The Library of South American-Arab Countries (Bibliaspa) is selecting photographs that portray cultural ties between the two regions for an exhibit slated for March in São Paulo. Entries are open.
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Lessons at the research center begin on February 21st, with classes on Saturday mornings and evenings and at 5pm during the week. The cost is US$ 143 per module and enrolment is open.
Group of students from Brasilia University was chosen to Hult Prize regional finals, a social entrepreneurship competition. The winning team will receive US$ 1 million to develop its project.
University students can submit texts in any of the organization’s six official languages, including Arabic. The winners will participate in activities over a week in New York.
‘The Arabs and 25th of March Street’ will give awards to the best short films portraying Arab immigration to Downtown São Paulo. A jury will convene in February to shortlist the finalists.
Next Saturday will see the re-premiere of theatrical play ‘Salamaleque,’ in which a character tells stories about its Syrian relatives as she cooks typical dishes for her guests: the audience.
Candidates have until January 23rd to apply for the job at the Brazil-Lebanon Cultural Centre. Lebanese nationality or a work and residence visa for the Arab country are required.
Messer Di Carlo will teach technique and songs on the Egyptian tabla, an instrument also known as darbuka.
Educators from the Arab country are currently in the Brazilian federal capital to sit classes in agriculture, offered by Instituto Federal de Brasília (IFB).
Em Cima da Hora is in the Rio Carnival’s A Series, right below the Special Group, and chose the Thousand and One Nights as the theme of its 2015 parade, to highlight the Arab presence in Rio de Janeiro.
Univali, in Santa Catarina, has an extension program called International Module, for professors and specialization, master’s and doctoral students. In 2015, the destinations will be the UAE and China.
The Brazilian musician will be one of the headliners. The show ‘Beats from Brazil’ will take place on the evening of March 20th. It will be the artist’s first concert in the Gulf.
Carmen Zaglul was born in Lebanon, lived in Costa Rica and became a fine artist in Brazil. She has exhibited alongside a fellow artist from Santa Catarina state and is planning a new piece about her origins.
Lasting up to eight weeks, the courses at Al Akhawayn University, in the city of Ifrane, feature classical Arabic lessons and studies on North Africa. Enrolment is open until March 10th.
