The holy month during which Muslims fast began this Tuesday (13). Find out how some Arab countries have adapted their practices as a result of Covid-19.
Author: Bruna Garcia Fonseca
A third-generation Lebanese, Bruno Bou Haya went to Lebanon in July 2019. He recently released the book ‘Deus também descansa’ (God also rests), featuring pictures from across the country and images of daily life at his grandparents’ village.
Luís Antônio Zaluar of Rio de Janeiro has been coaching the football team Al Akhdoud since 2019. Last Saturday (3), the team qualified for the First Division after 30 years by winning a national championship game.
Montezano talked in a webinar hosted by the ABCC in partnership with Brazilian development bank BNDES. The event brought together Arab businesspeople and officials.
Crystal Star’s chandelier and light fixture design competition started in February, and designers and architects can register until May. The winners will be announced in June and be rewarded with a trip to Egypt in October.
Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Morocco are some of the Arab countries that are leading the race to vaccinate against COVID-19.
The hike in costs of commodities such as soya and maize caused feed prices to rise, and the United Arab Emirates are having trouble buying from Brazil.
Jaguatirica publishing house’s ‘Teaching Soccer: Beyond the Ball Rolling’ will be published in Egypt by Al-Arabi publishing house in January 2022. The book is the result of the work by researchers of Brazilian university UFMG.
UAE-based National investments works mainly with trading and construction and is now diversifying its investments. It partnered up with Inbra Blindados in late January.
Born in Rio de Janeiro, professor Muna Omran is a daughter of an Arab Muslim family. The co-founder of a study group on the Middle East, she has taken on the mission of breaking stereotypes on the Arab countries, Islam, and Arab and Muslim women in Brazil.
The UAE event is the first in-person defense industry exhibition joined by Brazilians since the pandemic began.
Wadi El Zaytoon was already a supplier of olives to the Brazilian market. Last January, its first batches of oranges, limes and tangerines arrived in the country, with an additional 100 shipping containers’ worth of fruit expected by June.
GEPOM will offer a wide range of online courses on the Middle East from March to April. Registration is open.
Oranges from Egypt broke into the Brazilian market last May, and imports are going on, giving more options to local consumers.
