S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Next Sunday (28th) in Beirut, the historian and writer Roberto Khatlab will release a book about Lebanese presence in the world. The author was born in Maring\u00e1, in the state of Paran\u00e1, but is currently living in Lebanon. His book gives an overview of the Lebanese and descendants drawn from his travels, meetings, and interviews at different locations over a five-year span.<\/p>\n
The book is in French, entitled \u201cLes Libanais dans le Monde, Vision socio-culturelle et historique,\u201d which means \u201cThe Lebanese in the world, sociocultural and historical view.\u201d \u201cIt gives accounts of the stories of pioneers and of those who now live in these diverse societies, where we find the Lebanese and their descendants in all areas,\u201d says Khatlab. <\/p>\n
The places in which the author came in contact with the Lebanese include the Americas, in regions such as Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Costa Rica, to Africa, in Senegal and Egypt, or other parts of the world, such as the Reunion Island, on the Indian Ocean, the Philippines and Japan, Switzerland and Portugal, among others.<\/p>\n
Khatlab found Lebanese and descendants in literature, including writers of the likes of Milton Hatoum, Salim Miguel and Alphonse Sabbagh, in Brazil, Edgardo Zuein, in Argentina, and Michel Saad, in the Reunion Island. In cinema, he writes about the actress and director Salma Hayek, in Mexico, Vanessa Saba, a Peruvian actress, and director Soraya Umewaka, in Japan. In Music, Khatlab discusses Shakira, from Colombia, and Yasmien Kurdi, from the Philippines.<\/p>\n
The book also mentions businessmen such as the Mexican Carlos Slim, advertising professionals such as Brazil\u2019s Roberto Duailibi, politicians such as the Brazilian vice president Michel Temer, and the current mayor of S\u00e3o Paulo, Gilberto Kassab, as well as members of academia, such as Costa Rica\u2019s Jose Zaglul, among others.<\/p>\n
Khatlab defines his research and publication as \u201cA tour around the world, past and present, analysing why migrate, the choice of place to migrate to, adaptation to the new society, and the ties which remain with Lebanon, the homeland of the immigrants\u2019 ancestors,\u201d says the historian. Lebanon survived and still survives, the writer emphasizes, partly due to the remittances of money from its expatriates, of which there are more than 10 million. These remittances range from US$ 8 billion to US$ 10 billion a year.<\/p>\n
\u201cA new phenomenon, after the 1990s, is that many second- and third-generation descendants are seeking their roots. Many travel to Lebanon to visit the cities of their ancestors, and meet relatives from whom they have been separated for years because of wars,\u201d says Khatlab.<\/p>\n
The book includes a preface by Michel Edd\u00e9, former Lebanese minister of Culture and president of the Maronite Foundation in the World. It is a publication of the Lebanese publishing house Dar Saer Al Mashrek and will be launched at the 20th French Book Fair in Beirut, which starts next Friday (26th) and will continue until November 4th, at the Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center (Biel). The book will be launched at the venue\u2019s Event Centre.<\/p>\n
Khatlab has several books published, in Portuguese, French, English, Spanish and Arabic. Presently, he is the director of the Centre for Latin American Studies and Cultures at the Universit\u00e9 Saint-Esprit de Kaslik (Cecal-Usek). <\/p>\n
Service<\/b>:
Book: "Les Libanais dans le Monde, Vision socio-culturelle et historique"
Language: French
Author: Roberto Khatlab
Author\u2019s email: robertokhatlab@yahoo.fr
Publishing house: Dar Saer Al Mashrek
Publishing house contact: www.entire-east.com<\/p>\n
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Next Sunday in Beirut, Brazilian historian Roberto Khatlab will launch a publication about Lebanese presence in four continents, including the stories of singer Shakira and businessman Carlos Slim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1455,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-42940","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-economy"},"wps_subtitle":"Next Sunday in Beirut, Brazilian historian Roberto Khatlab will launch a publication about Lebanese presence in four continents, including the stories of singer Shakira and businessman Carlos Slim.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42940","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\/1455"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42940\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}