Gigantinho Gymnasium. Conference ‘Fundamentalism and intolerance.’ Left to right: Dennis Brutus (South Africa), Raji Sourani (Israel / Palestine), Lilian Celiberti (Uruguay), Sherif Hetata (Egypt). The III World Social Forum, held in Porto Alegre between 23 and 28 January 2003, brought together over 100,000 people from 156 countries.