The company owns some of Brazil’s best-known coffee brands, like Pilão and Café do Ponto. Its Brazilian unit ships product to ten different countries and is about to start selling to the Arab market.
Author: Isaura Daniel
Entrepreneur Katia Aawar created patchwork purse brand Hands Secrets in the Arab country. Born in Lebanon and raised in Brazil, she has expansion plans for hew newly-established business.
Malika Dahil is known as Morocco’s first female comic book artist. She’s been living in Manaus, Amazonas for almost two years now, where she works on projects with her Brazilian husband Eunuquis Aguiar.
The Casablanca-born, French-based designer and fine artist Jean-Charles de Castelbajac decorated one of the Brazilian city’s most exclusive malls with fun artistic items.
The Chamber’s president Rubens Hannun and CEO Michel Alaby met with Trade and Industry minister Tarek Kabil in São Paulo. They agreed on the official establishment of the Brazil-Egypt Business Council.
Egypt’s minister of Trade and Industry Tarek Kabil will be in Brasília this week for Mercosur ministerial and head-of-state meetings. The bloc has entered into an agreement with the Arab country.
He will be one of 20 artists featured in contemporary art show Ex Africa. An installation by Limoud will be on show at Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil starting January 20.
The bulk of domestic demand is met by foreign-made product, with some 52,700 tons imported from January to October. Arab countries account for less than 1% of this.
Brazilian journalist Patrícia Campos Mello’s non-fiction book ‘Lua de Mel em Kobane’ tells the story of the Syrian conflict through the eyes of a refugee couple who return to the country.
Geraldo Alckmin of São Paulo welcomed representatives of 45 countries – including Arab ones – for breakfast this Tuesday (12) and told them about initiatives amenable to foreign investment.
The possibility that the revocations of tariffs, detailed in the Mercosur-Egypt free trade agreement, can be implemented sooner, was discussed in a forum at the Arab Chamber this Friday.
The agency will work alongside the embassies’ trade offices in the development of sector projects. In a review of 2017, Apex’s president said that Apex-supported companies accounted for 28% of Brazilian exports.
Exhibit ‘Colors of Brazil’ will open next Saturday (9) at Gallery 76 of the Dubai International Art Centre, featuring paintings, sculptures and drawings. The show is curated and organized by Eric Landmayer.
Brazilian soccer team Grêmio will compete on the FIFA Club World Cup on December 12 to 16 in Al Ain and Abu Dhabi. Qualification increased sales of travel agencies and motivated the fans to visit the Middle East.

