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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.
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.
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.
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.
The city should show gastronomy, art and handicraft under theme ‘Morocco’. The exhibition should be in October, during a magic festival, to take place in the same moulds as the Moroccan edition.
Augusto Boal will be honoured today, in Paris. Boal’s method is known and practiced in over 70 countries. Among them Arab countries like Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon and Palestine.
The figure was supplied by the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics. Out of that total, 87% are women who learnt the craft in their own family, from their mothers or grandmothers.
Students at FEI University Centre are selling ice cream to collect funds. The money should be turned to social projects in several parts of the world, among them schools in Jerusalem and Bethlehem.
Course Reflection for the Contemporary Arab World should take place in Curitiba between March 12th and 20th this month. It should cover current matters of the Arab world.
