LibGuides: Latin American Collection at USEK Library: About Roberto Khatlab

Roberto Khatlab

Brazilian, naturalized Lebanese. Born in Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
He studied philosophy and oriental theology; History of Religions; Lebanese emigration to Brazil / Latin America and Brazilian immigration (Brazilian-Lebanese – “Brazilibaneses”) to Lebanon.
Former administrative assistant - cultural sector - at the Brazilian Embassy in Beirut.
Associate Researcher of the National Museum Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (MN-UFRJ).
Counselor and researcher in a number of Arab or Lebanese-Brazilian/Latin American scholarly bodies.
Director of the Latin American Studies and Cultures Center (CECAL) in the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon.
Winner of the Saïd Akl Prize in 2000.
Mr. Khatlab has numerous publications to his credit and he is authoring a series of articles on the Lebanese-Brazilian emigrants and returnees in the Lebanese French daily Orient-le Jour (Check next sub-pages).