The National Reading Campaign in Palestinian Society is one of the pivotal initiatives launched by Tamer Institute in 1992, stemming from its core belief in reading as a basic right, and a tool for individual and collective liberation. The campaign aims to make books and diverse learning tools available, embedding the act of reading into the everyday social fabric. Ultimately, it strives to cultivate a sustained engagement with knowledge across all generations: children, youth, and adults alike.
The campaign bases its philosophy on a participatory approach that views the community as an active partner in producing and disseminating culture, not merely a recipient of it, primarily seeking to transform reading from an elitist or school-based practice into a living social act. For more than three decades, the campaign has proven its effectiveness through its annual continuity, the breadth of its reach, the diversity of its activities and programs, and its capacity to create collective spaces for reading, dialogue, and critical thinking, thereby enhancing cultural justice and establishing reading as an act of resistance and building in the Palestinian context.