‘Timeline for Curriculum Enrichment Summer Programme’ with Dar Al Hekma College

Director of MBI Al Jaber Foundation, Carolyn Perry, participates in the Foundation for Science Technology and Civilization’s ‘Timeline for Curriculum Enrichment Summer Programme’ with Dar Al Hekma College.

The Timeline for Curriculum Enrichment is a research-based project by the FSTC, who are working in collaboration with Dar El-Hekma College, Jeddah, and affiliated with the University of Manchester, University College London, and London Southbank University.

FSTC is a UK based educational, non-profit organization which has been formed to popularize, disseminate and promote an accurate account of Muslim Heritage and its contribution to present day science, technology and civilization. The 1000 years which are sometimes referred to as the Dark Ages were, in reality, a time when the Muslim civilization outperformed the rest of the world with its knowledge of science and technology. As part of its mission, the Foundation has offered to train students from Dar El-Hekma in research methods and timeline development so that they may participate in helping to serve the Foundation’s mission.

In July, FTSC provided 7 Saudi females from DAH with the opportunity to undertake an intensive three-week course in the UK. Subjects included Islamic Science and Technology, Mathematics and Astronomy, Physics and Mechanics, Medicine and Life Sciences, Social Sciences and Architecture. The students first arrived on 21st July, where they stayed in Manchester and attended an array of seminars delivered by participating scholars. They then moved to London for the second half of their stay, where they continued with their learning and were also given personal tours of UCL museum collections. This included a private visit of the Petrie Museum of Egyptology which is being managed by Carolyn Perry, Director of MBI Foundation, who also took the students to the British Museum for a tour.

The Summer Programme concluded on August 8th with presentations made by the students, for which they received formal certificates from FSTC, who expressed their deepest appreciation for the students’ fervour and dedication in promoting Islamic Heritage and History.