Joca Reiners Terron spent a month in Cairo last year. The city served as the scenery for the novel the Brazilian is writing and that should be published next year. The trip was part of project Amores Expressos (Express Loves), which sent 16 writers from the country to different cities in the world after inspiration for their books.
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Joca Reiners Terron spent a month in Cairo last year. The city served as the scenery for the novel the Brazilian is writing and that should be published next year. The trip was part of project Amores Expressos (Express Loves), which sent 16 writers from the country to different cities in the world after inspiration for their books.
The city, situated on the banks of the Nile, attracts crowds of European tourists, including celebrities like former president Jacques Chirac. The site, famous for its landscapes and history, also served as inspiration for one of the novels by Agatha Christie.
Agência Brasil* Brasília – Expenditures by Brazilian tourists in foreign countries remain high. According to data disclosed today (28th) by the Brazilian Central Bank, foreign spending by Brazilians totalled US$ 751 million in March, growth of 44.1% in comparison with the value recorded in the same month of last year. In the first three months
Costa Cruzeiros sent between the end of last year and the beginning of this year a group of 1,200 Brazilians on cruises around the Arab world, visiting Dubai. Reserves for the next season, which begins in November and ends in March 2009, opened early this month.
Passenger movement in the airports of the region rose 13.6% in the first half. Then came Africa, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Pacific and finally North America. The Middle East also led in the expansion of shipments and unloading of cargo.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The Brazil-Arab News Agency (ANBA) is among the six finalists from southeast Brazil for the first phase of the e-Journalism Award of the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service (Sebrae). The series "Notable Small Ones", written by journalists Débora Rubin and Geovana Pagel, was published on December 26th,
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The Brazil-Arab News Agency (ANBA) is among the six finalists from southeast Brazil for the first phase of the e-Journalism Award of the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service (Sebrae). The series "Notable Small Ones", written by journalists Débora Rubin and Geovana Pagel, was published on December 26th,
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – This evening (9th) will see the launch, at bookstore Livraria da Vila, in the southeastern Brazilian city of São Paulo, of three books about Arab culture. "A Arte do Zajal" (The Art of the Sajal), by Michel Sleiman, "O Intelecto em Ibn Sina" (The Intelect in Ibn Sina), by
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – This evening (9th) will see the launch, at bookstore Livraria da Vila, in the southeastern Brazilian city of São Paulo, of three books about Arab culture. "A Arte do Zajal" (The Art of the Sajal), by Michel Sleiman, "O Intelecto em Ibn Sina" (The Intelect in Ibn Sina), by
Artist M’Hamed Marzouk, born in Tunisia, arrived in Brazil in 1975 to spend two years. The Brazilian people and land pleased him to such an extent that he adopted the country as his new nation. In January, Marzouk was awarded at Mali Villas-Bôas Gallery, in São Paulo, and this week he is exhibiting at Mount Lebanon Athletic Club.
Artist M’Hamed Marzouk, born in Tunisia, arrived in Brazil in 1975 to spend two years. The Brazilian people and land pleased him to such an extent that he adopted the country as his new nation. In January, Marzouk was awarded at Mali Villas-Bôas Gallery, in São Paulo, and this week he is exhibiting at Mount Lebanon Athletic Club.
The Brazilian-naturalized Jordanian Bassan Giorge Necola Hanna and the Kuwaiti Khaled Rodan are going to launch, this month, resort Termas do Tabuleiro, in Santa Catarina. The hydro-mineral station should be the first enterprise by Baden Baden Hotels and Tourism, a company that belongs to them both. Investment in the project should reach 90 million Brazilian reals (US$ 52 million).
Leila Echaime is the daughter of Lebanese immigrant Mustafá Echaime and of the Brazilian Maria Echaime, whose parents were also born in Lebanon. And it is exactly from the country of her forefathers that Leila keeps her unforgettable memories: the sunset and Muslim prayers. Arab culture influenced her work.
