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The cultural center in Homs launched today the eighth celebration of the National Day for the Encouragement of Reading under the title “My Book is My Window of Letter and Color”.
The first day of the celebration held by the Ministry of Culture and the Homs Culture Directorate included reading stories written by children for the "Let's Read Together" team, poetry and theatrical debates for children on the importance of reading, and awareness paragraphs presented by the Youth Volunteer Team.
In a statement to SANA correspondent, Malak Yassin, Director of Child Culture at the Ministry, stated that the celebration is the product of the project to encourage reading launched by the Ministry of Culture at the beginning of this year in eight governorates in cooperation with the Regional Center for Early Childhood, pointing out that during this year stories, booklets and articles for the children of the martyrs and for children were printed. People with disabilities within the framework of this occasion.
In turn, Rola Hassan, founder of the “Friends of the Book” forum in Homs, spoke about the children's team's participation in “Let's Read Together” in the celebration by presenting a group of stories that the children wrote themselves in addition to reading poems that tell about the greatness and history of Damascus.
A number of girls from Badr Harfoush School gave a poetic debate that included many timeless poems from ancient poetry.
Bayan Tahan, Dima Junaid and Reem Al-Sayed, among the participants in the activities, said that the celebration of the National Day to Encourage Reading showed the importance of returning to the book and interest in reading, especially since social media and electronic games kept many children away.
Regarding the participation of the Youth Volunteer Team in the celebration, the young Ziad Makdisi explained that the team presented two theatrical performances, one of them entitled “Shahrazad and Shahriar” and the other entitled “Youth Café”, through which he highlighted the importance and benefits of reading.
Lara Ahmed