The Lebanese writer, who was born and lives in Santa Catarina, is publishing his most famous book, Nur na Escuridão, in Arabic. The story is inspired on immigration of his own family to Brazil.
Author: Isaura Daniel
Isaura Daniel
A journalist with a degree from Unisinos and experience in economy and finance, she has been responsible for international coverages and amassed eight journalism prizes.
The organisation has a stand at the 12th Medibat, a building sector fair that began on Wednesday, in Sfax, Tunisia. Expectations are to prospect business for the sector in the region.
Arab Brazilian Chamber officials had meetings with Tunisian authorities this Tuesday in Tunis. The country wants to encourage the sale of its products on the Brazilian market.
Businessman Slim Fsili opened, in São Paulo, a travel operator turned to the Arab country. He already operates travel routes to Tunisia and Malta.
Importers from the Middle East participated in Vitória Stone Fair, a fair in Espírito Santo, in which the Arab Brazilian Chamber has a stand. The diversity of products pleased visitors.
Representatives of two companies from Tunisia and one from the Emirates should participate in Expodireto Cotrijal, an agricultural fair in Não-Me-Toque next week. Turnover should reach US$ 550 mn.
Brazilian architect Cláudia Weichert has already developed over ten gardening projects at homes in Dubai. She moved to the emirate six years ago and also gives courses in the area.
The shoe and leather sector has been granted a programme for sustainable certification, to be a differential on the foreign market. Twelve companies have already passed the first phase.
The sector is expecting sales to the Middle East to be up 10% to 15% in 2013. Thirty nine companies attended a fair in Dubai in late January, and closed US$ 1.5 million worth of deals.
The television channel in Qatar selected two documentaries by movie producers in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo for its Viewfinder project. They cover social themes and will be shown starting next week.
Surrounded by waterfalls and made of colonial villas, the small city of Pirenópolis, in the state of Goiás, attracts tourists all year round. It’s just a 150-kilometre drive from Brasília.
The Arab country is one of the markets in which the sector will develop trade promotion this year and next. There should be an event to strengthen the image of Brazilian shoes in 2014.
The municipality of Limeira, in the state of São Paulo, is home to roughly 500 industries and 300 stores. It sells to 20 countries and has shipped products to Lebanon, Emirates and Qatar.
The Brazilian Museum Institute should grant US$ 25,000 to ten projects for preservation abroad of the country’s social memory. Enrolment may be up to February 14th.
