Twins Bisan, Bilsan Kouka win Arab Reading Challenge in Tunis

Twin students Bisan and Bilsan Kouka won the Arab Reading Challenge Champion title at the Tunisian level in its ninth edition.

- Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

They competed against 128,666 other students from 2,100 schools, overseen by 5,820 supervisors.

The winning twins, at the grade 6 (8 February 1958 School in Kef), were announced during the closing ceremony of the ninth edition of the Arab Reading Challenge in Tunis.

The ceremony was attended by Noureddine Nouri, Tunisia’s Minister of Education, and Dr. Iman Ahmed Al Salami, UAE Ambassador to Tunisia, Dr Fawzan Al Khalidi, Director of Programmes and Initiatives at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation; and a large crowd of people interested in education and culture, as well as the parents of the competing students.

During the closing ceremony, Alia Bous'haq of the Kasserine delegation was honoured for her attainment of the title of “Distinguished Supervisor”, and Hafer El Mahr School from the Bizerte delegation was honoured with the title of “Distinguished School”.

DIFFERENTLY ABLED CATEGORY: In the People of Determination category, in which 111 male and female students took part, Rahma Bouden won the Arab Reading Challenge Champion title. She is a second grade student at Al Nour School High School for the Blind, which is affiliated with the Ben Arous delegation.