Amid events to celebrate the UN Arabic Language Day that is commemorated on December 18, actions will be set out to promote, preserve and disseminate the Arabic in the following years.
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The diplomat of Syrian origin was reelected for the 2023-2024 biennium as president of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce. He will lead the entity alongside four vice presidents, a treasurer and 12 statutory directors.
The UNESCO-Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture will open submissions in about ten days; people from any country are eligible to participate. The event at the Arab Brazilian Chamber had the participation of laureates.
This Monday (30), the Arab Brazilian Chamber’s cultural director received the UNESCO-Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture. The award was for 2019, but the ceremony only occurred this year due to the COVID pandemic.
Book with pictures of a trip to the Arab country taken by descendant Bruno Bou Haya was launched on both cities last week.
The award recognizes people, groups, and institutions that work to promote Arab culture. A third party must nominate candidates. Candidature submission deadline is July 30.
Several Brazilian rhythms were informed by the contributions of Arab people. In a live stream on Thursday (26), the historian and Arab Chamber cultural director Silvia Antibas traced back that influence, from 1500 until now.
ABCC cultural director participated in a debate on the relevance of intercultural dialogue in the closing day of the 9th LatinArab Film Festival and addressed Arab immigration to Brazil.
The Arab Chamber’s cultural director Silvia Antibas will join a webinar on Tuesday (13) as part of the National Cultural Diversity Fest of Ijuí, Rio Grande do Sul, which will take place in virtual form. Alessandra Frisso of research firm H2R will present a survey of the Arab population in Brazil.
The Model United Nations for High Schools finished last Friday (7). Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce cultural director Silvia Antibas talked during the closing event.
The institution will launch the initiative next Wednesday (15) in virtual meeting. The group is designed to build rapport between Brazilian and Arab women.
Learn a bit more about the history of Arab Chamber Cultural director Silvia Antibas, one of the recipients of the 2019 UNESCO-Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture announced earlier this month.
The recipients of the 2019 UNESCO-Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture were announced this Monday (18). The Chamber’s Cultural director Silvia Antibas was the second Brazilian ever to get the accolade.
The Arab Brazilian Chamber marked March 25 online this year. In a social media campaign, the organization’s president remarked that physicians of Arab descent and their colleagues are fighting coronavirus, and that Brazil is working to keep supplying food to Arab countries.
