Research uncovers rare books at Orthodox Cathedral
The Arab Immigration Memory Digitization Project identified notable findings among 41 books from the Metropolitan Orthodox Cathedral of São Paulo that were loaned for digitization. Project members returned the books to the archbishop on Monday (5). The post Research uncovers rare books at Orthodox Cathedral appeared first on ANBA News Agency .
São Paulo - The Arab Immigration Memory Digitization Project has identified rare Arabic books in the collection of Brazil's Metropolitan Orthodox Cathedral of São Paulo. The cathedral had loaned the publications for digitization, and upon their return, researchers discovered 10 particularly valuable items, all written in Arabic.
Project coordinator Christina Queiroz highlighted five of these books, including Fawzi Maluf's "On the Flying Carpet" (1929), Abd al-Latif al-Yunis's "The Poet of Abqar and the Songs of Art" (1966), Said Shukair's "Autobiography of a Palestinian" (1993), Habib Masud's "Gibran: Alive and Dead" (1932), and Menotti del Picchia's "The São Paulo Revolution."
The Orthodox Cathedral, Arab-Brazilian Chamber, and Unifesp Federal University collaborated on the project, with the digitized works available for research on the University of the Holy Spirit of Kaslik's platform. Archbishop Damaskinos Mansour explained that many of the cathedral's Arabic books were donations from community members, preserving the history of Brazil's Arab immigrant population for future generations.
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