Gilberto Abrão will release his debut novel, “Mohamed, o Latoeiro”, in São Paulo, today. The author, a son to Arab immigrants, tells the saga of a Syrian who got to Brazil in the early 20th century.
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The Arab Syrian Cultural Centre is going to promote a cultural evening in the city of São Paulo on September 23rd. There will be an exhibition, a lecture and film screenings.
Psychologist Síria Maria Mohamed, daughter of businessman Mohamed Zein El Abdine Sammour, published a book that teaches kids to deal with discrimination in the social insertion of children.
Shoes from both Arab countries are part of the collection being exhibited at Canoas Shopping, in Rio Grande do Sul. They are folkloric pieces like embroidered babouches and wedding shoes.
Curitiba has a cultural and gastronomic centre dedicated to an Egyptian: Alberto Massuda, a deceased artist who lived in the state from 1957 on, was one of the local forerunners of surrealism.
Specialists in Arabic studies from Brazil and Portugal have kicked off a process to create an association. The effort was discussed and gained new members in a meeting in Rio this week.
Sarah Mansur won on Wednesday the Miss Lebanon Immigrant, promoted in Beirut. The Brazilian competed against another 24 candidates from 19 countries, including another Brazilian.
Among the 16 films scheduled, there are productions by directors from Tunisia, Lebanon, Egypt and Iraq. The exhibition should take place at four sites in São Paulo.
The first Symposium of Portuguese and Brazilian Arabists should take place on August 31st at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Specialists in Arab studies should analyse the activities.
The Service of Industrial Education should show teachers in Morocco how to teach professionalizing classes to people with special needs. The exchange should take place up to the end of this year.
The anthropologist and professor at Fluminense Federal University, Paulo Hilu Pinto, is collecting figures and stories for the elaboration of a book about the Arabs in the state of Rio de Janeiro.
A group of 19 Brazilians of Syrian descent is in the country for the 1st Expatriate Youth Forum, which brings together a total of 90 people from 12 countries, plus 60 native Syrians.
The theme park selected the Arabic literature work as the theme of its school holiday schedule. Characters from two tales walk around the park and stage scenes.
The break up, by e-mail, of a relationship between Algerian-born French writer Grégoire Bouillier and French artist Sophie Calle is the theme of an exhibition on display in the capital of São Paulo.
