Bahia-based musician Ives al Sahar, who is of Moroccan descent, studies and promotes Arab percussion in Salvador, where he participates in projects such as Eastern Afternoons and Children Creating.
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James Aguer is among the nominees for the World of Children Awards for his work for children’s rights. Students in Brazil are casting votes, alongside children from another 50,000 schools worldwide.
Artist Tânia Paupitz, from the city of Florianópolis, has sold paintings to around eight different countries, among them Saudi Arabia. Images of cities in Brazil and abroad prevail in her work.
The main character of Brazilian legend "A Salamanca do Jarau" is a princess of the Arab-Berber people. Written by João Simões Lopes Neto nearly 100 years ago, it is the theme of a theatre play.
A profile of contemporary women in photography, painting, video, text and drawing by French artist Titouan Lamazou will be on display at Oca, in São Paulo. Among the 200 chosen, Brazilians and Arabs.
The site was organised in partnership with 32 international institutions and has versions in many languages, including Arabic and Portuguese. The Library of Alexandria supplied technical assistance.
The attractions of the 1st International Reading Festival, in Campinas, include Arab storytellers. The initiative is by the Jerusalem Institute of Brazil, which has a stand at the event.
The Brazilian advertising campaign of soft drink Fanta was broadcast in several countries last year, including Morocco. This year it should once again become a global campaign.
Three ballerinas from São Paulo set up spectacle ‘Com-fluência’ to show, through dance, common language to the three cultures. The trio is about to go on a two-month tour of the interior of São Paulo.
Brendha Haddad, who is of Libyan descent, could be graduating in journalism or law. But the routes of life took her elsewhere and today she is acting in prime time for Globo TV.
The Brazilian Fernanda de Camargo-Moro is a historian, archaeologist and author of seven books. Her most recent one, "Mar das Pérolas," is dedicated to the United Arab Emirates.
Fine artist Carlos Matuck, from the city of São Paulo, is a grandson of Lebanese. His art, however, contains references to another East, namely China, than to the Arab world.
One of the stories in Milton Hatoum’s new book, ‘A cidade ilhada’, is in honour of his grandfather. Hatoum, of Lebanese roots, created character Moamede, a merchant and storyteller.
The Arab country should be the subject of the parade of Copa Lord, from Florianópolis, in the next Carnival. In April, a team from the school is travelling to Morocco to do research on the country.
