The thrill of the Arab Reading Challenge program continued after the third episode witnessed the entry of four heroes into the circle of danger, after fierce competitions and challenges between the contestants, through which the jury measures scientific and pedagogically accurate cognitive and cultural level, and their ability to express Their ideas in an attractive manner and sound Arabic.

The radio episode, the day before yesterday, on the screen of «MBC», the launch of challenges among eight heroes of the Arab Reading Challenge, after the other eight heroes competed in the second episode of the program, and included the competing team in the third episode: Emirati Mozna Najib, and Tunisian Aya Noureddine, Sudan's Hadeel Anwar al-Zubair, Saudi Arabia Jumana Saeed al-Maliki, Morocco's Fatima al-Zahra Akhyar, Egypt's Raneem Samir Hammouda, Palestinian Omar al-Maaytah and Bahraini Bushra Abdulmajeed Asiri.

Challenges among these eight heroes resulted in an exciting and competitive atmosphere that led to Egyptian Raneem Samir Hamouda, Bahraini Bushra Abdelmajid Asiri, Sudanese Hadeel Anwar Al-Zubair, and Emirati Meznah Najib entering the circle of danger and moving the other four to safety to continue their journey in the program.

The second episode of the program, which airs every Friday, saw the 16 Challenge Champions, crowned the Arab Reading Challenge Champion in 14 Arab countries, divided into two teams, each comprising eight heroes. The members of the first team are: Mauritanian Umm Al-Nasr Mamin, Saudi Fahad Shuja Al-Habout, Jordanian Shaimaa Qahtan Ahmed Qouqazh, Egyptian Shaimaa Ali Bassiouni, Kuwaiti Abdulaziz Al-Khalidi, Omani Sumaya Bint Sami Al-Mafrajieh, Algerian Naima Kabir, and Lebanese Lubna Hamida Gamal Nasser. The second episode witnessed, after heated competition, the entry of four heroes from the first team to the danger zone, namely: Mauritanian Umm Al-Nasr Mamin, Saudi Fahad Shuja Al-Habout, Egyptian Shaima Ali Bassiouni, and Omania Sumaya bint Sami Al-Mafrajieh.

Continuous competitions

In the fourth episode of the program, which will be broadcast on Friday evening, the eight heroes of the first and second teams, who entered the circle of danger in the second and third episodes of the program, which is run by a jury comprising Bahraini journalist and poet Dr. Berwen Habib, and Tunisian writer Dr. Leila Obeidi, The Syrian artist Jamal Suleiman. The fourth episode of the Arab Reading Challenge program will see a new set of challenges and a competitive atmosphere thrill will result in the exclusion of four heroes, and their exit from the race to compete in the title of the Arab Reading Challenge Champion 2019, while the other four heroes join eight champions in the safety zone, to move the 12 heroes To the next stage of qualifying.

Challenges of the third episode

As the second episode witnessed the launch of challenges among the members of the first team, the third episode of the Arab Reading Challenge program broadcast yesterday witnessed two challenges: the first is to choose an inspirational character from a book that was read and talked about and why it was selected in one minute before the jury, and the second is to choose an inspiring quote Can be shared through social media to be attractive to followers of these means, amid the state of alert and enthusiasm among the eight champions of the second team members, knowing that winning the challenges is the only way to ensure the transition to the next stages of the qualifiers, as well as ensuring Will continue to appear on television in subsequent episodes of the program. In the first challenge, the choices of competing heroes varied between Arab and international literature, theater, novel and biographies, while the second challenge varied between inspirational, motivational, scientific or informational publications and others. The aim of these challenges is to stand the jury on the level of knowledge of the competing heroes through their readings and creativity, and enjoy the speed of intuition and integrity of the language and smoothness, and their ability to develop critical and analytical thought, and possess creative tools of expression in a variety of situations.

Arabic Calligraphy World

As part of the series of tours on the most prominent cultural landmarks in the UAE, the third episode of the program included scenes from the visit of the Arab Reading Challenge heroes to the Sharjah Calligraphy Museum, which is one of the important landmarks of the emirate, and is hosted by Hamad Al Madfa House in the Sharjah Heritage Area (the heart of Sharjah). The heroes of the Arab Reading Challenge toured the museums on an expedition of Arabic calligraphy shaded by beauty, creativity and authenticity. They witnessed how Arabic calligraphy evolved through time in the form of dazzling paintings, written texts, characters and wonderful shapes. They also reviewed a number of masterpieces and creative paintings by local calligraphers and artists. And listen to an explanation about the role of the museum in the preservation of the cultural heritage of the art of Arabic calligraphy and upgrade its level locally and internationally.

Competitions and reality TV

The Arab Reading Challenge Program will continue to be shown in recorded episodes in the coming weeks. It combines competitions and reality TV programs. It was decided to convert the final qualifiers from the fourth edition of the Arab Reading Challenge to a TV program in partnership between the two parties. Three episodes of the program have already been broadcast. The competition runs over four other recorded episodes, broadcast weekly, to the eighth episode of the program, which will be broadcast live from the Opera House in Dubai, and includes the coronation of the champion of the Arab Reading Challenge in its fourth session, to win the Grand Motivational Prize of half a year. Leon AED, within the total value of the awards challenge amounting to AED 11 million, also includes awards for outstanding school and supervisor of excellence in the Arab world. It is noteworthy that the Arab TV Reading Challenge program aims to shed light on inspiring Arab youth models, who have a passion for reading and building knowledge awareness, worthy of celebration in their countries and among their generation, and highlight the success stories and insistence of the Arab Reading Challenge champions at the level of the Arab world, who were able Outperformed millions of students, through the diversity and depth of reading, raising the banner of championship at home level. It also aims to motivate the younger generations to communicate with their language, by providing 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 context fun and useful at the same time.

Heroes are sports commentators

Away from the competitive atmosphere witnessed by the events of the third episode of the program, presented by the young presenter Shahad Blanc, the episode included a visit from the famous UAE sports commentator, Fares Awad, to the Arab Reading Challenge, where he met the champions of the challenge, and talked with them about sports media, and the importance of using Arabic in all areas of work, and the heroes of the challenge of the Arab readers experience the experience of voice commentary on the games amid an atmosphere of joy, competition and creativity.

Sports commentator Fares Awad expressed his happiness to meet the heroes of the Arab readers challenge, stressing that they «honorable models for the coming generations in our Arab world».

“If we are used to having a winner and a loser in sports competitions, especially football, it is different for the Arab reading challenge. There is not a single loser among the participants of the initiative, which exceeded 30 million in four years, whether they are finalists or finalists,” he said. Those who read 50 books and more did not qualify, the winner here is the one who reads and keeps on reading ».

He added that the initiatives that translate the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to create hope and cultivate it in the hearts of young people and young people in the Arab region, such as the challenge of reading the Arab and others, is a beacon that shines the way to the future.

In the circle of safety: Tunisian Aya Noureddine, Saudi Arabia Jumana al-Maliki, Moroccan Fatima Zahra, and Palestinian Omar Maaytah.

In the circle of danger: Egyptian Ranim Hammouda, Bahraini Bushra Asiri, Sudanese Hadeel Al-Zubair, and the UAE Mznh Najib.