MI week 2

Tuesday (2a)

Due today

Report including the following:

Read:

• Labib al—Said pp. 11-27,53-76
• Frishkopf: http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/Mediated_Quranic_recitation_offprint.pdf pp. 75-84 top part , and pp. 111 (Conclusions) to 114 (& read more if you’d like). Listen to the recitational examples on frishkopf.org (search for "Mediated Quranic recitation").
• Nelson: browse this important book. Get a sense of its scope, read selectively according to your interests. (Get used to this mode of “reading diagonally”, i.e. not reading every word)

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5DqElTUnH4 Koran by Heart

Also: memorize Surat Ikhlas (112) and try to perform along with the recording, using this website: http://quran.com/112. Note that you can turn transliteration on or off.

Thursday (2b)

No class today, but please submit assignments on time anyway.

Due today:

• Shiloah pp. 1-26
• Empire of Faith part 2
• Schimmel, pp. 29-50