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JEDDAH READS: PROSE AND PURPOSE Huda Merchant’s project is making our Jeddah more literary. By Sumaiyya Naseem
After a few years of attending school in India, bibliophile Huda Merchant returned to Saudi and discovered that books were limited and student book clubs were non-existent. To fill the literary gap, she formed Jeddah Reads. With a background in media, and along with the help of Dania Al Masri and Fida Al Hassan of Impact with Deeds, Merchant started the project while she was interning at Youth Initiative Group (YIG).
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