A Moroccan girl, 9, has won this year's Arab Reading Challenge, beating 10.5 million participants from across the Arab region and the world. Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/videos
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00:00A 9-year-old Moroccan girl has won this year's Arab Reading Challenge, beating 10.5 million
00:10participants from across the Arab region and the world.
00:14Maryam Lehcen Amjoun, the youngest of five finalists, was crowned during an award ceremony
00:20held at the Dubai Opera House and will take home 500,000 dirhams in prize money.
00:26His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister
00:30of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, honored the winners of the competition's various categories
00:35and presented them awards amounting to 11 million dirhams.
00:40The audience took part in an instant voting poll choosing Amjoun as the first winner of
00:45the competition.
00:46The panel of judges were also part of the voting process and had asked the finalists
00:50various questions before the top winner was chosen.
00:54The third edition of the competition has witnessed a record-breaking number of participants,
00:58which had gone up from 7.4 million last year to 10.5 million participants in 2018.
01:05Launched in 2015 by Sheikh Mohammed, the Arab Reading Challenge aims to establish a culture
01:11of reading among the new Arab generations across the globe and highlight the importance
01:15of knowledge in shaping their future as well as the future of their communities and countries.
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