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Art of Reading and Writing in Service of Social Justice | Ali Sedaghaty Khayat | TEDxKeshavarzBlvd

510 views · Published 10 August 2017 · 17:43 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2017 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Education became an important issue since mankind invented the writing system. It has been always crucial to transfer and expand the knowledge for the next generations. However, after so many years there are still people out there in our societies that do not find the chance to learn reading and writing during their childhood. Sometimes the normal school systems might work for this people as well but they normally do not. Therefore, Ali Sedaghati Khayat, the speaker of TEDxKeshavarzBlvd event came up with the idea of making the learning of writing and reading much easier for them. This talk is about his innovative method of teaching Persian language and what did he go through to achieve his goal.

Ali Sedaghati Khayat,also known as “Uncle Tailor” (the meaning of his family name is tailor), was born in 1946. He is an author, an Iranian sociologist and activist for children’s rights. He received his early education in Mashhad and went on to pursue studies in Sociology and Political Economy in Paris and in 1977 he returned to Iran and spent many years to teach literacy to children who were deprived of education and invented a new method named “The Art of Reading and Writing Within 15 Days”. After studying living conditions and behaviour of work children Uncle Tailor introduced the concept of “Mind’s Safe Room” and he decided to help these children achieve a “Mind’s Safe Room”. He succeeded in his program so that with the help of volunteers lots of street children and illiterate workers were educated.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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