ANBA Bulletin, May 27, 2019

This Monday (27) in your ANBA Bulletin: check out a special report from Isaura Daniel on Muslim women in Brazil. She interviewed women who studied Engineering, Law, Anthropology, Mathematics and Neuroscience, and are now doing widely varied lines of work while wearing hijabs over their hair. They help build a contemporary image for the followers of Islam. “You have to keep your head down to God, not to men, and this is not feminism, it is Islam,” said anthropologist Francirosy Campos Barbosa, a professor at the University of São Paulo (USP) Department of Psychology in Ribeirão Preto who embraced the religion.

And May 30 in Rio de Janeiro will see historian Monique Sochaczewski release the book Eastern Tropics, Tropical Easts – Reflections on Brazil and the Middle East, a collection of essays on Middle East and North Africa subjects in connection with Brazil. Essays include The Peculiar Orientalism of Dom Pedro II, which tells of the former Brazilian emperor's travels to the Arab world, and Medium-Oriental Rio, which covers Arab presence in the city.

And the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in Curitiba, Paraná and the Ciro Flamarion Cardoso Archaeology Museum in Ponta Grossa are hosting the Day of the Mummy on June 8, for children aged 6 to 12. The kids will learn about the myth of Osyris and mummification. Staff from both museums will dress in costumes and perform Ancient Egyptian ceremonies.

Veiled women in business and the academy

São Paulo – They study engineering, law, anthropology, math, neuroscience and occupy jobs in Brazil wearing hijabs covering their hair. They are Muslim women living in Brazil and, with the way they live, put themselves in the job market, and view religion, they help building a contemporary image of the Islam followers.

History professor launches book on the East

São Paulo – The orientalism of Dom Pedro II, Middle Eastern influences in Rio de Janeiro, Syrian refugees in Turkey, and modern-day geopolitics in Morocco. These are some of the subjects covered in the essays featured in Trópicos Orientais, Orientes Tropicais – Reflexões sobre o Brasil e o Oriente Médio (Oriental Tropics, Tropical Orients – Reflections on Brazil and the Middle East), a book by Monique Sochaczewski (pictured).

Day of the Mummy

São Paulo – The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in Curitiba and the Ciro Flamarion Cardoso Archaeology Museum in Ponta Grossa will host the Day of the Mummy on June 8. Intended for children aged 6 to 12, the activity will cover the myth of Osyris and mummification processes in Ancient Egypt.

Lebanon approves budget with spending cuts

São Paulo – The government of Lebanon approved on Monday (27) its 2019 budget that includes deep spending cuts to try and narrow the deficit to 7.6% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in a bid to stave off financial crisis, according to a story published on Arab News and other news websites. Last year, the deficit was 11.5% of GDP.

Veiled women in business and the academy

History professor launches book on the East

Day of the Mummy

Lebanon approves budget with spending cuts

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