The 12th cycle brings the youngsters back into close interaction with the book and its makers

80 thousand visitors to "Sharjah Al-Qara'i" .. Success is drawn on the faces of children

• The festival provided spaces to play and gain experiences in various fields.

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The children and their families bid farewell, yesterday evening, to the activities of the 12th edition of the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival, which was organized by the Sharjah Book Authority under the slogan “For Your Imagination”, and succeeded in attracting 80,000 visitors who lived exceptional moments that mixed cultural activities, art, and theatrical performances, as they enjoyed The audience with 537 activities, enriched the children with a lot of scientific and practical experiences.

The head of the Sharjah Book Authority, Ahmed bin Rakkad Al Ameri, stressed that “the 11-day event formed a platform for knowledge and a gateway for children to explore their talents and abilities,” adding that “the festival is one of the events that complement the map of cultural events that are held in the emirate, and supports The various efforts offered by institutions and authorities keen to support and care for the child, and enhance his capabilities and expertise, and it is an exceptional opportunity, especially in these circumstances, for children to meet their peers, and to return them to interact closely with the book and its makers, by providing a space for playing and gaining experience in various fields.

Al Ameri continued: “The organization of the event translates the vision of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, and embodies the directives of his wife, Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Muhammad Al Qasimi, President of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs, to invest in new generations and upgrade their energies and talents, to be She is able to keep pace with the march of societal renaissance and achieve the aspirations of her country.

Huge library

Throughout its days, the festival turned into a huge library, offering its visitors the publications of 172 publishers from 15 Arab and foreign countries. The festival also opened a vast artistic space for visitors through the ninth edition of the Sharjah Children’s Book Illustrations Exhibition, in which 395 creators from 50 countries participated. The most beautiful paintings that form an exceptional visual language for young readers.

The festival went beyond its role in supporting the book industry and children's literature, as it opened the doors of the theater to its visitors, to present them with distinguished shows, all of which sold out during the first days of its announcement, including the presentation of "The Book of Dreams", which is the first theatrical work supervised by the Sharjah Book Authority, It was attended by Wadima Ahmed, Heba Al-Dari, Ahmed bin Hussein, Badr Al-Shuaibi, and others.

It also hosted a selection of theatrical works, in which a group of stars were created, in addition to a group of theatrical works that received attention from visitors.

For the first time in its history, the festival not only presented its events and activities at the Expo Center Sharjah, but the people of Dibba Al-Hisn and Kalba met with a group of writers and creators, while Abu Dhabi hosted a number of cultural events in Yas Mall, and Al Safa Library in Dubai received several cultural sessions, and arrived Event activities to Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimah.

new acquaintances

For her part, the general coordinator of the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival, Khawla Al Mujaini, said: “We saw the success of the festival this year in the faces of the children learning new knowledge and sciences, and we were happy to see their joy as they played and explored their artistic and creative talents, and this in essence expresses the festival’s message and embodies its goals.”

She added, "In every event and every guest we hosted, we were keen to target an aspect of the personality, awareness and culture of the new generations, so the 12th edition of the festival carried activities in technology and robotics, and workshops in painting, cooking, writing, theater, and other events."

Khawla Al Mujaini continued: “At the end of each session, we look at what it has added to the festival as a whole, and this year we can say that we have experienced the expansion and taking the festival’s activities to the public in various cities of the emirate, and a number of emirates, and that we have overcome the changes imposed by the Corona pandemic by taking advantage of Contemporary technical options, remote communication, in addition to the package of measures we have taken to prevent the virus and protect visitors, and we look forward to this session being a model for future sessions, in which we affirm that the cultural movement continues, and nurturing the talents of new generations is necessary and possible in various circumstances.

Form

The festival management announced that the event presented a distinguished model in organizing international and public events, taking into account all the precautionary measures necessary to prevent the Corona virus, as it used to start daily, and throughout the days of the festival, sterilization operations carried out by specialized teams with the latest devices that work with advanced technologies, and with ultraviolet rays, to sterilize Throughout the festival, the festival will be a suitable environment for its visitors.

The cultural movement is continuous, and nurturing the talents of the new generations is necessary and possible in various circumstances.

• 537 activities that enriched children with many scientific and practical experiences.

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