Series of events organized by Sesc-SP’s Research and Training Center promotes the reading of contemporary Arabic books by Brazilian authors and artists. Admission is free.
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Her first book, Near to the Wild Heart, was translated from Portuguese into Arabic by Safa Jubran. Lispector is one of the greatest names of Brazil’s 20th-century literature. Official launch took place in the Guimarães Rosa Institute in Beirut.
Martins Fontes Paulista bookstore will host on Wednesday (5) starting 7:30 pm a roundtable on noir literature set in cities like Tehran, Beirut, Marrakesh, and Bagdad. Discussions are based on a collection by Tabla publishing house.
International Law Professor Salem Nasser has diversified his professional practice to write a children’s book on the adventures of his Lebanese father. Launch is set to October.
My Name is Adam by Elias Khoury will be the topic of the next encounter of Tabla publisher’s book club on May 29, featuring Milton Hatoum and translator Safa Jubran.
The winners of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award (SZBA) have been announced, including authors from Egypt and Tunisia.
Head of the Arab Writers Union, Muhammad al-Hourani, and the Brazilian Ambassador to Syria, André Santos, discussed ways to bring Brazilians and Syrians closer together.
Born in Lebanon and deceased in 2013 in Brazil, where he built his career, the novelist would turn 100 next Tuesday (30). Family will put a website online to pay tribute to him, and a series of events will be held.
Registration is open for three free online classes to start Tuesday (20) at 7:30 pm. Content is based on books about Iraq launched by publisher Tabla.
The grandson of a Lebanese man and a Syrian woman, the writer from São Paulo approached his roots when writing his first novel, ‘A Imensidão Íntima dos Carneiros,’ released in 2015. Now, he prepares to release another novel and three children’s books.
The academic, writer, and poet has been a professor for 20 years at Sorbonne in Paris and dedicates to researching and disseminating the similarities between migratory flows, including Arabs in Brazil.
The debut novel by journalist and writer Diogo Bercito will be launched in an event on Thursday (21) at the Copan building in São Paulo.
Professor, author, and poet Leonardo Tonus will participate in the International Book and Publishing Fair in Rabat, Morocco, and is the first Brazilian invited to the Sidi Bou Saïd International Poetry Festival in Tunisia.
“The Tumour” was written by Ibrahim Al-Koni, who was born and raised in the desert of the Tuareg people in Libya. The book is on pre-sale until April 25.
