UAE Reading Month: Initiatives help promote culture of reading among youths, says official

UAE Reading Month: Initiatives help promote culture of reading among youths, says official

The initiative aims to establish reading as a habit among 50 per cent of Emirati adults and 80 per cent of school students by the year 2026

Published: Mon 7 Mar 2022, 6:28 PM

The reading culture among youngsters in the UAE has considerably increased over the recent years due to hundreds of initiatives rolled out by authorities.

These efforts support the ongoing reading movement to cultivate the habit of reading as a fundamental part of society's development, said Dr Ali bin Tamim, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre (ALC).

"In building a culture of reading for pleasure, several UAE initiatives have been launched over the years to instil positive reading habits from an early age. These initiatives are designed to foster reading as a daily habit across various community segments in the country," Dr Ali told Khaleej Times on the sideline of the press conference held on Monday at the Abu Dhabi Youth Hub to announce details of the activities for Reading Month 2022.

He added, "Although no comprehensive survey has been conducted on the growth or improvement of reading among youths in the Middle East over the recent years, seeing reading materials in Arabic language growing and circulating on social media