Pakistan International School Qatar organises 8th chapter of inter-school literary competition
The school invited participants from different schools to compete in various literary genres including dramatic declamation, story telling, humorous speech, poetic recital, and essay writing
PAKISTAN International School Qatar (PIS-Q) organised the eighth edition of inter-school literary competition on its premises after nearly a threeyear hiatus following the COVID-19 pandemic.
The school invited participants from different schools to compete in various literary genres including Dramatic Declamation, Story Telling, Humorous Speech, Poetic Recital, Essay Writing (Senior) and Essay Writing ( unior). A total of 91 participants from schools took part in the event judged by 19 adjudicators serving in esteemed institutions in Qatar.
Pakistan s Ambassador to Qatar HE Muhammed Aejaz was the chief guest. Head of Chancery Masood Gul and principals of Turkish School and Iranian School also attended the event.
Moazzam ah gave a brief introduction of the competition explaining its significance, stressing that such events instill confidence and resilience in students helping them to face the challenges of practical life fearlessly.
The event proceeded with the announcement of rules for Dramatic Declamation category which had a total of participants who enthralled the audience with their outstanding performance on famous pieces of English literature. The rules for the next category, Humorous Speech, were announced afterwards. In this segment, 1 contestants occupied the stage one after another, and spread laughter among the audience with their lively performances. Meanwhile, Story Telling, Poetic Recital and Essay Writing contests were organised in the school s library and designated classrooms. The Story Telling category pitted 19 contestants against each other Essay Writing unior category had 1 while the Senior category had 1 competitors. This time, the school introduced a new category, Poetic Recital, in which 1 participants from different schools competed for the top position.
In Dramatic Declamation, Syed Mohid Hassan from right Future International School ( FIS) grabbed rd position Maielle Racie C Tabula from Philippine International School stood
nd while Abdulrehman Grewal from PIS-Q emerged up as the champion. Humorous Speech competition was won by Muhammad Affan from PISQ Maryam Nasir from FIS grabbed
nd position while Khalid Fahad Hussain from Qatar Science Technology School came rd. In Poetic Recital category, asim Zarif from Palestinian School stood rd Manahil Mohammad from FIS clinched nd place while Patricia May Castelltort from Philippine International School came first.
In the Story Telling contest, Rehanna Ali from Philippine International School stood first. The nd place was shared by Unica Raija A De Vera from Philippine School and Ayesha Mushtaq from Pakistan International School. assem Hannoush from Global Academy came rd. Of the 1 contestants in Essay Writing
(Senior), Manal Rauf from PIS-Q came out as the winner while Maryam Al Qudeimat from Palestinian School was the runner-up Samantha Nicole T Lanticse from Philippine International School got rd position. In the
unior category of Essay Writing competition, Khadeja Samy Toukan from Iqra English School for Girls grabbed
rd position Farah Khan from The Next Generation School, Al-Wakrah, stood nd while Umaima Ahmed Ali from Pak Shamaa School came out as the champion.
The school conferred certificates on the worthy judges and all the participants. The ambassador expressed happiness on attending the event and appreciated the creative talent of the participants. Principal PIS-Q Nargis Raza Otho appreciated the efforts of the contestants and congratulated the award winners.