Documentary series ‘The History of Diet in Brazil’ is available on Amazon Prime Video. The eighth episode, ‘African Diet,’ talks about the influence of enslaved Arab-Muslim Africans in Bahia’s traditional dish.
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Documentary film ‘Dâd in São Paulo’ (2018) features professors and students from the University of São Paulo’s Department of Oriental Languages. Filmmaker Abdurrahman Abu Hasna has been living in Brazil for a year and a half now.
Several Arab productions are available on streaming platforms and subscription services such as Netflix, Net Now, and Amazon Prime Video. Check out our selection.
Doctor of letters from São Paulo, Felipe Benjamin found in the dialect of South Morocco an entirely unexplored field in the studies of Arabic in Brazil. Since 2010, when he first went to the country, he has studied the characteristics of this dialect that is stigmatized even among Arabic speakers.
The rental platform put out a new version of its ‘Experiences’ project as people around the world self-isolate. Fifty online classes, presentations and rides are on offer, including one from a Moroccan family.
The Zinous came from Aleppo in 2014. In Brazil, they want to share their culture and show how the Arab world is rich and nuanced.
Over the period of isolation, Brazilian museums offer virtual tours, collections and online content. Check out where you can enjoy the Arab culture in Brazil during the period while the institutions remain closed.
‘Masameer: The Movie’ tells the story of Dana, a young engineer and programmer out of Riyadh who wants to change the world using robotics.
From infusion and roasting to the earliest Eastern coffee shops, the relationship between coffee and Arabs will be discussed by History of Science postdoctoral degree holder Cristiana Couto, starting April 7.
Federal institute seeks support to bring sculptor Ali Moustafa to the country. Visit will last one month, but the organizers of the Contemporary Art Dialogues Project still seeks out sponsorship for the flight tickets.
Given the need to halt face-to-face activities in order to help controlling coronavirus, the Arab Chamber will use the social media to mark the date in Brazil.
Syrian-Palestinian vocalist Oula Al-Saghir formed Nahawand, a band whose name harkens back to the scales used in traditional Arab music. The quartet will play a show at the Palestinian bar Al Janiah, in São Paulo, on April 1.
The free show is part of the schedule of ‘Ancient Egypt – From Everyday to Eternity,’ an exhibition currently taking place at Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB).
Marcel Weichert, a Brazilian that works as a pilot in Dubai, is the artists of the exhibition with photographs taken in the UAE, Myanmar and the US. The pictures, mostly faces, shows the human diversity.
