São Paulo-based musician Sami Bordokan is one of the best-know names when it comes to Arab music in Brazil. Besides singing, playing different instruments and writing, Bordokan is now performing as an actor in the musical The Prophet.

Part of the proceeds from coffee grown by a Lebanese will be funneled to help the Syrian people. For each Yalla Yalla pack bought, roasting business Tocaya will donate BRL 5 to the Arab country through the UN World Food Programme.

Brazilian Autotech Mileto already produces electric motorcycles and minitrucks and intends to bring passenger cars to the market in 2023 with prices starting at BRL 100,000 (USD 19,000). The company aims to export and will hold investment rounds next year. A Dubai fund has become interested in the business.