Posted: Jul 08, 2021 6:00 PM MT | Last Updated: July 9 Habiba Hafez is competing in the Braille Challenge finals for the third year in a row.(Amal Hafez) For the third year in a row, Habiba Hafez has advanced to the final round of an international competition for students who are blind or partly blind. Hafez, 12, is the lone Albertan and one of four Canadian finalists in the Braille Institute of America's Braille Challenge. The annual academic competition tests North American students in Grades 1 to 12 in the categories of reading comprehension, spelling, speed and accuracy, proofreading, and charts and graphs. Hafez, who has been participating in the challenge since 2015, is competing in the sophomore section this year. Fifty-two students across five age groups qualified for the finals.