12 Arab Reading Challenge champions continue to compete for the title

Umm Al-Nasr Mamin, champion of the Arab Reading Challenge in Mauritania, managed during the fourth episode of the Arab Reading Challenge, to stay in the semi-finals, raising her hopes of competing in the title, after defeating Egyptian Raneem Samir Hamouda, Bahraini Bushra Abdulmajid Asiri, and Saudi Fahad Shuja 'Al-Habout and Egyptian Shaima Ali Bassiouni, who left the competition while 12 champions and champions managed to cross to the next stage of the final qualifying, seeking to win one of the title in the Arab world.

The previous two episodes saw eight heroes enter the circle of danger: Egyptian Ranim Samir Hamouda, Bahraini Bushra Abdul Majeed Asiri, Sudanese Hadeel Anwar Al-Zubair, Emirati Meznah Najib, Mauritanian Umm Al-Nasr Mamin, Saudi Fahad Shuja Al-Habout, Egyptian Shaima Ali Bassiouni and Omania Sumaya Bint. Sami al-Mafrajieh, while the other eight heroes managed to reach the safety circle directly, after the 16 Arab Reading Challenge crowned champions in 14 Arab countries were divided into two teams, each consisting of eight heroes competing among themselves for fun Of the following of the finalists.

The fourth episode, broadcast on the day before yesterday, witnessed fierce competition among the eight heroes who had entered the circle of danger in the second and third episodes. Challenges were conducted among the contestants, through which the jury measures, on scientific and pedagogical basis, their level of knowledge and culture. Express their ideas in an attractive and sound Arabic language.

3 challenges

In a thrilling competitive atmosphere among the eight champions who were in danger, with four champions from each team, the challenges of the fourth episode began as superiority is the only hope for each contestant to continue to compete in the title.

The episode included three challenges, the first of which was to write a short story using six spaced words meanings and tell the story to the jury in one minute. To continue competing for the title, and to reach the next stage of the qualifiers, while the remaining six champions had to enter two other challenges.

In the second challenge, the six heroes were asked to change the end of the story of the late writer Yousra Idris and create a new one. After the contestants presented their creations to the jury, Sudanese Hadeel Anwar al-Zubair was able to move away from the circle of danger and reserve a seat among the heroes. They will enter the next stages of the qualifiers. In the third challenge in the fourth episode, which is also the last chance from the circle of danger, members of the jury, which includes Bahraini media and poet Dr. Berwyn Habib, Tunisian writer Dr. Laila Al-Obeidi, and Syrian artist and director Jamal Suleiman, discussed among the remaining five heroes on possible solutions Encouraging young people in the Arab world to read, and after the competitors presented their ideas and proposals, Mauritanian Oum el-Nasr Mamin managed to win the only remaining seat to catch up with the next stages of the qualifiers, while the success of the other contestants Seven, and they Almbartan Ranim Samir Hamouda and Shaimaa Ali Bassiouni Bahraini Bushra Abdul Majid Assiri, and Saudi Arabia Fahd brave Alhabot, who called for the playoffs amid an atmosphere of friendship impressive.

Thrill continues

Continuing the atmosphere of suspense and competition, the fifth episode to be broadcast on Friday will see new challenges among the 12 heroes, who succeeded in continuing to compete in the title of the champion of the Arab Reading Challenge of 2019, namely: Jordanian Shaima Qahtan Ahmed Kazakza, Kuwaiti Abdulaziz Al-Khalidi, Algerian Naima Kabir, and Lebanese Lubna Hamida Jamal Nasser, Tunisian Aya Noureddine, Saudi Arabia Jumana Saeed Al-Malki, Morocco's Fatima Zahra Akhyar, Palestinian Omar Maaytah, Emirati Meznah Najib, Omani Sumaya Bint Sami Al-Mafrajieh, Sudanese Hadeel Anwar Al-Zubair, Mauritanian Umm Al-Nasr Mamin, The thrilling competitive environment continues to exclude three heroes, and the remaining nine heroes reach a new stage of qualifying in the sixth episode of the show.

Real heroes

The Secretary-General of the Arab Reading Challenge, Mona Al-Kindi, confirmed that the 16 finalists are already champions because they have surpassed more than 13.5 million students who participated in the fourth round of the challenge aimed at consolidating reading values ​​among young people in the Arab world and abroad.

“Regardless of the results of this year's title, which will be announced in future episodes of the program, we are proud of these students, confident of their ability to build their country's future with their knowledge, and to be role models for their peers and their generation, and to achieve the goal of the Reading Challenge initiative,” she said. The Arab seeks to spread interest in reading and culture, as necessary tools for those looking for a better future for themselves and their homeland ».

Visit Dubai Mall

Away from the stressful and competitive environment, the fourth episode of the Arabic Reading Challenge included scenes from the visit of the Challenge Heroes to the Dubai Mall, one of the world's largest shopping malls, and the heroes spent a lot of fun and entertainment.

The episode also included scenes from the visit of Dr. Ali Jaber, General Manager of MBC Group, to the Arab Reading Challenge House and his meeting with the Challenge Heroes, in which he talked about the importance of mastering the Arabic language and its development and use in all aspects of life, as an important addition to all He speaks and has shared a number of personal experiences in several areas, including education, media and others.

Everyone is a winner

The Undersecretary for Educational Programs in Saudi Arabia, Tahani Al-Bez, explained that the participation of the Ministry of Education in the fourth session of the Reading Challenge Project has witnessed more than 100 initiatives to support students, guide them and provide them with the necessary means, targeting 1.3 million students, in 200 thousand schools participated in the project .

Established standing

The Minister of Education in Egypt, Dr. Tarek Shawky, stressed that the Arab Reading Challenge establishes its position year after year, as one of the most important cultural and knowledge projects in the Arab world, as it aims to raise awareness of the importance of reading among students, and develop self-learning skills and analytical thinking Critical, improving Arabic language skills, increasing the ability to use them to express students' opinions and ideas, in addition to enhancing the cultural awareness of young people from a young age, and expanding their horizons of thinking.

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Challenges settled the competition, and kept four heroes out of danger.