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The 18th edition of Mercado Persa is due April 15th to 17th at Esporte Clube Sírio. Apart from dancing, the event will also bring Arab cuisine, art and fashion to the São Paulo state capital.

The life of the most famous queen of Egypt, Cleopatra, is the theme of a history book by Brazilian journalist Arlete Salvador.

The São Paulo Cultural Centre will host a night of Arab poetry, dancing and music next Thursday. A tribute will be paid to Arab countries that have undergone social change recently.

Espírito Santo-based Syrian-descendent artist Hilal Sami Hilal works with an amalgam of paper, acid and copper to approach relationships, although in abstract form. He is exhibiting in São Paulo.

Exhibition at the Tomie Ohtake Institute, in São Paulo, features contemporary artwork by Arabs and Muslims. The show will continue until April 3rd.

The National Service of Industrial Education (Senai) signed an agreement with TVTC, a Saudi professional training institute, to provide training to its managers and teachers this year.

For the first time since it was established, in 1974, the Arab-Syrian Cultural Centre of São Paulo is headed by a woman. Majd Al Shara is a master and doctoral student in literature.

Professor Mamede Mustafa Jarouche is working on translation of the fourth volume of the ‘One Thousand and One Nights’. Since he started dedicating himself to the work, over 2,200 nights have gone by.