THE WOMEN WHO CONTRIBUTED TO ARABIC DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF LITERACY IN ISLAMIC HISTORY Cover Image

İSLÂM TARİHİNDE OKUMA-YAZMA EKSENİNDE ARAPÇANIN GELİŞMESİNE KATKI YAPAN KADINLAR
THE WOMEN WHO CONTRIBUTED TO ARABIC DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF LITERACY IN ISLAMIC HISTORY

Author(s): Nusrettin Bolelli
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Islam studies, Philology
Published by: Bingöl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü
Keywords: Literacy; writing; women and calligraphy;

Summary/Abstract: In the beginning of İslam, in Arabia, since literacy was not very common, the number of literate women were very few. İslam, as a religion, enhances all the muslims, without any sexsual discrimination, to learn how to read and write. During the history of İslam, many women have learned how to write and occupied with calligraphy. Some women wrote boks,some taught at tekkes and madrasahs. Some wrote poetry collections, some calligrapher women learned how to write in various calligraphic styles, and wrote various books through which contributed significantly to Arab writing.

  • Issue Year: 2/2012
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 19-30
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Turkish
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