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Eleven-year-old Egyptian girl wins Dh500,000 Arab Reading Challenge prize

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“Eleven-year-old Egyptian girl wins Dh500,000 Arab Reading Challenge prize”

An 11-year-old Egyptian girl, Mayar Mohammed, was named as the winner of this year's Arab Reading Challenge at a ceremony in Dubai on Thursday. Mayar, who read more than 60 books during the competition, won a prize of Dh500,000, while Gazal Teem 16, from Palestine, was named in second place, and the third place went to Rian Al Zakri,11 from Saudi Arabia. The winner said she would use her winnings to help build a library for her school. Launched by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid , Vice President and…

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