{"id":296006,"date":"2021-07-14T14:51:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T17:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=296006"},"modified":"2021-07-16T19:23:37","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T22:23:37","slug":"book-to-address-the-story-of-arabs-in-brazilian-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/book-to-address-the-story-of-arabs-in-brazilian-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Book to address the story of Arabs in Brazilian politics"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Journalist and Middle East expert Diogo Bercito (picture above, right<\/em>) tells the story of Brazilian political families of Syrian and Lebanese descent against a background of immigration to Brazil in his first non-fiction book Brimos: Imiga\u00e7\u00e3o s\u00edrio-libanesa no Brasil e seu caminho at\u00e9 a pol\u00edtica<\/em> [Brimos: Syrian and Lebanese immigration in Brazil and its path to politics] (F\u00f3sforo publishing house). The book can be acquired on the website of the publishing house<\/a> and will be launched on July 22 in several bookstores and Amazon.<\/p>\n

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Book cover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Syrian and Lebanese immigration from the late 19th<\/sup> century and early 20th<\/sup> century brought to Brazil the world\u2019s largest Arab diaspora at approximately 10 million people. Based on in-depth journalistic research \u2013 Bercito surveyed over forty people in Brazil and Lebanon over three years \u2013 the author, who\u2019s a master and PhD student in the topic, brings up stories of Syrian and Lebanese families who broke into politics, such as the Boulos, Feghalis, Haddads, Kassabs, Malufs, and Temers. Brimos<\/em> also tells the stories of institutions such as Hospital S\u00edrio-Liban\u00eas, Club Homs, Syrian Sport Club, and Mount Lebanon Athletic Club.<\/p>\n

Among the immigrants, some were small shopkeepers and travelling salesmen who didn\u2019t speak much Portuguese, while other arrives with means and college degrees. In a little over a century, they blazed a path for the profusion of Arab surnames that have earned their place in the national news and have had a key role in Brazil\u2019s recent history.<\/p>\n

The book features a visual notebook with color images of archives of the Arab community in Brazil from the first half of last century and pictures the author himself took of the Lebanese houses and villages of the families that made history in Brazilian politics.<\/p>\n

Diogo Bercito is a journalist and author. He was a correspondent for the Folha de S. Paulo<\/em> newspaper in Jerusalem and Madrid and writes the Oriental\u00edssimo blog in the website of Folha<\/em>. He holds a master\u2019s degree in Arab studies from the Autonomous University of Madrid and Georgetown University, where he\u2019s currently pursuing a PhD degree. He wrote the Jabuti Award-nominated graphic novel Rasga-Mortalhas<\/em> (Zarabatana),<\/p>\n

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

Brimos: Imigra\u00e7\u00e3o s\u00edrio-libanesa no Brasil e seu caminho at\u00e9 a pol\u00edtica<\/a>
\nDiogo Bercito
\nEditora F\u00f3sforo<\/a>
\n272 pages plus visual notebook
\nISBN: 978-65-89733-10-2
\nBRL 74.90<\/p>\n

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

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