Introduction Egypt is home to one of the world’s largest and most complex Islamic education ecosystems — over 10,000 Al-Azhar…
Introduction Egypt has one of the most developed traditions of women’s Quranic scholarship in the Muslim world. The Al-Azhar system…
Introduction Egypt is the world centre for Qira’at — the canonical modes of Quranic recitation. While the overwhelming majority of…
What Is a Kuttab? The Kuttab (كُتَّاب — plural: Katatib) is the traditional Islamic elementary school, focused primarily on Quran…
Why Egypt’s Ijazah Carries Special Weight In the Muslim world, an Ijazah from Egypt — and particularly from an Al-Azhar-connected…
What Is a Kulliyyah al-Quran? Kulliyyah (كلية) means “college” or “faculty” — the organisational unit within a university responsible for…
The Dar al-Quran in Egypt: An Overview Egypt is home to one of the world’s largest concentrations of Quran memorisation…
Introduction Al-Azhar University in Cairo is simultaneously the world’s oldest continuously operating university, the most authoritative institution in Sunni Islam,…
Introduction When people speak of Al-Azhar, they typically mean the thousand-year-old university in Cairo. But Al-Azhar is also a nationwide…
Introduction Egypt holds a place in the Islamic scholarly world that no other nation can rival. For over a thousand…
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