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Thursday (23) in your ANBA Bulletin: How Ramadan, the holy month of Islam, boosts the service sector in Arab countries. Restaurants and hotels prepare special menus to welcome Muslims in the break of the fast after sunset. According to research, 68% of Muslims plan to spend on restaurants or food delivery during Ramadan.
A new diplomat will take the post of the Brazilian embassy in Amman in June. Márcio Fagundes do Nascimento visited the Arab Brazilian Chamber and spoke with ANBA about the reference Jordan is to Brazil in Middle Eastern affairs.
The Iraqi youth brings a sustainable fashion proposal . A show held this week in Al-Hussainiya presented second-hand pieces as a solution for conscious consumption.
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The 3rd Arab Women’s Film Festival will start on Wednesday (22) at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil Rio de Janeiro (CCBB-RJ). The event presents a selection of 34 films directed by women portraying a picture of the diversity of the Contemporary Arab cinema. The festival is free, and all films feature subtitles in Portuguese and translation into Brazilian sign language.
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Brazil’s president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will travel to China this weekend and is expected to arrive on March 26 to an official visit at the invitation of president Xi Jinping. Before returning to Brazil, he’ll make a stop in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates, on March 31.
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Ramadan requires a series of changes in different sectors of Muslim-majority countries. But the Islamic holy month that starts Thursday (23) also lifts businesses like restaurants and hotels. The period is accompanied by a fasting from dawn to sunset and push most social interactions to the night. To follow these changes, the service and hospitality industry adapts and finds new ways to work.
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The more than 140 years of Lebanese presence in Brazil are being celebrated with an open exhibition inaugurated Thursday (21) in the cultural space of Conjunto Nacional in São Paulo. The never-before-seen exhibit can be visited until April 16 and shows enlarged photographs and documents on the immigration, as well as records of the relation of Brazilian emperor Dom Pedro II with the region. He was a supporter of the Lebanese immigration to Brazil. The exhibition is held by the Brazil-Lebanon Cultural Association, headed by Lody Brais.
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Brazil’s president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva participated on Wednesday (22) in the inauguration of the Neoenergía Renewable Complex in the municipality of Santa Luzia, Paraíba. According to the government, this is the first renewable energy complex in Brazil to integrate the generation of wind and solar power.
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Between two and three billion people worldwide experience water shortages, which will worsen in the coming decades, especially in cities, if international cooperation in this area is not boosted, according to the report, published by the United Nations and released on the occasion of this World Water Day (22) at the UN 2023 Water Conference in New York.
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Diplomat Márcio Fagundes do Nascimento will take over the post of ambassador from Brazil to Amman, Jordan, on June 6, knowing that he’ll have the mission to take care of the relations between Brazil and one of its major partners in the Middle East. In an interview with ANBA on Tuesday (21), Nascimento said the post in Amman is very sought-after within Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as Jordan is a respected and privileged partner of Brazil, as well as a reference for the Latin American country in Middle East affairs.
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In a palm grove north of Baghdad, Iraqi shepherds looked on as models paraded second-hand garments down an improvised catwalk, seeking to raise awareness of the fashion industry’s environmental impact, as the models strut, pause and pivot on the runway.
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Brazil’s Official Gazette is expected to publish on Tuesday (21) the return of the 16% tariff on cargo tire imports in Brazil. The Executive Management Committee (GECEX) – the Foreign Trade Chamber (CAMEX)’s collegiate nucleus – made the decision last week in its first meeting under the new administration.
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A report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of the United Nations published on Monday (20) points out the pace and scale of the current plans are insufficient to tackle climate change. The document underscores the urgency of taking more ambitious action and shows that, “if we act now, we can still secure a livable sustainable future for all.”
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