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I N D E X  Abdalla, Assad, 25, 29 sons of, 29–30 Agaxtour, 149, 156 Air France, 150–52, 192nn. 6, 10, 11 airlines between Arab world and Brazil, 153–54, 192 passenger estimates on, 150–51 travel agencies in São Paulo and, 149–50 al-Khiam, prison/museum of, 159, 162, 164 al-Khuri, Chukri, 123, 189n. 3 Amado, Jorge, 105–6, 191n. 26 American Arab Chamber of Commerce, 39 Amorim, Celso, 174 Amrik, art exhibition of, 174–75, 194n. 19 Anderson, Benedict, 3, 96 Andrade, Carlos Drummond, de, 10 anticorruption, 8, 46, 57, 60, 68, 177n. 1, 194n. 11 anti-Zionism, 145, 149, 161–63 Appadurai, Arjun, 6, 24, 179n. 1 appropriation, 71, 93 analytical approaches to, 121–22 ethnic reformulation of, 134–35, 137–38, 143 Arab, label of, 11–13, 37–38 emic meaning of, in Brazil, 11–12, 128–29, 151, 183–84n. 23 increasing use of, in Brazil, 13 in USA, 12, 91, 190n. 17 See also terminology, ethnic Arab American, 12, 15, 39, 61, 92, 180n. 15 Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (Câmara de Comércio Árabe Brasileira, CCAB), 12, 23–24, 31–32, 36–39 board of directors in, 28–31 exportation seminars in, 40–44 founding of, 25–26, 28 name changes of, 31, 38–39 restructuring of, 31–32 arabesque, 1, 10, 175 explanation of, 2, 167 qualification as another, 3, 167 Arabian Gulf, 12, 24, 38–39, 41–43, 45, 181n. 20 Arabic language, 59, 111–13, 137 historical marginalization of, 189n. 9 instruction in, 137, 142, 191n. 29 Arab League of States, 37–38 Arap, Sami, x, 79, 80–81, 91–92, 109 Ashcroft, John, 15 Asians, 35, 92, 102, 108 Syrian–Lebanese and, 33–35, 110, 127, 151, 187n. 12, 188n. 17, 190n. 20 Association of Ethnic Media (AMET), 151, 192nn. 7, 9 Association of Sport Clubs and SocioCultural Club Members of São Paulo (ACESC), 126–27, 134, 190nn. 13, 14 Assrauy, Nagib, 99–100, 112 Athie, Myryam, 52, 55, 61–64, 183n. 10, 184n. 36, 185n. 46 Atlantic Avenue (New York City), 180n. 15 Avenida Paulista (São Paulo), 1–2, 16–17, 31, 76, 124, 126, 129, 157 baba ghanoush, 57, 60, 135, 137 Baieth (Lebanon), 146 Banco Itaú, 2 Bandeirantes Television Network (Rede Bandeirantes ), 62 Barreto, Bruno, 106, 187n. 11 Barros, Adhemar de, 50 Barth, Frederik, 3 Bastani, Jorge, 77–79 Bastide, Roger, 104 Belém (Pará), 17, 97 belly dancing, 122, 130–31, 136–37, 140, 142–43, 188n. 19, 191n. 23 el-bilad (the [home] country), 97 blacks, 8–9, 57–60, 67, 72 Brazilian nationalism and, 8, 60, 89–90, 101–2 Syrian–Lebanese and, 79, 92, 110, 127, 169–70, 182n. 5 Brazil, 2, 13–15, 24, 27, 47, 84, 92, 100–101, 129, 132 cultural commodities in, 8–9, 122, 128, 130–31, 190nn. 19, 20 economic opening in, 5, 30, 33, 34, 35–36, 43–44 immigration to, 6–7, 26–27 protectionism in, 23, 35 social mobility in, 72–73, 80–81, 83–84 Brazilian Agency of Intelligence (Abin), 168–70 Bucaram, Abdalá, 60–61 Buzaid, Alfredo, 79 Câmara Síria de Comércio (Syrian Chamber of Commerce), 25 camelôs. See street vendors Campos, Mintaha Alcuri, 97–98, 186n. 5 Cardoso, Fernando Henrique, 7, 23, 36, 40, 172, 177n. 3 Carrillo Pastore Euro RSCG, 151 Carta, Alice, 156 Carta do Líbano (São Paulo), xi, 13, 61, 152, 178n. 16, 184n. 36 Casa grande e senzala, 8, 15, 60, 76, 102, 183n. 11, 184nn. 27, 34, 187n. 8 Chams (São Paulo), xi, 13, 17, 170 Athie, Myryam, in, 61, 65, 184n. 36 homeland tourism ads in, 152, 192n. 10 Chatterjee, Partha, 3 Chohfi, Lourenço, 30 Chohfi, Ragueb, 30–31 Christian, 99–100, 107–11, 187nn. 5, 6, 188n. 23 Maronite, 100, 106, 116, 180n. 3, 186n. 1 Melkite, 116, 186n. 1, 187n. 6 Orthodox, 99, 115–16, 136, 178n. 7, 186n. 1 Clifford, James, 9, 16 Clone, The (O Clone), 2, 14, 113–15, 130–31, 179n. 20, 188n. 19 Clube Atlético Monte Líbano (Mount Lebanon Athletic Club, or CAML), xi, 125–27, 133, 141–42, 173, 191n. 27 founding of, 123 jantar árabe in, 134–35 kitchen of, 135–36, 139–40 Club Homs, xi, 1, 82, 123–24, 126, 137, 140, 141–43, 153, 191n. 29 Collor de Mello, Fernando, 7, 180n. 12 colônia (colony), Syrian–Lebanese, 7, 77 Christian domination in...

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