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.
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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.
Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco and Syria are among the countries with which Brazil has cooperation agreements and from which citizens can apply for master’s and doctorate degrees in Brazil. Registration deadline is August 18.
The festival’s 12th edition will be held at Cinesesc, in São Paulo, and will have 13 productions, 11 of them never seen before in Brazil. For the first time, there will be a film from Comoros Islands in the schedule.
Twelve seats will be available in Santo André and São Bernardo, near São Paulo, for refugees or asylum-seekers. Candidates will be required to take the Brazilian national exam.
Maged ElGebaly, coordinator of the Portuguese Department of Aswan University, will present a course on literature of the Arab immigration in Brazil in August. The class is part of the International Congress of Language.
With musicians from Morocco, Portugal and Spain, the concert Al Um’tamid is scheduled for August 12. The event celebrates the Arab Chamber’s 65 years and opens the Arab World Film Festival.
‘The Multiple Child’, by Andrée Chedid, has now been translated into Portuguese by Carla de Mojana Renard. Deceased in 2011, the Egyptian writer won more than 20 awards in her literary career.
Volunteers are wanted to teach the language to refugees from Arab countries who are living in Brazil. According to the project’s organizers, Arabic speakers require a different teaching method.
Based on the work ‘Al Nakba – a study on the Palestinian catastrophe’, from journalist Soraya Misleh, the region’s recent history will be discussed at space Al Janiah, in the city of São Paulo.
The State University of Campinas is working to implement the UNHCR’s Sérgio Vieira de Mello Chair. The goal is to encourage knowledge production and debate on the subject, and to help inform public policies.
A documentary on the Sahrawi war for independence, ‘Um Fio de Esperança’ will be out in short and feature versions. The shorter version will premiere on May 2 in São Paulo.
The main attraction of the 10th Sergipe Arab Dance Festival will be Tony Mouzayek, one of the best-known Arab musicians in Brazil.
A course organized by Lebanese and Brazilian professors covers key events that took place in the Arab country. Custom-designed classes are taught at locations including archaeological sites.
