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.
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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.
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.
