Pope Tawadros congratulates Egyptian girl on Arab Reading Challenge win

Egyptian 11-year-old Mayar Mohamed Othman won first place in the Dubai Arab Reading Challenge, drawing congratulations from Pope Tawadros II.

• Pope Tawadros II congratulated Mayar Mohamed Rajab Othman, 11, at his weekly sermon in Cairo on Wednesday for winning the Arab Reading Challenge in Dubai.
• He said the Coptic Church congratulates her, noting she competed among thousands of students from 138,000 schools worldwide.
• He stressed that establishing reading as a value is the real reason for any society's progress.
• The General Authority for Culture Palaces announced a new book, by Bahgat Samida, documenting Mayar's journey in its Qatar al-Nada series.