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São Paulo-based musician Sami Bordokan is one of the best-know names when it comes to Arab music in Brazil. Besides singing, playing different instruments and writing, Bordokan is now performing as an actor in the musical The Prophet.

The São Paulo native of Lebanese origin has a career spanning over three decades. Assad is a singer, guitarist, songwriter, and much more. She talked about the influences of her family, deeply connected to music.

The grandson of a Lebanese man and a Syrian woman, the writer from São Paulo approached his roots when writing his first novel, ‘A Imensidão Íntima dos Carneiros,’ released in 2015. Now, he prepares to release another novel and three children’s books.