January 25, 2024
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The Arabi21 project has worked for years to develop classification codes for young Arab readers that are compatible with modern, internationally recognized reading standards. These standards classify children's books into levels of difficulty and ease, thus solving the problem of identifying the target audience for each book. Therefore, we collaborated with them to classify and code the stories of "Educators" to make it easier for our clients, parents and educators, to know the levels of the stories and whether they are appropriate for their children and their reading level. Therefore, we ask that you check the code of each story before purchasing it.
Arab Thought Foundation
An independent international civil society organization, unaccompanied by any political, partisan, or sectarian affiliation. Since its establishment in 2000 at the initiative of His Royal Highness Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, and with the support of a constellation of intellectuals, wealthy individuals, and businessmen who believed in its message of enlightenment, development, and progress, and in its approach to responsible freedom, the organization has been committed to promoting the Arabic language and culture, advocating for Arab solidarity and a unified Arab identity that embraces the richness of diversity and pluralism, and promoting the values of dialogue and openness to the world's languages and cultures.
Through the pioneering initiatives, programs, and projects it has launched, as well as through the reports, books, and translations it publishes, the conferences, forums, and seminars it holds, and the awards it awards, the Foundation seeks to disseminate knowledge, encourage creativity and innovation, develop structures and mindsets, empower youth, and achieve the goals of comprehensive and sustainable development.
As part of its contribution to intellectual, cultural, and educational efforts, the Foundation has adopted an approach of partnership, cooperation, and integration with relevant organizations, institutions, and research and study centers.
Arabi21 Project
Definition
The Arab Thought Foundation has given special attention to the education sector, its reform workshop, and the process of developing and advancing it, which was primarily evident in its “Arabi21” project.
The project targets students at all levels of education. In some areas, it also targets Arab and foreign publishing houses that print in Arabic, authors and illustrators of Arabic children's literature, educational and cultural institutions and associations concerned with encouraging reading, primary school teachers, and librarians.
Vision
The vision of the Arabi21 project is to prepare Arabs capable of thinking and communicating in Arabic, learning, working, and living in accordance with all aspects of life, and also enabling them to preserve their identity. The project's primary goal is to contribute to modernizing methods of learning and teaching Arabic.
Activities
The project's main activities include:
- Design of the Early Reading Assessment Tool in Arabic “Mobker”
- Electronic guide to classified books
- “Short Story by Their Pens” Competition
- My Book Award
- Education Conference
Objectives
- Organizing a number of educational conferences on topics related to promoting the use of the Arabic language.
- Publishing a number of interactive videos on best teaching practices and other topics of interest to teachers and academics.
- Working on designing an exam based on international standards to test Arab students' Arabic language abilities.
- Launching a number of initiatives to encourage children and youth to read and write in Arabic.
- Organizing the “My Book Award” to select the best children’s and young adult books in the Arabic language.
- Formulating and adopting appropriate standards related to both Arabic language curricula and the classification of children's literature books.
- Urging the largest possible number of Arab and international publishing houses to use Hanada Taha and Arabi21's standards to classify the children's literature books they publish.
- Creating a website that includes an electronic guide to children's books classified according to reading level and internationally accepted classification standards, where users can read book summaries and choose the appropriate ones.