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| Source: Katara. A hundred contestants are vying for five prizes in the second Katara Prize for Quran Recitation. |
The second Katara Prize for Quran Recitation, conducted by Katara Cultural Village, hosts 100 contestants from across the world. The contestants were selected from a total of 1,429 submissions.
Five winners will be announced on 26 Ramadhan. The first prize winner will get cash prize worth QR500,000 while the second and third prizes carry cash prizes of QR400,000 and QR300,000, respectively. Winners of the fourth and fifth positions will get QR200,000 and QR100,000, respectively.
Winners will be selected based on their recitation style, voice quality and tajweed (تجويد) rules, among other factors.
Katara will produce a CD containing the full Quran as recited by winner of the first prize in the competition. It will be recorded at the Katara studios.
Meanwhile, the seventh Holy Quran Memorisation Competition for children is on-going. This will continue until May 31.
Five winners will be announced on 26 Ramadhan. The first prize winner will get cash prize worth QR500,000 while the second and third prizes carry cash prizes of QR400,000 and QR300,000, respectively. Winners of the fourth and fifth positions will get QR200,000 and QR100,000, respectively.
Winners will be selected based on their recitation style, voice quality and tajweed (تجويد) rules, among other factors.
Katara will produce a CD containing the full Quran as recited by winner of the first prize in the competition. It will be recorded at the Katara studios.
Meanwhile, the seventh Holy Quran Memorisation Competition for children is on-going. This will continue until May 31.
Fifty children aged 10 to 12 years are participating. Orientation sessions for the participants included lessons in selected verses from the Quran and hadiths, prayer, Islamic history and Islamic etiquette. Winners will be awarded prizes at the end of the competition.
The sessions for boys are taking place at the main mosque in Katara and for girls at the Golden Mosque in Katara after asr prayers from Sunday to Thursday over two weeks. The annual competition aims to keep children attached to the Islamic identity and values, through the study, memorisation and recitation of the Quran.