Messenger
I received two types of reproaches to my articles on Wednesday and Thursday, on the issue related to the background of founding the Mubarakiya School, and how I neglected the role of ‘Yusuf bin Isa Al-Qanaei’ in founding the school.
I refuse the improper reproach because I am convinced I have committed no sin but I gladly accept the other smooth reproach. I write this article which is neither an original record of history, nor a reference, but rather remains almost a general talk.
It was reported by sources that the idea of establishing the Al-Mubarakiya School was without prior coordination and three personalities were behind it, Yusef bin Isa Al-Qanaei, Sheikh Nasser Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah and Yassin Al-Tabtabaei, and the latter was the first to raise the idea during a sermon he gave in March 1910; Yusuf bin Isa was influenced by it, so he wrote an article in which he talked about the importance of science and the need for schools, so a committee was formed headed by