Photographer Marcelo Schellini created a documentary on Egyptian stories and a book telling travel stories, with photos portraying how Arab culture was incorporated into Brazil’s. Both are part of his doctoral work.
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 Brazilian company Volunteer Vacations offers trips to 16 countries. The programming focuses on volunteer work and includes refugee camps in Jordan and Lebanon. For the latter, the next departure will be in April 2017.
The region accounted for 9% of the exports via Exporta Fácil in 2015 and declined from January to November of this year. Saudi Arabia is the seventh largest destination in the service’s overall ranking.
The organizers have confirmed that 12 buyers from the region will join a buyer project that offers special conditions to international guests. The footwear industry exhibition happens in January in São Paulo.
The Immigration Museum of São Paulo State and the university ESPM launched a digital collection with content produced by immigrants since the 1990s. In all, 119 initiatives have already been registered.
Samba, from Minas Gerais, will manage hotel Bossa Nova Beirut, set to open next year in the capital of Lebanon. A company executive is seeking for new opportunities in the Middle East.
Apex-Brasil is training female entrepreneurs and promoting their products abroad. In 2016, over 1,300 women engaged in foreign trade-related awareness-raising activities.
Researchers of the subject will sit in roundtable discussions at a nationwide meeting from March 28 to 30 at Fluminense Federal University in Rio de Janeiro. The event will honor the historian Ciro Flamarion Cardoso.
Iman Issa will have three sculpture works in the collective exhibition Hallstat, which opens this Saturday at Galpão Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel. The theme is duality.
Conceived by Viviane Carvalho with images by Hassan Ammar, the photo exhibit can be seen from Wednesday (7) through Friday (9) at the USEK Archeological Museum in Jounieh.
Backed by the UNHCR, Brazil-based organization I Know My Rights will create an online space for experience sharing by teaching institutions and educators whose pupils include refugee children.
Company Elaiá has newfound clients in both of the North African Arab countries, with several orders placed in the past six months.
Anas Obeid has been a refugee in Brazil for a year and four months. In order to earn a living, he opened a shop in São Paulo’s Mooca district where he creates custom-made perfumes for his customers.
Each year, an Egyptian university opens calls for professors and researchers looking to teach in its graduate course in Portuguese Language. Scholars from Brazil’s Tocantins, Mato Grosso and Goiás states are involved.
