Mohammed bin Rashid: Greetings to a competitive Arab generation

Sultan Al Mazrouei Champion of the Arab Reading Challenge in the Emirates

• Sultan Salem Al Mazrouei.

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The Arab Reading Challenge project, in its fifth session, crowned the student, Sultan Salem Al Mazrouei, as the champion of the challenge in the Emirates, after a series of nationwide qualifiers, along with participants from 51 other countries, to form together the largest global reading event, as the current session gathered more than 21 million A participant with a love of reading and knowledge.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, praised the achievement of the sixth-grade student at Al-Ajyal International School of America, after he scored the highest marks in the competition, extending his greetings to him and his generation.

His Highness said in a tweet posted on Twitter yesterday: “Sultan Salem Al Mazrouei, 11 years old, has read 300 books in one year.

Today, 450 thousand students in the Emirates participated in the Arab Reading Challenge, which reached 21 million students in 51 countries around the world.

Greetings to Sultan, and greetings to a generation of Arab readers and able to compete ».

The winning student, Sultan Al Mazrouei, confirmed to "Emirates Today" that "the title is the fruit of an effort that has continued for years." He added, "This is thanks to my mother who supported me."

Al-Mazrouei explained that he entered the world of reading from an early age, as his mother's bedtime stories were very attractive to him, and he kept wondering about their source until he knew that he lay in books.

Al Mazrouei participated in the Arab Reading Challenge for the second time, and he was able to achieve the championship at the level of the Emirates, indicating that he loves the challenge, and that he returned the experience because he was determined to win, expressing his hope to represent the UAE in a distinctive way to achieve the championship.

He emphasized that what is important in the world of reading is not the number of books, but rather knowing the writer’s ideas, and the benefit that the reader will gain from the book. “Reading books increases the linguistic repertoire, because it is like imagination that has no limits, and diversity is important and beautiful so that one does not become bored.”

He said that he is inclined to literature, especially novels, with an emphasis on his diverse reading in medicine, philosophy, human development, politics and religion, and he aspires to become a writer, and he has already started writing many stories, and he intends to write a novel about his experience in the challenge of Arab reading, the difficulties and how He overcame them, explaining that the most prominent difficulties he faced were the challenge of reading many books by international writers, especially since the book contains more than 200 pages, without neglecting the importance of studying that takes a lot of time, especially since there are school exams he strives with, explaining that he He was keen to reconcile between school and reading many books, while making sure to continue reading books at leisure.

As for remote study, in light of the Corona pandemic, it did not affect reading among Al Mazrouei.

Umm Sultan talked about her support for her son, explaining that she helped him choose the books that he read and participated in, especially since the family is a reader, and there is a large library at home, and she pointed out that what distinguishes Sultan is his critical personality, as he strives for the best in everything.

The final qualifiers for the Arab Reading Challenge continue at the country level, respectively, in order to crown the first at the level of each one, in preparation for the competition between them in the final stage, to crown the champion of the fifth session of the Arab Reading Challenge, organized by the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Foundation, to consolidate the culture of Reading and promoting the Arabic language as a language of dialogue and creativity, and promoting the values ​​of civilized contribution to new generations.

The student, Sultan Al Mazrouei, obtained the highest marks in the competition, which gathered 540 students in its final stages, and after that it was confined to 90 competitors for the title, from whom the jury selected the top 10 students, before naming the first winner of the Arab Reading Challenge for its fifth session at the state level.

The following nine centers came: Shahd Rashid Al Yamahi, from the 11th grade of Al Twain School, and Salem Ali Abdullah Al Mazrouei, from the fifth grade at Al Salam School for Educational Partnerships, Jamila Hassan Al Zaabi, from the 11th grade at Al Shifa Bint Abdullah School, and Mashael Talal Mohammed, from the classroom The 12th at Zayed Educational Complex School, Muhammad Ibrahim Saeed Al Balushi, from the 11th grade of Al Dahma School, and Muhammad Ali Al Kutbi, from the tenth grade at Al Dhaid School for Secondary Education, Reem Ali Salem Al Shamili, from the 11th grade at Shaml Secondary School, and Islam Hazem Al Majayda from the 12th grade at Qatar School Al-Nada, and Ahmad Muhammad Mukhaimer, from the 11th grade of the Tunb Secondary School.

Atika Bint Zaid School for Basic Education won the title of Distinguished School out of 1,435 schools that participated in the challenge from different parts of the country, in exchange for their efforts to effectively engage their students in the challenge, and to provide innovative mechanisms to enable them to read and cognitively through the multimedia that it provided as alternatives to paper books in these The session is challenging, and students are provided with the various forms of support they need in order to achieve the goals of the challenge and to read books that achieve the desired benefit.

At the level of the emirate / region, the first class in this category was honored, as Hala Essam Ismail from the first grade won the Al-Hikma Private School at the level of Ajman, while Muhammad Al-Jawad Ahmed Hassan Al-Wakeel from the third grade won Al Maktoum School For basic education at the level of Dubai, and Sultan Salem Ali Al Mazrouei from the fifth grade at the Ajyal International School at the level of Abu Dhabi, and Shahid Rashid Al Yamahi from the 11th grade of Al Twain School at the level of Fujairah, and Reem Ali Salem Al Shamili from the 11th grade at the Shamal Primary and Secondary School at the level of Ras Al Khaimah, and Jamila Hassan Al Zaabi is from the 12th grade of Al Shifa Bint Abdullah School at the level of Sharjah, Bayan Muhammad Tayeb from the 12th grade at Umm Al Quwain School at the level of Umm Al Quwain, and Islam Hazem Al Majaidah from the 12th grade at Qatar Al Nada School at Al Dhafra level, and Muhammad Ibrahim Saeed Al Balushi from the 12th grade at Al Dahmaa School Eye level.

The results of the final qualifiers at the state level to challenge Arab reading were announced as part of a digital event.

The Minister of State for Public Education Affairs, Jamila bint Salem Al Muhairi, affirmed that Emirati school students have become proactive in participating in the Arab Reading Challenge, reflecting a bright and honorable image for the generations of the Emirates, and their great passion for reading and knowledge, and drawing from various walks of science and knowledge, to represent the state best in this matter. The pioneering, humanitarian and civilizational challenge.

During her speech at the ceremony announcing the winner of the Arab Reading Challenge at the state level, she congratulated the top 10 in each emirate within the "challenge", the distinguished school at the state level, as well as the distinguished supervisor and the top 10 at the state level, explaining that the number of students participating in the challenge for this year of Various state schools - about half a million students, which proves the extent to which our students are ready to compete with the challenge efficiently and competently, and compete with their peers from different countries of the world, adding another dimension to their experience in this field.

She commended the Arab Reading Challenge initiative launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, in 2015, reviving interest in reading in our Arab world, as it is a bridge to build mankind and a means to resume civilization and reach a better future for future generations on sound foundations, unleashing their cognitive abilities and their components. Cultural.

In turn, the Secretary-General of the Arab Reading Challenge Initiative, Mona Al-Kindi, said, “The crowning of the champion of the Arab Reading Challenge at the state level is the culmination of the efforts of hundreds of thousands of students, teachers, supervisors, parents, school administrations and work teams for the Arab Reading Challenge, to enhance the qualitative successes achieved by the challenge in consolidating Reading as a basic practice for acquiring knowledge and expanding perceptions, supporting school curricula, enhancing the status of the Arabic language, and empowering future generations with tools for educational attainment, especially with the rise of continuous, open and virtual learning trends that continue to develop by making use of technology and digitization.

Outstanding supervisor

On the national level, the final qualifiers witnessed the honoring of Professor Moza Al-Ghani with the title of Distinguished Supervisor, after a qualitative effort to support students, empower them and support them, and provide educational and moral support to them in achieving reading goals, reading books in digital form, and summarizing their contents in electronic files.

Digital solutions

The initiative witnessed the activation of digital solutions in the new cycle of the Arab reading challenge, in conjunction with the application of distance learning options and preventive health measures against the "Covid-19" epidemic in most countries of the world.

Reading materials were made available to students digitally, and summarizing books on paper was replaced by sharing them via electronic files.

The judging process, which was conducted by default, included comprehension, expression and functional reading skills, in addition to the abilities of diversity in reading materials and library knowledge.

Review the contents of books

Judging committees evaluated the performance of the competitors, according to the ability to review the contents of the books, talk about them, extract information, and diversify reading interests.

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