{"id":251785,"date":"2019-07-10T07:00:46","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T10:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=251785"},"modified":"2019-07-08T16:54:26","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T19:54:26","slug":"egypt-having-cultural-festival-in-sao-paulo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/egypt-having-cultural-festival-in-sao-paulo\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt having cultural festival in S\u00e3o Paulo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Egypt\u2019s Economic and Commercial <a href=\"https:\/\/ecob.com.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Office<\/a> in S\u00e3o Paulo will host an art exhibition and a cultural festival on the Arab country in the city from July 23 to August 4 at <a href=\"http:\/\/clubhoms.org.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Club Homs<\/a>. The activities are supported by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccab.org.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Consul Mohamed Elkhatib, the head of the office, says the exhibition will feature paintings by four Egyptian artists: Lofty Abu Sareya <em>(pictured above)<\/em>, based in Brussels, Belgium, Ahmed Samir Farid, from Cairo, Samar Kamel, who lives in Dubai, and Neda Badran, who lives in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Story continues after photo gallery.)<\/em><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-251785 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Pintura-Ahmed2.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Pintura-Ahmed2.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-251776\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-251776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Pintura-Ahmed2.jpeg 433w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Pintura-Ahmed2-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-251776'>\n\t\t\t\tPainting by Ahmed Samir Farid\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pinturaneda2.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"927\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pinturaneda2-834x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-251779\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-251779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pinturaneda2-834x1024.jpeg 834w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pinturaneda2-244x300.jpeg 244w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pinturaneda2-768x943.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pinturaneda2.jpeg 871w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-251779'>\n\t\t\t\tWork by Neda Badran\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pinturasamar.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pinturasamar.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-251782\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-251782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pinturasamar.jpeg 695w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pinturasamar-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pinturasamar-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-251782'>\n\t\t\t\tPainting by Samar Kamel\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>According to Elkhatib, the festival will have attractions such as a \u201cminiature pharaonic museum,\u201d with plaster copies of ancient artifacts made by an Egyptian artist who lives in Brazil, a handicraft fair, typical foods, henna tattoos, Arab calligraphy, Arabic classes, a Bedouin tent, a night of Egyptian cinema, cultural workshops, folkloric presentations and music.<\/p>\n<p>The festival will be part of the celebrations of the National Egypt\u2019s Day in July 23, which honors the 1952 revolution, the end of the monarchy and the establishment of the republic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI imagined this would be a good promotional event for Egypt, because this (the festival) has never been held in Brazil before,\u201d Elkhatib told ANBA.<\/p>\n<p>Entrance will be free. The full program and schedule will be posted soon on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.festivalculturalegipcio.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.festivalculturalegipcio.info<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quick Facts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Egyptian Cultural Festival<br \/>\nJuly 23 to August 4, at Club Homs<br \/>\nAvenida Paulista, 735, S\u00e3o Paulo, SP<br \/>\nFind out more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.festivalculturalegipcio.info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.festivalculturalegipcio.info<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-251773\">Reproduction<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Show will be held July 23 to August 4 at Club Homs and will feature exhibition of paintings, cuisine, handicraft, workshops, music and other attractions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1454,"featured_media":251773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[9803,9673,9802,30663,8938,4639,9798,3706,1825,2231,9804,9796,9799,9800,9797,9801,1901,6812,9795],"class_list":{"0":"post-251785","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-culture","8":"tag-egypt-en","9":"tag-arab-brazilian-chamber-en","10":"tag-art-en-2","11":"tag-arte-en","12":"tag-calligraphy","13":"tag-camara-arabe-en","14":"tag-club-homs-en","15":"tag-cuisine","16":"tag-culture","17":"tag-dance","18":"tag-egypts-economic-and-commercial-office-in-sao-paulo-en","19":"tag-folklore","20":"tag-henna-en","21":"tag-idioma-en","22":"tag-language","23":"tag-mohamed-elkhatib-en","24":"tag-music","25":"tag-musica-en","26":"tag-visual-arts"},"wps_subtitle":"Show will be held July 23 to August 4 at Club Homs and will feature exhibition of paintings, cuisine, handicraft, workshops, music and other attractions.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1454"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}