Hatem Mohammed Jassim Al-Turkawi won from SyriaKadi bint Misfer Al Khathami from Saudi Arabia, and Salsabil Hassan Sawalha from Palestinewith the Reading Challenge in its eighth session.
This year’s session was recorded from Reading challenge More than 28 million students, male and female, participated, representing more than 229,000 schools in 50 countries, and under the supervision of more than 154,000 reading supervisors.
Each of the three champions received a prize worth half a million dirhams, after excelling in the final stage, which included the first Arab countries.
At the ceremony, which was held At Dubai Opera It was attended by more than 1,500 personalities, the Sheikh said Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum“Today, we crowned the champions of the Arab Reading Challenge in its eighth session. The participation of more than 28 million students, male and female, from schools in 50 countries, is a new achievement for the largest reading project in the world. I am happy with this Arab generation’s passion for knowledge and reading. Proud of this new group of future makers.”
He added: “In each session of the challenge, Arab students provide inspiring examples of positivity, initiative, and the courage to turn a dream into reality. They believed that perseverance is the path to victory, so they got what they deserved,” according to the Emirates News Agency, WAM.
The male and female students passed several stages throughout the eighth session, and during the final qualifications that took place in DubaiThe students competed for the title of champion Arabic reading challenge For an oral test, for the purpose of evaluating their own skills, the students presented in fluent Arabic the most prominent ideas and main points that they had been inspired by from the 25 books they had read. The jury worked to measure their reading outcome as a whole, and their ability to express it in their own style, as it requires the student to show Distinctive abilities in discussion, criticism, analysis, and linking different ideas and concepts, in addition to having self-confidence and mastery of performance.
The Arab Reading Challenge, organized by the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation, aims to enhance the importance of reading among participating students at the level of the Arab world and the world, develop mechanisms for comprehension and self-expression in a sound Arabic language, and endear Arab youth to the Arabic language, and encourage them to use it in Their daily interactions, leading to enriching the available knowledge content In ArabicEnhancing its position as a language of thought, science, research and creativity.