NIGERIA WINS DUBAI HOLY QURAN AWARD.
DIHQA announces winners of 18th session By
WAM
Published Sunday, July 20, 2014
Sheikh Maktoum with the winner (WAM)
The 18th session of the Dubai International Holy
Quran Award concluded on Friday night with
Nigerian contestant Sulaiman Abdulkarim Isah
winning the top position in the international
Quran completion category of the Award, along
with the AED250,000 prize money. Omar Hussain
Baeisa of Saudi Arabia and Yemeni Mohammed
Khaled Yaseen achieved second and third
positions. Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin
Rashid Al
Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, attended the
concluding ceremony at the Cultural and Scientific
Association, Mamzar, along with a number of
senior officials, dignitaries, 78 Quran contestants,
and members of the public.
The other top ten participants included Abdulaziz
Abdulla Alhamri from Qatar, Abdul Rahman
Alshuwaie from Kuwait, Mohammad Amdadulla
Tajul Islam from Bangladesh, Anis Ali Al Fadel
from Libya, Salem El Emjad from Mauritania,
Mohammed Arif from the USA, and Abdulrahman
Abdulla Hasan from Bahrain. These were gifted
between AED65,000 and
Dh35,000. The Mauritian and American
contestants, having got the same marks, were
ranked eighth and second eighth. Contestants
who scored 80 percent and above
were rewarded with AED30,000 each, while those
whose performance was estimated at 70 to 79
percent, received AED25,000 each. Participants
with scores less than 70 percent got AED20,000
each. Certificates and cash prizes are to be given
to other participants as well.
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