A report by the UNHCR released Wednesday (14) pointed out that the number of forcibly uprooted people hit a record. One in every 74 people leave their home due to war, persecution and human right abuses.
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The World Health Organization will launch a global system inspired by the European Union’s COVID-19 vaccination card.
Jordan’s Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah married Saudi Arabia’s Rajwa Al Saif on Thursday. The newly titled princess was born and raised in Saudi Arabia but studied architecture in New York.
The project was launched last year and has now received formal support from the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Rio-born Luiz Góes has served for two years as CEO of LYOPAY, a digital payment platform that’s present in 82 countries. Holding a degree in Military Sciences and an MBA in Public Management, the executive has had a successful career in the financial market.
Postcards featuring an art that illustrates a book on Sudan will be sold to raise funds for a project in the Arab country. Professor Patricia Teixeira Santos, who studies Sudan and is the author of the book, participates.
Engineer Wael Zizo moved from Egypt to Brazil six years ago and today owns Cairo Bar in the capital city of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre. The place has an Arab atmosphere, with decor, music, food, and drinks from the region.
Followers of Islam celebrate this Friday (21), the end of Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr. It is a time of prayer, festivity, and public holidays in countries with Muslim populations.
Around 40 children visited the headquarters of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in São Paulo to learn more about the history of Arab immigration to Brazil.
Joyce Karine de Sá Souza won a scholarship at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library in the United States. She’s studying the work of Mustapha Khayati, a social critic that was part of the Situationist International.
Check out the pictures of rituals and get-togethers in some Arab countries in the holy month of Islam, Ramadan, which began on March 23. It is a period of prayer and charity.
To celebrate the Arab Community Day in Brazil, ANBA interviewed two influential political personalities in the current government. The minister of Planning, Simone Tebet, and the federal deputy for Rio de Janeiro, Jandira Feghali.
A show featuring images and documents of over 140 years of Lebanese immigration in Brazil can be visited until April 16 in the cultural space of Conjunto Nacional in São Paulo. The exhibition is held by the Brazil-Lebanon Cultural Association.
Professor Ladimari Toledo Hoeppler is leading activities focused on the World Down Syndrome Day at the Dubai Center for Special Needs in the UAE on Tuesday (21).
