Sunday, May 8, 2011

Maryam Al-Shamlan -Fighting Illiteracy in Yemen through Poetry

Posted by Maryam Al-Shamlan at Sunday, April 17, 2011 3:32:50 PM EDT

Hi everone, below is a link to a national geographic anthropological article that explains how illetracy is fought in Yemen through poetry. A new York based anthropologists, Najwa Arda, started an illiteracy combating project in which she teaches women how to read and write through working on their own poetry.

link: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/01/0127_040127_yemenliteracy.html

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