The curtain came down on Sheikh Hassan Al-Afaliq Award – may he rest in peace – to sing the Koran in this holy month of Ramadan, an event that should be called a spiritual masterpiece. This distinctive event continues for four years in the eastern region and in Al-Ahsa and is concerned with selecting the best voices based on recitation and recite and not on memorizing it which leaves freedom for the reader to choose what to read and gets evaluated based on the beauty of his or her sound.
And it is worth mentioning that in the fourth season ten great canadiates qualified for the finals, and they are: Abdullah Turki Al-Zahrani, Abdulrahman Mahdi Saleh, Abdulaziz Omar Al-Amoudi, Sultan Abdullah Karoan, Saleh Abdullah Al-Quraishi, Mohammed Khalifa Al-Thagib, Ibrahim Abdullah Bu Hassan, Saad Saleh Al-Saleh, Abdulmajid Yusuf Al-Sanad, Sultan Ahmed Al-Qadiri.
and among women there are: Asma’s Mohammed Saleh Abu-Zeid, Ashjan Saad Hamad Al-Harbi, Munira Ali Othman Al-Othman, Aisha Ibrahim Hammoud Al-Klaib, Fatima Abdulrahman Mohammed Bordha, Elham Amin Mohammed Hubaishi, Rehab Ahmed Mohammed Al-Fraij, Sarah Salah Abdullatif Al-Halabi, Amal Salem Abdullah Badbean, Rabeah Mohammed Salem Al-Arfaj.
The award was supported over the years by a number of notable readers and Sheikhs, including Sheikh Ahmed Trabelsi from Kuwait, Sheikh Khalid Al-Hulaiby from Al-Ahsa and Sheikh Adel Al-Kalbani from Riyadh, and Sheikh Abdulrahman Al-Osai in addition to Ms. Huda Al-Dulaijan.
The award continues to crown its participants and readers with prizes led by the first prize, a car, followed by other prizes for the contestants.
The first place among females was one by Asma’a Mohammed Abu Zeid and recived a car, Ashjan Hamad Saad Al-Harbi won the second place and received an amount of seven thousand saudi riyals, and in the third place came Aisha Ibrahim Hammoud Al-Kulaib and received an amount of three thousand riyals.
The first winner among men was Saleh Abdullah Al-Quraishi and recieved a car, filled by Saad Saleh Al-Saleh in second place and received seven thousand saudi riyals, the winner of the third place was Mohammed Khalifa Al-Thagib and received his prize in amount of three thousand riyals.
We congratulate the winners and participants a continuing success, and God may bless their steps.
