São Paulo – Photo exhibit Uma Longa Jornada (A Long Journey), portraying Middle East refugees, is set to launch next Thursday (12th) in Rio de Janeiro. The show will continue until January 10th, 2016 at Centro Cultural Correios and admission is free. It features 40 photos and five short films.
The material is from the archives of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and shows the agency’s work in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. The exhibit in Brazil is held by UNRWA in partnership with the United Nations Information Center in Brazil (UNIC Rio), with support from the Embassy of the Arab League.
The exhibition had stints at Centro Cultural São Paulo from January through March, where it welcomed over 1,000 visitors, and at Museu Nacional do Conjunto Cultural da República, in Brasília, from May to June.
Uma Longa Jornada
November 12th, 2015 to January 10th, 2016
Centro Cultural Correios
Rua Visconde de Itaboraí, 20
Downtown | Rio de Janeiro – Rio de Janeiro
Opening hours: Tuesdays to Sundays from 12pm to 7pm
Free admission
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*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum