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At the Friends of the Blind Association school in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestinian girls and boys read braille editions of the Qur’an

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At the Friends of the Blind Association school in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestinian girls and boys read braille editions of the Qur’an, prior to the breaking of their day-long fast during the month of Ramadan. Around 95 children aged five to 14 come to the school from all over the Palestinian territories, some as day students, others as boarders. They study the full Palestinian school curriculum, including sports and foreign languages.

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Iranian manuscript expert, Zinat Babak, shows a gilded Qur’an dating back to the early 19th century at Iran's National Library in Tehran.A man holds an ornate edition of the Qur’an in a bookshop selling historical and religious texts in Baghdad.Palestinian girls in Salem village, near the West Bank city of Nablus, read verses of the Qur’an before the evening Iftar meal, eaten after dusk to break the daily fast during the period of Ramadan. This miniature Qur’an, which can be contained in a locket and worn on a chain, is one of the 2008 World Book Day exhibits shown in Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India.

At the Friends of the Blind Association school in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestinian girls and boys read braille editions of the Qur’anAn Iraqi boy stands next to his newly released father as he swears his allegiance to Iraq on the Qur’an.US President George W Bush looks at a copy of the Qur’an in the Saudi capital of Riyadh. Afghan girls read the Qur’an at a mosque in Kabul during the fast of Ramadan.

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