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Daniel Peterson wrote:Those who can, do. And Joey can count. So he does.

In fact, they call him "The Count," because he likes to count . . . things.

And now you can, too!

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Incidentally, Joey doesn't appear to have made it to my lecture in Logan. Too bad.

Tomorrow afternoon, between the senior seminar for Middle East Studies majors and the Arabic Qur’an seminar that I'm teaching, I'll be meeting again with Dr. Sabiha Al Khemir about an exhibit of Islamic art that we're planning for BYU's Museum of Art. Dr. Al Khemir is the former director of the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar. Her work in Islamic art includes teaching in the British Museum; a consultancy for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; writing and presenting documentaries for Channel Four Television in London; and a recent exhibition at the Louvre entitled "From Cordoba to Samarqand: Masterpieces from the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha."

I do hope that Joey will be able to take time off from his busy schedule of counting my posts on his well-worn fingers and toes, and reporting the sums that he reaches, so that he can visit the exhibit when we open it. It will have all sorts of objects that he can count.

Maybe, in fact, the Count would like to start counting reviews of METI books in leading academic journals?

There's another such review (of a book that I edited, published in a series that I founded and direct), in the latest issue of the University of London's Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, one of the most prestigious journals in the field.

There are lots and lots of wonderful things for Joey to count!

Daniel Peterson wrote:Tomorrow afternoon, between the senior seminar for Middle East Studies majors and the Arabic Qur’an seminar that I'm teaching, I'll be meeting again with Dr. Sabiha Al Khemir about an exhibit of Islamic art that we're planning for BYU's Museum of Art. Dr. Al Khemir is the former director of the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar. Her work in Islamic art includes teaching in the British Museum; a consultancy for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; writing and presenting documentaries for Channel Four Television in London; and a recent exhibition at the Louvre entitled "From Cordoba to Samarqand: Masterpieces from the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha."

Daniel Peterson wrote:No.

harmony wrote:How about... in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, or Arabia, are women discouraged from getting an education?

Daniel Peterson wrote:

harmony wrote:How about... in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, or Arabia, are women discouraged from getting an education?

No.

The repression of women is still prevalent in rural areas where many families still restrict their own mothers, daughters, wives and sisters from participation in public life. They are still forced into marriages and denied a basic education. Numerous school for girls have been burned down and little girls have even been poisoned to death for daring to go to school.

87 percent of Afghan women are illiterate.
30 percent of girls have access to education in Afghanistan.

17 February 2009: Women's education has been severely compromised in Afghanistan as a resurgent Taliban has practised a policy of intimidation of female students. Women, who make up a significant proportion of Afghanistan's population, have been killed, burned and threatened for attending school. Many teachers have been executed in remote villages by the Taliban during the latest resurgence

Daniel Peterson wrote:

harmony wrote:How about... in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, or Arabia, are women discouraged from getting an education?

No.

TAK wrote:

Daniel Peterson wrote:No.

Hush.. our own personal Neville Chamberlain has spoken..