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Arabic writer identifi cation is a very active re- search fi eld. However, no standard benchmark is available for researchers in this fi eld. The aim of this competition is to gather researchers and compare recent advances in Arabic writer identifi cation. This competition was hosted by Kaggle, it has attracted thirty participants from both academia and industry. This paper gives details on this competition, including the evaluation procedure, description of participating methods and their performances