HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, received the second edition of the TV Show “The Challenge of the Arab Reading Challenge”. From his book "My Story", which is the latest version of His Highness the books, and monitors his journey in the service of the nation spanning 50 years, and the book presents historical milestones and luminous and influential events in the march of Dubai and the United Arab Emirates, in the form of a biography woven in 50 stories of the journey of man and leader. It is intertwined with personal national and humanitarian.

"I dedicate these stories in the hope that you will find something that will add to the future of your beautiful homeland," wrote His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, in his dedication to each copy of the book, addressed to each of the 16 Challenge Champions crowned in 14 Arab countries.

The surprise brought joy and joy to the contestants, who expressed their gratitude for this kind gesture from His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

The Arab Thrill Reading Challenge, the first of its kind in the world, is shown on MBC screen at 9pm every Friday of the week. It combines competitions and reality TV programs, and is the result of a collaboration between the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation. The Arab Reading Challenge Initiative (MBRI) and MBC Group (MBC) are scheduled to be transformed from the fourth edition of the Arab Reading Challenge to a TV program. Two episodes of the program have already been broadcast. Broadcast weekly, all the time Eighth episode of the program that will be broadcast live, including the coronation of the champion of the Arab reading challenge for 2019.

Starting challenges

Competition among the 16 champions intensified in the second episode of the TV show Arab Reading Challenge yesterday, with the challenges among the heroes, as winning these challenges is the only way to ensure the transition to the next stages of the qualifiers, as well as ensuring appearances on television screens in the episodes Subsequent of the program.

The first two teams were: Mauritanian Umm Al-Nasr Mamin, Saudi Fahad Shuja Al-Habout, Jordan's Shaima Qahtan Ahmed Kazakza, Egyptian Shaima Ali Bassiouni, Kuwaiti Abdulaziz Al-Khalidi and Omani Sumaya Bint Sami Al-Mafrijieh. , Algerian Naima Kabir, and the Lebanese Lubna Hamida Gamal Nasser.

The second team included Emirati Meznah Najib, Tunisian Aya Noureddine, Sudan's Hadeel Anwar Al-Zubair, Saudi Arabia Jumana Saeed Al-Maliki, Morocco's Fatima Zahra Akhyar, Egyptian Raneem Samir Hamouda, Palestinian Omar Maaytah and Bahraini Bushra Abdul Majeed Asiri.

The first challenge

Millions of Arab viewers around the world enjoyed the second episode of the program, which witnessed two cultural and cognitive challenges among the contestants.The first challenge included the selection of one of the books that were read, and then the selection of a person to be guided by the book, in a presentation within a minute One before the program jury, which includes the Bahraini media and poet Dr. Berwyn Habib, the Tunisian writer Dr. Laila Al-Obeidi, and the Syrian artist and director Jamal Suleiman. The committee adopts an accurate scientific mechanism to evaluate the competing heroes of the challenge. This mechanism is based on rigorous educational and cognitive tools and standards, in addition to evaluating personality, to stand on their cognitive level, through their readings and creativity, enjoying the speed of intuition, integrity and smoothness of the language, and the spirit of teamwork, and their ability to Develop critical and analytical thought and possess creative expressionist tools in diverse situations.

In the first challenge, the heroes competing in their choice of books diversified between Arab and international literature, novel and management books and self-development, and others.

The 280-character challenge

The second challenge, which included the events of the second episode of the program, was the selection of an important book and summarized in 280 characters, in order to be attractive to readers of social media, in this challenge varied choices of heroes competing between inspiring and motivational, scientific and informational books, and others.

These challenges provided an opportunity for the jury to measure the abilities of the eight champions in the first team, and their knowledge and cultural knowledge, as well as their ability to present their ideas and opinions in an attractive and sound Arabic language.

Circle of danger

After exciting competitions in the second episode of the program, four of the eight members of the first team entered the circle of danger, threatening to continue in the qualifiers and the program unless they can quickly get out of this circle by winning challenges with their competitors in subsequent episodes, and the four heroes who entered the stage of danger are : Mauritanian Umm Al-Nasr Mamin, Saudi Fahad Shuja Al-Habout, Egyptian Shaima Ali Bassiouni and Omani Sumaya bint Sami al-Mafrajieh, the reactions of the four heroes the moment they entered the circle of danger, varying amid the atmosphere of suspense and influential humanitarian moments among the members of the first team then The intention of those who have managed to weave a solid ties of friendship between them, despite the unity of competition.

Inspirational models

The Arabic Reading Challenge program, presented by young broadcaster Shahd Blanc, continues to be shown weekly in recorded episodes, with multiple challenges and competitions leading up to the selection of five contestants by the jury for the final elimination which will be part of the closing ceremony and the eighth and final episode of the Arab Reading Challenge broadcast live. The winners of the fourth edition will be the winner of the AED 0.5 million Grand Prize in the AED 11 million Challenge Awards, including the Distinguished School and Supervisor Awards in the Arab World.

It is noteworthy that the Arab TV Reading Challenge program aims to shed light on inspiring young Arab models who have a passion for reading and building awareness of knowledge worthy of celebration in their countries and among their generation, and highlight the success stories and insistence when the heroes of the Arab Reading Challenge at the level of the Arab world, who were able to excel Millions of students, through the diversity and depth of reading, raise the banner of the championship at home level. It also aims to stimulate the younger generations to communicate with their language through the presentation of models that resemble them, and to provide Arabic as a living language to keep pace with generations and the age, in addition to providing reading and knowledge in a new framework fun and useful at the same time.

Visit the Louvre Abu Dhabi

The events of the second episode were not limited to competitions and challenges, as they included scenes from the visit of the 16 Arab Reading Challenge heroes to the Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi, which is one of the most important cultural landmarks in the UAE. The history and story of many collections, paintings and valuable artifacts, which are housed in the museum.

An inspiring meeting

The second episode of the TV program, Arab Reading Challenge, included a meeting between the journalist Zeina Yazji and the 16 Challenge Champions, at the Arab Reading Challenge House, where the final competitions are held.Yazji spoke with the contestants about traditional media and social media and how to deal with them, as she touched on during The meeting, which the students described as rich and inspiring, to the importance of each individual issue and constructive opinion represented, provided that it is based on knowledge and knowledge and rational and logic, so that the opinion of the opinion able to adopt and display, and defend it if necessary.

For her part, Yazji expressed her delight at visiting the Arab Reading Challenge and meeting heroes of the 16th session, crowned with the title in 14 Arab countries, stressing that with their culture, knowledge and ambitious personalities and able to innovate, they affirm that our Arab region awaits a better future, provided that Young people and young people find those who care and guide them.

The first challenge involved selecting a book and giving it to a person in a one-minute presentation.

The second challenge involved selecting and summarizing a book in 280 characters to be attractive to social media readers.