Exhibition ‘Immigrant Press in São Paulo’ brings newspapers and magazines produced by immigrant communities since the 19th century. Among them is paper Al Afkar, published by a Lebanese.
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A group of Foreign Trade students from the São Judas University, in the city of São Paulo, paid a visit to the Arab Brazilian Chamber today.
The Institute of Arab Culture will promote the exhibition Portraits of Palestinian Life at the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo, from November 27th to December 4th.
Nine tales by contemporary Moroccan writers comprise the book ‘Modern Moroccan Tales’, a new release of the Almádena publishing house, which specializes in Arab themes.
Arab Culture Institute and the São Paulo University Eastern Languages Department will launch editions of Tiraz magazine and screen film Terres d’Islam on December 1st at the Arab Brazilian Chamber.
Exhibition brings The Little Prince and the career of its author, the French Antonie de Saint-Exupéry, to São Paulo. The author-poet used Arab references to create his best-known book.
Six Arab films are being shown at the 33rd São Paulo International Film Festival, to take place up to November 5th. Egyptian director Marwan Hamed is competing among the new directors.
Mamoun Amri, known as Mamo Marroquino, came to São Paulo to spend a month, but the Brazilian interest in Arab music made him change his plans and establish roots in the country.
A Robert Polidori photographic exhibit is at the Brazilian House Museum, in São Paulo. Photographs of Arab cities, like Beirut, Amman and Alexandria are included.
The 2nd Sergipe Arab Dance Festival should be promoted on October 17th, in Aracaju, with participation of 15 dance companies, as well as independent dancers.
In the past ten years, the rate of Brazilian youths enrolled in higher education institutions has doubled, from 6.9% to 13.9%.
Photographic exhibition on the Arab influence in South America will run until the 16th at the Riyadh National Museum. The display organised by the Brazilian foreign office has travelled the world.
‘The splendour of the 18th Dynasty’ will bring to the city papyruses and replicas of the Arab country’s ancient art. The exhibition will be held at the Federal University of Rio starting on the 26th.
The state of Paraíba should get a specialization on the semiarid starting in 2010. The course should help primary teachers take into consideration the local reality while teaching.
