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Fact sheet / How to find a Portuguese living in Kabul – Observer

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We were looking for a Portuguese. When the mass exodus of foreigners from Kabul began at the beginning of the week, we felt the need to speak with someone who lived in the city and could tell us in detail what life was like in Afghanistan in recent years; how it was these days; and as it was foretold that the times to come would come. And we felt the need to talk to someone who would look at all this from our point of view – so we needed Portuguese who lived in Kabul.

The first contacts, as is often the case, were established through official channels. But they didn’t get very far. Actually, it’s better to be frank: they’ve got us nowhere. In government, the secretary of state for community affairs chose not to provide information. In the European Union, neither does the European External Action Service.

Here it was necessary to use imagination. Franziska Diaz Real, a lifestyle journalist who worked on this work, took to Facebook but later thought it would be nice to use LinkedIn as well. He researched the expressions Kabul, Portuguese Kabul, Portuguese Kabul and Portuguese Afghanistan and found an Air Force soldier who had been in the country for many years and knew the Portuguese who lived there. After exchanging messages with Francisca, the military contacted one of the Portuguese who were still at the Kabul airport. But nothing can be done: it was a moment too emotional to be interviewed.

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Despite the refusal, throughout this process the name of Rui Madeira appeared, without any details about who he was or what he did. Franziska did the research and discovered two years ago news in which Rui Madeira appeared as the head of the control tower at the Kabul airport.

It wasn’t on Facebook. So I had to go back to LinkedIn. Francisca wrote Rui Madeira. Nothing. He applied a filter to the search and wrote “NATO” instead of a title. Nothing. It replaced NATO with Hamid Karzai, the official name of the airport in Kabul. Finally, there is a result.

After exchanging messages, Rui Madeira agreed to speak. You can read the result of this conversation in the special issue Rui lived for 12 years in Kabul and still admits that he has returned. Life in a country where women were not respected before. ” In it we get to know better the story of this Portuguese who lived and worked in Afghanistan for 12 years. Fortunately, he arrived in Portugal on August 8, a few days before the Taliban took over the capital.

These days Rui Madeira was able to speak with some of his colleagues. There was a message that left him unanswered. One of the Afghan women who trained as an air traffic controller and who was waiting for the plane to leave the country earlier this week wrote to her the following message: “I am fine, but I will die.”

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Portuguese historical films will premiere on 29 December.

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Portuguese historical films will premiere on 29 December.

Method Media Bermuda will present the documentary FABRIC: Portuguese History in Bermuda on Thursday, December 29 at the Underwater Research Institute of Bermuda.

A spokesperson said: “Method Media is proud to bring Bermuda Fabric: Portugal History to Bermuda for its 5th and 6th showing at the Bermuda Underwater Observatory. In November and December 2019, Cloth: A Portuguese Story in Bermuda had four sold-out screenings. Now that Bermuda has reopened after the pandemic, it’s time to bring the film back for at least two screenings.

“There are tickets Ptix.bm For $ 20 – sessions at 15:30 and 18:00. Both screenings will be followed by a short Q&A session.

Director and producer Milton Raboso says, “FABRIC is a definitive account of the Portuguese community in Bermuda and its 151 years of history, but it also places Bermuda, Acors and Portugal in the world history and the events that have fueled those 151 years.

“It took more than 10 years to implement FABRIC. The film was supported by the Minister of Culture, the Government of the Azores and private donors.

Bermuda Media Method [MMB] Created in 2011 by producer Milton Raposo. MMB has created content for a wide range of clients: Bermuda’s new hospital renovation, reinsurance, travel campaigns, international sports and more. MMB pays special attention to artistic, cultural and historical content.

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CRISTANO RONALDO CAN MAKE UP A GIANT IN CARIOCA AND PORTUGUESE TECHNICIAN SAYS ‘There will be room’

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Maestro de Braga is the first Portuguese in the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba.

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Maestro de Braga is the first Portuguese in the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba.

Maestro Filipe Cunha, Artistic Director of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Braga, has been invited to conduct the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra, as announced today.

According to a statement sent by O MINHO, “he will be the first Portuguese conductor to conduct this orchestra in its entire history.”

In addition to this orchestra, the maestro will also work with the Lyceo Mozarteum de la Habana Symphony Orchestra.

The concerts will take place on 4 and 12 March 2023 at the National Theater of Cuba in Havana.

In the words of the maestro, quoted in the statement, “these will be very beautiful concerts with difficult but very complex pieces” and therefore he feels “very motivated”.

From the very beginning, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 will be performed by an Italian pianist (Luigi Borzillo), whom the maestro wants to bring to Portugal later this year. In the same concert, Mendelshon’s First Symphony will be performed.

Then, at the second concert, in the company of the Mexican clarinetist Angel Zedillo, he will perform the Louis Sfora Concerto No. 2. In this concert, the maestro also conducts Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony.

“This is an international recognition of my work. An invitation that I accept with humility and great responsibility. I was surprised to learn that I would be the first Portuguese member of the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra. This is a very great honor,” the maestro said in a statement.

“I take with me the name of the city of Braga and Portugal with all the responsibility that goes with it, and I hope to do a good job there, leaving a good image and putting on great concerts. These will be very special concerts because, in addition to performing pieces that I love, especially Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky, I will be directing two wonderful soloists who are also my friends. It will be very beautiful,” concludes Filipe Cunha.

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