QNA
Doha
The Cultural Village Foundation (Katara) will open registration for the 8th Katara Quran Recitation Competition from Wednesday, July 17 to October 17, the Foundation announced in a statement on Monday.
The Katara Quran Recitation Competition aims to encourage and discover outstanding talents in reading and reciting Quran, and to present to the world distinguished readers in Quran recitation according to the rules of Tajweed, to honour the outstanding and creative readers, and to motivate the younger generations to adhere to their religion and understand their duties towards their faith and the Islamic message.
The screening committee will evaluate all entries and select the best 100 participants to proceed for the qualifying stage to be held in Doha.
The 100 qualifiers will participate in the competition through 20 television episodes, with five participants competing in each episode. One of them will be selected to compete in the semi-final stage. During the semi-finals, 20 contestants, along with five reserves, will compete in five more episodes, with five people competing in each episode.
One participant will be qualified from each episode to compete in the final stage. Among the five finalists, the top three winners of the prize will be announced, and the episodes will be broadcasted in a special programme in collaboration with Qatar TV during the Holy Month of Ramadan.
The judging panel for the prize consists of six members, three of whom are experts in Quranic readings and Tajweed rules, and three are specialists in Maqamat (melodic modes).
Katara will produce a CD for the winner, reciting the entire Quran, in Katara’s studios.
The total prize value for the Katara Prize for Quran Recitation is QR900,000, where the winner receives QR500,000, the runner up receives QR300,000, and the third-place winner receives QR100,000.
Since its inception in 2017, Katara Quran Recitation Competition has been sponsored by the General Directorate of Endowments at the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs.
