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DEWA marks Reading Month 2026 with series of events promoting intellectual and cultural growth · DEWA Podcasts

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  Welcome to this quick update on how Dubai Electricity
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  and Water Authority is marking Reading Month
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  2026. Under the theme UAE Reads, DEWA is organizing
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  virtual knowledge -based events and cultural
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  activities throughout March, with broad employee
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  participation. The key highlights this year include
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  a virtual book exhibition in collaboration with
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  leading distributors in the UAE. a Holy Quran
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  recitation challenge for Dewa Academy students,
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  and the Enriching Minds competition, all designed
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  to encourage reading, learning, and greater use
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  of Dewa's knowledge resources. The wider initiative
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  also features awareness virtual lectures and
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  knowledge -sharing sessions, including the Share
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  an Hour initiative, helping employees exchange
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  ideas and strengthen intellectual and cultural
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  growth. across DEWA's divisions. DEWA also continues
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  to invest in a strong reading environment supported
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  by six knowledge centers that include thousands
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  of books and both digital and printed resources.
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  In 2025 alone, more than 140 ,000 materials from
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  DEWA's digital knowledge resources were utilized.
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  And now, here is the full quote exactly as provided,
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  with the name, We align our efforts with the
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  vision of our wise leadership to foster a society
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  that embraces a culture of reading and is enriched
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  by science and knowledge, enhancing the UAE's
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  status as a leading cultural and intellectual
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  destination, both regionally and globally. Reading
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  Month represents a key milestone in our annual
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  agenda and a fundamental pillar of our efforts
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  to enhance employees' knowledge and inspire their
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  intellectual and cultural development. It also
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  reinforces our commitment to fostering a reading
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  culture across society and embedding reading
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  as a daily habit. and offers the appropriate
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  infrastructure to support a knowledge -based
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  community. DEWA has six knowledge centers containing
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  thousands of books and digital and printed knowledge
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  resources across various fields. In 2025, more
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  than 140 ,000 materials from DEWA's digital knowledge
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  resources were utilized, added Altair. Altogether,
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  the program reflects DEWA's broader commitment
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  to knowledge, culture, and continuous learning
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  in the workplace. Thanks for listening.