Maria Ulfah
Indonesian Quran reciter (born 1955) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Maria Ulfah (Arabic: ماريا أولفا; born 21 December 1955) is an Indonesian qāriʾah (reciter of the Quran) and manager of the Central Institute for the Development of Quranic Recitation.[1] She is the winner of two Indonesian national Qur'an recitation contests and is internationally recognized as one of the world's master reciters and teachers of recitation.[2][3][4][5] She is also a lecturer at the Institute for the Study of Qur'an and at the National Islamic University in Indonesia,[3][6] as well as the first woman to win an international Qur'an recitation award in Malaysia in 1980.[5] She's considered an internationally significant figure in the field,[7] and has been referred to as Southeast Asia's premier female reciter of the Qur'an.[8]
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ماريا أولفا | |
Born | (1955-12-21) December 21, 1955 (age 68) Lamongan, East Java, Indonesia |
Known for | Qāriʾah (female reciter of the Quran) |
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Instrument(s) | Vocal |
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