Directed by Hany Abu-Assad, the movie is based on the story of Mohammad Assaf, winner of Arab Idol 2013. It’s showing in movie theaters in São Paulo, Brasília and Rio de Janeiro.
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‘I Am Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced’ portrays the story of 10-year-old girl that, upon forced to marry a man 20 years her senior, asks for a divorce. It opens in Brazil on January 26.
Santos Catholic University will grant three full scholarships. Registrations for the selection process are free of charge.
Crowdfunding campaign aims to raise money to tell stories of Syrian families in Brazil, Germany and Jordan. The idea is for ‘Salam, Syria’ to be completed until the end of the year.
‘As I Open My Eyes’ tells the story of 18-year-old Farah, who just wants to enjoy life in the pre-revolution Tunisia.
The film ‘On the Bride’s Side’ shows the journey of a group that escaped the war in Syria and is headed to Sweden. The screening is scheduled to January 23, at 7 pm, and will be followed by a debate on the subject.
The exhibition ‘Refugee Childhood’ shows images by Brazilian photographer Karine Garcêz taken in Palestine, Syria, Lebanon and Turkey. It runs until February 18 in state capital Fortaleza.
‘Wadjda’, directed by Saudi filmmaker Haifaa al Mansour, will be shown on the second Sunday of 2017 at Sesc in the city of São Carlos.
Photographer Marcelo Schellini created a documentary on Egyptian stories and a book telling travel stories, with photos portraying how Arab culture was incorporated into Brazil’s. Both are part of his doctoral work.
Images of the city of Douma taken by two Syrian photographers are part of World Press Photo, an exhibition of the most prized photos of international journalism. The exhibition stays in Salvador until January 29.
The storytelling for kids based on Arab stories will play on Tuesday (27) at the Sesc branch of the Greater São Paulo city. Artist Cris Guerra, of Lebanese descent, is the author of the show.
The institution opened this week to teach to new generations the tradition involved in falcon breeding and training.
Researchers of the subject will sit in roundtable discussions at a nationwide meeting from March 28 to 30 at Fluminense Federal University in Rio de Janeiro. The event will honor the historian Ciro Flamarion Cardoso.
Iman Issa will have three sculpture works in the collective exhibition Hallstat, which opens this Saturday at Galpão Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel. The theme is duality.
