Browsing: Brazil-Arab Gallery

Pope Leo XIV will visit Turkey from November 27 to 30 and Lebanon from November 30 to December 2. This will be his first international trip since being elected pope in May of this year. Images of the Catholic Church leader are already displayed on the streets of Beirut, the Lebanese capital. ©Anwar Amro/AFP

Residents of Muscat watch a naval parade celebrating Oman’s 55th National Day. Along the capital’s coast, people of all ages celebrate, waving flags as they watch the festive display. National holidays are usually days of celebration across Arab countries. ©Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu/AFP

Undergraduate students of International Relations from the Fundação Escola de Comércio Álvares Penteado (Fecap) visited the headquarters of the Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) in São Paulo on Thursday (13). The group was welcomed by the ABCC’s Vice President of Marketing, Silvia Antibas, and Director of Institutional Relations, Fernanda Baltazar (at the podium). The students

Angela Martins, CEO for Latin America at First Abu Dhabi Bank (C), launched the second edition of her book, A banca islâmica [Islamic banking], on Tuesday (28) during the Global Halal Brazil (GHB) Business Forum in São Paulo. Martins presented a copy to Ali Hussein El Zoghbi (L), Vice-President of FAMBRAS Halal Certifier and author

Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação was honored on the first day of the Global Halal Brazil (GHB) Business Forum on Monday (27) in São Paulo. The Group’s president, João Carlos Saad (pictured), said the company, which includes radio and open and cable TV channels, strives to provide Brazilian society with knowledge and information about the Arab

Sultan Alhababi, Executive Vice President of Operations at the Global Halal Academy, and Ali Hussein El Zoghbi, President of the International Halal Academy and Vice President of FAMBRAS Halal Certifier, signed an agreement during the third edition of the Global Halal Brazil Business Forum (GHB) on Monday (27) at the WTC Events Center in São

Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) International Relations Vice President & Secretary-General Mohamad Orra Mourad (R) and Institutional Relations Director Fernanda Baltazar met on Thursday (16) with the new ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Brazil, Sharif AlSuwaidi, in Brasília. Supplied

Riyadh Air CEO Tony Douglas announces the launch of the new Saudi airline. The inaugural route, with the first flight scheduled for October 26, will be between Riyadh and London, UK. The second route will connect Riyadh and Dubai, United Arab Emirates. ©Fayez Nureldine/AFP

Lebanon-based Brazil Friendship Group in the Middle East held its annual Mass last Saturday (11) in honor of Our Lady of Aparecida, the Patroness of Brazil, for the Brazilian Christian community residing in the Arab country. The ten-year-old traditional celebration was conducted in Portuguese by Father Antônio Sadak at the Saydet El Najat Church in

US’ driver Gary Leadbetter of Zeroid Motorsport competes in a hydrogen-powered car during the inaugural FIA Extreme H World Cup in Qiddiya in the Tuwaiq Mountains, Saudi Arabia. It is the world’s first motorsport event featuring an entirely hydrogen-powered lineup. The racing series began on Thursday (9) and runs through Saturday (11), as part of

Tourists visit the Karnak Temple complex where recent research has revealed details about its origin and evolution. An open-air museum that sheds light on pharaonic history in Luxor, Egypt it is the second most visited ancient site in the Arab country after the Giza Pyramids. A study by Uppsala University shows that the complex was

The professor of Contemporary Arab History and director of the Palestinian Studies Center at the University of São Paulo (USP), Arlene Clemesha, gave a lecture on Thursday (2) about the Middle Eastern diaspora in South America at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK) in Lebanon. The lecture was part of a program organized by

The Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (Usek) opened the exhibition “The Lebanese Journey in Latin America–From Then to Now” and hosted the conference “Diplomacy Across the Oceans: 80 Years of Lebanon-Latin America” last week at its Kaslik campus library. With pieces from the exhibition visible in the background of the photo, researcher, writer, and director

International Relations students from the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp) visited the headquarters of the Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) in São Paulo on Tuesday (30). They attended a lecture about the institution, presented by Vice President of Marketing Silvia Antibas, and learned about the diplomatic and trade relations between Brazil and Arab countries