Egypt Int’l Quran Contest Winners to Be Honored Monday
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Winners of Egypt’s 25th international Quran competition will be awarded at a ceremony Monday night.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will be present at the ceremony, according to al-Yawm al-Sabi news website.
The Arab country’s Awqaf Ministry organized the competition back in March.
The top rank winners will reactive cash prizes amounting to one million Egyptian pounds.
Also to be honored at the ceremony will be winners of a national Quran contest held for the disabled earlier this year.
Egypt’s 25th international Quran competition was held on March 24-29 in the capital, Cairo.
As many as 66 Quran memorizers from 50 countries competed in the four categories of the Quranic event.
Egypt is an Arab country in Northern Africa the majority of whose population is Muslim.
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