Relations between both regions will be the theme of a colloquium to take place in November, in Kaslik, Lebanon. Talks will include economics, politics, diplomacy and culture.
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Thirteen pieces will be on display at the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the World Crafts Council in Latin America, late this month, in Uruguay. The items were selected by Unesco.
The storyteller Hamed Bouzzine will give two performances in São Paulo, on July 28th and 29th. In different shows, he will tell stories ranging from the Sahara to the myths of the Mandinka Empire.
Tod Laursen, of Abu Dhabi’s Khalifa University, visited São Paulo to attend a congress in computational mechanics. One of his goals was to look for educators who are also researchers.
Ahmad Rashwan will come to São Paulo to discuss movie ‘Born on the 25th of January’, to be shown in the second part of the 7th Arab World Cinema Exhibit. The programme begins on Tuesday (17).
The Syrian poet released book ‘Poemas’ in Brazil through Companhia das Letras publishing house. In São Paulo, he spoke about his three births, in the three places he lived, and about the Arab Spring.
The Brazilian animation festival, which takes place in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, brings Syrian cartoons Ostora, and the Tunisian L’Mrayet. It is the first time of these countries at the event.
To mark the 50th anniversary of the end of the French rule, the embassy of Algeria in Brasília is promoting a festival featuring seven productions. The event will continue until the 12th.
The writer will attend Flip, the Paraty Literary Festival, and participate in a talk in São Paulo next July. A book of poems translated into Portuguese will arrive at bookstores next week.
From July 10th to 13th, the Syrian-Arab Cultural Centre will accept enrolments for its Arabic course of the second half of the year. Classes are available in the late afternoon and early evening.
Khalil Bendib will participate in a meeting next Monday (18th) in São Paulo to discuss his comic book “Zahra’s Paradise,” a fictional plot with the Iranian political situation as a backdrop.
Meeting between Catholic universities, to take place in July, will have representatives from around 200 institutions worldwide, among them Lebanese. Enrolment is still open.
Educators and Arab investors visited Estácio University, in Rio, and saw how the institution modifies its curriculum to labour Market requirements. The idea is to adopt a similar system in the region.
Teaching institutions in Saudi Arabia and Egypt are in a British ranking, alongside Brazil’s Unicamp and Unesp.
