Khaldounia

Madrasa Al Khaldounia or simply Khaldounia (Arabic: الخلدونية‎) is the first modern school founded in Tunisia on December 22, 1896.

Entrance of the madrasa

The madrasa is a good example of democracy, as all its members and presidents were elected. It was a free, public and laic institution. For years, it published regularly a review to facilitate Franco-Tunisian exchanges.

Nowadays, it is a bilingual library attached to the National Library of Tunisia.

History
Khaldounia class in 1908

Khaldounia was established by Young Tunisians led by Bechir Sfar, who aimed to spread the scientific knowledge in the Arabic culture. He had the support of René Millet,[1] the French resident-general in Tunisia who was in charge of writing the madrasa's status that excluded political and religious discussions and emphasized on the importance of critical thinking.

  • Entrance of the Khaldounia association
  • Dead end of the madrasa
  • Marble plaque at the entrance of the Khaldounia Library
  • Decoration at the entrance
gollark: A GEORGE frame?
gollark: (except then you actually have to have situations in which you cooperate)
gollark: (the """"obvious"""" way is to make your decisions depend on unreasonable amounts of data to make the models worse)
gollark: (although like the Newcomb's problem thing you run into the issue that if you perceive yourself choosing an option in the dilemma, you may just be a sufficiently accurate model someone else is using to pick options)
gollark: This is not how the dilemma is defined.

References
  1. Noureddine Sraïeb (1994). "Le collège Sadiki de Tunis et les nouvelles élites". Revue du monde musulman et de la Méditerranée (in French). 72 (72): 47. Retrieved 21 February 2016.

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