The erosion of identity, cultural heritage, prompted me to think of ways to instill cultural values in our children. Not only is our heritage and its importance fading from our lives, but we also find no content suitable for children about it.” – Raghad Jouhar.
In the challenge to preserve the civilization and inherited culture, this challenge motivated Raghad to turn to reading for children to introduce them to their heritage. She developed more than five children’s stories, using illustrations specifically aimed at documenting heritage.
Raghad Jouhar, a WLR ambassador in Syria, she is an engineer and visual artist. She utilized the We Love Reading online training to achieve her goal of conducting aloud reading sessions for children, focusing on stories that narrate intangible Syrian heritage and passing it on to the younger generation of children and adolescents. She noticed that the storytelling approach, free from rote memorization, successfully captured the children’s attention—a fact she observed when the children began eagerly awaiting the reading sessions.
Raghad’s ideology stems from her belief, especially in what we are living today, in the necessity of preserving heritage, which serves as a source of identity. By holding on to it, generations can grow up with confidence, clear goals, and knowledge of their heritage through reading.