We teach Urdu in America. We learned we can’t use Pakistani textbooks
With outdated techniques and racist content, Pakistani textbooks are unfit for a multi-religious but secular classroom.
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Asma Begum teaches Urdu at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton. She holds a Master’s degree in Pakistan Studies from the University of Karachi. She taught at various colleges in Pakistan for nearly a decade.
