Literary festival Tarrafa Literária (“Literary Throw Net”) will take place between September and October in Santos, 80 km from São Paulo. Organizer José Luiz Tahan invited authors of Arab origins to take part in the debates.
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In July, 8.07 million passengers went through the aiport’s terminals, up 5.9% over the same month of 2016. The previous record, set in January this year, was 8.04 million passengers.
Over 500 items including necklaces, earrings, rings and bracelets built by students from a school created with Brazilian cooperation in Algeria are featured at the FIEMG gallery and at mine Mina Du Veloso, in Ouro Preto.
Casa Niemeyer (the Niemeyer House), in Brasília, is featuring a showing of photographs taken by the UK’s Jason Oddy of the buildings designed by the Brazilian architect in Algiers and Constantine.
The Conexus project by Sheila Zago of Brazil saw two graffiti artists engage in artistic activities with refugees and people displaced by the Syrian war. Schools were painted and new actions are due in October.
Francirosy Campos Barbosa is releasing her doctoral thesis in book form on Saturday (19) at Mesquita Brasil. The work is entitled ‘ Islamic Performances in São Paulo: amid arabesques, moons and date fruit.’
Lute player born in Agadir will play with the Spanish quartet EntreQuatre at SESC/Santos (Social Service of Commerce-Santos) on September 29. He’s considered one of his generation’s best players of the instrument.
The tourism sector generated USD 2.5 billion in the country during this year’s first six months, against USD 2.2 billion in the same period of 2016.
The Brazilian national team will debut in the Under-23 tournament against Mexico this Friday (18) and then play the house team on Sunday (20). Russia is the favorite.
The Algerian diplomatic representation is the only Arab one to join the 2017 edition of the Federal District government’s Embassies with Open Doors program.
The holder of a master’s degree in History, Plinio Freire will discuss the messages conveyed by Islam through its palatial buildings, in a mini-course next Saturday at bookstore Martins Fontes.
Extension course ‘Middle East and International Politics’ begins next Saturday morning (19) at the Pontifical Catholic University in São Paulo, covering current and past subjects.
The concert Al Um’tamid turned into music the poems of the Andalusian king of the 11th century and captivated the audience of São Paulo’s main concert hall. The event was promoted by the Arab Chamber, Icarabe and Osesp.
The Arab country presented officially its bid to host the FIFA 2026 World Cup this Friday (11) to FIFA.

