TIME: Islamic Learning Photo Essay (1)

TIME Photo Essay: Islamic Learning: Inside an Illinois school where two worlds meet. Osama Al-Nass leads Mrs. Noor Shalabi's second grade class in an exercise of reading Arabic. Although school is taught in English and the curriculum covers much of the ground familiar to any secular high school, students study Arabic three days a week and on two days of the week they are taught about the Koran and the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad . PHOTO BY ROBERT A. DAVIS FOR TIME

ROBERT A. DAVIS FOR TIME

Islamic Learning: Inside an Illinois school where two worlds meet

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Osama Al-Nass leads Mrs. Noor Shalabi's second grade class in an exercise of reading Arabic. Although school is taught in English and the curriculum covers much of the ground familiar to any secular high school, students study Arabic three days a week and on two days of the week they are taught about the Koran and the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad


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