Assalamu ‘alaykum, Recently, a student and I were discussing his Arabic studies and how he benefited more from visual learning. Being able to picture the vocabulary he was expected to memorize was aiding him immensely in picking up the words at a quicker pace. Although books like Lisan al-Qur’an, Arabic Tutor, and the Durus al-LughahContinueContinue reading “al-Kitab al-Asasi: Teaching Arabic to Non-Native Speakers”
Daily Archives: July 15, 2009
Schooling Islam: The Culture and Politics of Modern Muslim Education
Schooling Islam: The Culture and Politics of Modern Muslim Education Edited by Robert W. Hefner and Muhammad Qasim Zaman (Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2007), xiv, 277 pp. ISBN 0691129339. CHAPTER 1 Introduction: The Culture, Politics, and Future of Muslim Education Robert W. Hefner SINCE THE TALIBAN rolled into Kabul on September 26, 1996,ContinueContinue reading “Schooling Islam: The Culture and Politics of Modern Muslim Education”
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