Culture is the focus of this Monday (8) ANBA Bulletin. Learn that the 17th Paraty International Literary Festival (FLIP) will feature two performances based on the book “Amal e a viagem mais importante de sua vida” (Amal and the most important trip in her life), a fictional piece that tells the story of a 12-year-old Syrian girl who leaves her country on her own to meet her uncle and aunt in Italy, passing through Turkey and Greece along the way. Authored by Carolina Montenegro and illustrated by Renato Moriconi, it was adapted by Isabel Malzoni. The performance will include a boat ride starring the Syrian-Palestinian actress Oula Al-Saghir, a staging of the book and a chat with Saghir and Miguel Pachioni, public information associate at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). There will also be a performance by the Orquestra Mundana Refugi. FLIP will run from July 10 to 14 in Paraty. “I believe there’ll be many rich debates, with children, teenagers and adults,” Pachioni said to the reporter Bruna Garcia.
And if you are spending the holiday of July 9 in São Paulo, a good option is the play “One Thousand and One Nights,” with the group Cia Teatro Voador Não Identificado at SESC Avenida Paulista. It’s a contemporary version of the book that combines Scheherazade’s tales and the life stories of Arab refugees in Brazil.
Read also that the bluesman Adriano Grineberg from São Paulo, Brazil is about to release his third solo album, “108”, which is influenced by the East and Sufism, a branch of Islam popular in West African countries like Mali and Mauritania. “I did musical research, and through the blues I found the influence of Sufism,” the composer told the journalist Thais Sousa. His previous album, “Blues for Africa,” featured influences from Africa and the America genre.
Check also that the UNESCO-Hamdan bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Prize for Outstanding Practice and Performance in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Teachers is calling for nominations. Supported by the United Arab Emirates minister of Finances, the prize is given to teaching institutions and other organizations whose projects aim at improving the performance of teachers.
