The institution is the result of a partnership between public and private companies and should start operating in 2012. Teaching should be based on that of Lausanne Hotel School, in Switzerland.
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Next Wednesday, a poetry recital will be held to honour Mohamad Al Kaddah, director of the Arab Syrian Cultural Centre. He is returning to his country of origin, Syria, after six years in Brazil.
In the book ‘In the Arabian Nights,’ released recently in Brazil, the Anglo-Afghan writer Tahir Shah combines stories of his life in the Arab country and characters of local culture.
The Brazilian writer is revered by researchers, translators and professors in the United States, Europe and Latin America. The result was culled from a survey disclosed in the city of Rio de Janeiro.
An event with Arab music, dance and typical food brought the 28th Arab Culture Week to a close in Campinas. A city in Brazil where there are around 80,000 Arab descendants.
Exhibition ‘Immigrant Press in São Paulo’ brings newspapers and magazines produced by immigrant communities since the 19th century. Among them is paper Al Afkar, published by a Lebanese.
A group of Foreign Trade students from the São Judas University, in the city of São Paulo, paid a visit to the Arab Brazilian Chamber today.
The Institute of Arab Culture will promote the exhibition Portraits of Palestinian Life at the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo, from November 27th to December 4th.
Nine tales by contemporary Moroccan writers comprise the book ‘Modern Moroccan Tales’, a new release of the Almádena publishing house, which specializes in Arab themes.
Arab Culture Institute and the São Paulo University Eastern Languages Department will launch editions of Tiraz magazine and screen film Terres d’Islam on December 1st at the Arab Brazilian Chamber.
Exhibition brings The Little Prince and the career of its author, the French Antonie de Saint-Exupéry, to São Paulo. The author-poet used Arab references to create his best-known book.
Six Arab films are being shown at the 33rd São Paulo International Film Festival, to take place up to November 5th. Egyptian director Marwan Hamed is competing among the new directors.
Mamoun Amri, known as Mamo Marroquino, came to São Paulo to spend a month, but the Brazilian interest in Arab music made him change his plans and establish roots in the country.
A Robert Polidori photographic exhibit is at the Brazilian House Museum, in São Paulo. Photographs of Arab cities, like Beirut, Amman and Alexandria are included.
