To all you folks from Islamic Countries, whether it is Lebanon ( the Maronites are pretty much gone, they are part of Brazil ),Syria,
Palestine ( huge contigent coming through lately ), Pakhistan, Afghanistan ( a lot arriving lately as refugees ). Not a whole lot from Iran, them being mostly Persians.Â
There is your place to actually sort your questions on how to land in Brazil, through the Mosque's Mulá. He is the person who can converse through your langugage, source help for your legal immigration status, help you with housing, a job, even to arrange for a bride ( slim pickings ).
Mesquita Abu Bakr Assidik
Rua Henrique Alves dos Santos - Jardim das Americas, São Bernardo do Campo - SP, 09725-730
+55 (11) 4122-2400
+55 (11) 4337-3434
Mesquita do Brás
R. Eliza Whitacker, 17 - Brás, São Paulo - SP, 03009-030
(11) 3315-0569
Mesquita Cambuci
Associação Religiosa Beneficente Islâmica do Brasil
Rua Barão de Jaguara 632
Bairro: Cambuci - Região Centro Mesquita Brasi
+55Â (11) 3208-3726.
You won't get much help from Brazilians, at least of latelly, short of any kind soul. And most of the expats in this forum came in through legal means. So you will get what the paper trail and their dustups with Brazilian bureacracy gave them. You will need to talk to someone that understands you better. So, the local Mosques are where you will get help.
I do not know anything beyond the Greater Sao Paulo. Most of the recent settlers are living around the ABC Region (Santo Andre, Sao Bernardo do Campo , Sao Caetano do Sul), and Sao Paulo's East Side ( Bras, Camubuci, Belem, Pari, Belenzinho, Penha )
There has been some rough encounters between Arabs and Brazilians ( some of which documented on You Tube ), this generation has totally forgotten the value of hospitality, and what it means to add migrants to their environment in terms of learning new things. So you better to seek guidance on getting your visa, settlement from your own kind.Â
Given cultural differences and customs between your stereotypical Brazilian women and Islamic males, my advice is to forgo these arranged marriages if you can. These marriages by convenience don't end well, most of the times. Brazilian women tend to be more sexually liberated, and while this might be alluring to guys on your corner of the world, when it comes to actually living under the same roof, that's when things go sour. They are not easily tamed, and you are at loss upon confrontation.