A play about the war in Iraq opens in the city of São Paulo. Actress Vera Holtz even had to learn a little of Arabic to play her character.
Author: Marcos Carrieri
Marcos Carrieri
A journalist with stints in daily newspapers and press offices, he holds a master’s degree from the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon and a postgraduate degree in business communications from the Methodist University of São Paulo.
A shoe, sports product and leather accessory fair in São Paulo attracts clients from the Middle East and North Africa. Brazilian companies hope to export more to the region.
Employees of the Ministry of Education, Social Development and Social Security are going to present to the Arabs social projects that were successful in Brazil and may be adopted in other countries.
A University and the Army have signed a partnership to develop aircraft to watch frontiers. Companies see in the initiative an opportunity to sell abroad.
São Paulo-based enterprise GA makes a stunner that leaves chickens unconscious so their necks may be slit. The company sells to 30 countries and now it intends to break into the Middle East and Africa
Starting this month, new diplomats will be inaugurated at the Brazilian embassies in Doha, Qatar, Amman, Jordan, Cairo, Egypt, and Baghdad, Iraq.
The two parties have promised to sign a free trade treaty at the summit of the South American bloc in Montevideo, Uruguay. Palestinians are seeking the recognition of the state at the UN.
Secretariat for Culture and Public Archive of the State of São Paulo uploaded 87,000 photos, records and documents of immigrants on the Museum of Immigration website. The material has been restored.
The company’s president claims, however, that Brazil is equipped to exit this crisis stronger than it did the previous one, and that further investment will be made next year.
To the National Vehicle Manufacturers Association, raised tax and price of imported units will boost demand for domestic vehicles, lowering the number of cars available to be shipped abroad.
Brazilian Association of Defence and Security Materials Industries forecasts US$ 4.2 billion in foreign sales by 2020. The industry currently ships the equivalent of US$ 1 billion abroad each year.
An exhibit in São Paulo celebrates the 135th anniversary of the emperor’s visit to Lebanon. Excerpts from his travel diary are available at the show.
A film cycle organized by the Arab House of Spain, Instituto Cervantes and the Institute of Arab Culture will feature recent short- and medium-length films such as the Egyptian-made Zahra.
The airline from Dubai should inaugurate a shop in São Paulo International Airport to supply Brazilian and other South American customers flying to the Arab world on company aircraft.
