New Quranic Talents at Dubai Competition: Jordanian Quran Expert
"Every day in this competition we are witnessing the emergence of very good and outstanding Quranic talents in the field of memorization,” Samih Ahmed Khalid Athamina told IQNA.
That is why it is difficult to predict the results of the contest especially now that the competition is only half-way through, he added.
Asked about Iran’s representative Hannaneh Khalafi, Athamina said she had a good and acceptable performance in the contest and wished success for the Iranian Quran memorizer.
Nine-year-old Khalafi, who is the youngest participant, answered the questions of the panel of judges on Wednesday morning and afternoon.
The first edition of the Shaikha Fatima Bint Mubarak International Holy Quran Competition started in Dubai on November 6 and will run until Friday, November 18.
More than 70 female Quran memorizers from different countries have attended the event to compete for the top prize in the category of memorization of the entire Holy Quran.
The participants aged between nine and 25 years stand to win Dh250,000; Dh200,000; and Dh150,000 for the first, second and third prizes respectively.
The Dh7.5 million contest is a category of the 14 branch Dubai International Holy Quran Award (DIHQA), which is annually organized in the holy month of Ramadan.
12 scholars specializing in the science of Qiraat (schools of recitation) who have experience in arbitrating international Quran contests are part of the jury for the contest.
