Students interested in taking part in an educational trip to Palestine and Israel in 2017 can sign up until July 29. An international academic network is organizing the trip. Work in local NGOs is included.
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An exhibition at a local museum will feature the work of photographer Jacques Menassa. The pictures are from different periods in the life of the artist, who is based in Lebanon, but used to live in Brazil.
Registrations for the Celpe-Bras will be open from July 27 to August 18. The exam will take place at the Brazil-Lebanon Cultural Center from October 18 to 20. Up to 20 people can take the test.
Traces of human presence in the sixth millennium B.C. were found in Umm Al Quwain, one of the territories that make up the United Arab Emirates.
Initiative from embassies of Brazil and Portugal introduced the language as one of the courses taught at Hamad Bin Khalifa University. The next group starts classes on September 20. Classes for kids are being considered.
Institution will start classes on September 5. The school will offer from kindergarten to high school. Students will have classes in Arabic, Portuguese, French and English. Diploma will also be valid in Lebanon.
Inaugurated this Tuesday in the Parisian museum, the place honors Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, former president of the Arab country who died in 2004.
Stories told by the queen and adapted by the Italian comics author Sergio Toppi are hitting Brazilian bookstores in the first release from a new publishing house.
Cultural venue Sesc Santo Amaro, in São Paulo, will present a puppet theater based on Arab stories on July 16. Actress Cris Miguel, who is of Lebanese descent, created and performs the show.
‘History in Icons’ will address power relations between State and religion at different points in time, from July 18 to 28 at the São Paulo Sacred Art Museum. Enrolment is open.
During the performance of ‘Salamaleque’, actress Valéria Arbex prepares typical dishes for the audience while deep in recollection brought by love letters written by her Syrian grandparents.
Tony Valentte is looking for people with personal and professional stories portraying the overcome of barriers and prejudice. Testimonies will be part of his work ‘United Nations, I’m a Muslim’.
In October, the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon will host a colloquium on cultural interactions between Latin America and the Middle East. Registration for scholars and artists is open until July 30.
An open-to-the-public meeting on August 24 at the Goiás State University will focus on the influence of Arab culture in Brazil via the work of Raduan Nassar and Milton Hatoum.
