Songwritter and professor Fernando Lewis de Mattos will talk about five string instruments and ancient musical systems in Sumerian, Greece and the Arab world. The course is set for Monday (5th) and admission is free.
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Zahle publishing company from Teresina, Piauí, publishes works that prioritize projects about countries, culture and business from the Middle East and North Africa.
Bianca da Silva began to teach classes in the Portuguese graduate course at Aswan University this week, as part of her post-doctorate research and of a partnership between the Egyptian and Brazilian education institutions.
NGO will hold a charity bazaar on September 26th in the city of São Paulo. The meeting will have sale of goods and presentation of music, dance and other activities. The goal is to raise money for refugees studying Portuguese.
Mohsen Elhahdy Said will go over the state of higher education in Egypt in a seminar at the Brazilian Academy of Sciences next week. The key subject is the development of education in the BRICS countries.
In a lecture at the Arab Brazilian Chamber, USP professor Arlene Clemesha said the world cannot be neatly divided into opposing regions and that Islam is rooted in freethinking.
The Brazil-Lebanon Cultural Center will apply the Celpe-Bras test, which attests mastery of the Portuguese language, from April 2016. In October, the organization starts offering a prep course for the exam.
Moema Olival, from Goiás state, releases book in which she analyses how the Arab culture influenced the works of six Brazilian authors of Lebanese descent.
Conflicts prevent access to the educational system in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Yemen, Libya, Sudan and Palestine, according to a report by UNICEF. The targeting of schools is one of the causes.
A set of 75 photos with landscapes, Windows and houses taken throughout the world can be seen at Novo Projeto store, in Salvador. They were taken by Ania Billian and include images from Morocco.
Photos by Brazil’s journalist Lú Braga and sergeant Bruno Percut, showcasing the Navy’s social actions in the Arab country, will be on display at the Brazil-Lebanon Cultural Center, in Beirut, starting September 10th.
Essam Elbattal moved from Cairo to Rio Grande do Sul state 15 years ago and sets up touring museums about Ancient Egypt in different cities of the country. Exhibits have sound and light presentations, besides an app.
Historian Arlene Clemesha will speak on the views of western countries on the Middle East and the relations of the Arab world with democracy. The event takes place on September 8th, at 7 PM, at the Arab Chamber, in São Paulo.
The dramatic reading of ‘The welcome of the emperor’ (direct translation) is inspired in the trip D. Pedro II to Lebanon in 1876 and the immigration that followed. The play will be staged on September 29th in São Paulo.

