Brazil has donated USD 75,000 to the UN agency that supports Palestinian refugee camps. The sum will be destined for fighting the coronavirus.
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On Monday (29) the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is celebrated. Solidarity rallies will take place in several cities of Brazil. Foz do Iguaçu will see the launch of a documentary.
Diplomat Alesandro Candeas presented his credentials to the president of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, earlier this week.
Public library in the city of Beitunia created a Brazilian section after receiving 200 books earlier this week. Other two cities with Brazilian communities will soon receive donations.
In a press release, the institutional development center for the relations between Arabs and Brazilians calls for efforts from the international community to end the hostilities in the region, where Palestinians and Israelis fight, and says that stability will only be achieved when the rights of the Palestinian people are recognized.
Registration is open and free of charge. The meetings will start this Friday (21) and will go until June 5, totaling seven classes.
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil is hosting online the 2nd Arab Women’s Film Festival to run until June 27. All movies are directed by Arab women, and 27 are premières in Brazil.
A series of demonstrations were held in Brazil in solidarity with the moment that Palestine is going through and to commemorate Nakba, which took place 73 years ago.
Such councils are in place in some of the countries that are home to Brazilian communities. Since last year, the group in Palestine comprises seven women.
Brazil’s Representative Office in Ramallah is accepting entries for a Portuguese contest for children and teens who live in Palestine.
The Brazilian representative in Palestine, Alessandro Candeas, met with the country’s minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Riyad al-Maliki.
Translators such as Michel Sleiman and Safa Jubran will join author Milton Hatoum to discuss the life and work of poet Mahmud Darwich. The Palestinian would turn 80 this month and Editora Tabla is hosting meetings in his honor.
Three events in December will discuss cultural and historical aspects of the Arab world. The topics are Palestine, the Endless Saga; the Nefertiti Bust-Portrait; and the Veil and the Visibility Conflict. Registrations are open.
The ‘Oslo at 25: the Elusive Peace’ forum will take place on October 22-23 at the campus in São Paulo. The event is free of charge and registrations are open.
