Imam Jaafar Al-Sadiq (PBUH) Secondary School in Jouya, part of Al-Mabarrat Charitable Association, held the opening ceremony of its annual book fair under the title “We Read to Rise”, in the Al-Batoul (PBUH) Hall, under the patronage of its director Mr. Mohammad Nasrallah and attended by the teaching and administrative bodies and the students.
The ceremony opened with verses from the Holy Quran, then the Lebanese national anthem. Then came the word of the ceremony's patron Mr. Mohammad Nasrallah, who stressed the importance of reading's role in building minds and developing them academically, ethically and humanly, in developing capacities and capabilities, and in keeping pace with the age on the basis of preserving Islamic identity and benefiting from the experiences of the past in order to open onto the present and the future. He pointed to the need to plant the love of reading in this generation so as to refine its intellectual and academic character and develop its artistic skills, stressing the importance of making use of time in our lives and not wasting it in amusement and idleness, citing the words of His Eminence the religious authority Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah (RA) on this matter.
At the close of his speech the fair's events were launched, beginning with a literary seminar in which the writer, man of letters and critic, a doctor at the Lebanese University, Ali Nasr, lectured on the importance of reading, with a discussion and questions from the secondary section students.
The opening ribbon was then cut and those present toured the fair, which included valuable and varied books from a number of publishing houses and which will continue for several days…
At the close of the first day there was a meeting with the writer Mohammad Al-Qwaider, during which he presented his novel “Ayyoub” to the ninth grade pupils and the secondary section…
