Under the Patronage of Lt. General H.H. Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior

Terms & Conditions of Holy Tahbeer & its Science Award 1440 AH - 2019 AD (Session 5)

Abu Dhabi 2019

www.TahbeerQuran.com First: the objectives of the award

 Encourage in the Arab and Direct young generations towards Muslim worlds to compete in the fields understanding the spirit of , its of the Holy Quran , Tajweed and moderation and its humane message its sciences for all mankind

Second: Award categories

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All nationalities, in Citizens of UAE, in People of Determination, which males, females which males, females in which males, females and children compete. and children compete. and children compete. Each one have an Each one have an Each one have an independent category independent category independent category

 Short Film

2 Third: General Conditions of the Award

 The competitor must participate in the assigned category

 Both gender may participate in the award who meet the conditions

 Participate in one category of the award

 The competitor shall not participate in a category in which he/she has a rank

 In the category of children, the age should not to exceed 10 years old

 Incorrect information about the competitor lead to exclude him/her from the competition

Fourth: Evaluation Criteria for Tarteel of the Holy Quran Categories

  The provisions of The sound and Ability to read in reading, Tilawa, proficiency of more than one Tajweed & Waqf Maqam where Maqam are considered competitor reads are considered

Fifth: The Date of the Award

 Receiving participations begins from 1st Ramadan until 15th Ramadan.

3 Sixth: Award committees

The following committees are formed:

 Supervisory and Regulatory Committee of the Award and its functions: Follow up the work of the committees. Nomination of members of arbitration committees. Determine the schedule of the award. Preparation of the Declaration and Conditions of the Award. Estimating all the needs and prizes of the Award and following up on their implementation. Follow-up of the implementation of the award by receiving the statements, auditing, receiving and sorting the results. Preparation and organization of the closing ceremony. Settlement of the prize money. Preparing the final report of the awared and submitting it as appropriate.

 The jury consists of three members: A member of the Arbitration Committee shall have the following conditions: To be a keeper of the Holy Quran, knowing the knowledge of readings . To be proficient in Tajweed and Maqam performance. Has sufficient experience to arbitrate the award.

 Media Committee handles Organizing media campaigns for the award in the media Preparing press and media reports

4 Seventh: Awards

All Nationalities

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All Nationalities: Females Female st nd rd , , ,

All Nationalities: Children Children st nd rd , , ,

Citizens of UAE

Citizens: Male Male st nd rd , , ,

Citizens: Female Female st nd rd , , ,

Citizens: Children Children st nd rd , , ,

5 People of Determination (Citizens ONLY)

Citizens: Male Male st nd rd , , ,

Citizens: Females Female st nd rd , , ,

Citizens: Children Children st nd rd , , ,

Eighth: Stages of the Award

 1st Stage: (Preliminary Qualifiers) The jury will evaluate all participations to select the best contestants and nominate the top (5) of each nal category.

 2nd Stage: (Final Qualifiers) Qualifying competitors are subject to the following criteria: It will take place over 5 days with 10 reviews per day. TTypical competitor’s video record for 3 minutes only.

6 Ninth: Questions and Grades

The committee evaluates performance and grades according to the following mechanism:  30 marks for apply the provisions of Tilawa, Tajweed and control stops and starts.

 70 marks for sound quality and performance to be distributed as follows:

Good start and end (Qafalat) 5 marks Do not start suddenly. Prepare to the higher tones gradually. Good end (Qafalat) 5 marks Keep in mind that the end of the verses (Aayat) is free of discord. The audio space in terms of tones (Qarar & Jawab – high & low voice) 10 marks Review the largest sound area in the throat during reading, taking into account the lack of burdened and suocation. Proper transition between tones and non- burdened 5 marks Adjust the audio tone without ipping. Take into consideration the transition between the tones so that transitions are correct. Breath-control (breakout or suocation) 5 marks Properly distribute the breath so that the reading speed should be stable, balanced and in a single mode. Taking into consideration the distribution of the breath properly so that it does not have ugly stop and discomfort. Reverence Tilawa 5 marks Combining the reverence and singing with the Quran and read with the performance optimizers. The ability to interpret meanings (interpretive reading) 5 marks Taking into account the use of performance patterns to serve the meanings correctly, do not read a verse (Aaya) of happiness in sadness or vice versa. Al-Orab sound and smooth voice and beauty 30 marks Take into consideration the sound of the existing Al-Orab and show their best voice capabilities.

7 Short Film Category in Document on Human Fraternity First: Introducing the Short Film Award or Animation: It is a competition for the people around the world in the holy month of Ramadan to participate in a short film, cartoon or 3D animation; prepared and produced with the available technical resources to them and can be used to participate in a short film about one of the areas that included in Document on Human Fraternity: Fields of Short Film award The idea of the film must reflect one or more points of " Document on Human Fraternity ": - The believer is invited to express human brotherhood and support a culture of mutual respect and help the weak, poor, needy and orphans without ethnic or religious dis crimination. - All human beings are equal in rights, duties and dignity. - The human soul is pure and has forbidden to kill it. - Renounce policies of intolerance and discrimination, and hateful ideological tendencies. - The culture of dialogue, cooperation and acquaintance contributes to the containment of many social, political, economic and environmental problems. - Spreading the culture of tolerance, coexistence and peace, and highlighting the values of justice, goodness and human brotherhood. - To highlight the importance of the family as the core of societies through its role in raising children, educating them and immunizing them with ethics and family care. - Convicting life-threatening practices such as terrorist acts, trading in human organs and abortion. - Warning against the use of religions to fuel hatred, violence and extremism and to stop using the name of Allah to justify acts of murder, displacement and terrorism. - Freedom is the right of every human being: belief, thought, expression and practice. - The concept of citizenship is based on equality of duties and rights between the majority and the minority without distinction. - To highlight the right of women in education, work and to political rights.

8 - Children rights in family formation, nutrition, education, care and the maintenance of a dignified life. - Protecting the elderly, vulnerable and disabled people rights.

Second: Terms of Short Film Award: The award is available for all films with different techniques and types as long as they serve the idea of the subject of the competition. Must be (3) minutes duration at most and the film should be acting movie or animation. Third: Nomination Criteria: the Concept of Tolerance - The believer is invited to express human brotherhood and support a culture of mutual 1- The film highlights the reality of the concept of human brotherhood and its respect and help the weak, poor, needy and orphans without ethnic or religious dis dissemination The culture of peaceful coexistence among the peoples of the world crimination. and the preservation of the family as a core of building society and protecting - All human beings are equal in rights, duties and dignity. disabled people. - The human soul is pure and Allah has forbidden to kill it. 2- The idea should be creative and has not been shown before. - Renounce policies of intolerance and discrimination, and hateful ideological tendencies. 3- The idea must serves the objectives of the subject. - The culture of dialogue, cooperation and acquaintance contributes to the containment Fourth: Award Dates: of many social, political, economic and environmental problems. Receiving participations begins from 1st Ramadan until 15th Ramadan. - Spreading the culture of tolerance, coexistence and peace, and highlighting the values of justice, goodness and human brotherhood. Fifth : Nomination Criteria of the Islamic Teaching Award (ethical values) - To highlight the importance of the family as the core of societies through its role in 1- The film highlights one or several aspects of the Document on Human Fraternity, raising children, educating them and immunizing them with ethics and family care. such as: peaceful coexistence, renunciation of violence and extremism. - Convicting life-threatening practices such as terrorist acts, trading in human organs 2- Creative idea. and abortion. 3- The idea serves the objectives of the subject. - Warning against the use of religions to fuel hatred, violence and extremism and to stop Sixth: Participation Conditions using the name of Allah to justify acts of murder, displacement and terrorism. 1. Commit in all competition rules and regulations. - Freedom is the right of every human being: belief, thought, expression and practice. 2. Competitors can participate in one film only. - The concept of citizenship is based on equality of duties and rights between the 3. The competition is open to movies filmed by all types of media and cameras, including majority and the minority without distinction. smartphones (mobile phone or any other smart devices). The type and model of the - To highlight the right of women in education, work and to political rights. camera or device used in the photography must be specified in the contest application form. 4. Writing the names / names of all those who participated in the preparation, representation, editing and directing of the film at the end of the film.

9 5. Videos will be send via website, via WhatsApp (+971545509914) / (+971545509917) or email ([email protected]). 6. All entries must be submitted as digital files with sufficient accuracy and size to enable the jury to evaluate and preferably take into consideration Following : - Participants are entitled to use any available editing technology to maintain the quality of the material. - The final version of the film can be presented in one of the following formats MP4 or MOV in HD 720p or Full HD 1080p or any other suitable format for display. - Upload the movie to one of the large file sharing websites services like DropBox, OneDrive or Wetransfer, And send a link. - Films should not contain any margins, watermarks, or signatures and must not have been digitally manipulated. Seventh: Arbitration competition mechanism: Competition films will be subject to arbitration by a panel of specialists with the neces- sary expertise and technical knowledge to evaluate them. The committee's evaluation will focus on several key elements of evaluation process: • Compliance with the above mentioned standards, conditions, and the technical criteria for participation in the competition. Fifth : Nomination Criteria of the Islamic Teaching Award (ethical values) • The film's screenplay highlights the idea behind it. 1- The film highlights one or several aspects of the Document on Human Fraternity, • Production. such as: peaceful coexistence, renunciation of violence and extremism. • Creative skills used. 2- Creative idea. • Sound and visual effects, their interconnection to the clips. 3- The idea serves the objectives of the subject.

Sixth: Participation Conditions Eighth: Selecting participations: 1. Commit in all competition rules and regulations. • In its absolute discretion, the committee will select films participating in the contest. 2. Competitors can participate in one film only. • If the film is selected to participate in the competition, the committee will inform the 3. The competition is open to movies filmed by all types of media and cameras, including film maker / film makers of this and will inform those who have chosen the next smartphones (mobile phone or any other smart devices). The type and model of the steps to take. camera or device used in the photography must be specified in the contest application • If the film is not selected, the committee will send a letter within one week of the form. announcement of the final selection list. No comments or reasons allowed for 4. Writing the names / names of all those who participated in the preparation, the decision. representation, editing and directing of the film at the end of the film. • The film is owned by the Holy Quran Tahbeer & its Science Award and has all rights to publish it.

10 Ninth: Award:

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Tenth: General matters relating to the Award: 1. Candidates will be notified via e-mail. 2. All submissions must be submitted as digital files of the appropriate size and accuracy, so that the judging panel can evaluate. 3. Participants themselves must create videos. They should not have been published, used before or have been violated by copyright laws. They will rejected if they were theft or plagiarism. 4. It is possible to exclude videos that carry offensive or inappropriate content, and the decision is entirely due to the "committee". 5. All participants agree to grant the Award Committee the right to use their videos for promotional purposes on their own websites and social networking sites. Participatory progress is considered as automatic consent to this condition. 6. The Committee is not responsible for the persons appearing in the video work where the responsibility of their consent to filming is the responsibility of the participants themselves. 7. The committee shall make all decisions on candidates and winners, and all decisions taken by the Committee shall be deemed final. 8. The Committee shall not be liable for any financial, emotional or any other loss that may result from participation in the Contest.

11 Note

When sending a short film, please note that it is necessary to attach it with required information: Film Title - Participant or Participants - Email - Phone Number - Country - Age - Participant's personal account or social network, if any.

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