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The exhibition “Memories of Brazilian Diplomacy” was launched Thursday (14) on the Museu da Pessoa website and features testimonies from retired diplomats, intertwining personal stories with remarkable episodes from their careers at Brazil’s foreign ministry.

After being screened at several festivals, the documentary “Notes on an Exile,” directed by filmmaker Gustavo Castro from Brazil’s southern state of Paraná, is preparing for a commercial release in Brazilian theaters. Learn how the conflict in Palestine transformed the project’s original concept.

The incorporation of objects from the Lebanese-origin family allowed the museum to broaden its narratives. Ranging from everyday items to furniture, now kept in technical storage, the Jafet collection reveals the lifestyle of immigrants in the 20th century.

Self-taught, musician, composer and teacher Rajana Olba, who lives in Brazil, began crafting the Arab instrument during the pandemic and now has a waiting list of customers.

In the heart of Rio de Janeiro, the museum houses one of the largest permanent exhibitions of Egyptian artifacts in Brazil. They were acquired over the years by the collector Eva Klabin and can now be viewed by the public in the very place that was her residence.