To complete the shooting of feature film ‘A Última Estação’, Márcio Curi should travel to Beirut in April. The film, which shows the trajectory of the Lebanese Tarik, should be completed in July.
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Arab music group Laieli Almaza is a hit by bringing songs from countries such as Lebanon to parties in Brazilian states of Paraná, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Goiás, and the Federal District.
Workshop in São Caetano do Sul produces clothes for ballerinas from Brazil and abroad. For ten years, the products have been exported to France and have already been delivered in over five countries.
Nahida Alzeben, the wife of the ambassador of Palestine, visited Acre to teach Arab embroidery techniques to a group of women. Now she wants to take Indians to Palestine.
A researcher from the Federal University of Santa Catarina shows that Emperor Pedro II was the first to translate the ‘Arabian Nights’ directly from Arabic into Portuguese.
The State of São Paulo Research Foundation aims to attract more foreign researchers to the state. There are opportunities for those interested in all countries.
The film shows the life of a couple of Palestinian refugees who, after visiting Iraq and Jordan, rebuilt their lives in Brazil. The film is in the 5th Cinema and Human Rights exhibit in South America.
The meeting will feature readings of poems by the Syrian Adonis, the nickname of Ali Ahmad Said Esber, and the screening of film ‘Caminho e atrás de mim caminham as estrelas,’ by William Farnesi.
Exhibition ‘Egypt in the Eyes of Napoleon’ shows Brazilian audiences a portrait of the Arab nation from the viewpoints of 167 scholars who went on a military incursion with the French general in 1798.
The 34th São Paulo International Film Festival, which will continue until November 4th, includes two films shot in Morocco and two shot in Palestine. The festival comprises 400 films.
Edgar Zanotto, a professor at the Federal University of São Carlos (Ufscar), was acknowledged by the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) for his studies in glass crystallization.
The São Paulo City String Quartet played a concert in Syria early this week. The performance was the group’s first in the Middle East, and the audience was very receptive.
‘The secret of the calligrapher,’ by the Syrian Rafik Schami, arrived at Brazilian bookstores roughly two weeks ago after having success in Europe. It tells the story of a calligrapher in Damascus.
Four hundred works of art reflecting Islamic culture will feature in ‘Islam: Art and Civilization, an exhibit that will open to the public on Tuesday in Rio and then travel to São Paulo and Brasília.
