museum of Sacred Art is offering the course ‘Islamic Civilization and Art’ from March 4 to May 6. It will rely on artworks to illustrate the historical development of societies throughout the Arab world.
Governor Marconi Perillo will travel to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia with a delegation of officials and executives. The goal is to draw capital into major projects and boost trade.
The American University in Beirut is accepting enrolments for its summer course in Arabic language. Classes will be geared towards non-local university students.
