The Franca-based men’s shoes company will attend business meetings with importers in Dubai in late March. The brand has been shipping products to the region for approximately 30 years now.
Author: Isaura Daniel
A park in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state harbors a waterfall almost 2 kilometers long on the Uruguay River. The woods shelter tapirs and jaguars.
Coofava, a cooperative based in Valença, sends 52 tons of piassava coconut monthly to Egypt. The product is feedstock for the production of masbaha.
The children’s play will open at Sesc Pompeia, in the city of São Paulo, on February 28th. In the show, two clowns present one of the stories of One Thousand and One Nights.
The establishment of the group will be the theme of a meeting of the Brazil-Saudi Arabia Joint Commission, which will be held in Brasilia in April.
Heads of government from Brazilian cities who won awards from Sebrae for fostering small businesses have travelled to the emirate, Sydney and Auckland to learn about the local management.
The Library of South American-Arab Countries (Bibliaspa) is selecting photographs that portray cultural ties between the two regions for an exhibit slated for March in São Paulo. Entries are open.
The party is set to happen next Friday (20th) at the Brazilian Cultural Centre’s office in Lebanon, with percussion bands and a costume contest.
Luciana Galeão, from Bahia, creates women’s clothes with mosaic-like features. The great-granddaughter of a Syrian, she has sold to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia and would like to resume selling to Arabs.
Sensualle already exported to UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia and plans to return to the region’s market. Company produces sensual pieces.
Em Cima da Hora is in the Rio Carnival’s A Series, right below the Special Group, and chose the Thousand and One Nights as the theme of its 2015 parade, to highlight the Arab presence in Rio de Janeiro.
Univali, in Santa Catarina, has an extension program called International Module, for professors and specialization, master’s and doctoral students. In 2015, the destinations will be the UAE and China.
Carmen Zaglul was born in Lebanon, lived in Costa Rica and became a fine artist in Brazil. She has exhibited alongside a fellow artist from Santa Catarina state and is planning a new piece about her origins.
A favourable US dollar-to-Brazilian real exchange rate should fuel deals at the footwear expo due in January in São Paulo. The last edition had 152 Arab visitors. They are expected to attend again.

