Literary festival Tarrafa Literária (“Literary Throw Net”) will take place between September and October in Santos, 80 km from São Paulo. Organizer José Luiz Tahan invited authors of Arab origins to take part in the debates.
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Over 500 items including necklaces, earrings, rings and bracelets built by students from a school created with Brazilian cooperation in Algeria are featured at the FIEMG gallery and at mine Mina Du Veloso, in Ouro Preto.
Casa Niemeyer (the Niemeyer House), in Brasília, is featuring a showing of photographs taken by the UK’s Jason Oddy of the buildings designed by the Brazilian architect in Algiers and Constantine.
The Conexus project by Sheila Zago of Brazil saw two graffiti artists engage in artistic activities with refugees and people displaced by the Syrian war. Schools were painted and new actions are due in October.
Francirosy Campos Barbosa is releasing her doctoral thesis in book form on Saturday (19) at Mesquita Brasil. The work is entitled ‘ Islamic Performances in São Paulo: amid arabesques, moons and date fruit.’
Lute player born in Agadir will play with the Spanish quartet EntreQuatre at SESC/Santos (Social Service of Commerce-Santos) on September 29. He’s considered one of his generation’s best players of the instrument.
The Algerian diplomatic representation is the only Arab one to join the 2017 edition of the Federal District government’s Embassies with Open Doors program.
The holder of a master’s degree in History, Plinio Freire will discuss the messages conveyed by Islam through its palatial buildings, in a mini-course next Saturday at bookstore Martins Fontes.
Extension course ‘Middle East and International Politics’ begins next Saturday morning (19) at the Pontifical Catholic University in São Paulo, covering current and past subjects.
The concert Al Um’tamid turned into music the poems of the Andalusian king of the 11th century and captivated the audience of São Paulo’s main concert hall. The event was promoted by the Arab Chamber, Icarabe and Osesp.
A restored production from 1957, the first movie was screened this Wednesday at CineSesc, in the city of São Paulo, tells the story of a Lebanese man that migrated to Brazil.
A group of 26 people will go into training at the Minas Gerais Federal Institute, in Ouro Preto, beginning August 14. The initiative is a cooperation between the jewelry sector association, the Algerian govt and cooperation agency ABC.
The ‘Open Doors’ project makes free Portuguese language lessons available to all immigrants notwithstanding their status in Brazil. Emphasis will be placed in the city’s east and north areas.
Five films from Brazil will be screened in the Lebanese capital starting August 30. The biopic of Elis Regina, and awarded dramas and romances are included in the festival’s schedule.
