27 writers and 537 events are hosting workshops and children's shows
"Sharjah Reading" opens its doors to children's imagination
The festival crowd will have an appointment with 385 specialized events and activities.
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Ahmed Al-Amiri: “The festival opens a space and an outlet for creativity, learning and play.”
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Under the slogan "for your imagination", the activities of the 12th edition of the "Sharjah Children's Reading Festival", organized by the Sharjah Book Authority from 19 to 29 May, will be launched at the Sharjah Expo Center, with the participation of 172 publishers from 15 Arab and foreign countries, accompanied by a number of artists. Who offer children and adolescents 537 specialized activities and activities, and a series of theatrical performances that bring together some of the brightest Arab stars.
Illustrated creations
The event, which opens this year to visitors from 4 pm to 10 pm, hosts 27 writers from 15 countries, who present a number of sessions that are held on the ground, and others through virtual communication techniques, and will witness the organization of the ninth session of the Sharjah Child Book Drawings Exhibition. », It also provides an opportunity to see the creations pictured through the comics platform, which will present 132 artistic and entertainment workshops and events, in which many Arab and foreign specialists and artists will participate.
This came during a press conference held yesterday at the authority’s headquarters in Sharjah, in which the head of the Sharjah Book Authority spoke;
Ahmed bin Rakkad Al Ameri, Commander in Chief of Sharjah Police;
Major General Saif Al-Zari Al Shamsi, Director General of the Sharjah Radio and Television Authority, Muhammad Hassan Khalaf, and Vice President - Business Partnerships and Customer Service at Etisalat, Muhammad Al Amimi, in the presence of a number of cultural figures and media professionals from various local and international media outlets. The conference also witnessed hosting a group of children. In a creative workshop for manufacturing robots.
Be loyal
Ahmed bin Rakkad Al Ameri said: “The festival opens a space for new generations and an outlet for creativity, learning and play, after a long period of implementation of measures to prevent the Corona virus, to embody on the ground the vision of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, and his wife Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher Bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, President of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs, calling for investment in the awareness and knowledge of new generations.
He added: “Societies recover by nurturing the dreams of their children and expanding the horizon before them to create and innovate, and we in the authority are committed to Sharjah's vision towards children and young people, as the Sharjah Children's Reading Festival is one of the pillars of our strategy in raising new generations to love the readable word, and education adopts a life approach to reach Knowledge society, to remain active contributors to achieving the aspirations of the emirate’s comprehensive civilization ».
The head of the Sharjah Book Authority continued: “We prepare our children for a distinguished course, held according to the highest precautionary measures to prevent the Coronavirus, and we hope that the festival’s activities will give them the opportunity to discover their energies and talents and develop their skills, and we say to them: With your imagination, we create our future, so be loyal to your aspirations.”
Guests
11 writers from the Arab world will participate this year, as the festival will host both the Emirati artist and painter Aisha Al-Hamrani, and from Egypt the actor Ahmed Amin, the novelist Al-Tayeb Adeeb and the writer Amr Samir Atef, accompanied from Kuwait, the writer Heba Ismail Mandani, and Hoda Al-Shawa Qaddoumi, and from Bahrain, the writer of stories Nisreen Jafar Al-Nur, and the writer and journalist Faraj Daghim Al-Dhafiri from Saudi Arabia, in addition to the presence of the poet and writer Wafa Al-Shamsi from the Sultanate of Oman;
The writer Fida Al-Zomor is from Jordan, and the artist Hussein Ali Harf is from Iraq.
The festival will host 16 foreign writers, where the audience will meet Matt Lamuth, Ambika Anand Prokop, Nanette Heffernan, Abby Cooper, Kevin Sherry from the United States of America, Swady Martin from the Ivory Coast, Misaco Rocks from Japan, Claudia Rueda from Colombia, and Zenobia Arslan from Pakistan, accompanied by Dinara Murtalipova from Uzbekistan, with the participation from the United Kingdom Curtis Jopling, Aisha Busby, Katie Tsang, Kevin Tsang, Frances Fransen and Sebastian de Souza.
Creative performances and plays
The festival audience, children and adolescents, will be on this year's date of 385 specialized and varied events and activities, presented by a group of experts, who provide a set of valuable knowledge that serves to enrich the imagination and thought of new generations, and theater lovers will have the opportunity to enjoy a set of distinguished works that will be shown during the event, Among them is the "Dream Book", which is considered the first theatrical work to be supervised by the Sharjah Book Authority, with the participation of Wadima Ahmed, Heba Al-Duri, Ahmed Bin Hussein, Badr Al-Shuaibi, and others.
The festival theater is witnessing a series of theatrical works, including: “Good Night” starring Farah Al-Sarraf, Ghadeer Al-Sabti, Alaa Al-Hindi, Muhammad Al-Ramadan, Faisal Farid, and others, in addition to the play “The Enchanted Forest” and “Shiny Names in History.” And the "dancing colors," and the "invisible duo."
The festival takes all precautionary and preventive measures against the Coronavirus, as an integrated plan has been developed to sterilize facilities and halls on a daily and comprehensive basis, and thermal scanners and sterilizers will be provided, in addition to stressing the need to adhere to wearing masks, and applying physical distancing policies.
Culinary events
Visitors will get acquainted with the most delicious recipes offered by four of the most famous Arab chefs, namely: Chef Daad Abu Jaber from Jordan, Chef Ghada Al-Tali from Egypt, and from Sudan Zahra Abdullah and Morocco, Alia Al Qasimi, who participate in 20 specialized cooking events throughout the days of the festival.
The comic story platform
The comics platform opens its doors for its young and young visitors to enjoy the most beautiful performances and creativity it offers, as this year the platform will organize 110 workshops, presented by specialists and experts, while the young visitors will have an appointment with 22 artistic entertainment shows.
Knight Poetry
With a view to improving the taste of children and adolescents and enhancing their connection with the Arabic language, the festival organizes, in cooperation with the Supreme Council for Family Affairs, the literary competition "The Knight of Poetry", which is concerned with mobilizing the capabilities and creativity of the participants in the field of writing poetry, offering them the opportunity to strengthen their Arabic language and encourage them On memorizing and reciting Arabic poetry from an anthology of the most prominent and famous poems.
"skyline"
The festival brings together book makers in the “Horizon” platform, which aims to support the visual content of the Arab Child’s book, improve its industry, and contribute to the provision of distinctive content that is able to compete internationally. The platform offers a grant for the Arab cultural product of $ 1500, to be given to the artist for one book, as possible. Every illustrator and publisher receives support for two books, in addition to the media product support.
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