Student from throughout the world can register. The works have to focus on one or several of the organization’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Registrations are open until September 4.
Browsing: Culture
Actresses Simone Kalil and Beth Zalcman star in ‘Brimas,’ a theater play inspired by their grandmothers, one of them a Lebanese Arab and the other an Egyptian Jew. The São Paulo premiere will be on Friday (26).
Four short films from Arab countries were selected for São Paulo’s international film festival, which starts this Wednesday (24). Productions come from Syrian, Egypt, Morocco and Qatar.
Next September, professors Geraldo Campos and Jair Marcatti will teach the course ‘Arab Presence in Brazilian Culture.’ From cuisine to music, they’ll show how the East’s influence permeates life in Brazil.
The Brazilian Film Festival’s first edition will run from August 31 to September 3 in Beirut. Six movies with English subtitles will be shown. The program will also include an opening cocktail reception and a debate with filmmakers.
Since 2010, Bahia state native Nadia Schwab has lived in the Arab country with her family. In her book ‘O Melhor dos Meus Dias,’ released this month, she recounts her life and experience in a culture so unlike her own.
Georgetown University Qatar, of Doha, will fund researches on mobility, displacement and forced migration in the Middle East. The grants can reach up to USD 25,000. Registrations are open until September 15.
The show ‘Tomorrow everything will be alright’ runs from September 3 to December 3 at Galpão VB in São Paulo. The Lebanese artist’s first solo exhibit in Brazil portrays affections from the Middle East through video installations.
‘Arab Music: Expressiveness and Subtlety’ takes place in September. The classes will cover topics such as people’s relationship with music and the differences from Western rhythms. Registrations are open.
The exhibition ‘Challenges and Realities’ portrays students from several countries benefited by Qatar’s Educate a Child program. The exhibit is open until August 21 at Bayt Qatar.
The group Mutrib is a conflation of artists who work to make the music of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans known in Brazil. Two shows are scheduled for the next few days in São Paulo.
The National Library Foundation has issued two public notices to promote Brazilian literature abroad. The programs will give support to local authors and foreign translators of Brazilian works.
Aswan University Portuguese Language Department head Maged El Gebaly will expound on cultural ties between Brazil and Egypt starting this Thursday at the federal university of the state of Tocantins.
Animated films will be an addition in the 11th Arab World Film Festival, set to run until August 28 in São Paulo. The event will feature 30 motion pictures and discussions with Arab and Brazilian filmmakers.
