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Photo, Print, Drawing Islamic School of Seattle, Seattle, Washington

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About this Item

Title

  • Islamic School of Seattle, Seattle, Washington

Names

  • Dwyer-Schick, Susan (Photographer)

Created / Published

  • Seattle, Washington, May 12, 1982

Headings

  • -  Muslim Americans
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Documentary photographs
  • -  United States -- Washington -- Seattle

Genre

  • Ethnography
  • Photographs
  • Documentary photographs

Notes

  • -  Index data: 0-5, Pre-school classroom. Br. Mohammad Nasser, Arabic teacher and pre-school Teaching Assistant, conversing in Arabic and English with the boys. Informal Arabic instruction follows (seated) through recitation of memorized surahs (chapters or verses from the Qur'an); 6, Pre-school classroom. Girls are washing in the adjoining lavatory in preparation for morning "snack." Sr. Azhar Ibrahim, Teaching Assistant, supervises (background); 7-9, Pre-school classroom. Br. Mohammad continuing informal instruction in Arabic; he encourages each boy in turn to stand and recite a surah; 10, Pre-school classroom. Sr. Azhar Ibrahim assembling the boys for their turn in the lavatory; 11, Pre-school classroom. Br. Mohammad conversing with the returned girls in Arabic and English; 12, Pre-school classroom. Girls playing in one of the several places/spaces for activitiy (e.g., reading corner, playkitchen area, block and building materials area, etc.); 13, Pre-school classroom. Sr. Diana Akhgar, Administrative Secretary, visiting the classroom; 14-21, Pre-school classroom. Children finding their places and placemats for morning snack of crackers and carrots. Sr. Ummil Khair Ishaaq, Teacher and Director of Pre-school, distributes the snack she has prepared in the kitchen; 22, Aqua Barn & School. Teachers and children in hay-wagon; 23, Aqua Barn & School. Teachers and children touring animal area; 27-34, Aqua Barn & School. Teachers and children in hay-wagon. Sr. Irene Junejo, Office Volunteer and Parents' Bus Driver, (#28 & #29) is "guarding" the end of the wagon so no children fall out; 35-36, Aqua Barn & School. Teachers and children touring animal area, this time it's the pig sty

Medium

  • 35 mm black-and-white film negatives

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1993/001: 196610-1

Source Collection

  • Ethnic Heritage and Language Schools in America Project collection (AFC 1993/001)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

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Credit line: Ethnic Heritage and Language Schools in America Project collection (AFC 1993/001), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Dwyer-Schick, Susan. Islamic School of Seattle, Seattle, Washington. Seattle United States Washington, 1982. Seattle, Washington. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1993001_196610_01/.

APA citation style:

Dwyer-Schick, S. (1982) Islamic School of Seattle, Seattle, Washington. Seattle United States Washington, 1982. Seattle, Washington. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1993001_196610_01/.

MLA citation style:

Dwyer-Schick, Susan. Islamic School of Seattle, Seattle, Washington. Seattle, Washington. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1993001_196610_01/>.