Event in the Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce on Thursday (18) discussed the relevance of digitizing rare documents and the process to access a collection on the immigration.
Browsing: arab immigration
Researchers and experts in the Arab universe speak this week on the Instagram page of Marcia Dib, who holds a master’s degre in Arab culture. Livestreams will take place through Friday (29) in celebration of the Brazilian Arab Community Day.
The first Arab immigrant in Brazil and the first Arabic newspaper in Latin America are some of the findings of the Project of Digitization of the Memory of the Arab Immigration to Brazil. Open for consultation since last year, the archive has 120,000 digitized pieces and has been used by researchers.
Writer and researcher Roberto Khatlab (pictured below) pens an article on the newspapers, magazines, and books produced by the first Arab immigrants in Brazil. The works followed the trends of the Arab Renaissance and were digitized in a project by the Lebanese university USEK and the Arab Brazilian Chamber.
Around 40 children visited the headquarters of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in São Paulo to learn more about the history of Arab immigration to Brazil.
Artwork celebrating the Arab immigration in Brazil was created by Kleber Pagú on the front of the Edifício Garagem Automática Senador in downtown São Paulo and finished on January 25.
In an article, professor Roberto Khatlab (pictured below) tells about the research he carried out, which led him to names that could be the first Lebanese to emigrate to Brazil and the first to return to Lebanon after living in Brazilian lands.
Historian Heloisa Abreu Dib Julien will discuss the role of Arab female leadership in Brazil this Thursday (24) at the 2nd International Seminar on Women and Democracy in São Paulo.
This Saturday (20), at 4:00 pm BRT, São Paulo’s Esporte Clube Sírio will hold a lecture on 25 de março, the street in which Arab immigrants opened shops when arrived in Brazil.
An Arab delegation in Brazil participated in a celebration in the São Paulo city center, where an artwork to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and Arab entrepreneurship was presented.
Artwork on the façade of a garage building overlooking the Rua 25 de Março in São Paulo will be unveiled on July 5. The installation honors the Arab entrepreneurship and celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce.
The Library of Lebanese university USEK has established cooperation with the Moise Khayrallah Center in the United States. Through it, a digital collection of journals and newspapers published by Arab immigrants in Latin America will be processed with OCR technology, facilitating research.
In an event hosted by the Arab Brazilian Chamber at Expo 2020 Dubai this Sunday (27), Arab and Brazilian authorities spoke about the migratory ties uniting the regions. Arabs were able to get to know a new face of Brazil, in addition to the commercial one.
In a partnership with the Arab Brazilian Chamber, the Immigration Museum held an event celebrating the Day of the Arab Community in Brazil on Saturday (26). The program featured a project and a survey presentation and short-film screenings, as well as many tales of immigration.
