A son to a Lebanese mother and an Amazonian father, musician Salomão Habib, from Belém, bases his guitar and lute work around Arab and Brazilian Indian influences. He is planning a concert in Lebanon.
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Next Thursday, the Syrian Arab Cultural Centre will promote a poetic evening featuring poem readings and music. The event will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Poetic Movement of São Paulo.
Lute player Sami Bordokan and ballerina Cristina Antoniadis are going to play at Bella Música project, on Friday, in São Paulo. The show should begin at 11:00 pm.
Sponsored by the Qatari sports committee, photographer Caio Vilela travelled to eight Arab countries photographing street football. Now he wants to make the exhibit into a book to publish in Brazil.
Images taken in Alexandria, from a taxi, are part of the work The Fifth Day, by Italian artist Carlo Zanni. In the pictures, some details change according to statistic figures for the country.
The event is due August 27th and 28th at the Goiânia Ouro Municipal Centre – Cine. The exhibit will feature ten films made in Arab countries, plus French, Australian and North American productions.
The country’s leading fair for the industry, the São Paulo Book Biennial opened this Thursday with 350 exhibitors and 220,000 titles. Books available to the reader include a host of Arab-themed works.
Lebanese musician Shaker Akiki will be the star of the ‘Percussions’ project next Friday at the Bella theatre, in the São Paulo state capital. The evening will feature guest musicians and dancers.
The Brazilian government was contacted by representatives of the Arab country to discuss the matter. ‘Roads of Arabia’ features 350 archaeological items and is now on display at the Louvre Museum.
Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce will strengthen its partnership with universities and teaching institutions. The aim is to present business possibilities between Brazil and Arabs to students.
Fishtronaut, a success on Discovery Kids Latin America, was sold by TV PinGuim animation studios to Qatari and Emirati channels. The series will start being aired in the second half of the year.
Singer and songwriter Caetano Veloso will perform in the Lebanese city of Byblos on Wednesday (14th) at 08:30 pm. The concert is one of the Byblos International Festival’s most sought-after.
The play, written and directed by Samir Yazbek, a son of Lebanese immigrants, tells the story of a woman who seeks her identity through her origins. The premiere will be on the 23rd.
On Saturday, Arab dance teacher Marcia Dib will release her book ‘Arabic music: expressiveness and subtlety,’ at the Syrian Sports Club in São Paulo. The author will give a lecture on the matter.
