Artworks by Kuwait’s Alia Farid and Monira Al Qadiri and Lebanon’s Roy Dib and Haig Aivazian will be on show in the Contemporary Art Festival Sesc_Videobrasil, spanning different areas at SESC Pompeia.
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Yousef Saif moved into Brazil in April. The 23-year-old musician plays the bouzouki, an instrument in the lute family.
Morocco Imperial Tour offers customized services intended primarily for Brazilian tourists. It started as a cycle tourism company in 2013, and now 75% of its clientele is made up of women.
The Casablanca-born, French-based designer and fine artist Jean-Charles de Castelbajac decorated one of the Brazilian city’s most exclusive malls with fun artistic items.
He will be one of 20 artists featured in contemporary art show Ex Africa. An installation by Limoud will be on show at Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil starting January 20.
Created in early December, Little Backpackers invites children to learn about countries and cultures via different activities, online and otherwise.
Orquestra Mundana Refugi, featuring musicians from Syria and Palestine, will play a concert at SESC Pompeia this Thursday (7).
Exhibit ‘Colors of Brazil’ will open next Saturday (9) at Gallery 76 of the Dubai International Art Centre, featuring paintings, sculptures and drawings. The show is curated and organized by Eric Landmayer.
Brazilian soccer team Grêmio will compete on the FIFA Club World Cup on December 12 to 16 in Al Ain and Abu Dhabi. Qualification increased sales of travel agencies and motivated the fans to visit the Middle East.
The comic book ‘Brimos’ (translated as ‘Cousins’, alluding to the way Arabs called themselves) will have its script written by journalist and historian Marta Tajra and architect and designer Paulo Akl. It will be launched in mid-2018.
Tivoli Hotels & Resorts is now managing the Souq Waqif hotel chain in Doha. This allows for the sharing of staff and sales platform, and it should give Brazil-Qatar tourist flows a boost.
The digital platform offers movies and series from Lebanon and the Middle East. For now, the languages available are English and Arabic. In a partnership with ANBA, M Media is offering a 90-day free trial period.
The Mountain Do race was held, for the first time, in the Sahara Desert, with Brazilian athletes forming the largest group among competitors. The race took place on November 19 and it started in the village of Merzouga.
Jacques Menassa lived in Brazil throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He took pictures on a trip to the country last year after 18 years away. His photos depict the nature, culture and architecture of different cities.

