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Self-taught, musician, composer and teacher Rajana Olba, who lives in Brazil, began crafting the Arab instrument during the pandemic and now has a waiting list of customers.

Of Syrian and Lebanese descent, Brasília-based designer Andrêssa Faiad, creator of the brand Callicore, celebrates nearly thirty years of sustainable fashion.

Born in Syria and of Palestinian and Lebanese descent, Alaa Kaseem decided to move to Brazil about ten years ago and found in the country the support and conditions he needed to start a business. Knowledgeable about Arab ice creams and their flavors, he and his wife opened the ice cream shop Al Kaseem Gelato in São Paulo.

Syrian painter is in Brazil for an art residency. During a visit to the Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Layla Ousta said the country’s nature is what amazed her the most. Some of her paintings now feature the fauna and flora of the Atlantic Forest.