Children’s book ‘Operation Rescue in Baghdad,’ by Luciana Savaget, was translated into Arabic and is read by Palestinian children. In the book, an operation saves fictional characters amidst a war.
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Some of the items belonged to the last dynasty of Egyptian monarchs. The site, once a palace owned by princess Fatma Haider, descendent of Mohamed Ali Pacha, underwent a long restoration process.
Next Sunday, Cosmópolis, directed by Otavio Cury, will premiere in the Arab world, at the Cervantes Institute in Damascus. After the screening, the director will take part in a debate.
The Abu Ghid Folk Orchestra will play a concert featuring Egyptian folk and religious songs in the capital of São Paulo on Wednesday. This will be the group’s first performance in Latin America.
Tunisian artist Jean Paul Ganem is the author of a work of art covering 17,000 square metres that will turn former slum Aldeinha, in São Paulo, into a park and a stage for artistic performances.
Author of ‘Gabriela Cravo e Canela,’ Jorge Amado was the Brazilian writer that put Arabs and descendants in evidence the most in his plots, the most famous being the Syrian Nacib.
From April 27 to August 03, the Comic Book Library of Curitiba will offer a course in Arabic calligraphy with calligrapher and fine artist Moafak Dib Helaihel. Enrolment is already open.
The Syrian-Lebanese Hospital and the Embraer Institute, of the Brazilian aircraft maker, will inaugurate a health laboratory next Tuesday to help impoverished youths pick their careers.
Project ‘Mare Nostrum’, of the European Commission (EC), forecasts the creation of a tourist and cultural route connecting six cities of the Mediterranean, repeating ancient Phoenician trade routes.
Rio Quente, in the interior of Goiás, will host the 20th Arab Festival. The meeting will feature the culture and spices of countries such as Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, and Tunisia, from April 26 to 30.
The vice president of the American University of Beirut, Hassan Diab, visited São Caetano do Sul Municipal University and plans to return to sign agreements.
Exhibition ‘Complicity – 20 years of news coverage, 20 photographers’, by journalist Bernardino Furtado, starts in São Paulo today. It includes works by Sérgio Tomisaki.
Disal, a Brazilian publishing house in São Paulo, has launched two books for those interested in learning the language: ‘Speak Arabic in 20 lessons’ and ‘3,500 Words in Arabic’.
The sports brand is going to promote a party for Africa in São Paulo. In order to apply for a ticket to the event, Web users will engage in a game with African football teams, including Arab ones.
