Artworks by Kuwait’s Alia Farid and Monira Al Qadiri and Lebanon’s Roy Dib and Haig Aivazian will be on show in the Contemporary Art Festival Sesc_Videobrasil, spanning different areas at SESC Pompeia.
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Yousef Saif moved into Brazil in April. The 23-year-old musician plays the bouzouki, an instrument in the lute family.
The Casablanca-born, French-based designer and fine artist Jean-Charles de Castelbajac decorated one of the Brazilian city’s most exclusive malls with fun artistic items.
He will be one of 20 artists featured in contemporary art show Ex Africa. An installation by Limoud will be on show at Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil starting January 20.
Created in early December, Little Backpackers invites children to learn about countries and cultures via different activities, online and otherwise.
Orquestra Mundana Refugi, featuring musicians from Syria and Palestine, will play a concert at SESC Pompeia this Thursday (7).
Exhibit ‘Colors of Brazil’ will open next Saturday (9) at Gallery 76 of the Dubai International Art Centre, featuring paintings, sculptures and drawings. The show is curated and organized by Eric Landmayer.
The comic book ‘Brimos’ (translated as ‘Cousins’, alluding to the way Arabs called themselves) will have its script written by journalist and historian Marta Tajra and architect and designer Paulo Akl. It will be launched in mid-2018.
The digital platform offers movies and series from Lebanon and the Middle East. For now, the languages available are English and Arabic. In a partnership with ANBA, M Media is offering a 90-day free trial period.
Jacques Menassa lived in Brazil throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He took pictures on a trip to the country last year after 18 years away. His photos depict the nature, culture and architecture of different cities.
Panorama of Lebanese Cinema will feature 20 movies through November 29, with free-of-charge screenings in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
The event’s third edition took place on November 13 to 18. Representatives from the State of Santa Catarina University (UDESC) and from PUC-RJ presented projects at the Global Grad Show, within the event’s programme.
The event will run from December 6 to 13 at a number of venues across the emirate, featuring 121 movies in 35 different languages and including two works by Brazilian filmmakers.
‘Arteiras do Brasil’ was created about six months ago and will exhibit for the first time ever this month in Beirut. Its members live on the mountains and make handicraft at home.

