The prayer book "Waymarks of Benefits" (Dala"il al-Khayrat), originally composed in fifteenth-century Morocco, was frequently copied from Senegal to Turkestan, at the western and eastern extremes of the Islamic world. It was the most popular…
This late copy of the Dala'il al-Khayrat was created in Morocco, where the work was originally composed four hundred years earlier. Thousands of others were produced throughout the Islamic world, making it the most popular devotional work after the…
In this audio clip, the interviewer asks if the interviewee's experience learning the book in school did justice in reflecting the magnitude of the story. The interviewee explains that the lessons and messages in Noli became clearer to him outside…
The interviewer and interviewee discuss the potential of adapting Noli into a film or TV series. The interviewee speculates that perhaps teaching the text as a required academic course has taken the significance out of it over the years, so people…
The interviewer asks the interviewee to comment on his edition of the novel, and how he thought it differed from learning the text as a textbook. The interviewee replies that he thinks learning it in the novel format, instead of a textbook one, was…
The interviewer asks the interviewee if the school environment impacted how he personally learned the book. The interviewee explains that the school environment helped him and other students learn the book, because the lessons, the discussions, and…
The interviewer asks the interviewee if there was a particular scene or character that impacted him the most as he read the novel, as well as to recall what impression he had of the overall novel at the time. The interviewee names the protagonist,…
The interviewer asks the interviewee to describe what his experience was like learning Noli Me Tángere in high school. The interviewee explains how he and his classmates learned Noli as a Filipino novel — not a textbook — that they discussed…