The International Book Capital launches the “Book Friendly Schools” campaign

The Sharjah Book Capital International Office for 2019, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, the Sharjah Education Council and the Sharjah Private Education Authority yesterday launched a cultural and awareness campaign titled "Book-Friendly Schools", which will last for two months and target 30 schools.

The campaign, which kicked off its first activities at the Umm Roman School for Basic Education for Girls, includes a collection of mini-book fairs and cultural, artistic and craft workshops, and holds a series of various activities and activities and reading sessions, at two days for each school, in addition to providing 50 books for the participating school libraries in the campaign.

“This campaign reflects the relentless pursuit of investment in the creative and intellectual energies of new generations and the enhancement of their capabilities, so that they can be active actors in the future, as we have based on one of the most important axes of the title celebration program, which is empowering young people and children from the foundations of science And taking the book as a basic source of knowledge and entertainment, and strengthening the culture of reading ».

It is noteworthy that the choice of the International Committee of the Worlds Capitals of Writers in UNESCO «Sharjah World Book Capital for 2019», in recognition of its prominent role in supporting the book and promoting the culture of reading, as the activities commemorating the title began on April 23 last year with a show that is the largest of its kind in the region, download The title "One Thousand and One Nights ... the last chapter".

Since 2001, the World Book Capitals Initiative Committee, consisting of representatives of UNESCO, the International Federation of Publishers, and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, receives requests for city participation annually from around the world, and then evaluates them to choose the global book capital.

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A book for the schools libraries participating in the campaign.