Karnataka Muslim Welfare Association (KMCA) held a ‘Family Fiesta’ with cooking competition and Henna competition for women, drawing competition for children, martial arts and sports demonstration and magic show.
The event also had a Bazaar with 14 shops selling home cooked food by Hidayah Foundation Women’s Wing, snacks stall by South Kanara Muslim Welfare Association, books stall by Indian Friends Circle, games stall by Hannan Cricket Club, various garments and clothing stalls by individuals.
The cooking competitions were held in four categories: Entrée, main course, desserts and innovative dish. There were more than 80 dishes made by participants and were judged by chefs from Hotel Mercure Grande and Qafco Catering Services.
The winners are:
In entrée, the first prize was won by Shehnaaz Parveen and Sana Parveen won the second prize.
In main course, Safiya Abdul Majeed won the first prize and and Arshia Zafar came second.
In desserts, Salma Shahjahan was first and Arshia Zafar second.
In innovations, Tabassum Shafi and Afia Munaf came first and second.
The competition also crowned Arshia Zafar as KMCA MasterChef for the most winning recipes.
The children’s drawing competition was held under two age groups, sub-juniors and juniors. The theme for the drawing competitions was ‘Save the Environment’. More than 60 children took part in the drawing competitions.
In sub-junior category, Soha Samiulla won first prize and Jewel Pinto bagged the second prize.
In juniors category, Astra Pinto and Nidal Ahmed came first and second respectively.
In Henna competition participants were all given the same template of the hand to be presented on a 20x20 ceramic tile. The winner of the best henna design was Shifa Ahmed and Shakira Ashraf won the second prize.
The Chief Guest of the event was Meshaal Nasser Al Khalifa, Assistant Secretary General for Administrative Support at Qatar Olympic Committee. The Guest of Honor for the evening was Nasreen Shabbir, owns and runs a school for special needs children.
The KMCA President, Niyaz Ahmed delivered the welcome speech.
The event was coordinated by the KMCA Ladies Wing Coordinators Aisha Rafique, Ruksana Parveen, Masooda Ali, Reshma Banu, Rehana Fayaz, Sana Zia-ul-Haq and Masiha Ashfaq.
KMCA is holding their annual Blood Donation Campaign on February 13 at Hamad Medical Corporation Blood Donor Unit from 7:30 am to 11am.
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