Regulars of the city’s cultural venue Sesc Vila Mariana will participate in a musical performance and learn Arabic calligraphy at an event featuring refugees and designed to introduce the country’s culture in Brazil.
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Native refugee teachers will teach Arabic language and culture, as well as English, French and Spanish from July 2 to 30 at the headquarters of the Library and Research Center for South America-Arab Countries (Bibliaspa).
The exhibition “Navy of Brazil – past glories, future accomplishments” will run from June 14 to 29 in Beirut, marking the Brazilian Navy Day by showing officers interacting with Brazilian and Lebanese civilians.
The Sesc (Social Service of the Commerce) branch in Campo Limpo, São Paulo, will hold the event next Friday. Among the performers is Syrian Abdulbaset Jarour, who will sing Arab songs.
Roberto Khatlab and Hoda Nehme, of the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, will take part in events at PUC-Goiás, on the 9th and 10th, and at UFRJ, on the 14th. They will address political and social issues in the Middle East.
A class of more than 80 students, most of them Syrian, was the first one to graduate from a course offered by mosque Mesquita Brasil in São Paulo.
Brazilian musicians will perform on July 16 at the Byblos International Festival. The event also has artists from the United States, Jamaica, France and Australia in the lineup. Tickets are now on sale.
Movie portrays director Zeina Daccache’s work leading to the staging of a play at the Roumieh prison. The film fest will include documentaries on theater and performance.
The experience of the author as a reader and his influence in the work are topics of the June 17 meeting in Ribeirão Preto. Mamede Jarouche, translator, will be one of the speakers.
The Federal University of São Carlos, in Brazil’s São Paulo State, offers one slot in each of its graduate courses for foreigners with refugee status. Candidates will be selected based on their Enem test scores.
Faculdades Integradas Rio Branco is offering a non-degree course in International Business Administration with an emphasis in Arab countries starting in August. Arab Brazilian Chamber members will get a discount.
Lebanon’s Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik is offering the third edition of the course, which deals with topics like the Arab Spring and civil war in Syria. Lessons are taught in English and the enrolment deadline is June 2nd.
Students from six Arab countries are eligible for selection for cost-free seats in graduate courses throughout the country in 2017. The deadline for applications is July 15th of this year.
In a presentation at the Arab Chamber, Paulo Eduardo Razuk said that solutions for conflicts in Syria and Palestine are far from happening. The region’s still suffering the effects of the First World War.
