Students participating in the activities of Reading Week.
Doha: The Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) has launched events to celebrate World Book Day and Arab Library Day (Reading Week), overseen by the Curriculum and Learning Resources Department, under the slogan ‘A nation reads - Qatar reads’.
The events include introductory workshops and lectures on the importance of reading, readings of children’s stories, literary forums, book fairs, puppet theatres, cultural and literary theatrical performances, and reading tours of books, as well as readings from some Arab countries, in addition to outdoor events that are held in parks.
The events of Reading Week are aimed at disseminating the reading culture among members of the school community, providing students with intellectual, analytical and critical skills, highlighting the importance of books and their role in building the culture and development of individuals and societies, preserving the history of societies, keeping pace with the nations of the world in celebrating the World Book Day and disseminating the culture of reading and intellectual property rights.
The celebration comes in conjunction with the World Book Day, where the world’s nations annually celebrate this occasion on April 23, as it was endorsed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) at its meeting in Paris in 1995, to be an occasion to encourage reading, motivate authors, and preserve their rights.
