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Tribune News Network
Doha
Iraqi reciter Sabah Khalaf has won the first position and a cash prize of QR500,000 in the second edition of Katara Holy Quran Recitation Contest.
The second prize worth QR400,000 went to Mohammed Muftah Basheer from Libya while Mohammed Niyazi from Egypt won the third position taking home QR300,000.
Younus Mohammed Mahra from Syria won the fourth prize worth QR200,000 and the fifth prize of QR100,000 went to Mohammed Azyawi from Morocco.
The first five winners were selected by an expert panel of judges from about 100 contestants from across the globe.
The contest was being aired by Qatar Television since the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan.
Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim al Sulaiti, general manager of Katara Cultural Village, honoured the winners. He said the second edition of the competition was a big success in terms of participation as well as organisation. He thanked Qatar Television for being an active partner in the contest.
"The Katara Prize for Quran Recitation has achieved its goal of promoting and discovering new talents in the learning and recitation of the Holy Quran," Sulaiti said.
Katara will produce a CD containing full chapters of the Holy Quran with recitations by winners of the first five prizes.
