JORDAN-AMMAN-WORLD BOOK DAY-REFUGEE STUDENTS

JORDAN-AMMAN-WORLD BOOK DAY-REFUGEE STUDENTS

(220423) -- AMMAN, April 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Ashraf Abu Sbait (L), a specialist in linguistics and the Arabic language who works as a teacher from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), talks with students at a UNRWA school's library in Amman, Jordan, on April 21, 2022. (Xinhua/Ji Ze) TO GO WITH Feature: Value of reading recognized despite dislocation, conflict

Palestinian refugee students in Jordan eye bright future through reading

STORY: Palestinian refugee students in Jordan eye bright future through reading DATELINE: April 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:42 LOCATION: Amman CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the school and its library in Jordan 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ABDELRAHMAN FAWZI, Student 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): HANEEN KHALAF, Student 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): ASHRAF ABU SBAIT, Teacher STORYLINE: Abdelrahman Fawzi, a 16-year-old refugee student from the Gaza Strip, considered reading as a bridge to attain knowledge and extend potential access to his dream of being a doctor and knowledgeable person. In his free time, Fawzi likes to immerse himself in books at his school library, he told Xinhua ahead of World Book Day which falls on April 23. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ABDELRAHMAN FAWZI, Student "Reading will open the world for you. You will get all the information you want. You will be the person that all the people want to talk with and want to sit with to get information." The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (