The Emirates Book for Young People enables young people to develop their creative skills
Young artists participated in creative writing and drawing workshops aimed at developing their skills.
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The UAE Council on Books for Young People concluded an integrated program of educational and creative activities, which it organized in conjunction with the activities of the month of reading, and included 12 reading sessions, eight creative writing workshops, four workshops on the art of drawing, in addition to two workshops on manga art, with the participation of students from different schools in the country, And a number of junior members of the Collage Center.
This step comes as an embodiment of the council’s mission to give children in the country access to books of high literary and artistic standards, as the program included 17 virtual activities, and seven activities on the ground, and the young participants in the reading sessions were able to get acquainted with a selection of the most prominent works. Literary and narrative.
Marwa Al-Aqroubi, President of the UAE Council on Books for Young People, said: "The month of March has become a cultural season in the cities and regions of the Emirates, celebrating the book and highlighting the treasures of knowledge contained in the pages of books on various topics.
There is no doubt that a general cultural environment that places reading on the list of its policies, such as the situation witnessed by the UAE in this month of reading, contributes to the upbringing of children and young people with a sound intellectual and psychological upbringing, through which they can read what they encounter in life consciously, and their minds have cognitive experiences that enrich their academic and professional future ».
She pointed out that these gatherings, which are filled with days of the year, and multiply in the month of reading, produced a state of motivation that provided children with motivation to read, and established in themselves the value of the book, and highlighted to them the importance of reading in the ways they loved, which stems from their worlds and imaginations, and from this point of view The UAE Council on Books for Young People was keen to focus its activities and workshops on books that stimulate imagination, and whose topics and presentation attract children's attention and focus, which in turn leads to a closer bond between them and sources of knowledge.
Young artists participated in a series of creative writing and drawing workshops aimed at developing their skills in the field of art and storytelling. Dr. Al-Yazia Al-Suwaidi, workshops on writing techniques and secrets for school students in Abu Dhabi.
The program of activities included a workshop on the art of drawing, while the students of the Institute of Applied Technology learned the techniques of Japanese manga art, through two workshops presented by artist Anfal Abu Dhafira and artist Ali Ghareb, in which the young participants learned the basics of manga art, and the difference between it and the art of comics. traditional.
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