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An Egyptian artist who educated himself after dropping out of school has spent three years creating what he hopes is the world’s biggest Holy Quran.<\/p>\n

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An Egyptian artist who educated himself after dropping out of school has spent three years creating what he hopes is the world’s biggest Holy Quran.<\/h4>\n

Saad Mohammed, who has hand-painted Islamic motifs on the walls and ceilings of his home in the town of Belqina, north of Cairo, has reproduced the holy book on a paper scroll 700 meters long.<\/h4>\n

He displays the intricately decorated manuscript in a large wooden box with rollers at each end.<\/h4>\n

“This Quran is 700 meters long, and of course that’s a large amount of paper,” he told Reuters Television. “I self-funded this project for the past three years – and I’m an average person. I don’t have assets or anything.”<\/h4>\n

Mohammed wants to submit his Quran for inclusion in Guinness World Records. Guinness says that while there is a record for the world’s biggest printed Koran, there is so far no record holder for the largest handwritten version.<\/h4>\n

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