The book sales at the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival is proof that parents promote reading as a hobby in their kids to balance the influence of social media

Sharjah, April 29, 2025

Amin Abdullah and his wife Salsabeel are at the 16^th edition of the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF 2025) with their children buying a trolley full of books. The Sudanese parents who live in Sharjah have carefully picked storybooks in English and Arabic for their daughters aged 8 and 2 years, and son aged 4.

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