I am always thankful when our Braille Quran reaches a blind person far away because it takes months on a ship to get there, and could so easily be lost. Today I got an email from Noushad who first wrote to AlFitrah Foundation Braille Quran Initiative from Chittagong, Bangladesh, 6 months ago about his relative Mohammad Gofran who was born in 1988,without any physical challenge, “his eyes were OK. When Gorfan was 10 he was diagnosed with a brain tumor, and during surgery in 1998, unfortunately he lost his sight . That time Gofran was student of Class Six.

After 3 years of blindness he started education at year 2001 from nursery at an Autism school of Chittagong, Bangladesh; at 2006 he completed primary education from the school. Then he admitted at high school near to his home, he studied at the school for 4 years, due to some challenge he cannot seat for Secondary School examination from the school. Then he was admitted to open university and passed Secondary School examination at year 2012.

At present Gofran spend his time at a small Khankha (where people pray) located at Dohazari, Chittagong,Bangladesh. Gofran’s present family consist of his mother and 3 sisters; His Father who supported him to come so far has died at the year 2017. “@ Chittagong City - চট্টগ্রাম শহর

Every Ramadan AlFitrah foundation sponsors a summer camp for the blind in Gaza to learn the Quran but due to the Coronavirus this year all classes have stopped. In order to continue in a safe manner, Dar AlQuran Al Kareem wa Sunnah are organizing online classes. Please donate as per the poster if you would like to help. Jazakallah khairan.

Meeting at AlFitrah Foundation Braille Quran Initiative yesterday with Rafi and Majid before our office closes for two weeks from today due to CoVid-19 measures.

Abdul Majid can continue editing our next braille book from home. We also discussed the new book we will work on, inshaa Allah- which is Imam Al-Tirmidhi's Al-Shama'il Al-Muhammadiyya.

We would be grateful to have volunteer readers living locally with Arabic language skills who can assist in this noble project. Please contact us here or by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Alhamdulillah Alfitrah Foundation has worked with the Braille Resources Foundation in Karachi to deliver 10 Braille Qurans to the AKAB school for the blind in Kashmir.