Writer, poet, legal specialist and Portuguese Orientalist, he is currently President of the Centre for Arab and Portuguese Studies at Silves.

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In the 1970s, he became a union leader, said Luiz Valente, chairman of the department of Portuguese and Brazilian studies at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

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When she finishes her current studies of Portuguese, she will be in a much better position to revisit the country and get more out of her experiences.

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"Criolo is probably the best example of how Brazilians have forged in the last decade or so their own musical language for hip-hop beyond merely rapping in Portuguese, " said Christopher Dunn, associate professor of Brazilian studies at Tulane University, who co-edited a book on the country's popular music.

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