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Islamic Calendar The Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar composed of 12 months made out of 29 or 30 days with the total of approximately 354 days. The time counting of this calendar starts with the event of Hijra: Muhammad’s emigration from Mecca to Medina on July, 16th 622. Since the lunar year does not correspond to the solar year, the Islamic months shifts back each year that goes by. Since the Islamic calendar is 11 days shorter than the solar calendar, the Muslin holidays shift to different Season Learn more about the Islamic calendar by clicking here! |
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Market Analysis and Overview To help organizations to know better the Arab countries and markets and its opportunities, the Arab Brazilian Chamber has a specialized team of professionals to analize and generate economic, market and cultural information. You can also find data about the foreign trade and opportunities. |
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The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce relaunched the book "Elementary lessons in Arabic for non-speakers" (Lições elementares da língua árabe para os que não a falam), a basic manual of the language written by the Foreign Relations vice president at the organisation, Professor Helmi Nasr. Egyptian-born, Brazilian-naturalized, he was the founder of the Arabic course at the University of São Paulo (USP) and has lived in Brazil for 46 years. This is only one of the Professor's works. He has already translated the Koran directly from Arabic into Portuguese. It has been in print since 2005 at the King Fahd Complex, in Medina, Saudi Arabia. He has also launched an Arabic-Portuguese dictionary and translated "New World in the Tropics," a book by Gilberto Freyre, into Arabic. |
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New Certification Seal With the aim of achieving excellence and quality and also valuing security, the Arab Chamber developed a new model of certification seal. Click here to learn more about it. The Arab Chamber certifies export documents and provides the certificate of origin, according to the international model, following the requirements of Arab importers. The certification is a guarantee for both: the Arab importer and the Brazilian exporter. Furthermore, the Arab Chamber analyses documents in detail, to comply with the standards of origin and meet the requirements of the Arab importer. |
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