Carolina Ponte and Pedro Varela will showcase their work at Doha’s Anima Gallery from February 9th to April 9th. The show is an action of the Qatar-Brazil Year of Culture.’
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The National Library Foundation has opened applications for grants for foreign publishers who wish to take Brazilian authors abroad to promote their books. Applications must be submitted by March 10.
The Arab country is showing this Thursday (30), at the Museum of Islamic Art, the film Central Station, opening a series of monthly screenings to take place all year long. The project is part of the Year of Culture Qatar Brazil 2014.
Mohamed El Sayed will teach Sufi and belly dance techniques. Lessons will take place on February 15 and 16. Registration is open.
Premiere ICArabe celebrates the Institute of Arab Culture’s tenth anniversary and shows national and Latin American productions with Arab themes. The exhibit starts in São Paulo, on February 03.
‘Omar’ was nominated for the Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Among the nominees, are films from Italy, Belgium, Denmark and Cambodia.
Zaatari – Children of the War, exhibit by Brazilian photographer Gabriel Chaim, brings 25 images of the lives of children who have escaped the conflicts in Syria. The show is open until February 07 in Belém, in the Northeast of Brazil.
The Arab television channel will show two films made in Brazil under the Project Viewfinder, which sponsors documentaries about social issues in Latin America. One shows the reality of the homeless in São Paulo and the other Haitian immigration in Acre.
Brazilian artist Marilza Ramos has already exported her pictures to the region through trade shows. After a recent exhibit in Qatar, she plans on opening a studio in Doha and a showroom in Dubai.
Character created by Luciana Savaget travels to Iraq, Jordan and Palestine, where she interacts with characters from the Thousand and One Nights. One of her works was published in Arabic, which she promoted among children in the region.
La Maison de Maroc, owned by artist Abdelaziz Bahsain, sells pictures, furniture, mirrors and other art objects. The shop also provides typical painting and restoration services, and will offer Arabic calligraphy lessons.
Haythem Slaimi made a doll for the show Mail Art Cupcake, due at São Paulo’s MuBe up until the 30th. He also paints pictures and wants to promote his work in the country.
Fabiana Barreiro, doctoral student at Unesp, was honoured for her research on the effects of disinfectant on pre-slaughter chickens. She participated in a conference in the country in November.
At a meeting on Monday (9th) and Tuesday (10th), Brazilian and foreign scholars will discuss the coexistence of different traditions, including the Arab, the Christian and the Jewish. A Lebanese researcher will give a lecture.
