Reading Initiatives
Organizing seminars in the book club at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences:
The "Book Club" is organizing a number of seminars led by college professors about the club's most important literary publications. The club is chaired by one of the college's faculty members in rotation, and students will select books to read individually. The books will not necessarily be from the curriculum of their college; however, the books chosen by the club are literary books and specialized magazines.
more...Poetry Session
In the frame of the Reading Year Committee instructions at Zayed University, the department of the library and common learning is organizing a poetry session in November 2016, which coincides with the celebrations of UAE National Day. The session will be attended by a number of speakers, and there will be a number of other activities organized at the same time.
more...Reading at Home (Session in September 2016)
A session was conducted by a Faculty member from the College of Education and organized by the Early Childhood Learning Center, addressing parents, faculty and students in the Center on the subject of “Reading at Home for your Children.†The session was also delivered by two students from the Early Childhood Learning Course EDC386.
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Student Council's Open Meeting
Zayed University's Student Council in Abu Dhabi organized a number of open sessions to discuss the importance of reading, how to select a book to read and the books that have most influenced the speakers. The sessions were attended by Dr. Prof. Reyadh AlMehaideb and Sheikh Waseem Yousef, the Imam and Preacher at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque and others.
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Fiction Story Competition (Kharareef)
Fictional stories writing competition on Emirati culture for school students, in Arabic or English, reflecting forty themes chosen by the organizers’ committee of the competition. The winners were honored by Her Excellency Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi.
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Promote the reading culture at your house
A Faculty member from Zayed University's College of Education led a session with a group of students and discussed the topic of "why, when, and how to create a reading culture at home." The professor suggested a number of children’s stories and encouraged the parents to read to them.
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Participation in Abu Dhabi International Book Fair
Zayed University organized a workshop on the topic of reading and the path to academic success for parents of school and university students. It also included a cooperation with SeaCulture Foundation to perform a number of workshops for the audience on “How to make my child readâ€, "Vitamin D", "Mental Awakens", "Al-Jahith Literature", "Arabic Calligraphy", "How to read fast", and "How to analyze a movie adapted from a novel". The participation was concluded by the publishing of two books written by Zayed University graduates and another book by a current student.
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A Trip with Al-Jahith
A workshop entitled "A Trip with Al-Jahith" was organized at Zayed University as a lecture delivered by Dr. Ali Al-Sharif, a Ph.D. holder in Arabic Literature from the World Islamic Sciences and Education University. The lecture discussed his works on literature, political history, morality, industry, women and other topics.
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100 Classic Books; a reading challenge
The coordinator of the reading corner presents a list of classical books to the participants and encourages them to join a challenge in which they have to read 100 classical books in both Arabic and English in the reading corner; the participants present the books they read and discuss their topics.
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Spring Charity Carnival at Zayed University "The White Hands"
The Student Council on Abu Dhabi Campus organized a Spring Charity Carnival and donated the event’s income (from selling entrance tickets) to establish a library in one of the poor countries. The event was organized in cooperation with the Red Crescent Foundation.
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“Wanna Read†Program
"Wanna Read" is a program created by Zayed University graduate, Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan. It provides an opportunity for the volunteers to read for children admitted to Khalifa Hospital. The program prepared a very warm and friendly environment that helps children recover. The Student Life Office at Zayed University is supporting the program by preparing a reading hall in one of the hospitals in the UAE, which will be launched by December 2016. This initiative comes in partnership with Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan Al Nahyan as part of her program “Wanna Read,†and the office will be collecting the funds to build the reading hall and prepare it for the children.
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