If you're teaching with digital tools & digitized sources, remember that your students should know how they're constructed
We have interviews that can be assigned to high school, undergrad & grad students. First: Stephen Serpell's Islamic Painted Page https://hazine.info/serpell-stephen-interview/
We have interviews that can be assigned to high school, undergrad & grad students. First: Stephen Serpell's Islamic Painted Page https://hazine.info/serpell-stephen-interview/
We have an interview with @DrWalidGhali which allows insight into the labor of behind our libraries, including digitization. If you're teaching a class on manuscripts, assign this alongside it. https://hazine.info/walid-ghali-aga-khan-library/
Keeping on topic with manuscripts, use manuscripts from @MmwProject in the classroom and assign this interview with Kelly Tuttle to go alongside them. https://hazine.info/dr-kelly-tuttle-and-manuscripts-of-the-muslim-world-interview/
Bahia Shehab's project TYPE Lab is quickly becoming the essential source for the history of Arabic script, soon to include an encyclopedia. Assign the interview and then use some of the instagram posts and lectures featured on their social media. https://hazine.info/bahia-shehab-type-lab-and-the-visual-encyclopedia-of-arabic-letters/