Katara is preparing to launch online competitions covering religious, cultural and heritage aspects through social media platforms, as well as virtual exhibitions of a group of artists during Ramadan.

Katara will also launch competitions in culture, heritage, and media such as the Katara Fluent Media Anchor on TV and radio for girls and boys from 12- 22 years’ old. Participants are required to read a text provided by Katara, and send the audio or video recording on WhatsApp, with the information of the participant and a copy of his ID.

Three prizes for the winners will be awarded in both competition – the first winner will get QR13,000, second QR10,000, and third QR8,000. The Qatari Heritage competition will see a daily question on Katara’s social media platforms related to the old Qatari wordings, in addition to the short story competition inspired from the life of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). The story should be for children, and the number of the words of the story must be between 100 and 120. The Katara Galleries competition includes a daily question about one of the previous Katara exhibitions.

Katara is also preparing to launch virtual exhibitions of artists such as ‘Al Tayebeen’ by Qatari artist Ali Dasmal al-Kuwari, ‘Patches’ by Syrian artist Hadi Qasous, ‘A Mirage You Cannot Reach’ by Qatari artist Masoud al-Balushi, and ‘The Result’ by Qatari artist Fatima al-Naimi. Registration for the competitions will be from the 1st to 10th day of Ramadan, and the communication with the participants will be by phone or Zoom digital programme.

Source : Gulf Times

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