[NFB-Muslims] discussion of learning the Arabic braile code

Sun Jul 25 19:00:54 UTC 2021

salam all,

In 2011, my mom and I found a place where we purchased the Arabic quran in
braille. I am not sure where we got it from, as it was a really long time
ago. But since then, I have just kept the books as I don’t know how to read
Arabic, I only know how to speak it.
I would love to learn Arabic braille.
I am sorry to be saying this publicly on this list, but I know that sister
Yasmine knows how to read arabic braille.

On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 5:01 AM Selahattin Aydın via NFB-Muslims <
nfb-muslims at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Wa alaikum salam dear sister,
> I like being part of such brain stormings as they are a kind of
> consultation that is called "istishara" in Islamic language. Istishara
> is highly suggested by Prophet PBU.
> I would like to come up a tangible proposal as below:
> We at International Union of Braille Quran Services (IBQS) have been
> carrying out online Braille Quran training programs for several years.
> Currently we have several online platforms where we provide training
> in religious topics including Arabic courses in English and French.
> Thus, I can take responsibility on organizing Arabic Braille course
> for brothers/sisters in this NFB Muslims group. I can provide Braille
> materials needed including the Arabic Braille codes and licanced Zoom
> account. IBQS has just prepared a Braille Quran training book
> containing planty of examples for each topic and cleare explanations
> for each concept. We can produce Braille copies of such document
> easyly and share with participants. After completing the course, IBQS
> can provide 1 set of Braille Quran with each trainee who has completed
> the course. If the management of this group/community accepts, I would
> like to suggest coming together online with sister Reem and propose a
> very effective and simple plan to be discussed. Of course sister
> Reem's approval is also crucial for my above proposal.
> I will be looking forward to hearing regarding the above.
> Salams to everyone.
> Your brother Selahattin Aydin
>
>
> 2021-07-25 6:00 GMT+03:00, heather Albright via NFB-Muslims
> <nfb-muslims at nfbnet.org>:
> > Asalamu alaykum wa Rahmatullah  inshallah, I hope everyone is well.
> > I was just brain storming about how we can start an Arabic braille
> learning
> > class via zoom.
> >  SO what do you guys think. First off, does anyone know where to obtain
> the
> > Arabic code as the NLS here does not have a braille copy of the Arabic
> > braille code,  it is only in print!
> > I had received my copy from the RNIB who got it from  Bahrain in braille.
> > Inshallah, if there is someone who can produce the Arabic braille code in
> > the states, it would be much better.
> > I did obtain a copy of the Arabic Braille  Quranic primer however, it is
> > lacking in coherent structured lessons.
> > Even my Quran teacher who was teaching me the braille Arabic code did not
> > like it. It did not make sense even to her a native Arabic speaker.
> >  One can not teach a code without teaching all the rules that go along
> with
> > that code.
> > I have read a few  foreign braille language codes, French and Spanish.
> They
> > all had structured lessons so your learning the process of the Language.
> The
> > primer does not tell you what the lesson is and all the rules of why you
> > read a letter a certain  way, they left that part out.
> >  It would be like telling some one dot six is a  capital sign but, if you
> > have two dot  6s it means all the letters are capitalized. And in
> American
> > English, the dot 6 goes before a sentence, proper names.  While british
> > braille, they do not use dot six at the beginning of  sentences. At least
> > when I had to read British braille, some correct me if this is  no longer
> > the case.
> > I am hoping someone knows how  to produce arabic braille plastic flash
> cards
> > to show all the positions of the Arabic braille letters. I used to have a
> > plastic print letter set and it last forever. If you spill something, you
> > just wipe them off. Here is an idea from the independence market it is
> for
> > little kids but the idea is still the same:
> > "
> > BRAILLE/PRINT ALPHABET FLASH CARDS WITH TACTILE ILLUSTRATIONS:
> > Young Braille learners will enjoy interacting with these Braille flash
> cards
> > with their tactile illustrations. Each of the twenty-six 7 × 7-inch white
> > plastic cards features a tracking guide that leads to the Braille
> letter, a
> > tactile illustration starting with the letter being introduced, and a
> raised
> > representation of the print capital letter. The pictures are labeled in
> > lower case uncontracted Braille. The cards are fastened by a removable
> ring,
> > so they may be easily separated during use.   AIG81B  $22.00"
> > I was thinking about putting the print arabic letter on one side how it
> is
> > connected and the braille letter on the other side with the various
> letter
> > positions.
> > I wish we, the blind, had something like alif baa and al kitab  for
> braille
> > readers as it seems to me we read the Arabic braille code differently
> that
> > someone trying to learn it in print?
> > These  two books are currently published by George Town Press and they
> are
> > used by most universities and Islamic centers.
> > I tried to obtain a copy when my Islamic center was going to use this
> book
> > for their Arabic class and I thought we could use it for this group.
> > Even though  the USA sign the Marrakesh treaty in 2017, George Town
> Press,
> > the publisher of these books,  still refuse to give   me the electronic
> copy
> > to the books even though I offered to purchase a print copy of the book
> and
> > send them the receipt.
> > It was not my first time making this request to obtain a electronic copy
> of
> > a print book.
> > I noticed, if I am dealing with a publisher out of states like
> California,
> > they are the most willing to accommodate my request.
> > I would think  a publisher attached to a world famous law school would
> know
> > that, print disabled individuals in the USA have this right to obtain
> access
> > to printed materials.
> > That is when I thought about, how we the blind need to create our own
> > teaching lessons to learn the Arabic braille code when Arabic is not our
> > native language. We read it differently than print readers and we do not
> use
> > symbols above letters.
> > Correction, I believe  Egyptian Braille still puts their vowel signs
> above
> > the braille arabic letters.
> > I am not sure but, I think they still have not joined the unified Arabic
> > Braille  code along with a few other countries.
> > I am only basing it on what I have read online.
> > I am hopeful for this thread to focus on the best way to teach non native
> > Arabic speakers the Arabic Braille code.
> > A code that so far is not being taught in North America.
> > First, what is the best way to get a massive production of the Arabic
> > braille code for anyone who is blind? Second, where is this class going
> to
> > be tought?Thirdly, which Arabic Braille Qurans are going to be used? Some
> > have miscellaneous markings for recitation purposes. I think the others
> do
> > not have this marking, it is just the Arabic Quran. It would be good to
> know
> > what the student has so they do not become confused with the extra
> > markings.
> > I would like to find out off our list, which Qurans have the markings and
> > which do not so we can tell someone before they ask for an Arabic Braille
> > Quran.
> > It would be good to ask the braille Quran holders to let the individual
> know
> > if they use the markings or if they do not.
> > Please let me know what everyone thinks of this e-mail and is there an
> idea
> > how we should proceed inshallah with teaching and learning the Arabic
> > braille code in North America?
> > Also who wants to teach the Arabic braille code, that can be another
> > discussion for anyone who knows the Arabic braille code and thinks they
> can
> > teach it to someone else most likely over zoom inshallah. And if they
> > themselves can use the Qurans with the extra markings or prefer the ones
> > without the markings. We also have to state which Arabic braille code we
> > will be using as some nations have not joined with the usage of the
> unified
> > Arabic braille code.
> > fee amanAllah
> >
> > sister Heather
> > "Blindness is a characteristic, not a handicap!" Dr. Kenneth Jernigan
> > contact:
> >
> > 512  680 3985
> > google number:
> >
> > 512 710 7667
> > e-mail:
> > halbright1981 at gmail.com
> > sites
> > National Federation of The Blind:
> > www.nfb.org
> > NFB blind Muslim devision page:
> > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-muslims_nfbnet.org
> >  an accessible library for the blind:
> > www.bookshare.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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