‘Metropolises of the desert: Petra, Palmyra and Dura-Europos – The Hellenistic Civilization and the origins of the Arab Culture’ begins this Thursday (13) with three classes at Espaço Lente Cultural. Registrations are open.
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O Giramundo will feature a conversation on the subject and performances by the Yaqin Ensemble and Palestinian musician Yousef Saif at venue Casa de Francisca this Thursday.
The Palestinian thespian will be honored at the Alliance Française theater during an event that will see the launch of the Beit21 platform on the 17th, 18th and 19th this month.
Scheduled for September 10 and 17, in São Paulo, the two classes are part of the Round of Meetings on Arab-Islamic History and Culture. Registrations are open.
A 100-book library was donated by the UAE for the use of the Immigrant Citizenship and Integration Center (CIC), scheduled to open next week in São Paulo.
The 3rd Brazilian Film Festival will bring to the Arab country six feature films that were box office hits. The movie ‘João, o Maestro’ opens the festival. The screenings will be in Beirut, from September 4 to 9, and in Bekaa, from September 11 to 16.
The 2nd edition of the event will take place from September 26 to 29, featuring exhibitions, films and artistic performances in a bid to put Arab culture in the spotlight.
An event featuring music, dance and cuisine will take place on September 22 and 23 at Shopping D. Refugees will be selling food and other items from tents.
An exhibit by photographer Jacques Menassa will open at 7 pm on Thursday featuring 40 collages that trace back his life story, spanning Brazil, Lebanon and France, at venue Casarão de Ideias.
Wiana Aguiar has been living in the UAE for ten years and now launched the children’s book ‘Pepa & Keca – Has Anyone Seen Rhymes Around Here?’. It’s a poetry book, many of them based in her daily life in the Arab country.
The event will take place on the 22nd in the auditorium of bookstore Martins Fontes in São Paulo as part of the Cycle of Meetings on Arab-Islamic History and Culture.
A former professor in Art History/Ancient History at Damascus University who moved to Brazil in 2013, Ayman Esmandar is also a fine artist whose work deals with mythology. He will be exhibiting in Curitiba until September 7.
Regarded as one of the most relevant historic documents from Islam, Ahmad Ibn Fadlan’s ‘Journey to Russia’ has been translated by Pedro Martins Criado and is out on publisher Carambaia.
Registrations for the 2019 Sharjah Children’s Book Illustrations Exhibition will open on December 1st.
