Storytelling and illustrations are the highlights at the UAEBBY pavilion where Egypt is the Guest of Honour during the ongoing Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival

Sharjah, April 28, 2025

How would it be to see the 16^th edition of the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF) through the sketches of an artist? The appeal of books, workshops and cultural discussions that gives SCRF its unique flavour has been minutely captured in the canvas of Egyptian illustrator Mohamed Wahba at the UAE Board on Books for Young People (UAEBBY) pavilion where the Egyptian Board on Books for Young People (EBBY) is the Guest of Honour.

Wahba, a master of comic creation, has been drawing a sketch each day at SCRF 2025. If the first day sketch depicted His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, inaugurating SCRF, the second day sketch was a detailed study of a storytelling session at the UAEBbY pavilion, where mothers excitedly took photographs on their mobile phones while children sat on stools gazing at storybooks. The third day’s illustration was the House of Wisdom, the new icon of Sharjah’s reading culture.

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أبوظبي، 28 أبريل 2025

يشارك “مجمع اللّغة العربيّة بالشّارقة” في فعاليّات الدّورة الـ34 من معرض أبو ظبي الدّولي للكتاب، الذي يُقام في مركز أبوظبي الوطنيّ للمعارض (أدنيك) خلال الفترة من 26 أبريل الجاري حتّى 5 مايو المقبِل، حيث يعرض المجمع في جناحه النّسخة الكاملة من المعجم التّاريخيّ للّغة العربيّة المؤلَّف من 127 مجلَّدًا، وهو المشروع العلميّ الرّائد الذي يُوثّق تطوّر مفردات اللّغة العربيّة على مدى أكثر من عشرين قرنًا.

وتأتي مشاركة المجمع في هذا الحدَث الثّقافيّ البارز في إطار جهوده لتعزيز حضور اللّغة العربيّة في الفضاء المعرفيّ العالميّ، والتّعريف بمبادراته النّوعيّة التي تُجسِّد رؤية صاحب السّموّ الشّيخ الدّكتور سلطان بن محمّد القاسميّ، عضو المجلس الأعلى حاكم الشّارقة، الرّئيس الأعلى للمجمع، في خِدمة اللّغة وتاريخها ونشْرها بين الأجيال.

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 Sharjah, April 28, 2025

The 16th Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF) features a unique theatrical highlight with Winged Wonder, a roaming performance by the Canadian street theatre company Les Chasseurs de Rêves. Twice a day, a giant bird puppet takes flight at Expo Centre Sharjah, its wings flapping gracefully as performers Simon Riouy and Lauriane Houle interact with festival goers.

The 30-minute show combines puppetry, circus arts, and interactive theatre, captivating children and adults alike. Riouy operates the towering puppet from above using mechanical levers, while Houle engages the audience, treating the bird as a beloved companion.

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The workshop at Sharjah Children Reading Festival’s cookery corner teaches kids how simple ingredients and a little imagination can turn into fresh, colourful pasta

Sharjah, April 28, 2025 

Cooking met creativity at the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF) on Saturday as young chefs rolled up their sleeves for the Colourful Pasta Making workshop at Cookery Corner.

Led by Noha Elkhouly, an instructor from Skill Deer, the lively session taught children how to make fresh pasta from scratch, using natural colours and simple techniques to turn everyday ingredients into edible works of art. “We’re teaching them that homemade cooking can be healthier and more fun,” said the Egyptian cooking enthusiast. “The focus is on giving kids hands-on experience — from kneading the dough to measuring ingredients and even understanding simple techniques like spreading and shaping.”

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