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History SpeaksHistory Speaks EP 15 | Animals in the Qur’an | Roshan Iqbal with Sarra TliliIn this episode of History Speaks, Dr. Roshan Iqbal speaks with Dr. Sarra Tlili, author of Animals in the Qur’an, a groundbreaking work—translated into Arabic—that has reshaped scholarship on Islam, ethics, and the environment. Together, they explore her thesis that the Qur’an is theocentric and not an anthropocentric text and what this means for how we understand creation and ourselves. This episode is dedicated, with Dr. Tlili’s permission, to the life and legacy of Jane Goodall.
2025-11-2142 min
School of PracticeThe Extraordinary Impact of Drawing to LearnDid you know that drawing can be a learning superpower—even for students who claim they’re not good at it?
When kids attentively sketch something they’re learning about, they tap into the visual, kinesthetic, and linguistic parts of the brain, research shows. This generates abundant connections across the brain’s neural network and encodes learning even more deeply than more passive learning tasks, like reading or listening to a lecture.
In this episode of School of Practice, high school biology and chemistry teacher Selim Tlili delves into how drawing to learn works across grade leve...
2025-10-2821 min