Government, organizations, businesses and the Lebanese-Brazilian community all have expressed sympathy over the tragic events on Tuesday (4) in Beirut. Brazil is home to the biggest Lebanese diaspora in the world.
Author: Bruna Garcia Fonseca
August 10 to 20 will see Brazilian industry association Abimo and trade promotion agency Apex-Brasil host the first-ever online buyers’ project, featuring Brazilian medical, hospital and rehabilitation product companies and laboratories. Algerian and Saudi importers will participate.
Cosmetics from multiple Brazilian brands have been available in the Arab country for about ten years now. The items are carried by pharmacies, beauty parlors and specialized shops.
In a webinar this Tuesday (28), Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (KIZAD) executives gave information and discussed advantages for Brazilian enterprises looking to go international via the emirate.
An online event on the topic was hosted on Thursday (23) by Brazil’s Medical and Dental Device Manufacturers Association (Abimo) in partnership with Apex-Brasil and the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce.
So says Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce secretary-general Tamer Mansour. He was featured in an international online event on the halal market hosted this Wednesday (22) by the Islamic Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture.
The initiative was ushered in during an online event this Wednesday (15) that saw Brazilian and Arab women share their business experiences amid the pandemic. The Committee will work to build rapport between women in the two parts of the world.
Yomna El Sheridy of Egypt and Sarah Ayed of Saudi Arabia were featured in a webinar hosted by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce. They went over the process of adapting their businesses to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Malak El Araby is one of the ten African women who have won the Ladima Foundation Short Film Competition. Films up to 2 minutes long are being shown with Portuguese subtitles supplied by the Brazilian-based African Short Film Festival.
ANBA spoke with Laura di Pietro, who founded the publishing house alongside Ana Cartaxo. This month will see Table start releasing fictional work by Arab, Turkish and Iranian writers, translated directly into Brazilian Portuguese.
Documentary series ‘The History of Diet in Brazil’ is available on Amazon Prime Video. The eighth episode, ‘African Diet,’ talks about the influence of enslaved Arab-Muslim Africans in Bahia’s traditional dish.
A webinar this Wednesday morning (8) covered available banking instruments to ensure safe transactions for Brazilian and Arab product importers and exporters alike.
While sales of Christmas and party items slowed the most, those of home and décor products picked up last month and will tend to stay that way, said industry association ABCasa chairman Eduardo Turqueto.
So said consultant Vishal Pandey during an Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce webinar. He discussed the relevance of being familiar with the culture and the customs to doing successful business in the Middle East and the Gulf.
