An exhibit in the city features sand from around the world, including samples from Cairo and Merzouga. The show will run until July 29 at the science and technology part of the University of São Paulo.
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Muzamil Hamid, of the University of Khartoum, will speak at an international conference on malaria beginning on Sunday in Manaus, Amazonas and featuring researchers from more than 30 different countries.
Professor Jamil Iskandar of the Federal University of São Paulo will discuss the Middle Age philosopher and physician’s influence in the West.
Grupo Coimbra, with 77 institutions in Brazil, is signing cooperation agreements with five universities from the Arab country. The partnership includes research and innovation projects and academic exchange programs.
The photo exhibit ‘Lebanon: World Heritage’ will run from this Thursday (1) through October in a number of locations throughout the city. An opening ceremony will take place on the 19th at city theater.
Entitled ‘Viewpoints on Asylum,’ the event will be held in Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília and São Paulo starting June 1.
Wessam Soliman wrote the scripts for three movies directed by her now-deceased husband Mohamed Khan. She will attend the opening of a special showing of the director’s films next June.
Students from AESC Objetivo middle and high schools in Valinhos, 92 km from São Paulo, wrote letters that will be delivered to refugee camps in Lebanon and Jordan.
Brazil’s CI Intercâmbio e Viagem has added the United Arab Emirates to its portfolio of destinations for people wishing to study English abroad.
The Edward Said Chair will sponsor the event ‘Time in waiting: exile in Palestinian cinema’ on May 29th in São Paulo. Professor Geraldo Campos will discuss the issue of returning to the homeland and art production in the Arab country.
Thiago Lorenzetti, from Criciúma, 199 km from Florianópolis, travelled to the Arab country to teach his craft to Syrian refugees. He’s part of a group of Brazilians that volunteer to offer help to immigrants.
To mark the most important day of the year for the Brazilian Navy, the Brazil-Lebanon Cultural Center will host a haiku poem competition themed ‘Sailing.’ Registrations are open until June 12 and the winner will get an iPad.
Featuring pictures by award-winning photographer Mauricio Lima, ‘Farida, a Syrian tale’ depicts refugees in flight across Europe. The showing will remain open at the Museum of Image and South until the 28th.
Next Sunday will be ‘Lebanese-Brazilian Day,’ featuring handicraft, cuisine, painting, dancing and music from both countries. Lebanon’s minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Gebran Bassil will attend.
