Mayar Othman is a champion of the Arab Reading Challenge at the level of the Ministry of Education in Egypt

2026/06/16 1:58:34 PM

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Cairo, June 16 / WAM / The Arab Reading Challenge crowned the student Mayar Muhammad Rajab Othman as the champion of its tenth session at the level of the Ministry of Education in the Arab Republic of Egypt, out of 17,616,289 male and female students who participated in the qualifiers, and represented 30,589 schools under the supervision of 41,505 male and female supervisors.

The student, Mayar Muhammad Rajab Othman, from the fifth grade at the Martyr Hamdi Sharabi Primary School in the Kafr El-Sheikh area, was crowned with the title, during the closing ceremony of the tenth session of the Arab Reading Challenge, which took place in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, in the presence of His Excellency Abdel Baset Muhammad Al-Marzouqi, Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates to the Arab Republic of Egypt, and Dr. Akram Hassan, Advisor to the Minister of Education and Technical Education for Presidential Initiatives in the Arab Republic of Egypt, and the participation of Dr. Fawzan Al-Khalidi, Director of the Department of Education. Programs and initiatives of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation, and a number of officials and educators in charge of the Arab Reading Challenge initiative, those interested in cultural affairs in the Arab Republic of Egypt, and parents of students participating in the final qualifiers.

During the ceremony, Dalia Hassanein Ahmed from the Qalyubia region was honored after receiving the title of “Distinguished Supervisor,” and Martyr Mahmoud Al-Maghribi Primary School from the Kafr El-Sheikh region was honored for receiving the title of “Distinguished School.”

In the People of Determination category, which witnessed the participation of 37,258 male and female students, 3 students advanced to the final qualifiers, and first place went to the student Muhammad Abdel Jawad Abdel Nabi Najdi from the tenth grade at Al Nour School for the Blind in the Buhaira region.

Ten top qualifiers qualified for the finals at the level of the Ministry of Education in the Arab Republic of Egypt, and the list included, in addition to the student Mayar Muhammad Rajab Othman, the following: Maven Imad Wajih Aziz Nasrallah from the tenth grade at the New Generation International School in Shebin El-Kom in the Menoufia region, Muhammad Walid Fathi Hussein from the twelfth grade at the Martyr Abdel Moneim Riad Secondary School (Qena), and Nada Yasser Abdullah Al-Sayyid Ibrahim Fares from the tenth grade at Magdi Yaqoub Secondary School. (Al-Sharqiya), Youssef Rabie Maher Abdel Badie from the eighth grade at the Modern British Leaders School “Minya”, Youssef Muhammad Ezqalani Ibrahim from the sixth grade at Musab bin Omair Private School “Minya”, Ahmed Muhammad Adly Sayed from the eleventh grade at the Shahid Abdel Moneim Riad Secondary School for Boys “Beni Suef”, Somaya Hani Ferjani Mahmoud from the twelfth grade at the School of Excellence in Science and Technology “Cairo”, and Kabir Jaber Saad Abu Al-Saud Ibrahim from the class Eleventh grader at the Shahid Ali Khater Girls’ Language Complex in Alexandria, and Moamen Ahmed Ezz El-Din from the tenth grade at Bahtim Official Language School in Qalyubia.

His Excellency Mohamed Abdel Latif, Minister of Education and Technical Education in the Arab Republic of Egypt, confirmed that the Arab Reading Challenge Initiative has, over ten sessions, made major contributions to enriching the cultural scene in the Arab world and renewed confidence in the ability of new generations to build a future based on knowledge, and to have visions and ambitions to develop the reality of their societies, pointing to the importance of the message that the initiative carries in spreading the culture of reading among male and female students and encouraging them to achieve greater achievement, excellence, and interest in the Arabic language.

He said that the Egyptian participation at the level of the Ministry of Education, with more than 17.6 million male and female students, comes as a continuation of the distinguished Egyptian attendance in all Challenge courses, which reflects the official and popular interest in motivating students to read.

His Excellency congratulated the winners in the Arab Reading Challenge categories at the level of the Ministry of Education, the families of the male and female students, and all the teaching staff who showed great dedication during the qualifiers, extending his thanks to the Arab Reading Challenge work teams and everyone who helped the students develop their levels and participate in the competitions.

For his part, Dr. Fawzan Al-Khalidi stressed that the Arab Reading Challenge initiative continues its journey of setting records every year, considering that the participation witnessed by the tenth session is the largest in the history of the initiative since its launch in 2015, and establishes a new qualitative breakthrough in the context of the permanent development approach adopted by the initiative to reach students throughout the Arab world, and Arabic speakers in any country around the world.

He pointed out the importance of the Egyptian presence in the Arab Reading Challenge, and its role in enriching the challenge through intense participation in each session, and the distinguished levels presented by the competitors for the first places, the last of which was in the tenth session, which reflected a deep awareness among students about the centrality of reading in building personal capabilities, refining capabilities, and enhancing interaction with global developments in the fields of science, culture, and creativity.

Dr. Fawzan Al-Khalidi congratulated the winners, male and female, and thanked the Ministry of Education in the Arab Republic of Egypt, all the faculty members, the judging committees and the work teams that were a major partner in the success of the tenth session qualifiers.

The Arab Reading Challenge achieved an unprecedented achievement, with the number of participants in the qualifiers for its tenth session reaching 40,286,428 students from 60 countries, including 74,062 students of people of determination, an increase of 24% over the ninth session, which witnessed the participation of 32.231 million students from 50 countries around the world. The tenth session also recorded the participation of 138,426 schools and 161,507 students. Supervisors and supervisors.

The Arab Reading Challenge, which was launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, “may God protect him”, in the year 2015 as the largest reading competition and project in the world, aims to enhance the importance of reading among participating students at the level of the Arab world and the world, and to establish academic and cognitive achievement as a daily culture in the lives of students, develop mechanisms for comprehension and self-expression in a sound Arabic language, and develop creative thinking skills, leading to enriching the cognitive content available in the language. Arabic and enhancing its status as a language of thought, science, research and creativity.

The challenge seeks to enhance the importance of cognitive reading in building self-learning skills and building the value system of young people by informing them of the values, customs and beliefs of other cultures.