Madinah boy wins Qur’an contest

A boy from Madinah has won the top prize in the Kingdom-wide Crown Prince Salman Prize for the Memorization of the Holy Qur’an contest.
Minister of Islamic Affairs, Endowment, Call and Guidance Saleh Al-Asheikh announced the names of the winners yesterday.
“Adel Gholam Al-Khair from Madinah won the cash prize of SR 70,000 for a first place in Category 1 (Boys Section),” Secretary-General Mansour Al-Sameeh said in a statement. The second place with a cash award of SR 68,000 went to Iman Abu Suleiman of Makkah and the third prize with a cash award of SR 66,000 was won by Omar Nabrawi of Riyadh.
Abdullah Al-Khalaf of Hail won the first prize in the second category of the contest, which carried a cash prize of SR 50,000, with Husam Khayyat of Makkah winning the SR 48,000 prize for second place. The third prize of SR 46,000 went to Qays Al-Qurashi of Madinah, Al-Sameeh said.
In the girls’ section of the first category of the contest, Ameenah Al-Saudi of Hail won the first prize of SR 70,000 while the second place with a cash award of SR 68,000 went to Mariah Kemal Hassan of Makkah.
In third position, and sharing the prize money of SR 66,000, were Ruqyah Somaili of Jazan and Ghaliyah Saleh of Riyadh.
In the second category, the first prize of SR 50,000 was won by Afra Al-Najrani of Madinah. Wajdan Al-Shamaimari of Riyadh won second place with a cash prize of SR 48,000, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Afnan Baksh of Madinah got the third position with a cash of SR 46,000.