The professor of Contemporary Arab History and director of the Palestinian Studies Center at the University of São Paulo (USP), Arlene Clemesha, gave a lecture on Thursday (2) about the Middle Eastern diaspora in South America at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK) in Lebanon. The lecture was part of a program organized by
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The Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (Usek) opened the exhibition “The Lebanese Journey in Latin America–From Then to Now” and hosted the conference “Diplomacy Across the Oceans: 80 Years of Lebanon-Latin America” last week at its Kaslik campus library. With pieces from the exhibition visible in the background of the photo, researcher, writer, and director
The Arab representative at the event was developed for Bahrain by students from the American University of Beirut. The exhibition invites participants to explore solutions for a warmer world.
After meeting with officials from the Arab country, the International Monetary Fund praised fiscal efforts but called for “ambitious” reforms to restore growth.
Mohamad Orra Mourad and Fernanda Baltazar visited Firjan, Vale, and diplomats from Egypt and Lebanon in Rio de Janeiro to discuss potential initiatives with Arab countries.
The Holy Spirit University of Kaslik is hosting an exhibition featuring records of Lebanese immigration to Latin American countries and a conference on diplomatic relations. Debates and the exhibition’s opening will take place on Thursday (25).
The Guimarães Rosa Institute in Beirut opens a photographic exhibition by Nadine Ashkar on the Tripoli International Fair, a pavilion designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer.
Born in Rio de Janeiro and having spent her childhood between Brazil and Lebanon, ballerina and choreographer Dalal Achcar built an international career and founded a social project that teaches dance to the younger generations.
The 2025 edition of the art exhibition opens on the 6th, featuring a selection of professionals from various Arab countries, including Morocco, as well as Algeria, Mauritania, Lebanon, Sudan, and Palestine.
With negotiations led by a Brazilian partner, the country has become the main foreign destination of Ishtar wines.
An Amazonas native of Lebanese descent, Milton Hatoum became on Thursday (14) the newest member of the ABL, occupying chair number 6.
The Arab Chamber attended a farewell event last week in honor of the chargé d’affaires at the Embassy of Lebanon in Brazil, George El Jallad.
In an article originally published in the latest edition of the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp) contemporary studies magazine Exilium, the historian Silvia Antibas looks back on the history of the Project for the Digitization of the Memory of Arab Immigration to Brazil, its strategy, and its outcomes.
A festival at a historic Lebanese site, the Temple of Bacchus, kicked off with Georges Bizet’s world-renowned piece, directed by the Lebanese-Brazilian Jorge Takla and featuring Brazilian dancers.

