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.
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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.
Representatives of the two nations will attend the international conference of the Theatre of the Oppressed in the city from July 20th to 26th. They follow the school of theatre in their countries.
Publishing house Martins Fontes launched book "Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales" in Brazil. The work retrieves tales told among populations in African countries, among them Morocco.
Scenes of Globo TV network’s next soap opera, "Viver a Vida," were shot in the cities of Petra, Amman, Jerash, and in the desert of Wadi Rum, featuring Thiago Lacerda and Taís Araújo.
Foreign students may apply for post-graduate courses in Brazil. The programme is turned to foreigners in countries Brazil has agreements with, like Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria and Tunisia.
Starting on Thursday, the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro should receive an exhibition by photographer Hélio Shiino. Admittance is free.
In the state of Santa Catarina, a teacher devised an innovative method for teaching Ancient History. Students look for traces of Egyptian writing in daily life, and reinvent the old style of writing.
Around 20 researchers from Arab countries, mainly Algeria, are going to participate in a meeting about mixed culture in late June at the Federal University of Santa Catarina.
‘Dialogues with the Pharaonic world’ will be the theme of a conference due in the city from June 4th to 6th. The director of the Egyptian Museum in Munich, Sylvia Schoske, should give two lectures.
A book by Italian designer Vincenzo Scarpellini shows pictures of the city, in pastel. Among the sceneries identified by the foreign eye of the artist is restaurant Almanara, in the centre.
Caramel, by actress and director Nadine Labaki, hits movie theatres in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in June. The film tells the stories and dilemmas of five women in a beauty parlour in Beirut.
