{"id":214557,"date":"2019-05-26T07:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T10:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=214557"},"modified":"2019-06-30T16:30:43","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T19:30:43","slug":"history-doctorate-holder-launches-book-on-the-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/history-doctorate-holder-launches-book-on-the-east\/","title":{"rendered":"History professor launches book on the East"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The orientalism of Dom Pedro II, Middle Eastern influences in Rio de Janeiro, Syrian refugees in Turkey, and modern-day geopolitics in Morocco. These are some of the subjects covered in the essays featured in Tr\u00f3picos Orientais, Orientes Tropicais \u2013 Reflex\u00f5es sobre o Brasil e o Oriente M\u00e9dio <\/em>(Oriental Tropics, Tropical Orients \u2013 Reflections on Brazil and the Middle East), a book by Monique Sochaczewski (pictured<\/em>), who holds a doctorate in History from FGV-Rio and is the academic coordinator for the Brazilian Center for International Relations (Cebri<\/a>), in Rio de Janeiro. The book will be released 5 pm on May 30 at the Cebri headquarters in the G\u00e1vea neighborhood.<\/p>\n

The launch event will include a signing session and a discussion panel. Besides the author, panelists will include PUC-Rio International Relations Institute professor and Cebri senior fellow Monica Herz; and ambassador Gelson Fonseca, an adviser at Cebri and the director of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affair\u2019s Center for History and Diplomatic Documentation (CHDD).<\/p>\n

Sochaczewski told ANBA that the book is a collection of columns written for online magazine\u00a0Di\u00e1spora<\/a><\/em>, which covers Middle East and North Africa affairs in connection with Brazil.<\/p>\n

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Book cover features a green-and-yellow Arab tile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The first \u2013 and longest \u2013 essay in the book is O Orientalismo Peculiar de Dom Pedro II<\/em> (Dom Pedro II\u2019s Peculiar Orientalism), which addresses the former emperor of Brazil\u2019s passion for the Middle East and North Africa. \u201cDom Pedro II visited Egypt on two different occasions and spent four months touring the region. He also traveled to what are now Lebanon, Syria and Palestine, as well as other portions of the then-Ottoman territory. He was truly interested in acquiring knowledge on the region,\u201d said Sochaczewski, who specializes in the Ottoman Empire.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Rio M\u00e9dio-Oriental<\/em> (Oriental-Middle Rio) covers Arab and Oriental influences in Rio de Janeiro areas like Cinel\u00e2ndia and Saara, an Eastern\/Arab stronghold in downtown Rio since the early 20th<\/sup> century. Sochaczewski organizes walking tours of these neighborhoods in which she points out the oriental features in the architecture and cuisine. \u201cWe begin with Cinel\u00e2ndia. Though once known as the \u2018Paris of the Tropics\u2019 due to its French-influenced architecture, it features lots of details from the Arab world; after that we move on to the Saara, with its Arab awnings; the centennial bakery Padaria Bassil, which carries the best sfiha and Arab bread in town; and finally Seu Joel\u2019s traditional Syrian-Lebanese restaurant,\u201d Sochaczewski said. This essay mentions an ANBA report about a tour of downtown S\u00e3o Paulo offered by SESC Santo Andr\u00e9 last February, which included sites like P\u00e1tio do Col\u00e9gio and 25th<\/sup> of March Street. The tour traced back the history of Arab immigration to the city, predominantly from Syria and Lebanon.<\/p>\n

Other essays cover Brazilian academic and audiovisual production about the region; modern-day Morocco geopolitics; the issue of Syrian refugees in Turkey; and Kurdish women, among other topics.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis book has no major aspirations. It was born of an invitation to share knowledge. The texts are short and accessible to anyone with an interest in the East,\u201d said Sochaczewski. She made a point of saying it was she who took the cover photo in Marrakech, Morocco. \u201cIt\u2019s a green and yellow tile. I found it to be symbolic, because it\u2019s a real typical Arab mosaic, but it has the colors of Brazil,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n

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

Book launch – Tr\u00f3picos Orientais, Orientes Tropicais \u2013 Reflex\u00f5es sobre o Brasil e o Oriente M\u00e9dio<\/em>
\nMonique Sochaczewski
\nSigning session and discussion panel
\nMay 30, Thursday, 5 pm
\nRua Marqu\u00eas de S\u00e3o Vicente, 336 \u2013 G\u00e1vea
\nRio de Janeiro
\nFree of charge<\/p>\n

Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n

Press Release<\/div>\n
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