The city should show gastronomy, art and handicraft under theme ‘Morocco’. The exhibition should be in October, during a magic festival, to take place in the same moulds as the Moroccan edition.
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Augusto Boal will be honoured today, in Paris. Boal’s method is known and practiced in over 70 countries. Among them Arab countries like Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon and Palestine.
The figure was supplied by the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics. Out of that total, 87% are women who learnt the craft in their own family, from their mothers or grandmothers.
Students at FEI University Centre are selling ice cream to collect funds. The money should be turned to social projects in several parts of the world, among them schools in Jerusalem and Bethlehem.
Course Reflection for the Contemporary Arab World should take place in Curitiba between March 12th and 20th this month. It should cover current matters of the Arab world.
The Candido Mendes University in Petrópolis, state of Rio de Janeiro, will promote an event about the Arab country from March 9th to 30th, including a photo exhibition, film screenings and debates.
In October, the city will host an international magic festival similar to the one held in Marrakech. This month, government officials from the state are going to the Arab country to attend the event.
Movie director Paulo Nascimento should complete full-length movie ‘Em Teu Nome’ in July. The film tells the story of a student and Brazilian political exile, who lived in Algeria in the 1970s.
The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management should participate in the Student Salon, to take place in Brazil, in March. The school offers fast courses up to postgraduate level.
Brazilian musicians and singers Sergio Mendes and Tania Maria should participate in festival Rhythms of the World, in May, in Rabat. Mendes, internationally renowned, plays bossa nova and Tania, jazz.
Ana Paula Paura, from São Paulo, did her post-graduate research on transculturality in negotiations with the Arabs. In her work she teaches how to consider difference while buying and selling.
At the end of the month, Salvador should stage an International Ethnical Music and Dance Festival, from regions like the Balkans, India and the Middle East. The Egyptian Mohamed El Sayed should teach.
Rania Al Abdullah, of Jordan, should visit the Apprentice City-School, which offers communications and art courses and activities to youths from 4 to 21 years of age. The project is Unicef sponsored.
Minas Gerais-born belly dancer Mariana Barros is one of 14 girls competing for a US$ 50,000 prize in a show by TV network LBC. She spent 45 days in the Arab country.
