Highlights of the Arab Reading Challenge 2022

Contestants from Tunisia and Jordan finish in second and third place

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Irish Eden Belleza, Senior Visual Editor ; Ahmed Ramzan, Senior Visual Journalist and Angel Tesorero, Senior Reporter
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The youngest participant in this year’s Arab Reading Challenge, seven-year old Sham Bakour from Syria, on Thursday joined the pantheon of Arab reading champions, besting millions of Arab youth from across the world who participated in the annual reading challenge launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, in 2015.

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