São Paulo – “Arab immigrants & Brazil’s Carnival” will be the subject of an online meeting in Portuguese [“O imigrante árabe e o Carnaval”] this Wednesday (1), at 7:00 pm, on the YouTube channel of Brazil’s Arab Culture Institute (ICArabe). The debate is part of the “Dialogues of the Arab World” [“Diálogos do Mundo Árabe”] series, which addresses the diversity and influence of Arab culture in Brazil in different aspects. Meetings will occur on each month’s first Wednesday throughout the year 2023.
The vice president of ICArabe, University of Lisbon Ph.D., professor at the Language School of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), and author of books on Arab and Brazilian culture, João Baptista de Medeiros Vargens(pictured above), will lecture about carnival and immigration. He wrote biographies of personalities from the Portela samba school. ICArabe’s cultural director, Soraya Misleh, will be the meeting host.
Through the meetings, ICArabe intends to uphold and draw attention to Arab culture in Brazil, encouraging recognition of its presence in local society. The São Paulo-based institute works to integrate, study, and promote the many forms of expression of Arab culture, ancient and contemporary, and encourage the recognition of its presence in Brazilian society.
Quick facts:
Dialogues of the Arab World Meeting “Arab immigrants & Brazil’s Carnival” [“O imigrante árabe e o Carnaval”] (in Portuguese)
Lecturer: João Baptista de Medeiros Vargens
Wednesday, March 1, 7:00 pm BRT
On ICArabe’s YouTube channel
Free
Translated by Elúsio Brasileiro
