{"id":289849,"date":"2022-11-10T14:40:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T12:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/107.6.182.27\/en\/?p=289849"},"modified":"2022-11-10T15:05:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T13:05:40","slug":"7-year-old-syrian-girl-sham-crowned-as-arab-reading-challenge-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/?p=289849","title":{"rendered":"7-year-old Syrian girl Sham crowned as Arab Reading Challenge Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dubai, SANA- The youngest participant in this year\u2019s Arab Reading Challenge, seven-year old Syrian Sham al- Bakour, on Thursday joined the pantheon of Arab reading champions, besting millions of Arab youth from across the world who participated in the annual Challenge .<\/p>\n

Syrian Child al-Bakour won the award of the Challenge held in the United Arab Emirates in its sixth edition for this year with the first participation of Syria.<\/p>\n

The 7-year-old Child al-Bakkour competed with 18 participants representing 18 Arab states.<\/p>\n

22 Million students from 92 Arab countries and their communities have participated at the Challenge.<\/p>\n

Representing her home country in the biggest reading challenge in the Arab world, al-Bakour displayed confidence and grace at such a young age. Her participation received widespread media attention for being the youngest contestant in the Challenge.<\/p>\n

To encourage al-Bakour, a number of Dar El Salam School students gathered in Damascus today and watched, via video, the Arab Reading Challenge award ceremony.<\/p>\n

The Challenge , kicked off in 2015, is the largest-ever Arab literacy initiative launched by UAE to encourage students to read, it challenges students to read as many books as possible (over 50) in one academic year.<\/p>\n

ALI,Baraa<\/p>\n