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Read in the name of your Lord : Islamic literacy development in revolutionary Egypt / Nermeen Mouftah.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mouftah, Nermeen, author.
- Series:
- Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Qurʼan--Study and teaching--Egypt--Cairo.
- Qurʼan.
- Functional literacy--Egypt--Cairo.
- Functional literacy.
- Literacy programs--Egypt--Cairo.
- Literacy programs.
- Literacy--Religious aspects--Islam.
- Literacy.
- Islamic education--Egypt--Cairo.
- Islamic education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2024.
- Contents:
- Prologue: Girl in a School Uniform
- Part I: Faith in Reading
- Introduction: God's First Command
- Religious Reading in an Unlettered Nation
- Part II: The Word of God for All
- The Quran and Bible as Method
- Scripturalism among Nonliterate Women
- Part III: The Virtues of Basic Literacy
- Making Mothers Read
- Workers Writing toward Dignity
- Postscript.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Mouftah, Nermeen. Read in the name of your Lord
- ISBN:
- 9780253071057 (electronic bk.)
- 0253071054 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40032397553
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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