The Challenge Champions will be honored on November 10 at Dubai Opera

Mohammed bin Rashid: "The Reading Challenge" is the largest and most successful investment in the Arab mind

• The "Reading Challenge" launched by Mohammed bin Rashid constituted a qualitative leap for the Arab reading movement and highlighted the energies and capabilities of an ambitious and confident new generation.

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His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, stressed that the "Arab reading challenge" is the largest and most successful investment in the Arab mind and Arab awareness, and its return will put us on the right path to resume our Arab civilization, by building new capable generations. to improve their societies.

This came in conjunction with the announcement of the date of the final ceremony of the challenge, which will be held in attendance for the first time after the "Covid-19" pandemic, on November 10, at Dubai Opera.

His Highness said: "Six years ago, we launched the (Arab Reading Challenge) because we believe that the path to civilization begins with reading. Next Thursday, we will celebrate 22 million students, from 92,000 schools, who participated in the sixth session of the largest Arab competition."

His Highness added: "Millions of young people scramble to read 50 books every year. It is a scramble towards a better future for all of us, God willing."

His Highness continued: "Since its launch in 2015, 79 million students have participated in the (Arab Reading Challenge). These are the beacons of knowledge who will lead our evolutionary path in the coming decades."

His Highness added, "We have always believed in future generations, and here is the (Arab Reading Challenge) proving for the sixth time in a row that hope is in its place, and hope is in its place."

His Highness expressed his confidence in all participants in the "Reading Challenge", saying: "The (Arab Reading Challenge) has proven that the passion for knowledge cannot be extinguished... and our Arab youth have proven that they are up to hope and hope... and that our bet on them was right."

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum concluded by saying: "The Arab Reading Challenge celebrates the three most beautiful things that constitute the identity and spirit of our nation: the passion for knowledge, the awareness of our youth, and the language of the enemy."

competitors

The champion will be crowned with the title of “Arab Reading Challenge” in its sixth session, and will receive a valuable prize to continue expanding his perceptions and follow up his scientific and cognitive achievement in all possible ways, to develop himself, improve his abilities, and share his experiences with his peers.

success story

The Secretary-General of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Gergawi, stressed that the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, to launch the "Arab Reading Challenge", and then expand its scope to become on a global level, and open the door for participation in it from various Throughout the world, it constituted a qualitative leap for the reading movement in the Arab world, inspiring a new energy in it, reviving the Arabic language, enriching Arabic content, and shedding light on the energies and capabilities of a new, ambitious and confident generation of lovers of the language of Dhad, its readers and creators.

Al Gergawi said: "(The Arab Reading Challenge) is a success story and a role model for meaningful and effective initiatives that spread science and knowledge, empower individuals and societies, build the future, and support the global scientific community."

present positive

Al Gergawi pointed out that “the positivity that is always present in the thought of Mohammed bin Rashid formed the basis for qualitative initiatives that believe in the people of the Arab world, and are keen to enable them to actively contribute to development and construction.

The (Arab Reading Challenge) is a practical example of this positive thought, which takes the initiative to invent solutions through initiatives and actions, and to honor distinguished, diligent and creative people.”

Al Gergawi stressed that Dubai, which hosts the heroes of the "Arab Reading Challenge" in its closing ceremony on November 10, will remain a destination for all creators, geniuses and optimists of a better tomorrow.

3 competing schools

The closing ceremony will witness the announcement of the school winning the title of "Distinguished School" in the sixth session of the "Arab Reading Challenge", after it qualified from among the 92,583 schools that participated in the challenge.

The school winning the title will receive honors on the platform of the closing ceremony of the "Arab Reading Challenge" in Dubai, along with an award to enhance its capabilities to invest in perpetuating the concept of reading as a daily habit among students, and to continue raising their scientific and cognitive levels.

Honoring the distinguished supervisor

The ceremony will also witness the awarding of the "Outstanding Supervisor" out of 126,061 male and female supervisors, who contributed to empowering students.

The winner will receive a prize to continue his efforts in empowering future generations with reading and reading skills, and to benefit from books and choose the most valuable ones.

Communities Champion

In the closing ceremony of the "Arab Reading Challenge", the champion of the challenge will be honored at the level of communities, including participants in the challenge from outside the Arab region, especially since the challenge recorded in its sixth session participants from 44 countries around the world, 26 of which are non-Arab.

Twenty-three students from the communities are competing to choose three finalists who will compete during the closing ceremony of the sixth session of the challenge for the title of "Communities Champion".

Deputy Head of State:

■ “We celebrate 22 million students from 92,000 schools who participated in the sixth edition of the largest Arab competition.”

■ “Millions of Arab youth are scrambling to read 50 books every year. It is a scramble towards a better future for all of us, God willing.”

■ "We have always believed in future generations, and here is the (reading challenge) that proves for the sixth time that hope is in its place, and hope is in its place."

■ "(The Arab Reading Challenge) has proven that the passion for knowledge cannot be extinguished, and our Arab youth have proven that they are up to hope and hope."

 The biggest challenge in history.

The number of participants in the “Arab Reading Challenge” continued one cycle after another, as about 3.5 million students participated in the first session, and the number doubled in the second session to exceed seven million students.

With the opening of the door for participation for students outside the Arab world and communities, in the third session of the "Challenge", the number of participants approached 10.5 million, while the number of participants in the fourth session of the "Challenge" exceeded 13.5 million students from 49 countries. More than 20 million male and female students participated in the fifth session, bringing in this sixth session to 22.27 million participants.

The growth rate of the number of students participating in the sixth session compared to the first session of the challenge reached 536%, which is a very large percentage, reflecting the growing importance of the challenge in instilling a love of reading in the Arabic language.

movement of my readers

The "Arab Reading Challenge", organized by the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, aims to produce a comprehensive reading and knowledge movement that consolidates the values ​​of communication, acquaintance, dialogue and openness to different cultures. It enhances its role as a vessel for the transfer, production and dissemination of knowledge, participation in enriching human progress, supplementing human civilization, and resuming the region's contribution to it.

arbitration

Those who qualified for the final stage of the challenge were selected, according to the comprehensive challenge criteria, after integrated electronic qualifiers, carried out by the judging committees of the "Arab Reading Challenge", and all entries were evaluated according to the standards adopted by the challenge since its inception.

motivational prizes

The "Arab Reading Challenge" offers a prize of one million dirhams for the distinguished school, 500,000 dirhams for the winner of the title of "Arab Reading Challenge Champion", 300,000 dirhams for the first place winner with the title of "Distinguished Supervisor", and 100,000 dirhams for the first place winner with the title of "Communities Champion".

Mohammed Al Gergawi:  

"The positivity, always present in the thought of Mohammed bin Rashid, formed the basis for qualitative initiatives that believe in the human being of the Arab world."

"Dubai, which hosts the champions of the (Arab Reading Challenge), will remain a destination for all creators, geniuses, and optimists of a better tomorrow."

536%

Growth rate in the number of participating students.

Qualifiers out of 22.27 million participants made it to the final stage of the sixth edition of the competition.

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