Over 42,000 families will receive free home libraries in a bid to encourage reading in Sharjah.
A Sharjah-based cultural programme, Knowledge without Borders (KwB), recently announced that more than 95% of Emirati families in Sharjah have received free home libraries as part of their ‘Home Library’ project, which aims to provide 42,366 home libraries to Emirati families living throughout Sharjah.
Rashid Al Kous, General Manager of KwB, said home libraries were distributed to Emiratis who visited the Suburb Councils in Al Khalidiya, Moghaider, Wasit and Muwaileh in Sharjah.
He noted that there were less than 5% of the targeted families in the Emirate of Sharjah who had not picked up books. Each library includes 50 carefully selected books for each family. The library collection includes titles authored by the Ruler of Sharjah, as well as books that promote children's understanding of literature, science, culture, philosophy, politics, technology, history, archaeology, nutrition, cooking, education, poetry and other fields.