The title, “Friends Forever,” sounds innocuous enough. But the Dubai-based Khaleej Times reports that education officials in the Persian Gulf state are gravely concerned about the school book, which found its way into classrooms. Why? The book includes a photograph of Jewish children.
Education authorities here have promised to review a book taught in an international private school that features a photograph 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 one of the Dubai International School if the complaints raised were found genuine.
(Hat tip: Tom Gross)
