Décor brand Das Catarinas Brazil exports to Europe and is intent on growing on the international market. Its products are made with scrap textiles by women in Santa Catarina, 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.
Dubai Exports, the emirate’s exports promotion agency, held a meeting for business owners this Monday in São Paulo. Among the topics discussed was the worldwide standardization of halal.
Federal University of Pernambuco scientist Fred Freitas is the head of creation of a reasoner that will be used in a Saudi Arabian university.
Sales from Brazil to the Arab countries climbed 17% in August from August 2015. Since the year began, the only increase had taken place in February. Sugar sales increased the most.
Considered Palestine’s national poet, Mahmoud Darwish essentially wrote about his homeland. His verses will be read, along with Arab music, in a poetry reading in the São Paulo state capital on October 15.
Thirty-five vehicles by Marcopolo’s light vehicle arm have been sold to the Dubai Taxi Company to be used as school buses. The brand has plans to expand on a global level.
The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) developed BRS Aleppo, a cultivar well-suited for tropical climates. The research was done with material from the city of Aleppo, in Syria.
Truss, a brand from São Paulo state, exports to Jordan and Lebanon and plans to enter new markets in the region. The company produces hair products and is well-known in Brazilian salons.
Actresses Simone Kalil and Beth Zalcman star in ‘Brimas,’ a theater play inspired by their grandmothers, one of them a Lebanese Arab and the other an Egyptian Jew. The São Paulo premiere will be on Friday (26).
Brazil’s Acqua Coco sells its formaldehyde-free, coconut oil-based hair straightener in Egypt, Morocco and the UAE. The company is being restructured and production capacity will increase.
Four short films from Arab countries were selected for São Paulo’s international film festival, which starts this Wednesday (24). Productions come from Syrian, Egypt, Morocco and Qatar.
An international initiative of the World Council of Churches has volunteers working as human rights observers in the region. Ten Brazilians get selected each year, and travel and lodging are paid for.
Rio Grande do Sul state’s Colchão Inteligente is in talks to set up assembly lines and franchisees in Lebanon and the UAE. It sells custom-made products with varying densities for spinal alignment.
The show ‘Tomorrow everything will be alright’ runs from September 3 to December 3 at Galpão VB in São Paulo. The Lebanese artist’s first solo exhibit in Brazil portrays affections from the Middle East through video installations.
