Ludmilla Figueiredo is moving to Dubai, where she will work to expand Endeavor Global, a company that encourages entrepreneurship in developing countries.
Author: Aurea Santos
A talk should discuss Brazilian music from the 18th century to date. The event should take place in São Paulo, at the Arab-Syrian Cultural Centre, on September 20th.
The grain storage equipment company from the state of Rio Grande do Sul will go to the fair for the first time. It already does business in the Arab countries, but wants to boost sales to the region.
The dean of the Council of Arab Ambassadors to Brazil, Ramez Goussous, should speak about the reasons for revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa and the importance of peace for the region.
The city of Taybeh is a great celebration in October, when it promotes its Oktoberfest. With much beer and joy, the event even receives musicians from Brazil, and approximately 15,000 people.
The Development, Industry and Foreign Trade minister Fernando Pimentel will give a talk to businessmen during a luncheon at the Chamber headquarters on September 26th. Enrolments are open until 22nd.
Applications for the refugee student selection process at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) will remain open until October 17. The slots are for graduate courses.
From January to July 2011, exports of Brazilian sweets to the Middle East grew 13% as against the same period last year, reaching US$ 6.1 million.
Unicafé, the main exporter of Brazilian coffee, sells Rio arabica coffee, a strong and bodied coffee that pleases Arab taste, to Lebanon, Syria, Tunisia and Jordan.
Shoe part manufacturer Group Amazonas launches its own sandal brand, Amazonas Sandals, based on the notion of sustainability and focusing on the foreign market.
Tradex Alliance Brazil, from São Sebastião, is negotiating exports of Brazilian products to the Emirates and aims to reach other countries in the region, like Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Qatar.
Sudati, a plywood manufacturing company based in the southern Brazilian state, ships 40% of its exports to the Arab market. This year, the company forecasts a 20% increase in sales to the region.
Making items that use material like coconut husk, marble and ox horn, Inti, a mosaic tile producer, already exports to Bahrain and aims to expand business with the Arabs.
Living in Brazil, Arab artist Essam Elbattal established the Itinerant Egyptian Museum, with replicas of famous Ancient Egyptian items. The works have already been seen by 1.8 million people.
