Arab Reading Challenge: Egypt’s 11-year-old Mayar Othman Al Shuorbagy wins AED 500,000
Eleven-year-old Egyptian student Mayar Othman Al Shuorbagy has been crowned champion of the 10th Arab Reading Challenge, beating more than 40 million students from 60 countries. She received AED 500,000 at the final ceremony held Thursday at Dubai World Trade Centre, where Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler…
Eleven-year-old Egyptian student Mayar Othman Al Shuorbagy has been crowned champion of the 10th Arab Reading Challenge, beating more than 40 million students from 60 countries. She received AED 500,000 at the final ceremony held Thursday at Dubai World Trade Centre, where Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, honoured her.
Tunisia’s Sidi Amer Primary School won the AED 1 million Distinguished School award, presented by Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Syria’s visually impaired student Mahmoud Imran took first place in the People of Determination category and received AED 200,000 from Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown Prince.
The edition set a new participation record: over 40 million students, 138,426 schools and 161,507 supervisors took part, including 74,062 students with special needs. Launched in 2015, the challenge has drawn more than 203 million participants in total, with AED 110 million in prizes allocated over ten editions. The first edition had 3.6 million participants.
