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Productions from Jordan, Qatar, Algeria, Egypt and Iraq are being shown at an event to end on October 10, in Rio de Janeiro. Productions from other countries also cover themes in the region.

Sila & Bija are characters in a children’s book about the Confederations Cup, held in the country last June. They were created by Hisham Abushakra, the Lebanese marketing manager at the Sabis University in Erbil, Iraq.

In the past ten years, Arab culture ceased to be regarded as merely exotic by many Brazilians. Language courses, film festivals, translations and academic works have proliferated.

Over 50% of educational institutions managed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East are not functioning due to the ongoing conflict in the Arab country.