The diaspora as political instrument

the Arab press in Brazil in the first half of the 20th century

Abstract

Based on a historical and bibliographic research, this work derived from a thesis in Communication and Culture. This article seeks to describe and analyze the ways in which the Arab immigrants, who arrived in Brazil in the beginning of the 20th century.  The great majority of these immigrants were coming from The Great Syria and directly influenced by the ideals of the Renaissance of Arab art and culture, Al Nahda, transformed and discursively represented the migratory experience in the diaspora through an extensive production of printed media. We observed that those immigrants form new transnational communications networks that simultaneously dealt with political issues in their countries of origin and served as vehicles for socialization in the new Brazilian urban spaces.