Organiser says 1,000 entered Red Sea Quran recitation contest in four days
Al-Sawt Al-Nadi is open to ages 8 to 88 from Halayeb and Shalatin in the south to Zafarana in the north, with EGP 25,000, 15,000 and 10,000 for the first three places.
11 November 2026
A new contest to find Quran recitation and religious-chant talent across the Red Sea Governorate drew about 1,000 entries in its first four days, the man behind it, Khaled Shalaby, told the newspaper Al-Watan.
Auditions for the contest, called Al-Sawt Al-Nadi, are to be held through the seven departments of the governorate's endowments directorate and in a number of mosques, covering the governorate from Halayeb and Shalatin in the south to Zafarana in the north. Shalaby said entry is open to anyone aged 8 to 88.
He said registration was due to close on Thursday; the report, published on Wednesday 11 November, did not give a calendar date. Shalaby also said the contest has the Red Sea governor's patronage and approvals from the endowments ministry and the security authorities, and that the endowments directorate supervises the auditions.
Winners of the first three places are to receive EGP 25,000, EGP 15,000 and EGP 10,000. Umrah trips are set aside for the winners' parents rather than for the winners themselves. Shalaby said he plans a new round every 45 days, and that he is still trying to invite judges associated with the television programme Dawlat Al-Tilawa to the closing event, which he said would be held in Hurghada.