Relics of the National Library of Brazil will be used by Egyptologists of the country’s National Museum in research. Photographic records can help make replicas of pieces lost to the 2018 fire. Part of the collection belonged to Pedro II of Brazil, an enthusiast of Egypt and Arabic.
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Al-Mansour was one of the pioneers of filmmaking in Saudi Arabia and is a renowned director in Hollywood today. She collaborates on a project to encourage female participation in the film industry in her home country.
Initiative honors individuals, groups of peoples or instiutions that have contributed to the promotion and dissemination of the Arab culture worldwide. Nomination files can be submitted until January 2024.
The writer, actress, playwright, and daughter of Palestinian scholar Edward Saïd closed the seminar The Intellectual Legacy of Edward Saïd on Wednesday (11). She told about her trip to Gaza with her family at 18, life in New York, and reacted to current events.
Mariam Saïd is in São Paulo and spoke about Edward Saïd’s work as a professor, published papers and books, his love for music, and the question of Palestine. She has been contributing to keeping Saïd’s legacy alive since his death in 2003.
Productions by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, and Tunisia are part of the program of the 47th edition of the festival that takes place from October 19 to November 1st. This year’s selection features 360 films from across 96 countries.
Brazil-Lebanon Cultural Center celebrates the 140th anniversary of the birth of essayist, poet, painter and The Prophet author with an exhibition of photographs of his paintings and the region where he was born at Conjunto Nacional and Mount Lebanon-Athletic Club.
The Embassy of Brazil and the Guimarães Rosa Institute in Beirut will award artworks on the International Fair Rachid Karami complex, located in Lebanon and designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer. Lebanese citizens and foreigners living in the country are eligible to participate.
Translator, novelist and poet Guilherme Gontijo Flores has released ‘Your Finger Is a Lotus Flower’ in contemporary romantic verses based on an interpretation of poems from ancient Egypt.
Paulo Rebello is a political analyst and Political Science Ph.D. student at the University of Salamanca, Spain. His research focuses on Brazil’s relations with the Middle East, especially the Gulf countries.
Zana Azeredo will have her works on display in the United Arab Emirates from this Sunday (1). Her diptych with graffiti-style Arabic calligraphy was inspired by Brazilian music.
Five encounters will discuss the tales of the One Thousand and One Nights based on its translation from Arabic into Brazilian Portuguese. The workshop will take place every Tuesday of October at 7pm. Registration is open.
Home to one of the world’s largest collections, the Rio-based National Library of Brazil has book-related promotion projects based, delivering copies to several countries and even to Antarctica. Its translation support program has caught the interest of many Arabs.
An event to be held in partnership between SESC-SP, Cátedra Edward Saïd of Unifesp and the Institute for Arab Culture will gather scholars and experts on the work of the Palestinian thinker. The wife and daughter of the author of Orientalism will participate.
