A group of 20 doctors will present their studies and practices in a congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders scheduled to begin on September 26, in the UAE.
Author: Isaura Daniel
In a couple of days, BNB Importação e Exportação will get to the country the second container with a supply of Al Badawi olive oil. The brand is already on the shelves in three Brazilian states and will hold a week-long tasting at Empório Hortisabor, starting Monday (27).
An exhibit by photographer Jacques Menassa will open at 7 pm on Thursday featuring 40 collages that trace back his life story, spanning Brazil, Lebanon and France, at venue Casarão de Ideias.
Applications can be made separately in each country or via organizations, in which case they are valid in several countries. Mariana Vicentini Taylor, of law firm Souto Correa, spoke on the subject at the Arab Chamber.
Until November, the university, in the city of Itajaí, will host a series of lectures on Arab countries. The first one is scheduled for next Thursday (23), with the Arab Chamber’s CEO, Michel Alaby, as the speaker. The topic is culture’s influence in doing business.
Wiana Aguiar has been living in the UAE for ten years and now launched the children’s book ‘Pepa & Keca – Has Anyone Seen Rhymes Around Here?’. It’s a poetry book, many of them based in her daily life in the Arab country.
Purchases of product from Arab countries amounted to USD 830 million from January to July, down 18.4% year-on-year, while imports from Russia widened.
Fernando Schüler gave a lecture at the Arab Chamber and talked about the new juncture of democracy in the country, with stronger participation but little consensus.
A former professor in Art History/Ancient History at Damascus University who moved to Brazil in 2013, Ayman Esmandar is also a fine artist whose work deals with mythology. He will be exhibiting in Curitiba until September 7.
The political scientist and professor will discuss elections and democracy next Wednesday (15) in São Paulo.
The company redirected part of the cuts from Brazilian plants that used to go to Russia to the region. The Russian market still hasn’t lifted the ban to Brazilian beef imposed at the end of last year.
Fashion and jewelry designers from the emirate presented their collection in a fashion show this Tuesday at Palácio Tangará. The show was part of an introduction event of Nama, the non-profit organization that aims to support and empower women in Sharjah. Brazilian women were invited to be a part of the council.
The Brazilian writer’s ‘A Hora da Estrela’ (The Hour of the Star) is in bookstores of major cities in Arab countries, such as Cairo, Dubai and Beirut. Egyptian researcher Maged ElGebaly translated the book into Arabic.
City Hall secretaries visited the Arab Chamber this Thursday to discuss ways to build closer ties with the region. The municipality is looking to build closer trade and culture ties with the Arab world, and plans include events.

