Rabat – Moroccan singer Mouad Boukioud won the Munshid Al Sharjah competition held in the United Arab Emirates on Friday.
The competition, which drew to a close on December 14, saw the 21 participants from numerous countries, including Algeria and Tunisia.
Boukioud was rewarded with a prize of AED250.000, while Louqman Iskandar, the second winner from Algeria received a prize of AED 100,000. Tunisia’s Nafie Ayad, the third winner, received AED 50,000.
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World-renowned artist, Sami Yusuf, attended and performed at the final ceremony.
Sharjah Media Foundation organized the competition. The Jury committee included religious singers Mohamed Thami from Egypt, Ahmed Boukater and Oussama Safi from UAE.
This is not the first time a Moroccan Munshid has won the prize. The grand prize of the 10th annual competition was also clinched by Moroccan singer Yassine Lachhab.
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