{"id":316988,"date":"2022-08-24T13:56:29","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T16:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=316988"},"modified":"2022-08-25T17:59:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T20:59:32","slug":"a-brazilian-author-writes-about-the-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/a-brazilian-author-writes-about-the-uae\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brazilian author writes about the UAE"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 A lawyer and professor from Minas Gerais took on the mission of sharing information on the United Arab Emirates. Wiliander Salom\u00e3o<\/strong> published four books on the Gulf state, thus enriching the literature on the topic in Brazilian bookstores. He plans on launching an updated edition of his first book later this year.<\/p>\n

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Books on the UAE, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Salom\u00e3o is author of the books Discovering the United Arab Emirates<\/em><\/strong>, Abu Dhabi<\/em>, and Dubai: Emirate of the Future<\/em>. They have all been translated into English and present overviews on the Arab country and its emirates, talking about history, politics, culture, cuisine, economy, education, future and other aspects of the daily life and the formation of the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a resilient country that teach us on how to use the state revenue in favor of the population,\u201d the author told ANBA, referring to the history of scarcity lived by the UAE before its economic uprising. \u201cThey focused on human resources, on people,\u201d he said. According to Salom\u00e3o, for the UAE education is a foundation of progress.<\/p>\n

The country was founded just over 50 years ago in December 1971. Despite the oil discoveries, investments in diversification\u00a0 have been made and the commodity is no longer the flagship of the economy. The Brazilian author stressed the role of the sheik Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan <\/strong>in the history of the country, who as the first president of the UAE said that it was necessary to focus on the people of the country.<\/p>\n

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Book covers the 50 years of the UAE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Salom\u00e3o\u2019s history with these books started around six years ago after he met some people from the UAE in his course on International Law. A visit to the country in early 2017 at the invitation of his new friends was the kickstart to write the first book. A Lebanese descendant, the Brazilian author had published books on the Israel-Palestine conflict and was in search of a new topic to focus on.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese friends welcomed me like a sheik, like I was a their brother,\u201d he said. On that same trip, Salom\u00e3o brought some books on the country and started reading them. \u201cI found the country fascinating,\u201d he said. The research for the publication took place from 2017 to 2018, and the following year the lawyer published his first book on the UAE, Discovering the United Arab Emirates<\/em>. It is a book for all who want to know more about the country, covering local history, politics, cuisine and culture.<\/p>\n

On another trip to the UAE, nearly three years after his first visit, Salom\u00e3o decided to write about the emirate of Abu Dhabi, something he already had had in mind. How the sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan changed Abu Dhabi is one of the subjects of the book, as well as oil production, the creation of the emirate from its tribes and its transformation from a fishing village into a metropolis.<\/p>\n

The desire to write about the upcoming golden jubilee of the country and Dubai came shortly after. In the book about the 50th<\/sup> anniversary, he talked about the creation of the UAE, how the seven emirates came together to create a country and build the current nation. \u201cIt\u2019s to show how a country was formed in the Middle East,\u201d he said. The last book published was about Dubai. \u201cDubai is the gem, the showcase of the UAE,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Books in the launch in the Sharjah Prize<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Salom\u00e3o says that the second edition of his first book, which is expected to come out in October, is basically a new book. It will bring new information like the cultural activities of the Sharjah emirate and the UNESCO-Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture. \u201cOther books are likely to come out since it\u2019s a constantly changing country,\u201d Salom\u00e3o says about the UAE, pointing out that the country is now focused on the next 50 years,<\/p>\n

Last week Salom\u00e3o was in the headquarters of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong> (ABCC) in S\u00e3o Paulo for the launch of the newest edition of the UNESCO-Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture <\/strong>together with the general consul of the UAE in S\u00e3o Paulo, Ibrahim Salem Alalawi. The writer says that he has the support and the cooperation of the consulate in his work, and he is delighted that Alalawi gifts people with his books to promote the UAE. Salom\u00e3o delivered some copies of his books to leaders of the ABCC.<\/p>\n

Arab ties<\/strong><\/p>\n

Born in the city of Mateus Leme, Minas Gerais, Salom\u00e3o now devotes himself entirely to the academic career as an International Law<\/strong> professor in the University of Ita\u00fana. A grandson of Lebanese paternal grandparents who came to Brazil, his desire to write about the Arab world was not long in coming in his academic path. \u201cI wanted to understand it,\u201d he said about the Israel-Palestine relation.<\/p>\n

The goal was achieved in his master\u2019s, PhD and postdoctoral studies about the Israel-Palestine conflict<\/strong>. His research resulted in his books about the topic. His books on the topic are The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict<\/em>, A Two-State Solution<\/em> and The Book of Palestine<\/em>. These books were also translated into English and were published by Brazilian publishing house D\u2019Pl\u00e1cido<\/a>, which is based in S\u00e3o Paulo. Unlike the books on the UAE, those on Palestine are more focused on legal aspects.<\/p>\n

By the end of the year Salom\u00e3o will launch a book on the United Nations. He also plans on writing a book on the country of origin of his family, Lebanon, as well as other work about the UAE, particularly its past and the history of the Bedouin community. Salom\u00e3o\u2019s books can be found in bookstores across Brazil, the website of the D\u2019Placido publishing house and digital sales platforms like Amazon.<\/p>\n

Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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