Brazil’s Arab World Film Festival will hold online discussions with the participation of Syrian director Ameer Fakhr al Din and Jordanian Darin J. Sallam, director of ‘Farha.’
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The office building was constructed in 1951 and is named after the father of a Syrian immigrant from Homs. Now, it is undergoing renovation and restoration of its original materials and renting spaces to people and companies in the creative economy and social impact fields.
After two years solely in an online format, film screenings are also taking place in person again in the capital of São Paulo. Festival organizers and supporters spoke at the opening this Wednesday (31).
Patricia Teixeira Santos, History Ph.D. from the Fluminense Federal University (UFF), was nominated for an award by the Engineering and Medical Sciences Academy, which brings together Sudanese and European universities researching the Arab country.
The mural ‘Windows Open to the World’ has 736 square meters and is in front of the museum in the east side of São Paulo city. Among the eight real characters portrayed are Arab immigrants from Libya, Palestine, and Iraq.
Alejandro Bitar, the Lebanese consul-general in Rio de Janeiro, met with writer Carlos Nejar to discuss the creation of the 1st Lebanese Brazilian Academy of Literature, Arts and Sciences.
Recently launched, the project covers five Latin countries but wants to reach all Latin American and Arab nations. Digital initiatives involving children and teens’ education are among the group’s ambitions.
Professor Wiliander Salomão has published four books on the Arab country and is preparing to release a new edition of his first one. His books share information about the history, economy and culture of the UAE.
The screenings will occur at CineSesc, in São Paulo, on the festival’s return to the in-person format, from August 31 to September 7. Three films will be available on the Sesc Digital platform.
With the initiative, the organization seeks to assess contemporary Arab culture in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, and Colombia. The launch took place this Monday (22) at the Arab Brazilian Chamber headquarters in São Paulo.
The UNESCO-Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture will open submissions in about ten days; people from any country are eligible to participate. The event at the Arab Brazilian Chamber had the participation of laureates.
The third edition of the free course ‘The Islamic World’ began this Wednesday (17) and will end on September 9 in a hybrid format.
On Sunday (21) from 10 am to 12 pm, the walking tour ‘Cairo, São Paulo, Ties: Intertwined Heritage’ will take place in the Brás district in São Paulo. The route will go to the Brás Mosque. Registration is open.
Brazilian Ivna Chedier Maluly, of Lebanese descent, launches a book that mixes passages from the history of the Brazilian empire with fiction. The work came from the writer’s experiences in the gardens of the Imperial Museum, in the city of Petrópolis, in her childhood.
