The first Arab immigrant in Brazil and the first Arabic newspaper in Latin America are some of the findings of the Project of Digitization of the Memory of the Arab Immigration to Brazil. Open for consultation since last year, the archive has 120,000 digitized pieces and has been used by researchers.
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The Crown Prince Camel Festival will have a female competition. The two-kilometer camel race will occur on August 28, offering a USD 41,000 prize pool.
The president of ApexBrasil stated the country still takes little advantage of the export potential of products from the Amazon, such as Brazil nuts and açaí. The Amazon Summit will start this Tuesday (8) in Pará.
Winners helps 1,500 people, including 300 children, through food and medicine donations and sports, education and culture activities in the Beqaa Valley.
Marcelo Maluf has released The Final Days of Elias Ghandour, a novel about a Syrian Brazilian merchant who reflects upon his unachieved dreams.
Registration is open for children of Brazilians to study their heritage language. Classes start on September 9.
Henrique Tabchoury works in agribusiness and, in his spare time, collects records from Arab artists. He holds around 4,000 records and wants to complete his collection and share the digitalized content on a website.
The North African national team qualified for the round of 16 of the tournament after beating Colombia this Thursday (3). Morocco will face France next week.
The United Arab Emirates National Archives Research advisor Aisha Bilkhair spoke in the Arab Brazilian Chamber in São Paulo on Monday (31), giving an overview of the history and culture of her country.
Professor Mohammed Nadir, PhD, is a visiting scholar at the Federal University of ABC in the Greater São Paulo, where he coordinates the Laboratory of Arab Studies.
Researcher and writer Roberto Khatlab will talk about the history of resilience in the Arab country in a lecture on August 3 at the Monte Líbano Club.
Diplomat Paulino Carvalho Neto visited the headquarters of the Arab Brazilian Chamber in São Paulo on Wednesday (26) and spoke to ANBA about his new position in Egypt.
Egyptian prime minister met with investors to discuss the country’s tourism policy for the long term. The goal is to speed up the industry’s growth by making available some 50,000 new rooms a year and a partnership with the public sector to build hotels.
According to the CNC, in May this year, the tourism sector obtained its most considerable revenue since the same month of 2014 with the resumption of jobs, new businesses, and foreign investment.

