The competition was organized to take the primary steps in developing the process of Quran publication, said the minister, adding, “When Quranic concepts are connected with art, they are more influential and lasting and will attract a greater number of readers.”
“To reach a higher quality in Quran publication, we need to make better use of other countries’ experiences, while we can also transfer our knowledge in return,” Hosseini remarked.
He also stressed on making better use of modern technology for better publication of copies of the Quran.
Over 370 works were submitted to the secretariat out of which 60 were from India, United States, Britain, Pakistan, Algeria, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, Syria and Lebanon, said secretary of the competition Mohammadreza Purmoin.
Hassan Darvish, a veteran at Iranian publication industry also present at the ceremony called the contest a good move and hoped that organizers manage to hold an exhibition of these works in other countries.
The ceremony continued with handing the awards to 19 winners in several sections including “mono-color and bicolor printing houses”, “mono-color and bicolor Quran publishers”, “before printing and lithography”, “bookbinding”, “artistic bookbinding”, “four-color and more publications” and international sections.
An exhibition of the selected copies of the Holy Quran is underway at the center.
Photo: Two foreign guests of the International Competition of Holy Quran Publication take a glance at copy of the Holy Quran on display in an exhibition at the Niavaran Cultural Center in Tehran on November 8, 2010.
source : http://www.abna.ir/
