Winners of 41st Int'l Quran Competitions of Iran Awarded
The closing ceremony, attended by participants, members of the panel of arbiters, local and government officials, as well as hundreds of people, marking the end of the competition that began on Sunday in the northeastern city of Mashhad.
Male participants contested in categories of Quran recitation, Tarteel, and memorization of the entire Quran.
In the first category, Seyed Mohammad Hosseini-Pour from Iran won the first rank. Mohammad Hussein Muhammad from Egypt and Ahmed Razzaq Al-Dulaimi from Iraq finished second and third, respectively.
Mojtaba Ghadbeigi from Iran won the Tarteel recitation category, while Haider Ali Adnan Muhammad from Iraq and Qasim Muhammad Hamdan from Lebanon stood next.
In the memorization category, the top prize went to Mohammad Khakpour from Iran. Murtada Hussein Ali Akkash from Libya and Ahmed Muhammad Saleh Ibrahim Eissa from Egypt achieved the second and third ranks, respectively.
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In the female's section, the top prize in the memorization category went to Fatemeh Daliri from Iran. Mottahareh Labiba from Bangladesh finished runner-up, while Afnan Rashad Ali Yaqub from Yemen gained the third rank.
Meanwhile, Iran's Ghazaleh Soheili-Zadeh was named the winner of the female's tarteel category. Aisha Muhammad Abdulmutallab from Nigeria and Hoora Haidar Hamzi from Lebanon stood next.
57 contestants representing 27 countries made it to the final stage of the competitions that were held in person in Mashhad. The preliminary section, held virtually, brought representatives from more than 100 countries.
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The International Holy Quran Competition of the Islamic Republic of Iran is annually organized by the country’s Awqaf and Charity Affairs Organization.
The competition aims to promote the Quranic culture and values among Muslims and showcase the talents of Quran reciters and memorizers.
According to a statement by the organizers, the 42nd edition of the event will also be held in Mashhad next year.
