ANBA Bulletin, August 15, 2018

This Wednesday (15) in your ANBA Bulletin: political scientist Fernando Schüler delivered a lecture at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce. A professor at Insper, he gave an overview of democracy in Brazil and outlined scenarios for the presidential election due in October. “Democracy won’t ever return to what it was in the past, it will be louder, more unstable, consensus will be harder to achieve,” said Schüler. He pointed out, however, that institutions in Brazil are solid enough to overcome instability. Read all about it from Isaura Daniel.

In ANBA’s Al-Sharq section you’ll find that a key historic document from Arab and Islamic culture has just been translated into Portuguese and released in Brazil. It’s “Journey to Russia: A Tenth-Century Traveler from Baghdad to the Volga River,” by Ahmad Ibn Fadlan, who travelled from Baghdad to Kazan, in what is now Russia, in the capacity of ambassador during the 10th century. The 1,000 km-plus trip took him a year. The book was translated by Pedro Martins Criado, who holds a baccalaureate degree in Languages with majors in Arabic and Portuguese and is currently pursuing a master’s in the same field at the University of São Paulo (USP).

And ANBA’s People section features the story of the Syrian-born, Brazilian-based fine artist Ayman Esmandar. A professor of Art History and Ancient History, he creates paintings whose primary subject is Greek-Phoenician mythology. Esmandar is exhibiting in Curitiba, Paraná through September 7.

Brazil is an unstable democracy, says political scientist

São Paulo – Brazil can be characterized as an unstable or a little consensus democracy, according to political scientist Fernando Schüler, who gave the lecture “Brazil: elections, democracy and the challenges for the country in 2019” this Wednesday (15) at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in São Paulo.

Arab Chamber pays tribute to Kuwait’s ambassador

São Paulo – The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce held, on Monday (13) evening, in São Paulo, a tribute dinner to Kuwait’s ambassador in Brasília, Ayadah AlSaidi (left, in the picture above), who is leaving his position to take over his country’s embassy in Madrid, Spain.

Brazil is an unstable democracy, says political scientist

Arab book from 10th century translated into Portuguese

A Syrian builds an artistic career in Brazil

Arab Chamber pays tribute to Kuwait’s ambassador

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