104 memorisers from around world to be part of Quran contest

Popular Saudi scholar Sheikh Saleh Al Maghamsi during the Dihqa lecture programme last year. - Supplied photo

A record number of 104 full Quran memorisers from around the globe will participate in the 22^nd edition of the Dubai International Holy Quran Award (Dihqa) to take place at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry on the Creek this Ramadan.
Ibrahim Mohamed Bu Melha, adviser to the Ruler of Dubai for Cultural and Humanitarian Affairs and Head of Dihqa Organising Committee, said the 'Edition of Zayed' will start with an interesting programme focusing on a series of lectures.
"Eminent scholars will render six open lectures at the Dubai Chamber, while the women-only lectures are be delivered for seven days at the Dubai Women's Association."
Foreign communities can enjoy eight lectures in their languages at the Sheikh Rashid bin Maktoum Al Maktoum Indoor Sports Hall of the Al Wasl Sports Club, he added.
"All the lectures, to start at 10.30pm, will be covered by mass media, while the sessions of the international Holy Quran competition will begin at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry after the end of the six-day open lecture programme."
Dr Saeed Hareb, deputy chairman of the organising committee, said the competition unit has already prepared over 500 questions for the international contest this year.
"A group of elite arbitrators with an extensive experience will judge the performance of contestants."
The competition is attracting many full Quran memorisers from across the world, Dr Hareb said. "This year, 104 participants will vie for the award," he said.
"Up to 1,770 contestants have participated in the competition over the last 21 years." The software programmes of the competition have been upgraded to easily and perfectly record the results of the contestants, he pointed out.
ahmedshaaban@khaleejtimes.com