Dubai: Dubai Culture on Sunday said it has launched its 2021 edition of The Reading Box in a digital format as part of its continuous keenness to implement National Reading Month.
This year, the theme of the month, as identified by the Ministry of Culture and Youth (MCY), is ‘My Family Reads.’ This affirms Dubai Culture’s active role in promoting the habit of reading among society and making it an established habit, the authority stated.
The Reading Box will provide a variety of educational workshops remotely through Microsoft Teams that will encourage the younger generation to read and write. The workshops will be available in both Arabic and English.
Sharjah Public Library offers free membership to mark UAE Reading Month
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Eman Bushulaibi, Director of Sharjah Public Library. Supplied photo
New initiatives stem from mission to instill love of reading among all age groups, Director of Sharjah Public Library says.
The Sharjah Public Library (SPL) is offering free annual membership to mark the UAE Reading Month.
SPL, which is an affiliate of the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA), launched two initiatives - ‘Everyone’s Library’ and ‘Reader to Reader’, in line with the Reading Month’s 2021 theme ‘My Family Reads’, and aims to instill a love for reading among children.
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ABU DHABI, 1st March, 2021 (WAM) Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh, Cultural Advisor to the UAE President and Chancellor of the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), has said that the UAE’s leadership prioritises the efforts to promote knowledge and reading among members of the community, to make reading part of everyone’s lives and help create a cultured and knowledgeable community.
In his statement to the Emirates News Agency (WAM) on the launch of the Month of Reading 2021, under the theme, "My Family Reads," Nusseibeh said,.