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.
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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.
The Palestinian thespian will be honored at the Alliance Française theater during an event that will see the launch of the Beit21 platform on the 17th, 18th and 19th this month.
A son to Palestinians who arrived in Brazil under refugee status in the 1960s, Hassan Zarif runs Al Janiah, a bar in downtown São Paulo whose main features include (good) Arab food and a staff replete with refugees, plus political discussions. He told ANBA a bit of his story and his ties with Palestine.
