The 14th Arab World Film Festival had movie screenings at CineSesc in August and will resume its program next Wednesday (16) at Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil in São Paulo. Tunisian director Lotfi Achour will be in the city for an event with the public.
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The Contemporary Art Biennial features work by eight artists from Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and, for the first time, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia.
Sesc Jazz to run later this month will feature Dhafer Youssef sings and plays oud, a string instrument used in the Middle East. He mixes jazz with Indian sounds.
‘Ancient Egypt: from day-to-day to eternity’ opens on the 12th at Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB) in Rio de Janeiro, featuring 140 original pieces from Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy.
Exhibition ‘Walls of Air,’ which covers the transposition of walls and was part of the Architecture Bienale, will kick off next Wednesday (9) in the Brazil-Lebanon Cultural Center in Beirut.
From October 4 to 6, at Valongo Train Station, the event celebrates ten communities, including Arabs, Germans, Africans, Spanish, Japanese and Portuguese.
Documentary ‘Constantino’ was exhibited at the Arab Chamber last Wednesday night. Session featured a chat with director Otavio Cury, who tells the story of his Syrian great-grandfather in the movie.
The Egyptology Week begins this Monday, featuring items salvaged from the fire that tore down the venue in 2018. ‘Egyptology is still going strong. We took a blow but kept going. We resisted,’ said Pedro Von Seehausen, one of the organizers.
Kaaysá Art Residency, on the beach of Boiçucanga, in the north coast of São Paulo, will receive Arab artists for four weeks. Applications are open until October 31.
Movie about director Otavio Cury’s great-grandfather will be screened at the Chamber’s auditorium on October 2nd at 7 pm. Admission is free.
Paintings by 12 artists from Brazil are on display at The Cube, within the Central Park Towers complex in Dubai’s financial district. The artworks portray a colorful, lavish country.
The play will be performed this Wednesday, when the International Arab Dance Day is celebrated. On the stage, Arab dance will be mixed to songs from Northeast Brazil played on the accordion.
The 11th edition of international literature festival Tarrafa Literária will run from September 25 to 29 in Santos, São Paulo. The panel ‘Fiction in Arab Veins’ will take place at 5pm on the 26th, featuring authors Cristina Judar and Marcelo Maluf.
Brazilian musician Messer di Carlo has studied Arab percussion for seven years. He has been a teacher for four years and will give a workshop at ICAB in Brasília next Friday.
