Encouraging people to spend their preventive isolation period amid the coronavirus outbreak fruitfully, the Ministry of Culture launched a reading contest titled “Reading Marathon”.
According to Reuters, the initiative seeks to engage the public, young and old, in an activity that can benefit various segments of the society.
All those who want to make the most of the opportunity can participate in an online open-reading contest on diverse topics of interest through sharing their reading experience with quotes on the online platform of the marathon.
The portal will receive the readers ’participation in two categories. First is “Little reader,” which is available for young readers who are under the age of 12 years or in partnership with their parents. The second category of the “Big reader” is open for all those over the age of 12 years.
The ministry said that participation is open to all citizens and expatriates in the Kingdom, clarifying that one of the goals of the initiative is to hit 100,000 pages of reading per week.
