HE Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Prof. Ahmad At-Tayyeb, honored top ranking contestants in Al-Azhar Annual Competition for Memorizing the Noble Quran, affirming Al-Azhar’s appreciation of its students who memorize the Quran, and declaring them the best ambassadors of Al-Azhar.
His Eminence decided to double the reward for the top five category 1 contestants, and thus category 1 first place prize becomes 200,000 EGP. The total number of contestants added up to 180,000 students, out of which 59,000 passed the initial test. Then, 18,000 students passed the second stage test, while 1,202
went through the final round for selecting the top ten all over the country. So, 80 students won first place at the level of the republic, 20 in each of the four levels.
In the initial round, Esra El-Sayed Saad Muhammed came first, winning a prize of 200,000 EGP; while Ziyad Muhammed Mustafa came second, winning a prize of 190,000 EGP. Then, Ahmed Gamal Es-Sayed Hashish won the third place,
receiving a 180,00 EGP prize, while Iman Wael Ahmed Gharib, came fourth, receiving a 170,000 EGP prize, and the fifth winner was Malak Walid Kamel Ibrahim, earning a 160,000 EGP prize.
In the second level of the competition, Muhammad Wael Ahmed Gharib came first place (100,000 EGP), Heba Abdel-Jalil Al-Guyoushi second (95,000 EGP), Ahlam Rabih Muhammad Ahmed third (90,000 EGP), Farha Ibrahim Sayed Ibrahim fourth (85,000 EGP), and Muhammad Mahmoud Ali Al-Banna fifth (80,000 EGP).
In the third level, Tasneem Tariq Asaker came first (50,000 EGP), and in the fourth level, Muhammad Abder-Rahman Kamel Abdulaziz ranked first (40,000 EGP).
650 arbitrators participated in the first stage, while 230 arbitrators ran the second stage, knowing that the Quran Review Committee participated in the final stage arbitration to select the top ten winners at the level of the country.
It is worth noting that the annual Al-Azhar Competition for Memorizing the Noble Quran is open for students of Al-Azhar schools, students of Quran Memorization Classes (kuttab) supervised by Al-Azhar, and Al-Azhar Ruwaq students. It aims at encouraging Quran memorization and studies among the youth, mining for creative talents among them, and preparing them to participate in international forums and Noble Quran competitions.