He will be paid tribute today in São Paulo at an event organized by the Arab Chamber. To Salim Schahin, the organization’s president, Lula is ‘the great promoter ‘ of Brazil-Middle East relations.

Arab immigration to Brazil began in the late 19th century. And it brought with it a new way of doing trade. Discounts, rapid product flow, instalments… Arabs were travelling the country.

This is the title of a book by Francirosy Barbosa, who studies the female universe in Muslim communities. The work includes essays, images, excerpts from dissertations and theses on Islam.

The Arab Brazilian Chamber is going to train employees of hotels affiliated with the São Paulo Convention & Visitors Bureau. The objective is to qualify them to cater to guests from Arab countries.

If it is up to the Association of Livestock Breeders and Dairy Producers of Vale do Ribeira, domestic consumers and, in the long run, foreign ones should start drinking buffalo milk for breakfast.

The mission to Iran, Lebanon and Egypt that the Ministry of Development will promote in April aims to diversify the basket of products and increase the number of companies that sell to the region.