S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 One of Brazil\u2019s foremost geographers, Aziz Nacib Ab\u2019Saber, of Lebanese origin, passed away this Friday morning (16th), at 87 years of age, in Cotia, in the Greater S\u00e3o Paulo Area. Ab\u2019Saber was an emeritus professor at the Geography Department of the School of Philosophy, Language and Human Sciences (FFLCH) of the University of S\u00e3o Paulo (USP) and a promoter of Arab culture. Ab\u2019Saber\u2019s work in geomorphology, i.e. the study of landforms, was prominent in Brazil and abroad. <\/p>\n
The cause of death has not been disclosed. The scholar died at 10:20 am at his house, and the wake will start at 7:00 pm this Friday in the Noble Hall (Sal\u00e3o Nobre) of FFLCH, at Rua do Lago, 717, Cidade Universit\u00e1ria, S\u00e3o Paulo, according to information disclosed by the university. The burial will be held Saturday (17th) at 11:00 am at Cemit\u00e9rio da Paz, on Rua Doutor Luiz Migliano, 644, Morumbi, S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n
Ab\u2019Saber was born in S\u00e3o Luiz do Paraitinga and grew up in Ca\u00e7apava, both in the interior of the state of S\u00e3o Paulo, but moved alone to the state capital as an adolescent to join the USP, an institution to which he was linked throughout his entire career. His father was a travelling salesman who came from Lebanon and sold his products in coffee farms. During his travels, he met his wife, Justina, with whom he had three children.<\/p>\n
Early on in his career, Ab\u2019Saber made field trips to several regions of Brazil and helped set the geomorphological standards which are now taught in the country\u2019s schools. Aside from being an emeritus professor at FFLCH, he was a honorary professor at the USP\u2019s Institute of Advanced Studies, honourable president of the Brazilian Society for the Progress of Science (SBPC), of which he was also president, and honourable president of the Institute of Arab Culture (Icarabe).<\/p>\n
Ab\u2019Saber received several prizes. In 1997 and 2005 he won the Jabuti Prize in the Human Sciences category, and in 2007 he won in the Exact Sciences category. In 1999 he was awarded the Admiral \u00c1lvaro Alberto Science and Technology Prize, of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and in 2001 he received the Prize for Science and Environment of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco).<\/p>\n
He published nearly 500 works, including academic articles, theses, book chapters, prefaces and introductions, reviews, newspaper articles, magazine articles, documents, reports and others. His most important writings are compiled into the book \u201cThe Work of Aziz Nacib Ab\u2019S\u00e1ber,\u201d released in May 2011 by publishing house Beca. Last year he was voted Intellectual of the Year by the Brazilian Writers Union.<\/p>\n
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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