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.
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The Arab Publishers Association has announced that the Lebanese publishing house Dar Al-Saqi won the Abdelaziz Al Mansour Award for Children Stories 2020 in its second edition. The $10,000 award will be entirely given to the winning publishing house.
In a press release by the Arab Publishers Association, Dr. Tarek al-Bakri, head of the award s jury said: Dar Al-Saqi won the award for its story entitled ‘My Wondrous Picnic with My Uncle Salem,’ written by Emirati writer Nadia al-Najjar, and designed by Syrian artist Gulnar Hajo.