‘And this film was just the start,’ said the director of ‘Gaza,’ the documentary film which opened the 2020 Arab World Film Festival at Home. Garry Keane was featured in the event’s final live stream this Friday (11), alongside journalist Diogo Bercito and professor Arlene Clemesha.
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Hosted by the Arab Brazilian Chamber’s Women’s Committee and the Women Inside Trade group, a free online event at 9 am on Wednesday (16) will tackle the experiences of businesswomen who work with Arab markets. Registration is open.
Year-to-date through August, Arab countries purchased 1.17 million bags of coffee from Brazil, up 2.8% year-on-year. Export revenues, however, slid by 8%.
Brazilian and Arab enterprises featured in the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce area at the Foodeshow got in touch with players in five Arab countries. The event wrapped up this Wednesday (9), but its online platform will remain available going forward for additional networking.
The online film festival will continue until December 2, featuring one film per week, including two Arab feature films – made in Egypt and in Sudan.
A batch of 26,000 animals will be loaded onto a ship at the Rio Grande Port, in Rio Grande do Sul, 22,000 of which are headed for Turkey. The remainder is bound for Lebanon.
In an interview with ANBA, the dean of the Council of Arab Ambassadors in Brazil, Ibrahim Alzeben, stressed the role of Brazil in supplying aid to Lebanon in the wake of the disaster that struck on August 4. He thanked the Arab Brazilian Chamber for its work.
The enhancement of trade was in discussion in an online event hosted by the Arab Chamber this Wednesday (9). The agricultural attaché at the Embassy of Brazil in Morocco, Nilson Guimarães, said sales of coffee, tropical fruit and other items from Brazil could increase.
Company Jacto of Brazil believes in the potential of partnerships to implement new technologies in the Arab country, where opportunities are available to grow citrus fruits, tomatoes and olives. Industry association Abimaq’s executive director stressed Brazil’s role in technology production in an Arab Chamber webinar this Wednesday (9) featuring Brazilian and Moroccan diplomats.
Shipped volume went up while revenue declined last month, the Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA) said. Sales increased to Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
The seaport in Morocco came up in the 2019 Lloyd’s List ranking of container throughput. It remains the number one port in Africa. “
Last year saw clothing sales from Morocco and Tunisia to Brazil go up. This year should be a different story, with sales slowing down as a consequence of the pandemic.
The Egypt-Mercosur free trade agreement had its third anniversary on September 1st. Since it became effective, exports from Brazil to Egypt climbed 21.1%, according to the National Confederation of Industries (CNI).
The Dubai Airport Free Zone Authority (DAFZA) is hosting a webinar next Wednesday (9) at 11 am, Dubai time to introduce its publication on Islamic economy. Registrations are open.
