JEDDAH: For some students, mosques provide the ideal atmosphere to prepare for final exams. Others choose to go to shisha cafés to take advantage of both the entertainment opportunity and study at the same time.
Shisha cafés are mostly frequented by university and high school students although the environment inside is polluted and noisy because such places are not equipped for studying in the first place.
Although libraries have the suitable atmosphere for study, students prefer noisy places.
Some students are seen these days going to mosques to pray, with their books under their arms, to study afterward because of the quietness the afford.
An imam at one of these mosques, Mohammad Qasim, said to a local publication: “Around 12 years ago, almost all mosques used to be crowded with students after Maghreb prayers. The students belonged to levels from primary to secondary. Everybody inside the mosques was keen on providing the most suitable atmosphere for study, and parents were at ease because they knew their children were studying in a good and decent environment inside mosques. Even residents of the neighborhoods used to extend help in this regard. Nowadays, the mosques are almost empty!”
Fahd Al-Dayan, the parent of a student, said: “In the past we used to go to mosques to study inside; sometimes we even slept there. Nowadays students go to cafés with no sign of study, only drinking coffee and chatting.”
Sultan Al-Hasan, a student, said: “My friends and I meet in the café to study. Usually we decide to spend about two hours studying, but we only study for about half an hour and the rest of the time we chat or browse social networking sites.”
Shisha cafés are mostly frequented by university and high school students although the environment inside is polluted and noisy because such places are not equipped for studying in the first place.
Although libraries have the suitable atmosphere for study, students prefer noisy places.
Some students are seen these days going to mosques to pray, with their books under their arms, to study afterward because of the quietness the afford.
An imam at one of these mosques, Mohammad Qasim, said to a local publication: “Around 12 years ago, almost all mosques used to be crowded with students after Maghreb prayers. The students belonged to levels from primary to secondary. Everybody inside the mosques was keen on providing the most suitable atmosphere for study, and parents were at ease because they knew their children were studying in a good and decent environment inside mosques. Even residents of the neighborhoods used to extend help in this regard. Nowadays, the mosques are almost empty!”
Fahd Al-Dayan, the parent of a student, said: “In the past we used to go to mosques to study inside; sometimes we even slept there. Nowadays students go to cafés with no sign of study, only drinking coffee and chatting.”
Sultan Al-Hasan, a student, said: “My friends and I meet in the café to study. Usually we decide to spend about two hours studying, but we only study for about half an hour and the rest of the time we chat or browse social networking sites.”
