AMMAN — Two Jordanians ranked
among top contenders in the
Arab Reading Challenge (ARC), part of a global
initiatives of UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His
Highness Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, according to the Jordan News
Agency, Petra.
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In a series of tweets, following the honoring ceremony that was held in Dubai,
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said: "Nour Al-Jabour, the
supervisor from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, has won the largest-ever Arab
reading initiative that saw the participation of 126,000 reading supervisors
from 44 countries around the world.”
“I salute her, and I salute more than 2 million students who participated from
the Kingdom," he added.
"Within the reading challenge, and among the 92,000 schools that
participated in the ARC, Morocco's Al Mokhtar Gazoulit School was the best in
supporting reading and instilling it in our generations,” Sheikh Mohammad said.
“Congratulations to
Morocco for this cultural movement, as one million Moroccan
students participated in the ARC," he added.
Sheikh Mohammad attended the ARC closing ceremony of the competition in which
22 million students from 44 countries participated, reading 50 books each
academic year.
The winner this year is Sham Al-Bkour from Syria.
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