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Mauritanian children copy Koranic verses in Arabic on small wooden tablets at an Islamic mosque madrassa (school) in the poor Bohdida district of the Mauritanian Capital Noukchott May 20, 2008. Dozens of students spend several hours a day at small madrassas like this across Mauritania, meticulously copying passages of the Koran again and again on their small wooden tablets.

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Scott Nelson 2008
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Mauritanian children copy Koranic verses in Arabic on small wooden tablets at an Islamic mosque madrassa (school) in the poor Bohdida district of the Mauritanian Capital Noukchott May 20, 2008. Dozens of students spend several hours a day at small madrassas like this across Mauritania, meticulously copying passages of the Koran again and again on their small wooden tablets.