ABSTRACT
I INTRODUCTION: INDIVIDUALS AS INSTITUTIONS This paper considers the development of the Qu’ranic school through the figure of its teacher, the fqih. The Islamic educational system in Morocco can be said to be embodied in its teachers, and for this reason we focus primarily on such individuals’ experiences, both as students themselves in the Qu’ranic school system, and as teachers and community figures. In the process, we trace the profound changes that the system has undergone in recent years-changes that these teachers have witnessed and experienced within the span of their lifetimes.
