Brazil’s Dom Pedro II travelled to Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Palestine and wrote down his impressions in pads. They are kept by the Imperial Museum and their contents are available online.
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Typical attire from the collection of Lebanon’s Samia Saab will be on display in São Paulo’s Theatro Municipal on November 19th. A folk wedding from the Arab country will also be staged.
University of São Paulo professor Arlene Clemesha is hosting a debate on ‘Palestinian cinema yesterday and today’ on November 28th in São Paulo. Registration is open.
‘Anonymous faces’ depicts people ignored by society in photographs, engravings and paintings. The show will be open from November 6th to December 5th in Beirut.
Brazil’s Ministry of Culture has launched a prize that will award roughly US$ 36,000 to 20 culture internationalization initiatives. Projects are required to be locally developed.
Teacher Magaly Quadros’s volunteer project ‘The Hour of Tale in Dubai’ is designed to introduce the children of Brazilian expatriates in the Emirates to Brazil’s literature, music and games.
Created by intellectuals, the Institute of Geopolitical Studies on the Middle East wants to create room for Brazilians to discuss the events of the region with information from Arab sources.
The countries are part of E9, a group of nine countries that are home to half the world’s population and over 70% of illiterate adults worldwide. New targets will be proposed at a meeting in November.
Claudio Cohen will direct two performances by the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra on October 30th and November 5th in Doha. The first concert will feature repertoire by Villa-Lobos and Carlos Gomes.
The Brazilian chanteuse Adriana Moreira has been selected for the Visa for Music festival, due in November. In order to participate in the business and music event, she and her group need sponsorship.
From the 11th to the 25th, the public will have the chance to see ‘Card Games”. The plays touch upon politics, history and the universe of games and are spoken in English, French and Arabic, with Portuguese subtitles.
The 38th São Paulo International Film Festival will include seven feature films made in Arab countries. Non-Arab productions also focus on regional matters such as the Palestinian issue.
The classes will be taught from the 8th to the 29th this month in São Paulo by Lygia Rocco and Andrea Piccini, from the University of São Paulo (USP). Registration is still open.
‘Salt of the Earth’ and ‘Trash,’ co-produced with other countries, will be screened at the event due from October 23rd to November 1st. The movies will compete for the Audience Choice Award.
