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Gilberto Abrão, author of ‘Mohamed, O Latoeiro’, will be the honoured at the 30th Novo Hamburgo Regional Book Fair. The author, who is already working on his third work, was elected on the Internet.

Brazilian art gallery Bolsa de Arte participates in Art Dubai, a fair in the sector that takes place in the Emirates, every year. Products are sold to collectors in several countries.

Five international productions address contemporary subjects such as the Arab Spring and conflicts in Syria. The show will feature in several theaters in Rio de Janeiro up until October 11th.

Program provides support for students from developing countries to sit masters and doctorate courses in the country. Algerians, Egyptians, Lebanese, Moroccans, Syrians and Tunisians may apply.

Built in the internal patio of the French museum, the new space should exhibit over 3,000 works of art created in Islamic countries. The collection covers a period of 1,300 years.

Photographer Marcos Muniz’s ‘Amid Walls and Ideas’ show, in São Paulo, portrays the lives of Palestinians and Israelis in cities divided by walls covered with words of protest for a free Palestine.

Movie maker Otavio Cury celebrates the positive repercussion of the movie he made about his Syrian great-grandfather. He talks about the production and about projects under development.

University of Brasília professor Cláudia Balduíno Ferreira created a site about the main authors and books in French in the region and has already even organized a seminar about Algeria.