Brazilian Radji Schucman took a two-year trip in which he shot daily life and its contrasts in five countries. The images are on display in an exhibition in the capital of Santa Catarina until April 17th.
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The program will run from March 18th to 31st in municipalities across Brazil and abroad. The attractions will include workshops, lectures, a film festival and exhibitions.
Lebanese Tufic Nabak moved to Brazil as a teenager and made his career as a dancer and teacher of dabke, the joyous Arab folk dance. He currently teaches the cast of the TV mini-series Dois Irmãos (The Brothers), at Rede Globo.
They will compete in the regional finals of the Hult Prize for social entrepreneurship on the 13th and 14th this month. The team from the University of Brasilia has found sponsors for the trip.
Usek has started working to gather records of the arrival of Lebanese people in Latin America. Argentina will be the first country researched; Brazil will be the second. Archives will be available online.
Convention and festival of Arab dances and culture will happen on April 10th through 12th at WTC Events Center, in the city of São Paulo, with workshops, a fair, shows by foreign dancers and other attractions.
Diwan includes stories presentations, live music and folk dances. The events happen on March 4th to 14th. The schedule brings five closed-group meetings and one that is open to the public, all at Sesc Itaquera.
Aisha’s World is slated for release in Brazil next March. Based on true stories, the comic book shows how traditions affect the daily lives of females in that country.
The showings will take place in the Universidade Federal do ABC. Wednesday (25th) evening, the four nominated movies started their scheduled screening sessions in São Paulo. Even with a storm hitting the city, the audience showed up.
The film will be shown on Saturday (28th), 2pm at sociology and politics school Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política in São Paulo. The event is part of a film club set up by students.
Starting on February 25th, four short-films produced for the movie contest will be shown in São Paulo and Santo André.
The biggest art event in the Middle East, scheduled to March 18th to 21th, will have an area with books, sounds, videos and presentations from Latin America. The project’s curatorship was developed by a Brazilian.
The children’s play will open at Sesc Pompeia, in the city of São Paulo, on February 28th. In the show, two clowns present one of the stories of One Thousand and One Nights.
The publication traces back the steps of the race in the country, featuring photo essays from the areas where the animal is raised.
