The Dubai International Holy Quran Award, which is held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, “may God bless him”, concluded the initial arbitration stage between the keepers and portfolios of God’s book applying to the competition in its 28th session of 2026, where the award had received 5618 participation requests from 105 countries in various continents of the world, 30% of them in the branch of the female award. The award announced the selection of 525 from the memorizers of the Noble Qur’an, including 373 preservatives in the male branch, and 152 portfolios in the female branch, to move to the second arbitration stage, after all the requests of applicants and applicants were subjected to participating in the award and their recording recitations for evaluation
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