Review article
Contribution of the Gajret magazine to the educational practices in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dženeta Kadić
; JU "Mješovita srednja škola" Sanski Most
Abstract
The Muslim culture & education society Gajret was established in 1903 in Sarajevo. The Society originally intended to help Muslim students. Later on, its activities expanded – they established libraries and reading rooms, organized literacy courses and popular lectures, and established student dormitories and canteens. All these activities aimed to improve the cultural and educational position of Muslim citizens. The Society’s important activities also included the starting of a journal, that is, the eponymous Gajret magazine. The Society used this journal to instruct and teach readers in anything they needed to survive and progress, and diverted them from anything that may be harmful to them. Among other topics presented in the magazine, the Society provided different advice on how to raise children, how to take care of the family, which medicines to use in case of different diseases, etc. This paper will in particular focus on the educational matters addressed in the magazine, which was published between 1907 and the beginning of World War 2.
Keywords
Gajret (magazine); upbringing and education; literacy programs; Muslims; students; female emancipation; Bosnia and Herzegovina; 1907-1941
Hrčak ID:
290167
URI
Publication date:
25.6.2020.
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