Bookstore Livraria da Vila in São Paulo was packed on Thursday (1) for the launch of “Aprenda a negociar com o mundo árabe”, a book by executive Rafael Solimeo. Brazil former president Michel Temer attended. Solimeo is the head of the Arab-Brazilian Chamber office in Dubai.

Arab-Brazilian Chamber and ApexBrazil bring 12 Arab and Asian importers to the Latin American country to negotiate with Brazilian food supplying companies through the Halal do Brasil project. Eleven Brazilian states and the Federal District participate.

Upon his first travel to Brazil, then mechanical engineer Barakat heard from his mother that opening a restaurant could be in his path. After gravitating towards other fields, what first was a farfetched idea became a reality, and he’s now chef and owner of São Paulo’s award-winning Arab restaurant Shahiya.