It will be the fist trip from a Pope to the Arabic Peninsula. Francis will participate in inter-religious dialogue and celebrate mass in Abu Dhabi.
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Course ‘Origins of the Islamic World’ will be given by Plínio Gomes in four lectures starting in February 19. Registrations are opened for on-site and online classes.
Bicycle kick goal by Qatar player Almoez Ali made him the top scorer in the competition.
Book describes the profile of three women from the Levant region living in Brazil.
Organization AFS opened applications for public high school students from some Brazilian cities interested in studying in Egypt and USA during the break of July.
UAE airport retained its position as the world’s busiest airport for international customer numbers for the fifth consecutive year.
Rubens Hannun was reelected as the entity president. The meeting of the Management Council occurred Monday night and featured the Union of Arab Chambers secretary-general Khaled Hanafy.
As of February 6, Brazil-Lebanon Cultural Center promotes in Beirut an exhibition with photos, objects and documents about Tripoli International Fair, projected by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer in the 60s. The venue remained incomplete and the intention is to draw attention to its conservation.
The text by Omar Ibn Said is the ‘only known extant narrative written in Arabic by an enslaved person in the United States,’ according to the US Library of Congress.
The 18-episode legal drama was produced by Image Nation Abu Dhabi and Beelink, and is now streaming globally.
Airlines based in Brazil carried 103 million people between them in domestic and international flights.
Capharnaüm, by filmmaker Nadine Labaki of Lebanon, has been nominated for Best Foreign Language Movie. It’s on show at Espaço Itaú de Cinema theaters in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre and Brasília.
International arrivals were up 10% in the Middle East and 7% Africa in 2018. Worldwide tourist flows increased by 6%, the United Nations World Tourism Organization reported.
Changes will come into effect on February 4. Economy-class ‘special’ or ‘saver’ tickets will have their baggage allowance reduced by 5 kg. In Brazil, rules are different.

