Thirty-four films directed by Arab women will be screened at CCBB Rio de Janeiro from March 22 to April 10. The festival will then move on to Brasília and São Paulo.
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Brazilian publisher Editora Unifesp has launched a second edition of the book “Religion and Colonial Tensions in Sudan: The Experience of Don Comboni in Africa and the Comboni in Brazil” by professor Patrícia Teixeira Santos.
Lebanese Brazilian Bruno Bou Haya speaks on Friday (17) at 3 pm in the lounge of publisher Vento Leste at the Tiradentes Photography Festival in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Brazilian Aline Motta is among over 150 artists and collectives presenting works at the event in the emirate, which runs until June 11, with free admission.
The folkloric group Geração Realce, from Rio de Janeiro, will connect Brazilian Northeastern and Arab cultures in their presentations from June to July this year.
Researcher Roberto Khatlab writes article on the creation of the Brazilian feijoada and the Arab yakhné, using historical facts to explain where they two meet.
In her novel “And the Family Devoured Its Men,” writer Dima Wannus paints a portrait of the diaspora through a family of Syrian women. The book was translated into Brazilian Portuguese and is on presale.
Butantã Shopping mall will have an open space for gastronomic and artistic events on the next two weekends, March 3 to 5 and 10 to 12.
The Brazilian space at the World Exhibition in Dubai was chosen as the world’s best cultural architecture project by ArchDaily readers.
Brazil’s Arab Culture Institute will hold a series of online debates on Arab culture in the coming months. The first will occur this Wednesday (1), at 7:00 pm BRT, with professor and writer João Baptista de Medeiros Vargens.
Until February 24 registration is open for the Certificate of Proficiency in Brazilian Portuguese, an admission requirement for foreigners in undergraduate and graduate courses in Brazil.
Photographer, artist and activist Gui Mohallem talked about his trip back to Lebanon. The country of origin of his family was the backdrop of videos and photos created by him to reconnect with his history.
The reconstruction is displayed for the public in the visitor’s center at the Hegra historical site in AlUla.
Registration opens on February 27. The twelve-class course will be held once a week from March 9 to June 1, featuring different professors from Brazil and Palestine. The course is free of charge and will be taught in English.

