<p>Connections between Brazil and the Middle East have a long history but the importance of these interactions has been heightened in recent years by the rise of Brazil as a champion of the global south mass mobilizations in the Arab world and South America and the cultural renaissance of Afro-descendant Muslims and Arab ethnic identities in the Americas. This groundbreaking collection traces the links between these two regions describes the emergence of new South-South solidarities and offers new methodologies for the study of transnationalism global culture and international relations.</p>