{"id":59050,"date":"2026-01-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/2026\/01\/30\/conclusion-of-the-28th-edition-of-the-kuwait-grand-quran-competition-with-311-winners-honored\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T00:00:00","slug":"conclusion-of-the-28th-edition-of-the-kuwait-grand-quran-competition-with-311-winners-honored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/2026\/01\/30\/conclusion-of-the-28th-edition-of-the-kuwait-grand-quran-competition-with-311-winners-honored\/","title":{"rendered":"Conclusion of the 28th Edition of the Kuwait Grand Qur\u2019an Competition with 311 Winners Honored"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><b><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;color:#EE0000\">Conclusion of the<br \/>\n28th Edition of the Kuwait Grand Qur\u2019an Competition with 311 Winners Honored<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">The 28th edition of the Kuwait<br \/>\nGrand Qur\u2019an Memorization and Recitation Competition, held under the theme \u201cThe<br \/>\nNoble and Righteous,\u201d concluded with the honoring of <b>311<\/b> winners out of <b>3,416<\/b><br \/>\nparticipants who took part in the final rounds. Among the winners, <b>155<\/b><br \/>\nwere male and <b>156<\/b> were female, reflecting the competition\u2019s inclusive<br \/>\napproach for all segments of society.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\"><b><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">A<br \/>\nPioneering Competition in Building Kuwaiti Society<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">The Acting Secretary-General of<br \/>\nthe Kuwait Awqaf Public Foundation, Eng. Janan Al-Zamel, stated that since its<br \/>\ninception in 1996, a total of <b>50,000<\/b> participants have had the honor of<br \/>\ntaking part in the competition, while <b>4,776<\/b> winners have been celebrated<br \/>\nacross all editions.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Al-Zamel emphasized that the<br \/>\ncompetition represents a practical model of the Foundation\u2019s strategy to build<br \/>\nthe Kuwaiti individual and develop society through the values of divine<br \/>\nrevelation, noting that endowments in Kuwait serve as a vital lifeline and a<br \/>\nsource of faith that safeguards national identity and values.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\"><b><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">40%<br \/>\nIncrease in Participation Highlights Growing Interest in the Qur\u2019an<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">The Competition\u2019s General<br \/>\nCoordinator, Marab Al-Ya\u2019qoub, highlighted that five years ago, <b>2,430<\/b><br \/>\nparticipants joined the event, whereas the current edition witnessed <b>3,416<\/b><br \/>\nparticipants, marking a <b>40%<\/b> increase. This rise reflects the heightened<br \/>\ndedication to the Qur\u2019an under the esteemed patronage of the Kuwaiti<br \/>\nleadership, further establishing Kuwait as a role model in promoting love for<br \/>\nthe Qur\u2019an.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Al-Ya\u2019qoub also reviewed key<br \/>\nachievements of the Awqaf Public Foundation in the Qur\u2019anic field, including<br \/>\nthe establishment of the Qur\u2019an Endowment Fund in 1995, the launch of the<br \/>\nKuwait Grand Qur\u2019an Competition in 1996, and the support of Qur\u2019an memorization<br \/>\ncircles in mosques and women\u2019s centers.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">(Source: News Websites)<span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"font-size:1.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:\n&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><b><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:\n&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;color:#EE0000\">* \u0644\u0644\u0627\u0637\u0644\u0627\u0639 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0631\u062c\u0645\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0627\u0645\u0644\u0629 \u0644\u0644\u062e\u0628\u0631 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0644\u063a\u0629<br \/>\n\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629\u060c <\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:18.0pt;line-height:\n115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">\u0627\u0636\u063a\u0637 (<span style=\"color:#EE0000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/ar\/ContentDetails.aspx?ID=40926\" target=\"_blank\">\u0647\u0646\u0627<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/b><b><span dir=\"LTR\" style=\"font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conclusion of the 28th Edition of the Kuwait Grand Qur\u2019an Competition with 311 Winners Honored<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":59352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[414],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-news-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}