Designer and painter Yevid Zedenny Al Zarhak Al Koef was born in Algeria, but lives in the city of Maricá, in the interior of the southeastern Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. In the month of July he will organize an exhibition at the offices of the Maricá Group of Artists, where he will show pictures of landscapes in Muslim countries. Some paintings received cross-stitch embroidery by the Spanish Haddad Medina Garcia.
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With the impasse in the WTO Doha Rounds, the National Confederation of Industries wants Brazil to seek negotiation of trade agreements with other countries and blocs, like the United States, European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – Eletrobrás/Procel, the National Confederation of Industries (CNI) and Petrobras/Conpet launched yesterday (27) the 2007 edition of the National Conservation and Rational Use of Energy Award – in the Industry category. The regulations and the process for choice of the winners were presented to the 27 industrial federations in the
With branches in the areas of education, printing and information technology, the group, one of the largest in the state of Paraná, sees in Egypt an important platform for exports to the Middle East and North Africa. The company received yesterday a visit by the commercial consul of Egypt, Mohamed Bakri.
Three technicians from the Ministry of Health of Lebanon are in Brazil to be trained by Brazilian professionals. They arrived on Monday and are going to stay in Brazilian capital Brasília until tomorrow. The training is part of an agreement for aid to Lebanon that the government of Brazil signed last year.
Amitech, a maker of pipes that belongs to Saudi company Amiantit, is going to supply 19 kilometres of pipes to the Integration Canal, a water supply system that is being executed by the government of the state of Ceará (NE Brazil). The value of the contract is US$ 10.7 million.
The owner of brand Bia Brazil, Beatriz Dockhorn, has already managed to export her gymnastics clothes to 40 countries, and is now going to participate in a delegation to the United Arab Emirates aimed at the Arab market. Of the total produced by the company, 90% is exported.
Doctors Alfredo Salim Helito, from the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital, and Paulo Kauffman, from Albert Einstein Hospital, organized and edited a book to take medical knowledge in over 30 specialties to laymen. Exemplifying the collaboration between the Arab and Jewish communities in Brazil, the royalties will be donated to social institutions of both colonies.
Doctors Alfredo Salim Helito, from the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital, and Paulo Kauffman, from Albert Einstein Hospital, organized and edited a book to take medical knowledge in over 30 specialties to laymen. Exemplifying the collaboration between the Arab and Jewish communities in Brazil, the royalties will be donated to social institutions of both colonies.
Industry Hilê, from the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, as well as trading company Business closed agreements during the roundtables with Arab businessmen that took place at the Arab Brazilian Chamber offices in São Paulo, yesterday. Hilê sold teas and Business sold juices made by company Mitto, from the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The meeting was part of the activities of the Arab delegation that is going to be in Brazil up to Wednesday.
The company from the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo has included more sophisticated ornaments in the shoe racks it produces, and typical Brazilian raw materials in its mirror frames. The changes were effected in order to appeal to markets such as the United States and the Arab countries, and to increase exports. The company already exports to Portugal and Spain, and wants to enter new countries.
Seven businessmen in the food sector from Algeria, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Yemen and Bahrain are going to participate today in meetings with over 40 Brazilian exporters. The Arab delegation is interested in several products, from meats, eggs and biscuits, to coffee, oil and tinned products.
The Syrian-Arab Cultural Centre opened on Thursday an Arabic calligraphy exhibition. Three calligraphers, the Lebanese Moafak Helaihel and the Syrian Younes Darweesh and Mohamad Ghanum are showing their art in Arabic calligraphy. Admittance to the exhibit is free and it may be visited by the public up to June 29th.
The Syrian-Arab Cultural Centre opened on Thursday an Arabic calligraphy exhibition. Three calligraphers, the Lebanese Moafak Helaihel and the Syrian Younes Darweesh and Mohamad Ghanum are showing their art in Arabic calligraphy. Admittance to the exhibit is free and it may be visited by the public up to June 29th.
