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Education in the Muslim world of the Middle East
Boys asembled at a madrassa Islamic school outside a mosque in the Middle East They sit on a large rug on the ground Their shoes are off (on the ground near the rug) Their teacher, dressed in black, holds a stick as he conducts their study The students sway forward and back as they recite passages from the Koran At the end of the scene, one of the boys is playfully roughed up by several others Scene shifts to the Al Azhar Mosque and its Minarets in Cairo, Egypt (The Al Azhar University is associated with it) Next, a public scribe is seen writing a letter for an illiterate customer Closeup of the scribe writing in ink Location: Middle East Date: 1936
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01/01/1936
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Keywords

Madrassa Islamic school outside a mosque
Middle East
Al Azhar Mosque and University in Cairo Egypt
Public scribe writes letter for illiterate client
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