The Cultural Village Foundation (Katara) yesterday announced it is organising a variety of competitions open to local and international participants across its social media platforms. ‘Katara will present on its various platforms on social media many competitions, varying in their contents, these contests are directed to all members of society which include several categories and nationalities, Dr. Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti, General Manager of Katara, said in a statement. Dr. Al Sulaiti said the competitions vary between literary and artistic cultural competitions and Katara has allocated cash prizes for all the winners.
One of the competitions is ‘The Istighfar Award which is open to international and local participants and includes several categories. The first category is short story writing on the topic seeking forgiveness (Istighfar) to be written using 3,000 to 5,000 words, and in which a cash prize of $20,000 is at stake.
The second category is short play writing on the same theme seeking forgiveness (Istighfar) to be written using 1,500 to 3,000 words, and with a prize of $15,000. The third category is poetry writing on the theme seeking forgiveness (Istighfar), written in 10 lines and carrying a prize of $10,000. The fourth category is dedicated to Arabic calligraphy writing of the sentence ‘Ask forgiveness from ALLAH, and comes with a prize of $5,000.
There is also a competition for Qatari school students of 5 to 15 years old called ‘The most beautiful recitation as the participant will have to send an audio recording clip. For this contest, the winner will receive QR6,000, the second placer will get QR4,000 and the third placer will win QR3,000, while the fourth to the 10th positions will each receive QR1,500.
The deadline for submission of entries for the competitions is April 20 via e-mail. Katara has also launched a competition on Instagram, in which an image of a painting will be posted and participants will have to identify the artist who created the painting. Three winners will be selected in a raffle draw to be held every three days.
Katara is also preparing via Al-Dad YouTube channel to launch a series of programs, competitions, entertainment and educational materials such as lessons on spelling and Arabic grammar instruction, as well as information and anecdotes about the Arabic language and stories for children in addition to 60 poems praising the Prophet Mohamed (peace be upon him), chosen among the many poems which won the Katara Prize for Prophet’s Poet.
For book lovers, ‘Mishwar Wa Riwaya application (Katara Publishing House) offers 29 audio narrations that they can enjoy listening to. ‘We exploit this phase as all events and activities in Katara are interrupted and to be transferred via the Internet, to entertain you and offer you pleasant moments while being safe at home, stressed Dr. Al Sulaiti. He pointed out that Katara has the mission towards the community in raising awareness and education, especially during these times when everyone needs to be innovative and creative.
For book lovers, ‘Mishwar Wa Riwaya application (Katara Publishing House) offers 29 audio narrations that they can enjoy listening to. ‘We exploit this phase as all events and activities in Katara are interrupted and to be transferred via the Internet, to entertain you and offer you pleasant moments while being safe at home, stressed Dr. Al Sulaiti. He pointed out that Katara has the mission towards the community in raising awareness and education, especially during these times when everyone needs to be innovative and creative.For book lovers, ‘Mishwar Wa Riwaya application (Katara Publishing House) offers 29 audio narrations that they can enjoy listening to.
‘We exploit this phase as all events and activities in Katara are interrupted and to be transferred via the Internet, to entertain you and offer you pleasant moments while being safe at home, stressed Dr. Al Sulaiti. He pointed out that Katara has the mission towards the community in raising awareness and education, especially during these times when everyone needs to be innovative and creative.
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