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Mawhit, the Imam's house is one of those, according to our 9-yr.-old guide, who should have been at madrassas

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Yemeni Photographer11-Nov-2005 21:30
"Madrasa" in Arabic just means school, nothing more and nothing less. Only in English it seems to be stuck with the old traditional Islamic schools.
Google Images for "Madrasa"http://images.google.com/images?q=madrasa&hl=en
Google Images for madrasa written in arabic lettershttp://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A9