Al-Azhar Launches Quran Contest for Foreign Students
The preliminary round of the Quranic event began on Monday, m.akhbarelyom.com website reported.
Aimed at discovering the Quranic talents of expatriate students, it has been sponsored by Al-Azhar’s president and is supervised by Nahla al-Saeedi, head of the university’s Foreign Students Educational Development Center.
According to al-Saeedi, the preliminary round, being held at four levels of memorization and Tarteel recitation of a quarter, half, three-quarters and whole of Quran, will run until October 20.
She said in order to prevent crowding at the event’s venue, competitions at different levels are organized separately.
Al-Azhar has underlined compliance with the health protocols during the competition in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
