{"id":316514,"date":"2022-08-12T14:00:16","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T17:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/uma-neta-de-libaneses-no-jardim-de-dom-pedro-ii\/"},"modified":"2022-08-15T18:05:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T21:05:05","slug":"a-grandchild-to-lebanese-in-the-garden-of-brazils-pedro-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/a-grandchild-to-lebanese-in-the-garden-of-brazils-pedro-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"A grandchild to Lebanese in the garden of Brazil\u2019s Pedro II"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The garden of the Imperial Museum, in the city of Petr\u00f3polis, state of Rio de Janeiro, was where Brazilian Ivna Chedier Maluly<\/strong> (pictured above)<\/em> used to stroll as a child. The outdoor area of the former summer palace of the Brazilian Emperor Dom Pedro II served as a place for games and even school lessons for the granddaughter of Lebanese immigrants, who used the affective memory generated by that time to write the book<\/strong> \u2018Mem\u00f3rias de Pedro, o \u00faltimo imperador do Brasil\u2019 [\u2018Memories of Pedro, the last emperor of Brazil,\u2019 in free translation]. The work, recommended for readers over 12 years old, is being launched in the Brazilian publishing market.<\/p>\n

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For readers over 12 years old<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The publication mixes passages from the history of the empire of Brazil with fiction. In the text, Ivna gives voice to the statue of Dom Pedro II<\/strong> in the garden of the Imperial Museum<\/strong> to provide reflections, mea culpa, and express posthumous wishes about the events of the empire and of life itself. \u201cMy feet are planted in this tropical garden. I can\u2019t even move them. There are also many children,\u201d says the emperor in the book, through Ivna \u2013 or Ivna, through the figure of the emperor.<\/p>\n

The reports, based mainly on feelings, briefly cover themes such as the Paraguay War, the use of the first telephone in Brazil, the emperor\u2019s childhood with the early departure of his father and mother, his appetite for chicken soup, and slavery in the country, between others. \u201cAnother error haunts me: Slavery. I was against it; however, I have done almost nothing to abolish it. I was unable to. I gave in to pressure from parliament. And I acceded to dehumanization,\u201d says Dom Pedro II in Ivna\u2019s book.<\/p>\n

‘Mem\u00f3rias de Pedro, o \u00faltimo imperador do Brasil’ is a publication by the Brazilian publishing house Rebuli\u00e7o with illustrations by Aline Haluch. The preface is by the Brazilian writer and researcher Roberto Khatlab, currently living in Lebanon. The book is just one part of an extensive survey by Ivna on the subject. And in her studies, the Brazilian learned she and the emperor had more in common than Petr\u00f3polis and the palace gardens. Dom Pedro II traveled to Lebanon, the homeland of the writer\u2019s family. \u201cIt greatly encouraged Lebanese to go to Brazil,\u201d said Ivna on immigration.<\/p>\n

Ivna is the granddaughter of Lebanese through her mother\u2019s and father\u2019s families and, like many descendants of Arabs in Brazil, has been building a career in literature. The Brazilian is a journalist and works in education and also literature in parallel. Her first publication, ‘Cad\u00ea seu peito, mam\u00e3e?’ [\u2018Where\u2019s Your Breast, Mom?\u2019 in free translation], aimed at children, was written after Ivna had breast cancer. The work was based on the experience of talking with the young son about the absence of the breast before reconstruction.<\/p>\n

Ivna also wrote two books for babies: \u2018Gabriel e a fraldinha\u2019 [\u2018Gabriel and the little diaper,\u2019 in free translation], and \u2018Maria Luiza e a banheirinha\u2019 [\u2018Maria Luiza and the little tub\u2019], as well as another about the history of samba, \u2018O samba faz 100 anos\u2019 [\u2018Samba turns 100\u2019], in a project of the Brazilian community in Belgium. The writer also contributed to several collections. Born and raised in Brazil, Ivna now lives in Europe \u2014 in France, after several years in Belgium \u2014 some of her publications were made in Brazil, in Portuguese, and others in French and English in Europe.<\/p>\n

Ivna lived in Brazil until she was 28 years old. Born in Petr\u00f3polis, the city where Dom Pedro II built his summer palace, she studied journalism<\/strong> in the capital of Rio de Janeiro. Before moving to France for a master\u2019s degree, the writer worked at the newspaper Gazeta Mercantil, Museum of the Republic, and Peugeot Citro\u00ebn (now PSA Group) in Brazil. The close contact with the French language at Peugeot, in addition to what she already had at home, was an incentive to study in French lands.<\/p>\n

In France, Ivna studied Eurojournalism, which led her to spend three months in Belgium to defend her dissertation. She married a Frenchman who was also studying in Brussels, where they lived for 15 years and had one child. The journalist worked as a correspondent in Belgium and reported as a freelancer for Brazilian and European news outlets. She also taught Portuguese at the European Parliament and performed translations, mainly from French into Portuguese and vice versa. Five years ago, the couple returned to France, where Ivna currently teaches journalism at a social center, focusing on the fight against fake news<\/strong> and cyberbullying.<\/p>\n

Arabs<\/strong><\/p>\n

The writer had much contact with Lebanese culture through her immigrant grandparents. \u201cMy grandparents, despite being in Brazil, kept the traditions with the cuisine, the religion,\u201d the journalist told ANBA. Part of Ivna\u2019s memories is the special clothes her grandparents wore for Orthodox and Maronite religious celebrations, the smell of pita bread coming out of the oven to be eaten with curds, and the songs and conversations in Arabic she listened to.<\/p>\n

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Ivna: Lebanese mother and father families<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The grandparents moved from Lebanon to Brazil<\/strong> in the 1920s. Her father\u2019s family went to S\u00e3o Paulo and the mother\u2019s to Rio de Janeiro; initially, the father\u2019s worked in agriculture, and the mother\u2019s in commerce. The meeting of Ivna\u2019s parents took place at the traditional dance at Quitandinha, in Petr\u00f3polis. At the time, the balls were famous in the city and ended up providing a place for the meeting. The writer\u2019s father had left S\u00e3o Paulo to study medicine in Petr\u00f3polis, and the mother also went to live there with Ivna\u2019s grandmother, who wanted to escape the heat of the state capital.<\/p>\n

Ivna still doesn\u2019t know Lebanon, but she still wants to travel to her grandparents\u2019 land. \u201cI have it inside me: I want to go to Lebanon, I want to go to Lebanon, but I haven\u2019t been there yet,\u201d she said. She said she planned a visit to the Arab country in the European summer of 2020 but ended up giving up, which was providential due to the explosion that occurred in the Port of Beirut, the Lebanese capital, at that time.<\/p>\n

Launch<\/strong><\/p>\n

The book about Dom Pedro II will have launch events<\/strong> in Brazil. One of them took place this week at the Paran\u00e1 Public Library in the state\u2019s capital, Curitiba. On Saturday (13), the book will be launched at the Imperial Museum, in Petr\u00f3polis, from 6:30 pm to 10 pm BRT, and on August 20, from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm BRT, the book will be presented at the Planetarium Foundation of the City of Rio de Janeiro. Both events will be open to the public.<\/p>\n

The work will be available for sale on the internet and in bookstores in Brazil after the events. According to Ivna, education departments are already interested in purchasing the work. For now, \u2018Mem\u00f3rias de Pedro, o \u00faltimo imperador do Brasil\u2019 only has a Portuguese version, but the writer seeks to translate the book into other languages for publication abroad. She expects to take care of the matter soon.<\/p>\n


\nBook data<\/strong><\/p>\n

Title: Mem\u00f3rias de Pedro, o \u00faltimo imperador do Brasil
\nWriter: Ivna Chedier Maluly
\nIllustrator: Aline Haluch
\nTarget audience: 12\/13 years old up
\nPages: 40
\nPrice: BRL 40.00
\nEditora Rebuli\u00e7o \u2013 Facebook<\/a> \u2013 Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n

Translated by El\u00fasio Brasileiro<\/strong><\/p>\n

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