Iraqi Literacy Drive A Response to Extremism
An Iraqi youth group has organized a reading event in Baghdad to promote a literary culture and fight extremism.
With the help of Iraqi intellectuals, 21 young volunteers inaugurated a large arena for group reading on Sept. 28 on Abu Nawas Street in central Baghdad. These young people, who included five girls, placed books in the gardens overlooking the Tigris River in a plan to encourage people to read.
Last year, this group launched the same initiative from Baghdad toward several provinces, and the project was warmly welcomed in the staunchly religious cities of Karbala and Najaf.
