An international meeting at the University of São Paulo (USP) from September 9 to 11 will cover Ancient Egypt studies. Lectures will be given by researchers from Brazil, Argentina and the United Kingdom.
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Abdellah Taïa was in Brazil to promote his first book translated into Portuguese, “He Who Is Worthy of Love.” He participated in Ceará Book Fest, Balada Literária in Salvador and came to São Paulo for a literary event.
Karim Aïnouz’s ‘The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão,’ which won a prize at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section last May, has been entered for the Oscars 2020.
Império da Casa Verde performed its Lebanon-themed 2020 Carnaval parade to the Arab country’s community in São Paulo, Brazil.
Lessons will be taught next September in São Paulo, Brazil, on ‘Lebanon and Jordan: The Age of Trade-Based Civilizations’ and West x East: The History of Opposites.’ Enrolments are open.
Educational event about the Middle Ages will run from August 24 to 25 in Carambeí, Paraná. It will feature role plays, games, a food court, and craft.
The Egyptian archaeologist will return to the coamuntry in September. He will lecture, release a book and join the opening ceremony of ‘The Golden Boy-King: Tutankhamun,’ in Curitiba.
At the Ceará Book Biennial, the publication ‘Infância Refugiada – Retratos de um Conflito’ features photographs taken by Brazil’s Karine Garcêz in countries including Palestine, Lebanon and Syria. Also featured are texts in Portuguese and English and children’s drawings.
Federal University of São Carlos is one of the venues that will apply the exam. Registrations are open until August 18.
Next September, the 4th Brazilian Film Festival will see six productions featured in Beirut’s Cinema Metropolis and four at the Ishbilia Theatre and Art-Hub, in Saida.
Seven out of the 12 movies screened were directed by women. The 14th edition of the festival kicked off on Wednesday in São Paulo.
Submissions of fiction, documentary and animated films from around the world will be accepted through August 9.
Historian Plinio Freire Gomes will teach three lessons on August 5 12 and 19 at the headquarters of the Lente Cultural collective in São Paulo. Enrolment is open.
Every year, more than 2 million pilgrims from all over the world go to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to perform the fifth pillar of Islam. This year, Hajj runs from August 9 to 14, and Brazil is expected to send a group of approximately 200 people.

