Sharjah to distribute 250,000 books to 5,000 Emirati families

Sharjah-based cultural project Knowledge Without Borders (KWB) will distribute 250,000 books to 5,000 Emirati families in the emirate.
The KWB announced the completion of its preparations for the second part of the 13th and final phase of its project to distribute books among Emiratis.
Rashid Al Kous, general manager of KWB, expressed gratitude for the continued support of His Highness Dr Shaikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah.
He said, "The KWB has achieved great milestones in fulfilling its mission to make reading an integral part of the lifestyle of all Emiratis from different age groups and backgrounds by providing them with a home library consisting of 50 books from different genres.
"As the world celebrates the World Arabic Language Day - a language that forms the basis of our identity and is the source of Arab-Islamic civilisation - we are pleased to announce the completion of preparations for distributing 250,000 books among 5,000 Emirati families in Sharjah. This completes the 13th and final phase, which was launched in January 2014."
Since its launch in 2008, the KWB's home library initiative, which targets Emirati families in Sharjah, has managed to distribute over one million books among 20,000 families, with an average of 50 books per family.
The KWB initiative is supervised and supported by Shaikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Head of the Organising Committee of the KWB. The initiative aims at establishing reading as a habit in every household in the UAE, by encouraging the establishment of home libraries, and supplying these libraries with best reads in various domains suitable for the entire family.
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