1. In Egypt, 800 of the 1000 literate people surveyed by the foundation said that they read about 54 minutes a day. The report explains its methodology clearly, stating that they surveyed a total of 5,000 individuals, with 1,000 participants for each of the five countries examined. In the report’s numerous charts, there is a daily breakdown of how much time is spent on reading and other activities, but the results are too complex to conclude that Arabs, as a whole, read six minutes per year.
    — Leah Caldwell, in Akhbar’s recent article debunking the Arab literacy rates.