Young Nigerian girl beats students from 50 countries to emerge winner of Quran competition in Dubai.

An exceptional young Nigerian girl named Aisha Abubakar Hussain has emerged as one of the best Quran memorisers in the world after winning the annual Dubai Quran memorization competition.

Aisha Abubakar Hussain emerged second, beating contestants from 48 other countries. She hailed from Kano State, Nothern Nigeria and was recorded to have displayed an extraordinary recitation that amazed the judges.

The Dubai Quran memorization competition which was hosted by the Dubai Culture and Science Society was attended by 50 countries. Aindati Sisi of Senegal emerged first with Aisha Abubakar Hussain of Nigeria and Shima Anfal Tabani of Algeria emerging second and third respectively.

According to the organizers, the first got a reward of 350,000 Dirhams while the second and third got 200,000 Dirhams and 150,000 Dirhams respectively. Other competitors also received handsome rewards.

That is a huge sum of money.

Though the competition is purely religious, every win is a win. Congratulations to her and those who prepared her for the competition.

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