Two Brazilian photographers travelled to the West Bank in 2013. Now, 30 pictures in black and white convey the reality of the area’s residents to audiences in Brazil.
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Exhibition by the Palestinian artist opens on the 6th at Estação Pinacoteca. Artworks discuss war, dreams and real life. The event also features a previously unseen installation made with Brazilian partners.
Students from São Paulo’s Colégio Bandeirantes school were the first Brazilians ever to participate in a Formula 1 contest and received an accolade as the best rookie team.
The event will run from November 26th to December 3rd, featuring 15 productions from Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Iran, Turkey, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Tunisia and Jordan.
Specialist Mustafa Nasereddin is speaking at a conference in state capital Aracaju from the 19th to the 21st this month. The event will address technology, research and quality in online education.
A team from a school in São Paulo is competing in the ‘F1 in schools’ tournament. The group has developed miniature Formula 1 race cars and placed 15th in straight track sprint races this Monday.
A team from São Paulo’s Colégio Bandeirantes school is entering a miniature race car design contest. The competition features contenders from 40 countries.
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.
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.

