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The Digitization Project of the Memory of Arab Immigration in Brazil has completed its first phase and makes available 100,000 digitized pieces. They include pictures and content written by Arab immigrants in their early years in Brazil. The link will be launched officially in an event on Saturday (26) at the Immigration Museum.

By Rubens Hannun For the longest time, the amount of Arabs and Arab descendants living in Brazil had been unknown, and there was talk of numbers that would vary by the millions. Six, seven, ten, twelve, fifteen million. Discrepancies were that great. But as fate would have it, during the fourteen days spanning from July

The diplomat, who worked as secretary-general of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as Brazil’s ambassador to Quito during the Ecuador-Peru peace talks, took office as president of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, 22. His main challenges include moving forward with the modernization of the institution and increasing trade with Arab countries.

Information regarding gender, social mobility, nationality, and religion for the Arab community in Brazil have drawn attention from researchers. The numbers were made available in a survey recently introduced by the Arab Brazilian Chamber, and they were discussed during a webinar this Monday (30).

Due to the current situation, the Arab country sees the departure of professionals and youth, researcher Roberto Khatlab said. He addressed the subject during a webinar on immigration hosted by the Arab House.

The Arab Chamber’s cultural director Silvia Antibas will join a webinar on Tuesday (13) as part of the National Cultural Diversity Fest of Ijuí, Rio Grande do Sul, which will take place in virtual form. Alessandra Frisso of research firm H2R will present a survey of the Arab population in Brazil.