Memorizers, Qaris Attend Qualification Round of Int’l Quran Contest for Blind
18 visually-impaired Quran memorizers and 18 Qaris from 18 provinces of the country are attending the event.
One from each group will be selected to compete for the
Islamic Republic in the recitation or memorization category of the upcoming
international Quranic event.
According to the organizers, the names of the two will be announced
on Wednesday afternoon.
A panel of judges made up of a number of the country’s Quran
experts assesses performances in the qualification round.
They include masters Abbas Salimi, Abbas Emamjome, Ali Akbar
Hanifi, Mehdi Qarasheikhlu and Saeed Rahmani.
The Iranian capital of Tehran will host the second edition
of the international Holy Quran competition for the Muslim world’s
visually-impaired in April.
30 to 40 countries are expected to send their
representatives to the competition, which will be held on April 19-26 in the
categories of memorization of the entire Quran and recitation of the Quran in
Tahghigh style.
