Education authorities in Dubai have vowed to examine a book taught in an international private school that shows a photo of two Jewish children sporting plaited hair and yarmulke.
Dr. Obaid Butti Al Mohiri, the Director of Curriculums Centre at the Ministry of Education, said he would order the withdrawal of the book for primary Class I of the Dubai International School if the complaints raised were found genuine.
Several teachers of the school contacted Khaleej Times, complaining against the picture, captioned ‘We play together; we stick together’, featured in the book entitled "Friends Forever". The teachers said that of all the pictures in the book, the students reacted sharply to only this picture.
When approached, the Educational Zone took the stand that its role was only mediating between private schools and the Curriculum Centre. The zone receives textbooks from the schools and sends them to the centre for scrutiny.
Meanwhile, a source in the school said that these books were imported from outside the country and had not been reviewed.
