The Jordan-based company Bloom makes body and hair products using Dead Sea mud. It exports to 42 different nations and is looking for a Brazilian distributor.

Process devised by Santa Catarina-born engineer for refinery being built in Pernambuco attracted the attention of Saudis. The water used in pipe cleansing drops from 16 million to 400,000 litres.

Khalid al-Maaly is one of the guests in the ‘Eastern Poetry Journey’ and will feature on November 12th in São Paulo. His poetry reading will be translated on the spot by Mamed Jarouche.

There are 367.5 million mobile phone lines and a population of 360.7 million in the Arab world. Prepaid services prevail, according to a local research company.

A Santa Catarina state business mission to the Middle East ends after contacts with new materials and construction techniques. The delegation travelled to Doha, Dubai and Abu Dhabi.