In each of its sessions, the Arab Reading Challenge, a unique cultural and cognitive event, illuminates a range of human stories that highlight the role of writers and reading in alleviating the hardships of life, and how in many moments the book becomes a friend, companion and supporter.

Muhannad al-Masri, Ayat al-Hamd, and Omar al-Nur Muhammad, three children, received a lot of celebration and sympathy from the organizers and audience «Reading Challenge», where a report on the three children presented at the closing ceremony of the fourth session of the «Arab Reading Challenge», revealed the harsh lives that did not It prevents them from loving the book and stick to it despite all circumstances. Despite the harsh conditions of their lives, they were able to hold the book and turn it into a refuge and escape them from the difficulties and cruelty of life.

Muhannad al - Masri .. A lot of passion

The story of Syrian student Muhannad al-Masri carries a lot of passion for science and reading, and a lot of hardship. Al-Masri lives in harsh conditions that led him to leave home and move to Jordan, where he lost a year of his studies. The 15-year-old was forced to work to help his family. His father is not working, and his older brother is severely impaired. Al-Masri worked during the day and recorded in the evening classes, but today he returned to Syria because of the difficult financial circumstances that will not enable my brother to continue his studies in Jordan.

Muhannad al-Masri told Emirates Today: “I first worked in the sale of vegetables. I used to earn two dinars a day and give them to my father as an expense to the family. Then I had to work in other professions, including Al-Dahan, I studied in Jordan after I stopped for a year. “But education is expensive there, and we had to go back to Syria so that my older brother could go to university.” Regarding his participation in the “Reading Challenge”, Al Masri said: “I heard about the competition and participated in it. I qualified at the regional level. I was the first on the North level. I love reading being the only place where I find myself. "I have entered a new world in which I have all the dreams, stories and imagination without limit." He pointed out that after he finishes his morning work and his homework in the evening, he devotes the rest of his time to reading, explaining that reading is a beacon of paths and nations on the way to urbanization, it is the cornerstone of nation-building. Al-Masri considered that the “Arab Reading Challenge” is the way for the Arab nation to advance and civilize, because only reading can guarantee this progress. Al-Masri pointed out that reading added a lot of judgment and difficult lessons, and learned through patience. To date, Muhannad has read more than 37 books in various fields, including fiction and fiction, novels and biographical readings. The most prominent wisdom learned from reading, it is a saying he read in one of the books «of the patience of Zafar», has been stuck in his memory, as it defies to reach everything he wants. Muhannad dreams of becoming an engineer in the future or coming to Dubai, especially since the dream of participating in the Reading Challenge and reaching the title did not end when he participated in the past. He is looking for ways to participate in the challenge.

Ayat: My window to the world

By asking Ayat al-Hamd, “Are you from where?”, The report presented during the last session of the Reading Challenge began to be a short answer to all the suffering, “I am from the camp”. They know the meaning of the homelands, but they are armed with reading to lead a better life, where the verses of reading are described by saying: «Reading is a bright light in the darkness of this time, and my window to the world». Ayat considers that the book is on its way to many worlds. When she is saddened by the nature of her life, she reads to feel calm, noting that during her participation in the challenge she has read more than 40 books. And the books that I liked said verses: «Many books that I liked, including on the moon and stars, and Kalila and Dimna. She concludes with a tear and heartburn, with the wish to return to her homeland and home.

Omar Mohammed .. Not to surrender

On the other hand, we find how the reading helped the Sudanese Omar Mohamed, not to give in to the harsh and difficult circumstances, he talked about the book, and said: «Book is the only way, so we are satisfied with what was written, and if reading is the only way, really is the only way». He noted that writing, which possesses human skill through reading, is the way to convey the messages of people around him to the world. Reading carries memory and internal confusion, so it became his addiction.

People 's lump

Muhannad's Egyptian parents feel a lot of heartburn. In the report, Muhannad al-Masri's father buzzes as he talks about him, and he can speak only a few words, stating that he feels heartburn because he is unable to provide all his children's needs. Muhannad's mother talks about her son, and how he challenges the difficult circumstances to complete his knowledge, and to reach his goal in life, through the armament of reading, determination and determination.

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