The brainchild of a Brazilian, online project Migra will feature translation into Portuguese. In addition to debates, the project will include readings, academic forums, meetings with students, and book launches.
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An online meeting hosted by the Brazil-Lebanon Cultural Center and Gepom will see researcher Muna Omran give a presentation, followed by a conversation with viewers, about how the Arab diaspora is featured in books by major Brazilian authors.
The campaign aims at fighting hunger, a situation that the pandemic has brought about for many Brazilians. The entity has created an exclusive Pix key for those willing to cooperate.
Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Morocco are some of the Arab countries that are leading the race to vaccinate against COVID-19.
Food prices are still high a year into the pandemic in Brazil. Meat, maize and wheat costs kept climbing in February. As for the Arab countries, food inflation is plaguing the likes of Lebanon, Sudan and Yemen.
Born in a small village in Lebanon, Jihan Zoghbi moved to Brazil where she obtained her doctoral degree in Computer Science from USP. She chairs the Brazilian Healthcare CIOs Association, which spreads information on the fight against COVID-19.
GEPOM will offer a wide range of online courses on the Middle East from March to April. Registration is open.
In the Arab country, an organization of women from Brazil is donating food kits, hand sanitizer, medicine, diapers and powdered milk to fellow expatriates who are struggling with the quarantine.
Lebanese American University (LAU) is one of the most renowned universities in the Middle East. Students from all over the world may apply for scholarships until January 2020.
Government approved new austere budget for 2019 aimed to cut the deficit to 7.5% of GDP from 11.5%.
Hassan Mourad was nominated together with the new cabinet formation of the Arab country. The position didn’t exist in the previous government. He was born in São Paulo in 1976.
Racing at 200kpm, the pilot Lebos Ribeiro Chaguri wins 2018 edition of the F3000 Powerboat World Championship in Malaysia.
Hanah Mustapha Abou Arabi’s Lebanon-born grandfather arrived in Brazil at age 18. A psychiatrist, she was the first woman to graduate in Medicine in her family. Most of her patients these days have anxiety disorder.
The index which tracks activity dropped from 46 points in June to 45.4 in July.
