Semi-Final Round of Al-Kawthar TV Int’l Quran Contest Begins
According to the network, this round will run until Wednesday, May 12.
Twenty-five Qaris have made it to the semi-final, 24 of whom were selected by the panel of judges and one by popular vote.
On the first night of this round, Qaris from Iran, Germany, Egypt and Iraq competed to reach the final.
Ahmed al-Najafi, Rafi al-Ameri, Maytham al-Tammar and Natiq al-Zarkani from Iraq, Mo’taz Aqaei, Mehdi Seif, Abbas Anjam, Mohammad Ali Dehdashti, and Amir Kasmaei from Iran, Samih al-Athamina from Jordan, Taha Abdul Wahab, Muhammad Kuhaila, Muhammad Osfour and Muhammad Jabin from Egypt, Rizwan Darwish, Arif al-Asali and Nureddin Khurshid from Syria, Adil Khalil and Mustfa al-Jafari from Lebanon, and al-Badri Bashara from Sudan are the Quran experts who serve as the arbiters of this edition.
Inna lil-Muttaqina Mafaza is the Muslim world’s biggest live Quran recitation competition aired by Al-Kawthar, an Arabic-language channel within the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting’s World Service.
It is annually organized during the holy month of Ramadan.
