Qurans, Religious Books in Braille on Display at Cairo Int’l Book Fair
The Mazaya Society for the visually-impaired has presented the books in 4 pavilions, according to Youm7 website.
It aims to raise awareness among the public about the activities and measures taken for promoting the teaching of the Quran and religious sciences to the visually-impaired.
The books in braille are on different subjects such as Quran interpretations, Seerah of divine prophets, women’s rights and works by Egypt’s Quranic scholars in which they have refuted atheists’ views.
Braille is a writing system which enables the blind and partially-sighted people to read and write through touch.
It was invented by Louis Braille (1809-1852), who was blind and became a teacher of the blind.
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In recent years, the Holy Quran and religious books have been printed in braille to help the visually-impaired Muslims read the texts with ease.
Teaching the Quran to the visually-impaired has been a tradition for a long time and many among the country’s famous qaris and Quran memorizers have been visually-impaired.
The 55th edition of the Cairo International Book Fair is underway in the Egyptian capital city with the participation of 1,200 publishers from Egypt and 70 other counties.
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