The I Symposium on Women and Arab Literature will occur from November 16 to 18. The event is organized by the International Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Federal University of Sergipe, partnering with the Arab Women’s Film Festival and Editora Tabla publishing house.
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The Dubrasil Book Club musters Brazilians in the emirate since 2015. This year, one of its founders also launched a children’s library.
The Lebanese-descendant writer launched earlier this year her new novel “Elas marchavam sob o sol” [They marched under the sun]. The writer was a finalist of the Jabuti Award 2018 and won São Paulo Prize for Literature with her previous novel.
A debate regarding books written in Brazil by Syrian and Lebanese immigrants and their descendants will be featured on the Brazilian publishing company Tabla’s social media outlets.
Abdellah Taïa was in Brazil to promote his first book translated into Portuguese, “He Who Is Worthy of Love.” He participated in Ceará Book Fest, Balada Literária in Salvador and came to São Paulo for a literary event.
Much of the story of the tale that was added to the ‘Arabian Nights’ were acquired from a Syrian traveler, who might have inspired the character, says Brazilian professor who teaches in Abu Dhabi.
Author Wiana Aguiar will read a selection of poems from her children book, while Paulo Horta, professor of literature in NYU Abu Dhabi, discusses the book ‘Aladdin – A New Translation.’
Online magazine Revista Pessoa will release translated works by 12 writers, including Milton Hatoum, Raduan Nassar, Marcelo Maluf and Socorro Acioli next year, via a partnership involving Abu Dhabi’s Kalima Project for Translation and the Arab Chamber.
Aswan University and Al-Azhar University have registrations open until November 9 for those interested in working with teaching and research in the Arab country.
The event features over 3 million books on offer with discounts as high as 80%. The Big Bad Wolf Book Sale began this Thursday and will go on around the clock until the 28th this month.
A 100-book library was donated by the UAE for the use of the Immigrant Citizenship and Integration Center (CIC), scheduled to open next week in São Paulo.
The emirate of Sharjah is the guest of honor of the São Paulo International Book Biennial. It will present dozens of works translated from Arabic into Portuguese during the event. There will also be cultural events and conversations with writers from the region.
The award is given to individuals or institutions that have contributed to the spread of the Arab culture. Submissions by Brazilians must be forwarded to Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Itamaraty) until August 15.
