“After the initial sessions, the children eagerly awaited the reading time, rushing towards me to ask, ‘What’s the story of today?’ ” Ambassador of We Love Reading, Shaimaa Asfour.
Shaimaa Asfour, Ambassador of We Love Reading, specializes in computer graphics, mother of two, residing in Germany. She is passionate about reading in all fields. Her enthusiasm for reading stems from her belief in the significance of the first word in the Qur’an, “Read.”
Shaimaa started reading to her children, which made them fall in love with reading to become a part of their lifestyle. She noticed her children requesting books from her, indicating their enjoyment.
Shaimaa received the We Love Reading training earlier this year, believing in the necessity of spreading reading on a broader scale and intending to start the new year with something different. Immediately after the training, she reached out to the mosque, which also includes a school near her home, to begin her journey of holding reading sessions every Saturday.
Shaimaa recounts, “At the beginning, I found difficulty in the first two sessions, especially as the children found the idea strange, but later they began to resonate with the story, rushing towards me to know what the story of the day is.”