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.
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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.
The agreement, which forecasts free e-mails and access to new digital technologies to all students and teachers in state schools, makes Brazil the first country to offer this kind of service.
On Friday, 11 students from Armando Álvares Penteado Foundation leave on a student mission to the country. They are going to visit companies, government organisations and other initiatives.
An orchestra includes 19 children who study in public schools and are from a low-income region in Campinas. They are learning how to play instruments imported from Egypt, Tunisia, Syria and Palestine.
Michel Sallouti, in Brazil for 50 years, is going to inaugurate his first individual exhibit at the West Gallery on Wednesday. Entitled White Souled, Sallouti brings 27 white works.
Architect, designer, art director, photographer, set designer and writer. A grandson of Syrians, Rafic Farah is a multimedia artist who dreams of working with architecture in the Arab countries.
