{"id":212571,"date":"2019-04-18T07:00:53","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T10:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=212571"},"modified":"2019-04-22T13:58:33","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T16:58:33","slug":"brazilian-launches-memoirs-about-the-arab-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/brazilian-launches-memoirs-about-the-arab-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian launches memoirs about the Arab world"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The Brazilian author Simone Bica launched the book \u201cDi\u00e1rio do Oriente: Percurso de uma alma bedu\u00edna\u201d [loosely translated as \u201cEast Journal: The Journey of a Bedouin Soul\u201d] earlier this year in Rio de Janeiro (photo above<\/em>) and intends to launch a bilingual version in English and Portuguese later this year for the Arab world. According to the author, who talked to ANBA from Aman, Jordan, the book talks about the Middle East and her journey through Arab lands, immerging in their history, language, habits and customs.<\/p>\n

Bica had her first contact with the Arab world when she started studying Arabic with her husband in Switzerland in mid-2015. \u201cMy husband is Swiss, we\u2019ve always liked to learn new languages, and we took the Arabic course in German. It was very challenging, and I ended up falling in love with the Arab culture,\u201d she told.<\/p>\n

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Cover of Bica\u2019s book<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the same year, Bica made an interchange to study that language in Jordan and stayed at a family\u2019s house in its capital, Aman. \u201cIt worked so well they are now my family. I came back sometimes on my own and still stay with them,\u201d she said. She is spending three months in the country and told that besides Jordan, she has visited Oman and the United Arab Emirates. \u201cIn the book, most chronicles are about Jordan and one is set in Oman; the UAE ended up not making to the final edition,\u201d she told. Bica wants to visit every Arab country over the next years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe book\u2019s intention is to interactively take people in the Arab universe in a light, concise way; it is a travel with me through places, their histories and my true experiences in the universe in order to demystify all sorts of prejudices,\u201d said Bica, who is also a Psychology student. The interactive part of the book is a QR code that allows the reader to have access to videos of Bica\u2019s travels. \u201cI want to show how much we have to learn from and thank this culture,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

The book includes 43 chronicles in 118 pages, set in cities such as Petra, Aman, Madab, Aqaba, and the Dead Sea region. \u201cI wanted to express a latent [need] that was so big it had to be shared. My love for a people and a culture so diverse, so different from mine, but when I\u2019m here in Arab lands, I feel no difference,\u201d she said. \u201cI was afraid [of coming to an Arab country], but my fear was overcame and my soul has found its place; here in Arab lands I\u2019m fully Simone,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n

\u201cDi\u00e1rio do Oriente: Percurso de uma alma bedu\u00edna\u201d is sold online through the publishing house Autografia<\/a>‘s and the bookstore Livraria da Travessa<\/a>‘s websites, for BRL 37 (USD 10)<\/p>\n

Quick Facts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Di\u00e1rio do Oriente: Percurso de uma alma bedu\u00edna
\nSimone Bica
\n118 pages
\nEditora Autografia
\nISBN 978-85-518-1463-5<\/p>\n

Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n

Press Release<\/div>\n
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