Organized by the UN Refugee Agency, the exhibit comes for the first time to Brazil with 52 pictures of children, men and women from several countries and regions of the world.
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The number of visitors climbed 10% in comparison to the same period of last year. The sector generated USD 3.3 billion.
The film festival kicked-off with Wajib, by Palestinian Annemarie Jacir, and will run until August 27 in São Paulo. For the Arab Chamber’s president, culture brings peoples closer together.
The Jerusalem Institute hosted the 3rd Coffee Race and Walk in the historic Santa Elisa farm last Sunday.
The political scientist and professor will discuss elections and democracy next Wednesday (15) in São Paulo.
The coastal town in Southern Jordan saw 477,000 visitors in the first half of this year.
The emirate is the guest of honor of this year’s São Paulo International Book Biennial. Its standout stand at the event features books, music and art.
The Brazilian writer’s ‘A Hora da Estrela’ (The Hour of the Star) is in bookstores of major cities in Arab countries, such as Cairo, Dubai and Beirut. Egyptian researcher Maged ElGebaly translated the book into Arabic.
The Kalimat Foundation, from Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, donated 100 children’s and young adult books in Arabic to the São Paulo Library, located at Youth Park, in São Paulo.
So said Fahim Al Qasimi, the head of a delegation from the emirate, during the opening ceremony of the São Paulo book fair, which features the Arab city as its guest of honor.
The emirate set an all-time high number of international visitors from January to June 2018. In 2017, the tourism sector generated USD 29.6 billion.
Hotels in the emirate welcomed over 2.41 million visitors from January to June. An annual record is expected for the second straight year.
The rate was registered in July’s second half by the Brazilian Hotel Industry Association (ABIH NACIONAL).
Works are due for completion by the beginning of 2019. The new facilities will increase capacity to 10 million passengers per year, up from a current 6 million.
