Madrassa – Islamic colleges
Shirij Madrassa, Fez, Morocco, about 1350 AD Who went to a madrassa? If you had done well at your maktab (elementary school), your parents might decide to send you on to a [...]
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Arabic language and literature
Arabic language: Sabataean writing Where did Arabic come from? Arabic is in the Semitic language group. Semitic languages seem to have gotten started before the beginning of writing. That would be before [...]
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06, 2017
Compare the Quran and the Bible project
Islamic image of Abraham and Ishmael Read parts of the Quran and the Bible. For example, read the story of Noah, or the story of Abraham and Isaac. Read the [...]
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05, 2017
Memorization Project – Medieval Africa
Just as African kids did so long ago, you can also learn pieces of poetry or Quran verses or Bible verses or readings from the Torah by heart. Memorization is fun and [...]
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Ibn Khaldun
Palace of the Hafsids in Tunis (now the Bardo Museum) - where the economist Ibn Khaldun spent time Ibn Khaldun's childhood The economist Ibn Khaldun was born in Tunis, in [...]
