Home-based library brings joy of reading to Egyptian village kids

STORY: Home-based library brings joy of reading to Egyptian village kids DATELINE: Aug. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:12 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the home-based library 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MOHAMED ABEL-AZIZ, Librarian 3. various of librarians working and children reading 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MAGDA SAEED, Reader 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): ZIYAD REDA, Reader 6. various of librarians working and children reading 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (Arabic): EL-SAYYID EL-SHAHHAT, Parent STORYLINE: In Bishat Amer village in northeast Egypt's Sharqia Province, 34-year-old librarian Mohamed Abel-Aziz often sees dozens of children filling the entrance and hallway stairs of his house, where they read, draw, or practice handwriting. Working at Misr Public Library in Zagazig City of Sharqia, Abel-Aziz has turned most part of the ground floor of his two-storey family house into a public library for the village kids, as he was driven by the sense of mission to help them read and learn. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic)

EGYPT-SHARQIA-HOME-BASED LIBRARY

EGYPT-SHARQIA-HOME-BASED LIBRARY

(230805) -- SHARQIA, Aug. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Children read books at Mohamed Abel-Aziz's house which was turned into a public library at Bishat Amer village in Sharqia Province, Egypt, July 28, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Home-based library brings joy of reading to Egyptian village kids" (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

EGYPT-SHARQIA-HOME-BASED LIBRARY

EGYPT-SHARQIA-HOME-BASED LIBRARY

(230805) -- SHARQIA, Aug. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A boy reads a book outside Mohamed Abel-Aziz's house which was turned into a public library at Bishat Amer village in Sharqia Province, Egypt, July 28, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Home-based library brings joy of reading to Egyptian village kids" (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

EGYPT-SHARQIA-HOME-BASED LIBRARY

EGYPT-SHARQIA-HOME-BASED LIBRARY

(230805) -- SHARQIA, Aug. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A boy studies outside Mohamed Abel-Aziz's house which was turned into a public library at Bishat Amer village in Sharqia Province, Egypt, July 28, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Home-based library brings joy of reading to Egyptian village kids" (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

EGYPT-SHARQIA-HOME-BASED LIBRARY

EGYPT-SHARQIA-HOME-BASED LIBRARY

(230805) -- SHARQIA, Aug. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mohamed Abel-Aziz is seen with children at his house which was turned into a public library at Bishat Amer village in Sharqia Province, Egypt, July 28, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Home-based library brings joy of reading to Egyptian village kids" (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)