Airpol 5.0 is a National Essay and Seminar Competition in Indonesia held by the Political Science Student Association Universitas Airlangga . The theme in this year's Airpol essay competition is the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on political economic projections in Indonesia. Dzikri Nurrohman, Widiyanti Ayu Nilasari, and Syifa Philai Sophia are undergraduate Islamic Economics students who won 3rd place in the event.

Starting from the desire to fill their vacation time, these three friends looked for information on essay competitions to take part in. Syifa's colleague said that the reason for choosing the essay competition was because it was easier to write. The essay was worked on carefully and well by Dzikri and his two colleagues and then sent. They themselves did not expect that they would succeed in becoming essay finalists.

The next stage was making a video presentation which was a challenge for them, "Initially we had quite a hard time making the video because we weren't skilled in video editing. But we understand that this is the right moment to learn new things. We also tried to make a video with the best concept possible." Syifa said. As a result, Alhamdulillah, on February 20, their team, called the Go Ahead Team, won 3rd place and received an award certificate and cash of Rp. 500,000

This competition made a special impression on Syifa and her two colleagues because they won the national essay competition for the first time. “This certainly motivates us to continue working and achieving. We also hope that this victory will motivate our friends to continue filling their free time with productive things and have the enthusiasm to create."

Syifa, Dzikri and Widya also said that their aim in bringing up the topic of the potential of Islamic economics to improve people's welfare in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic was none other than to preach Islamic economics to the general public. So that people are increasingly aware that Islamic economics has an important role in national economic development.

Dzikri Nurrohman 041911433151

Widiyanti Ayu Nilasari 041911433069

Syifa Philai Sophia 041911433007