The items will go to the Sharjah Public Library and to the entire emirate. The Sharjah International Book Fair, taking place until next Saturday (14), is not charging rental of booths from publishing houses.
Browsing: Culture
After wrapping up its ‘Embracing Beirut’ campaign, which aired on Brazil’s TV Cultura featuring local artists, the Consulate General of Lebanon in Rio de Janeiro is working out the next steps.
Published by Tabla and translated into Portuguese by Safa Jubran, ‘Night Post’ tells the story of Arab refugees in Europe in the form of unsent letters. Author Hoda Barakat is Lebanese and lives in Paris.
A Brazilian government program is selecting students from countries that have agreements with Brazil. Eligible Arab countries include Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon and Syria. Enrolments for next year will be accepted through September 30.
From September 10 to December 2, Brazil African Film Festival will screen movies from eight different countries in the Cine África project on Cinema em Casa com SESC’s website.
Street artist Tarsila Schubert owns The Cave DXB. The studio operates as a gallery and a creative space for Dubai-based artists from different countries.
ANBA spoke with Laura di Pietro, who founded the publishing house alongside Ana Cartaxo. This month will see Table start releasing fictional work by Arab, Turkish and Iranian writers, translated directly into Brazilian Portuguese.
Documentary series ‘The History of Diet in Brazil’ is available on Amazon Prime Video. The eighth episode, ‘African Diet,’ talks about the influence of enslaved Arab-Muslim Africans in Bahia’s traditional dish.
Documentary film ‘Dâd in São Paulo’ (2018) features professors and students from the University of São Paulo’s Department of Oriental Languages. Filmmaker Abdurrahman Abu Hasna has been living in Brazil for a year and a half now.
Several Arab productions are available on streaming platforms and subscription services such as Netflix, Net Now, and Amazon Prime Video. Check out our selection.
Doctor of letters from São Paulo, Felipe Benjamin found in the dialect of South Morocco an entirely unexplored field in the studies of Arabic in Brazil. Since 2010, when he first went to the country, he has studied the characteristics of this dialect that is stigmatized even among Arabic speakers.
The rental platform put out a new version of its ‘Experiences’ project as people around the world self-isolate. Fifty online classes, presentations and rides are on offer, including one from a Moroccan family.
The Zinous came from Aleppo in 2014. In Brazil, they want to share their culture and show how the Arab world is rich and nuanced.
Over the period of isolation, Brazilian museums offer virtual tours, collections and online content. Check out where you can enjoy the Arab culture in Brazil during the period while the institutions remain closed.
