Name of Object:

Quranic school

Location:

Tunis, Tunisia

Holding Institution:

Musée de l’Education

 About Higher Institute for the Study of Contemporary History of Tunisia, University of Manouba, Tunis

Date of Object:

20th century

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Paper

Description:

Pictured here is a school using traditional teaching methods - a Quranic school or a kouttab. The students are seated in a circle on mats on the floor of a sparsely decorated room around their teacher, the moueddeb. In the 19th century and early 20th centuries, the Quranic schools were a fundamental part of traditional education, where students would learn the Quran, Islamic thought and the basic rules of the Arabic language.

Citation of this web page:

Saloua Khadhar Zangar "Quranic school " in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;tn;85;en

Prepared by: Saloua Khadhar Zangar
Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: TN 087