Launch of the Reading Marathon in the Kingdom's Governorates
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The Reading Marathon events were launched in several governorates of the Kingdom today, Tuesday, under the slogan "Jordan Reads" aimed at encouraging young people to read and to spread it as a daily habit, and to enhance the role of youth centers as cultural and developmental institutions.
In the Irbid Youth Directorate and the Directorate of Education for the Bani Obaid District, the marathon events were launched in conjunction with the National Reading Day, in cooperation and partnership between the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development, the Abdul Hameed Shoman Library, and the "Irbid Reads" initiative.
Director of Education Nasreen Al-Bakar emphasized during the launch of the event the need to enhance and raise awareness of the importance of reading at the school level, pointing out that reading has become today an important knowledge source and is closely linked to cognitive action, and is also an important source for building the self and acquiring new age knowledge.
The Balqa Culture Directorate organized cultural events and story readings in a number of schools in the governorate in celebration of the National Reading Day, in cooperation with educational institutions, with the aim of enhancing the culture of reading and entrenching the love of the book among students.
The events included story readings in the schools of the Ain Al-Basha and Shuna Al-Janoubi and Deir Alla districts, presented by the writers Ghada Aqel, Ibtisam Maaz and Nariman Al-Salahat.
The Tafila Technical University Library launched the Reading Marathon events in cooperation with the Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation, with the aim of enhancing the culture of reading and encouraging students and members of the local community to acquire books and benefit from their cognitive and cultural content.
The university president, Dr. Hassan Muhammad Al-Shubayli, sponsored the events of the exhibition held at the university library, which witnessed the distribution of about 3,000 free books in various cognitive and cultural fields, as part of the "Your Free Book is Waiting for You" initiative.
Al-Shubayli stressed the importance of cultural initiatives that enhance the presence of books in the lives of students and society, and encourage young generations to read, learn and build knowledge, calling on the schools of Tafila Governorate to visit the exhibition.
In Mafraq, the Youth Directorate launched the "Reading Marathon" program events, with the aim of encouraging young people to read, introducing new books and authors, and enhancing the presence of reading in the daily lives of youth center patrons.
The event included individual and group reading sessions, discussions and dialogues about the books read, in addition to the implementation of youth reading initiatives and activities, which contribute to entrenching the habit of reading and developing knowledge and awareness among young people.
In Aqaba, 2,324 readers participated in the National Reading Day events organized by the Culture Directorate as part of the Reading Marathon, with a total of 16,783 pages read, through a series of events and activities held in a number of Aqaba city schools and the children's section of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Hospital.
The events aim to enhance the culture of reading among students, encourage them to take the book as a source of knowledge, and enhance the partnership between cultural and educational institutions in spreading reading and turning it into a daily practice among different segments of society.
The Aqwa Al-Malak Culture and Art Forum in Irbid organized an event on the occasion of the National Reading Day, at the Mansurah Comprehensive Secondary School for Girls, with the aim of enhancing the culture of reading and encouraging students to make the book a constant companion.
The forum president, Amani Al-Mubarak, said that the initiative included gifts to the school and a variety of books and stories issued by the Jordanian Family Library project of the Jordanian Ministry of Culture.
In Ajloun Governorate, the Directorate of Education implemented a children's theater performance, in conjunction with the National Reading Day, as part of its efforts to enhance the culture of reading among children.
The Sakhra Mixed Youth and Women's Center participated in the 2026 Reading Marathon events, with the participation of 20 young men and women from the center's members.
The event came in cooperation between the Ministry of Youth, the Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation and the Ministry of Culture, on the occasion of the National Reading Day, which falls on this day every year, as part of the national events organized in different regions of the Kingdom on this occasion.
