Dr. A.S. Paul Gabriel Hilu

Historian and anthropologist, specialist in Islam in Brazil and Latin America. He coordinates postgraduate research in Anthropology and the Middle East Studies Center at UFF. His work focuses on studies of Islam in Syria and Brazil, as well as Arab identity in Rio de Janeiro. He has five published books and has conducted research in Syria, Iraq, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Suriname. He holds degrees in History and Medicine and earned his PhD in Anthropology from Boston University, United States.