When We Can’t Read
Monday, January 7th, 2008
This is not about “won’t read,” but about “can’t read.”
Today, AFP reported the following from the Middle East:
“Nearly one in three people in the Arab world is illiterate, including nearly half of all women in the region, the Tunis-based Arab League Educational Cultural and Scientific Organisation said Monday.”
It is impossible to state how distressing this [...]

