Moroccan girl, 9, wins $136,000 Arab reading prize

Home Panorama Moroccan girl, 9, wins $136,000 Arab reading prize 30-10-2018 03:13 PM Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - A nine-year-old Moroccan girl on Tuesday won $136,000 (120,000 euros) in an Arabic-language reading competition organized by the Dubai government. Maryam Amjoun beat 16 other finalists all aged under 18 from across the Arab world to land the top prize in the third annual Arab Reading Challenge. Organizers said that this years literacy initiative in which competitors have to read at least 50 books to qualify saw “10.5 million students from the Arab region and worldwide” take part. The Al-Ikhlas school, in Kuwait, won a $270,000 prize for the best reading initiatives for students. Aisha al-Tuwairqi, from Saudi Arabia, won the title of Outstanding Reading Supervisor and took home $82,000, while Tasneem Eidi, from France, was recognised for her reading efforts in non-Arab countries and won $27,000. Last year, 17-year-old Palestinian high school student Afaf Raed Sharif won first prize. *AFP

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Moroccan girl, 9, wins $136,000 Arab reading prize

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Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - A nine-year-old Moroccan girl on Tuesday won $136,000 (120,000 euros) in an Arabic-language reading competition organized by the Dubai government.

Maryam Amjoun beat 16 other finalists all aged under 18 from across the Arab world to land the top prize in the third annual Arab Reading Challenge.

Organizers said that this years literacy initiative in which competitors have to read at least 50 books to qualify saw “10.5 million students from the Arab region and worldwide” take part.

The Al-Ikhlas school, in Kuwait, won a $270,000 prize for the best reading initiatives for students.

Aisha al-Tuwairqi, from Saudi Arabia, won the title of Outstanding Reading Supervisor and took home $82,000, while Tasneem Eidi, from France, was recognised for her reading efforts in non-Arab countries and won $27,000.

Last year, 17-year-old Palestinian high school student Afaf Raed Sharif won first prize.

*AFP

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