<div dir="auto">salam all, </div><div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto">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. </div><div dir="auto">I would love to learn Arabic braille. </div><div dir="auto">I am sorry to be saying this publicly on this list, but I know that sister Yasmine knows how to read arabic braille. </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 5:01 AM Selahattin Aydın via NFB-Muslims <<a href="mailto:nfb-muslims@nfbnet.org">nfb-muslims@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Wa alaikum salam dear sister,<br>
I like being part of such brain stormings as they are a kind of<br>
consultation that is called "istishara" in Islamic language. Istishara<br>
is highly suggested by Prophet PBU.<br>
I would like to come up a tangible proposal as below:<br>
We at International Union of Braille Quran Services (IBQS) have been<br>
carrying out online Braille Quran training programs for several years.<br>
Currently we have several online platforms where we provide training<br>
in religious topics including Arabic courses in English and French.<br>
Thus, I can take responsibility on organizing Arabic Braille course<br>
for brothers/sisters in this NFB Muslims group. I can provide Braille<br>
materials needed including the Arabic Braille codes and licanced Zoom<br>
account. IBQS has just prepared a Braille Quran training book<br>
containing planty of examples for each topic and cleare explanations<br>
for each concept. We can produce Braille copies of such document<br>
easyly and share with participants. After completing the course, IBQS<br>
can provide 1 set of Braille Quran with each trainee who has completed<br>
the course. If the management of this group/community accepts, I would<br>
like to suggest coming together online with sister Reem and propose a<br>
very effective and simple plan to be discussed. Of course sister<br>
Reem's approval is also crucial for my above proposal.<br>
I will be looking forward to hearing regarding the above.<br>
Salams to everyone.<br>
Your brother Selahattin Aydin<br>
<br>
<br>
2021-07-25 6:00 GMT+03:00, heather Albright via NFB-Muslims<br>
<<a href="mailto:nfb-muslims@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfb-muslims@nfbnet.org</a>>:<br>
> Asalamu alaykum wa Rahmatullah inshallah, I hope everyone is well.<br>
> I was just brain storming about how we can start an Arabic braille learning<br>
> class via zoom.<br>
> SO what do you guys think. First off, does anyone know where to obtain the<br>
> Arabic code as the NLS here does not have a braille copy of the Arabic<br>
> braille code, it is only in print!<br>
> I had received my copy from the RNIB who got it from Bahrain in braille.<br>
> Inshallah, if there is someone who can produce the Arabic braille code in<br>
> the states, it would be much better.<br>
> I did obtain a copy of the Arabic Braille Quranic primer however, it is<br>
> lacking in coherent structured lessons.<br>
> Even my Quran teacher who was teaching me the braille Arabic code did not<br>
> like it. It did not make sense even to her a native Arabic speaker.<br>
> One can not teach a code without teaching all the rules that go along with<br>
> that code.<br>
> I have read a few foreign braille language codes, French and Spanish. They<br>
> all had structured lessons so your learning the process of the Language. The<br>
> primer does not tell you what the lesson is and all the rules of why you<br>
> read a letter a certain way, they left that part out.<br>
> It would be like telling some one dot six is a capital sign but, if you<br>
> have two dot 6s it means all the letters are capitalized. And in American<br>
> English, the dot 6 goes before a sentence, proper names. While british<br>
> braille, they do not use dot six at the beginning of sentences. At least<br>
> when I had to read British braille, some correct me if this is no longer<br>
> the case.<br>
> I am hoping someone knows how to produce arabic braille plastic flash cards<br>
> to show all the positions of the Arabic braille letters. I used to have a<br>
> plastic print letter set and it last forever. If you spill something, you<br>
> just wipe them off. Here is an idea from the independence market it is for<br>
> little kids but the idea is still the same:<br>
> "<br>
> BRAILLE/PRINT ALPHABET FLASH CARDS WITH TACTILE ILLUSTRATIONS:<br>
> Young Braille learners will enjoy interacting with these Braille flash cards<br>
> with their tactile illustrations. Each of the twenty-six 7 × 7-inch white<br>
> plastic cards features a tracking guide that leads to the Braille letter, a<br>
> tactile illustration starting with the letter being introduced, and a raised<br>
> representation of the print capital letter. The pictures are labeled in<br>
> lower case uncontracted Braille. The cards are fastened by a removable ring,<br>
> so they may be easily separated during use. AIG81B $22.00"<br>
> I was thinking about putting the print arabic letter on one side how it is<br>
> connected and the braille letter on the other side with the various letter<br>
> positions.<br>
> I wish we, the blind, had something like alif baa and al kitab for braille<br>
> readers as it seems to me we read the Arabic braille code differently that<br>
> someone trying to learn it in print?<br>
> These two books are currently published by George Town Press and they are<br>
> used by most universities and Islamic centers.<br>
> I tried to obtain a copy when my Islamic center was going to use this book<br>
> for their Arabic class and I thought we could use it for this group.<br>
> Even though the USA sign the Marrakesh treaty in 2017, George Town Press,<br>
> the publisher of these books, still refuse to give me the electronic copy<br>
> to the books even though I offered to purchase a print copy of the book and<br>
> send them the receipt.<br>
> It was not my first time making this request to obtain a electronic copy of<br>
> a print book.<br>
> I noticed, if I am dealing with a publisher out of states like California,<br>
> they are the most willing to accommodate my request.<br>
> I would think a publisher attached to a world famous law school would know<br>
> that, print disabled individuals in the USA have this right to obtain access<br>
> to printed materials.<br>
> That is when I thought about, how we the blind need to create our own<br>
> teaching lessons to learn the Arabic braille code when Arabic is not our<br>
> native language. We read it differently than print readers and we do not use<br>
> symbols above letters.<br>
> Correction, I believe Egyptian Braille still puts their vowel signs above<br>
> the braille arabic letters.<br>
> I am not sure but, I think they still have not joined the unified Arabic<br>
> Braille code along with a few other countries.<br>
> I am only basing it on what I have read online.<br>
> I am hopeful for this thread to focus on the best way to teach non native<br>
> Arabic speakers the Arabic Braille code.<br>
> A code that so far is not being taught in North America.<br>
> First, what is the best way to get a massive production of the Arabic<br>
> braille code for anyone who is blind? Second, where is this class going to<br>
> be tought?Thirdly, which Arabic Braille Qurans are going to be used? Some<br>
> have miscellaneous markings for recitation purposes. I think the others do<br>
> not have this marking, it is just the Arabic Quran. It would be good to know<br>
> what the student has so they do not become confused with the extra<br>
> markings.<br>
> I would like to find out off our list, which Qurans have the markings and<br>
> which do not so we can tell someone before they ask for an Arabic Braille<br>
> Quran.<br>
> It would be good to ask the braille Quran holders to let the individual know<br>
> if they use the markings or if they do not.<br>
> Please let me know what everyone thinks of this e-mail and is there an idea<br>
> how we should proceed inshallah with teaching and learning the Arabic<br>
> braille code in North America?<br>
> Also who wants to teach the Arabic braille code, that can be another<br>
> discussion for anyone who knows the Arabic braille code and thinks they can<br>
> teach it to someone else most likely over zoom inshallah. And if they<br>
> themselves can use the Qurans with the extra markings or prefer the ones<br>
> without the markings. We also have to state which Arabic braille code we<br>
> will be using as some nations have not joined with the usage of the unified<br>
> Arabic braille code.<br>
> fee amanAllah<br>
><br>
> sister Heather<br>
> "Blindness is a characteristic, not a handicap!" Dr. Kenneth Jernigan<br>
> contact:<br>
><br>
> 512 680 3985<br>
> google number:<br>
><br>
> 512 710 7667<br>
> e-mail:<br>
> <a href="mailto:halbright1981@gmail.com" target="_blank">halbright1981@gmail.com</a><br>
> sites<br>
> National Federation of The Blind:<br>
> <a href="http://www.nfb.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.nfb.org</a><br>
> NFB blind Muslim devision page:<br>
> <a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-muslims_nfbnet.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-muslims_nfbnet.org</a><br>
> an accessible library for the blind:<br>
> <a href="http://www.bookshare.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.bookshare.org</a><br>
><br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
<br>
_______________________________________________<br>
NFB-Muslims mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:NFB-Muslims@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">NFB-Muslims@nfbnet.org</a><br>
<a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-muslims_nfbnet.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-muslims_nfbnet.org</a><br>
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFB-Muslims:<br>
<a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-muslims_nfbnet.org/nesmaaly123%40gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-muslims_nfbnet.org/nesmaaly123%40gmail.com</a><br>
</blockquote></div></div>