A Contribution to the History of Muslim Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina ONE FORGOTTEN TEACHER – HASNIJA BERBEROVIĆ Cover Image

HASNIJA BERBEROVIĆ - ZABORAVLJENA UČITELJICA - PRILOG HISTORIJI MUSLIMANSKOG ŠKOLSTVA U BOSNI I HERCEGOVINI
A Contribution to the History of Muslim Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina ONE FORGOTTEN TEACHER – HASNIJA BERBEROVIĆ

Author(s): Mina Kujović
Subject(s): History
Published by: Rijaset Islamske zajednice u Bosni i Hercegovini

Summary/Abstract: It wasn't until 1909 that the first Bosniak woman in Bosnia and Herzegovina passed the teacher certification exam. Her name was Hasnija Berberovic who worked as a teacher for 29 years (1909-1938) in the Muslim primary and higher girls' school in Sarajevo in the first half of the 20th century, during the period of two different states (Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovens). In the 1930's she worked as a principal of the Gajret Convict for girls in Sarajevo, a member and an activist of the women's society 'Gajret' and one of the founders and the first president of the Muslim women's society 'Osvitanje' in Sarajevo. She had worked as a teacher and an activist in cultural and educational organizations during a period when any such activity wasn't simple because a woman in Islam is equal but when among men, she isn't.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 40
  • Page Range: 114-118
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Bosnian