Events Local May 06, 2025

Winners Announced at Sharjah Children's Reading Festival

The final day of the 16th Sharjah Children's Reading Festival celebrated the winners of the 'Knight of Poetry' competition, honoring outstanding young poets in various categories.


Winners Announced at Sharjah Children's Reading Festival

On the last day of the 16th Children's Book Festival in Shardja, the winners of the "Rhyme of Poetry" competition, organized by the Committee for Books in Shardja in collaboration with the "Cultural Bureau" of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs, were awarded. The festival coordinator, Khula Almajidi, and the official representative of the "Cultural Bureau" Aisha Osman presented prizes in the presence of jury members, which included poets Abdullakh Al-Khadi, Najat Az-Zakhiri, and Sheikh Al-Mutairi.

In the category of younger schoolchildren, the finalists were Lili An Akram Zalum (1st place), Maryam Al-Mazami (2nd place), and Jori Al-Bakri (3rd place). Among the students of middle classes, the winner was Khala Mujahid Hadh Hussain (1st place), the second place went to Omar Samikh, and the third - Bashir Al-Jandi. In the senior classes, the first place was awarded to Rahaf Mazen Zaben, second - Abdurrahman Taufig, and third - Hazem Amin.