Nanees works as the Library Assistant in a Centre that offers books in English to a wide range of young readers in Heliopolis in Cairo.

Nanees says:
‘The Young Learners’ Centre where I work has entirely changed since the Frontline course.

Before the course, I thought that books were made to be stacked on shelves, and that readers had enough experience to pick the books they want. All I do is issue them. I was wrong. Books should be treated like people; displaying them in harmony, letting them stand for themselves, showing them off for readers to admire and notice them. It showed me the weak points in my library (invisible borrowers, dark corners), the power of communication with readers, and, above all, it built my confidence in what I do.’