According to Sada Al-Balad, the Union of Indonesian Students in Cairo has organized the competition in cooperation with the World Organization for Al-Azhar Graduates.
The opening ceremony of the Quranic event was attended by the ambassador of Indonesia to Cairo and a number of Al-Azhar scholars and teachers who serve as the arbiters of this edition of the competition.
The university’s Sheikh Zayid Center for teaching Arabic to non-Arabic speakers is hosting the competition, attended by 50 foreign students.
The union held the first edition of the international competition for students from more than 20 countries last year.