Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the Dubai edition of the third edition of the Arab Reading Challenge will be held at the closing ceremony on October 30th, with crowds and guests from 44 countries. , Led by outstanding students who reached the finals of the 10 million and 500 thousand students from 44 countries. "The Challenge is the embodiment of the vision of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, in preparing a generation of readers who can change reality for the better," said Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Gergawi, Secretary General of Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International, Through knowledge, saying that «the results (challenge reading Arabic) proved that Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's bet on the investment of knowledge in the Arab youth in his place». Al-Gergawi pointed out that the initiative aimed at enhancing intellectual convergence, cultural dialogue and improving the level of education enables Arab youth and youth to establish a culture of reading, research and critical thinking among the younger generation in order to promote cultural communication among peoples. Al Gergawi expressed the pride of the Arab Reading Challenge team with the qualitative results that it continues to achieve for the third year in a row. The number of participants in the 2018 course increased by 25% from last year to reach 10 million and 500 thousand students representing more than 52 thousand schools in 44 countries. The ceremony also marks the culmination of the distinguished school of 52,000 schools that participated in this year's Challenge, and the selection of outstanding teachers and educators who directed the students involved in the challenge and trained them to read and summarize the books and to use the information they contain.

In April, several Arab capitals witnessed the crowning of the champions of the "Arab Reading Challenge" at its third annual session at the level of each country, in addition to the crowning of the distinguished school and distinguished supervisor at the level of each country.

The champion of this year's Arab Reading Challenge is crowned among 16 competitors who have reached the final stage at the Dubai Opera Festival on Tuesday (October 30th) to conclude the largest Arab knowledge initiative under the global initiative of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. This year's prestigious school will be crowned by five of the final stages of Saudi Arabia, the State of Kuwait, the State of Palestine, the Republic of Algeria and the Kingdom of Morocco. The distinguished supervisor of teachers and teachers who have been keen for a year to encourage, guide and follow their students, and to train them to summarize the books they have read and write the most important information.

Leaders of tomorrow

A number of stages and tests were conducted by 16 students who took the top positions in the Arab Reading Challenge. They reserved places for more than 10.5 million students. They gathered a passion for reading and challenging them. At the coronation ceremony.

Schools Challenge

14 schools have reached the final qualifying for the title, where the prestigious school will be announced the winner of one million dirhams, at the crowning ceremony of the champion «Arab Reading Challenge». Some 52,000 schools participated in the Arab Reading Challenge, which underwent several evaluations before the selection of six final schools, based on specific criteria. All the stages that reached the finals showed a clear distinction in programs, activities and literacy initiatives organized by School level.

Challenge Trip

The total number of participants from around the world in the "Arab Reading Challenge" this year increased to 10 million and 500 thousand students, joined the competition from 44 countries in the Arab world and the world, an increase of 25% over last year, For Arab students living outside the Arab world. The "Arab Reading Challenge" was first received in Dubai two days before the final of the Challenge, where they took final exams before selecting candidates who will face a special jury for the last time on the Dubai Opera Theater. The jury and the audience will vote. To choose the champion of the «Arab Reading Challenge» for the year 2018 depending on its performance to the public.