São Paulo – The website “Eu amo o Líbano” (Brazilian Portuguese for I Love Lebanon), which sells items that somehow reference the Arab country since last May, launched an online course platform on April 15. “We felt the community would like this service, so we created a platform called Clube Eu Amo o Líbano,” the portal’s founder and businessman Luciano Aschkar told ANBA. His partner is businessman and publicist Gabriel Maluf Jacob.
The classes available are Lebanese Arabic, Arab cuisine, history and tourism, and belly dance. “The Arabic course, mostly Lebanese, is an activity that arises quite an interest, as beyond the culture, speaking and understanding Arabic is a way to honor our background. People are very proud,” Aschkar said.
The classes on history and tourism are recorded directly from Lebanon. “This arises quite an interest, too. Many people haven’t gone to Lebanon, and this is an option in times of pandemic and restricted travel,” he pointed out. The cuisine classes include typical Lebanese dishes cooked in restaurants in Lebanon by renowned chefs and feature translation into Brazilian Portuguese. “As for belly dance, although it’s not Lebanese for nature, it’s also greatly appreciated by the community, and online classes makes people less inhibited,” Aschkar believes.
All classes are recorded, and you can subscribe in each individual course or a comprehensive plan that encompasses all four courses. The plans are annual, and you can watch the classes as many times you want on your phone or your computer. Subscribers can contact the teachers via email to ask questions.
“We are on the 1st module of each course. Each module comprises 52 video lessons, which are updated every week,” Aschkar explained. As classes are recorded, subscribers can start immediately, and each video must be watched to the end so that the next one can be viewed.
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Translated by Guilherme Miranda
