Online magazine Revista Pessoa will release translated works by 12 writers, including Milton Hatoum, Raduan Nassar, Marcelo Maluf and Socorro Acioli next year, via a partnership involving Abu Dhabi’s Kalima Project for Translation and the Arab Chamber.
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Aswan University and Al-Azhar University have registrations open until November 9 for those interested in working with teaching and research in the Arab country.
The event features over 3 million books on offer with discounts as high as 80%. The Big Bad Wolf Book Sale began this Thursday and will go on around the clock until the 28th this month.
The Arabian Fest takes place this Sunday (21), simultaneously to the city’s popular handcraft fair, and offers the opportunity to Arab refugees to sell their products, such as typical handcraft items and food. Performances of Arab dances are also in the programme.
The mall Shopping Center 3, in São Paulo, will open a photo exhibition this Thursday (18) to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the country’s founder, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nayhan. The event was organized by the consulate general of the United Arab Emirates in São Paulo.
Daily flights will be made available connecting São Paulo’s GRU Airport and the third-biggest city in the United Arab Emirates, with stops in Istanbul.
The 1st Congress on Refugees and Global Change will take place at the Federal University of Ceará, featuring a speaker from Lebanon and debates on six different themes.
Starting on Monday (22), the Human and Social Sciences Center of university Unirio will hold many activities – lectures, art exhibitions, fashion shows and storytelling – focusing on Egyptian queens.
Marcelo Sallum had his portrait unveiled at the gallery of former presidents in the boardroom of the Arab Chamber’s headquarters, in São Paulo.
The exhibition ‘Refugee Childhood’ opened this Children’s Day, October 12, at the Immigration Museum in São Paulo.
Natan Barreto will launch his book ‘Um Quintal e Outros Cantos’ (A Backyard and Other Corners, loosely translated) at the Brazil-Lebanon Cultural Center on October 24. In the book, the author evokes his memories and puts them into verses.
Amjad Abdalkareem Ali Miehem will mix culture and cuisine in an intervention on October 25. He will make Palestinian kafta for audience members to eat.
The event organized by the group Mulheres do Brasil (Women of Brazil) is scheduled for October 21, in Consolação district, São Paulo. The organization expects to provide health care for 400 people.
The Cycle of Meetings on Arab-Islamic History and Culture will take place at the Martins Fontes bookstore in São Paulo’s Avenida Paulista.

