ACA Qur’an Competition 2012 – Part 2

!اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَا تُهُ

LIST OF WINNERS for 2012 ACA QUR’AN COMPETITION

Winners’ List:

Group 1

Boys:

Alaa Albaalbaki

Baha Abuhanieh

Omar Ali

Girls:

Yumna Ahmed, Montessori

Jana Shalakhti

Janna Mohammed

Group 2

Boys:

Abdullahi Bade

Farhan Alam

Abdullah Arojojoye

Girls:

Sumaya Bade

Mahnoor Ashraf

Noor Abdallah

Group 3:

Boys:

Umer Syed

Mohammed Hassan

Mazen Sarsour

Girls:

Mona Alhadheri

Haleema Ghannam

Tarteel Alimam

“…Strive, then, to excel each other in good deeds. To Allah is the return for all of you…” (Surah Ma’idah, Verse 48) 

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COMPETITION PART II PHOTOS

By the way, thank you Tarteel for the beautiful welcome signs in the masjid – that was the one you just saw above this :)

Parents and teachers intently listening to the recitation…

Some high school girls sitting in encouragement of their peers who were waiting to recite..

here are some of those who recited in the third group!

And here’s our after-prayer crowd waiting for the winners to be announced! It looks like ‘Eid salah lol :P

All the competitors received a certificate, and the winners received cash, a trophy and a prize!

Everyone’s smiling masha’Allah!!

Here are the boys’ third group winners (Ages 12-18, I think) with their Qur’an teacher Shaykh Omar!

 

Here are our three winning girls from the third group (this IS, after all, a high school blog, right?) :P

All the winners and Shaykh Omar, Ms. Maesa and Ms. Hazar took a photo at the end! Masha’Allah :)

Do you remember your first-ever Qur’an competition? I remember I thought 3rd place was better than 1st place… it was really embarrassing.

Comment with ideas, suggestions, compliments, dua’as for the organizers or winners!

Annual ACA Qur’an Competition 2012 – Part 1

!اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَا تُهُ

On February 16th 2012, ACA held its Annual Qur’an Competition. It was a really exciting and well-organized event, masha’Allah! May Allah reward Ms. Maesa, Shaykh Omar, Ms. Hazar, Ms. Marwa and Sr. Hanann Tomeh.

I have around four hundred photos and so this post will be in parts insha’Allah.

Girls excitedly walked in to the masjid in the morning from class!

The judges’ table where Ms. Maesa is working with a laptop!

Getting all of us into some semblance of order :P

Ms. Hazar, our emcee, hosted the entire competition!

The youngest Arojojoye boy began the entire competition with a recitation :)

Shaykh Omar told us about a few cool miracles in the Qur’an!

We had one packed masjid! I love it when all of us sit on the floor squished next to each other. It’s both humbling and yet something to feel proud of! We’re so many and we all love each other :)

The Montessori, who were not part of the competition because of their age, were still encouraged to recite in the beginning! lol see his cute red socks and thobe masha’Allah?

A focused young Montessori lady also recited quickly and proudly.

To keep the audience entertained during the few seconds the judges needed to fill out their judging rubric, Sr. Hazar asked random Islamic Studies questions and a basket of candy was offered for the correct answer! (This was truly a genius idea, in my opinion!)

Hands flew in the air and that way the audience participated throughout the competition!

The yellow, beribboned and lacy sweets basket… it’s so Muslim you guys :P

Finally the competition began with the first and youngest group reading Suratul Bayyinah. Here is one truly excited, smiley first grader!

Competitors were allowed to dress up – here are three beautiful girls!

Young Mr. Kareem giving his mother a hug after reciting!

Waiting competitors practiced!

Here are a few more competitors! At this point in the competition, we took a break, and I think you should too. Stay tuned for the second half and the winners’ list!

Arizona State Qur’aan Competition 2011

اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَا تُهُ

Photos from the 9th Annual Arizona State Qur’aan Competition, hosted by ICC Masjid this year!

There were 3 groups, based on ages as defined by the State Qur’aan Competition Rules.

The Surahs were Surah Yaseen and Surah Kahf, different ayaat per group!

Note: If you have a list of the winners or know them, please leave a comment so that we can update the list!!!!

May Allah reward the organizers, participants, parents, judges and anyone who helped with this amazing community event! The judges this year included Imam Didmar Faja, Imam Abdulbasir Ali, and Br. Ali Imran, may Allah bless all of them!

Winners:

Group 3, Boys:

1st Place: Tie, Umer H. & Hassan H., ACA Freshmen

2nd Place:

3rd Place:

Group 3, Girls:

1st Place:

2nd Place: Mona A., ACA Sophomore

Group 2, Boys:

1st Place:

2nd Place:

3rd Place:

Group 2, Girls:

1st Place: Kinza A., ACA 7th Grader

2nd Place:

3rd Place:

Group 1, Boys:

1st Place:

2nd Place:

3rd Place:

Group 1, Girls:

1st Place:

2nd Place:

3rd Place:

ICC Masjid the day of the competition!

Participants, parents, students and judges in the masjid at ICC during the competition!

The moment everyone had been waiting for.. announcement of the winners! Masha’Allah!

ACA Career Day!

اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَا تُهُ

Arizona Cultural Academy hosted several working professionals and career advisors from around the valley for Career Day on April 20th, 2011! Many thanks to:

1. Our stressed program coordinator, Ms. Tara! May Allah bless her and reward her!
2. The wonderful working people that volunteered their time to attend a small Islamic School’s event, Muslim and non-Muslim!
3. The student volunteers that help set up the gym and favors; including Mazen S., Umer S., Fatima S. and Mona A. with others!
4. The sweet teachers who helped out during and after the event!
5. The students that were kind enough to clean up afterwards!
6. Our school manager, Mr. Adnane!! For everything, practically!
7. The school admin for approving this event!
8. And more!

Ms. Tara arranged sweets for our lovely guests on the side of the gym…

The orderly arrangement of chairs and tables for the event…

Ms. Tara and two volunteers sorting out balloons before the event!

Tables for the guests’ buffet!

The fireman’s straight talk enthralled half the guys in the school! We may have several future firemen in our future..

The local police also thoroughly enjoyed their visit! Theirs was another popular table- with the cool tazer display and all..

Dr. Aneesah Nadir, the head of the Islamic Social Services Association and an asset to our Muslim community, speaking with interested possible future social workers!

Sr. Nazli Currim, authoress, telling the 7th graders about her published book!

Coach Mike, a basketball coach, entertains the curious guys at his table!

The fireman allowed students to try on his gigantic uniform, to entertaining results!

ACA Annual Qur’aan Competition

اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَا تُهُ

Photos from our annual Qur’an Competition held on February 17th, 2011:

There were 3 groups, based on ages as defined by the State Qur’aan Competition Rules.

The Surahs were Surah Yaseen and Surah Kahf, different ayaat per group!

Winners:

Group 3, Boys:

1st Place: Hassan H., ACA Freshman

2nd Place: Umer H., ACA 8th Grader

3rd Place: Ebrahim N., ACA Senior

Group 3, Girls:

1st Place: Mona A., ACA Sophomore

Group 2, Boys:

1st Place: Farhan A., ACA 5th Grade (?)

2nd Place: Malik H., ACA 7th Grader

3rd Place: Farhan R., ACA 5th Grader (?)

Group 2, Girls:

1st Place: Kinza A., ACA 7th Grader

2nd Place: Afra N., ACA 7th Grader

3rd Place: Aisha A., ACA 7th Grader

Group 1, Boys: (All young elementary students!)

1st Place: Abdullah A.

2nd Place: Ahmed J. & Seraj K. (tie)

3rd Place: Sami A.

Group 1, Girls:

1st Place: Sumaya B.

2nd Place: Aisha H.

3rd Place: Emmen H.