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Geographical location: <\/strong>Kabul, Afghanistan<\/p>\n

The capital city of Afghanistan has hosted events by \u201cRead with Me\u201d program. Teachers, librarians, writers and facilitators interested in book-reading activities for children participated in workshops held by \u201cRead with Me\u201d program in this city. In September 2019, Safoora Zavvaran, the representative of \u201cRead with Me\u201d program, travelled to Kabul for holding two workshops in three days on children\u2019s literature and reading aloud and also child-centered libraries. Representatives from ten institutes and organizations related to children participated in these workshops, which resulted in a wider and more effective communication between promoters of book-reading in Iran and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

Participating in a forum with institutes and publishers of children\u2019s books in Kabul was another part of Ms. Zavvaran\u2019s travel who was representing the Institute for Research on the History of Children\u2019s Literature in Iran, Ashianeh Institute as a representative of IBBY in Afghanistan, as well as publishing houses Koodakaneh, Gahvareh and Afghanistan Information Center in Kabul University. In this session, participating organizations were acquainted with each-others\u2019 activities and discussed problems and challenges in promoting book-reading in Kabul and Afghanistan and presented suggestions for joint activities to overcome these challenges in the future.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n