Brazilians listened to music from the Gulf in a concert on Sunday (20) at the Football Museum in São Paulo. The venue presented a special program and screened the Qatar World Cup’s opening ceremony and inaugural match.
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The Brazilian team will play its first match at the World Cup in Qatar next Thursday (24) with the support of national and foreign fans. The team is one of the favorites in Arab countries, and Brazilian communities in the region have been driving local fan support.
The role of women in the Arab society and the coffee industry was one of the highlights of a lecture by Ali El-Khatib at the International Coffee Week on Thursday (17) in the capital city of Minas Gerais.
A visit Pedro II paid to the Holy Land in the 19th century will be the subject of a meeting on November 27 at the National Gallery of Fine Arts in Jordan.
Brazilian diplomat Pablo P. S. Romero writes an article on the earliest reference to Brazil in Egypt’s number one newspaper, Al Ahram, in 1889. The publication covers the Proclamation of the Republic and situates it within the history of the country.
Public university with campuses in several cities in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, is receiving applications from refugees and stateless persons living in the country interested in attending university.
The Museum in São Paulo’s capital city will screen the opening match of the FIFA World Cup between Qatar and Ecuador on November 20. The event will feature an Arab cuisine food market and Arab music.
In an article, consultant and entrepreneur Rubens Hannun writes on how innovation, global events and local food production are creating a job opportunity boom in the Arab countries. Hannun is former president of the Arab Brazilian Chamber.
Scholarships for foreign students were announced by the International Cooperation Group of Brazilian Universities in 50 institutions across the country. The application deadline is November 13.
On a trip to the Gulf country, the head of the Catholic Church took part in forum for coexistence and urged peoples to put aside arms, protect the environment and overcome differences. On Saturday (5), about 30,000 people attended the service, including Brazilians living in Bahrain.
Photographs of the visit of the Brazilian emperor to the Holy Land in 1876 can be seen at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts in Aman until December 1.
The Brazilian Citizens’ Council in Palestine have created a green and yellow scarf for the local people to cheer for the Brazilian national team during the FIFA World Cup.
The first title of the Children of the Ghetto trilogy – My Name is Adam – recounts the history of the Palestinian people based on the memories of a falafel vendor. Safa Jubran translated it into Portuguese.
The Light for the Future project aims to install photovoltaic panels in schools in the Arab country, which is currently experiencing an energy crisis, having electrical power for only one to two hours a day. The goal is for the Brazilian-Arab community to support ten schools with USD 150,000. USD 90,000 have already been raised.
