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Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...

مكتب) from the Arabic word ''kataba'' or write, refers to a school, or a business office. It may also refer to: *

Maktab (education) A kuttab ( ar, كُتَّاب ''kuttāb'', plural: ''kataatiib'', ) or maktab ( ar, مَكْتَب) is a type of elementary school in the Muslim world. Though the ''kuttab'' was primarily used for teaching children in reading, writing, grammar, a ...

, elementary and all secondary school system in Afghanistan. The primarily elementary school without secondary school is known as

Kottab A kuttab ( ar, كُتَّاب ''kuttāb'', plural: ''kataatiib'', ) or maktab ( ar, مَكْتَب) is a type of elementary school in the Muslim world. Though the ''kuttab'' was primarily used for teaching children in reading, writing, grammar, a ...

Maktab (Lahore) Maktab (in Arabic مكتب) from the Arabic word ''kataba'' or write, refers to a school, or a business office. It may also refer to: *Kuttab (also called ''maktab''), a traditional elementary school in the Muslim world Containing the term * Am ...

, a private co-educational school (preschool to A-levels) founded in 2012

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Amin Maktab Amin Maktab, established in 1961, is a special education center for mentally disabled children located in Gulberg, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Amin Maktab is the oldest institution in Lahore for intellectually disabled children. History Amin Maktab ...

, a special education center for mentally challenged children located in Gulberg, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan established in 1961 * Maktab Khana (meaning "House of Translation"), was a bureau of records and translation established by the Mughal Emperor Akbar in Fatehpur Sikri around 1574 *

Maktab al-Khidamat The ''Maktab al-Khidamat'' () was an Arab charitable organization founded in 1984 by Abdullah Azzam, Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri and other volunteers during the Soviet–Afghan War, It raised funds and recruited foreign mujahideen for the ...

(MAK), also Maktab Khadamāt al-Mujāhidīn al-'Arab, also known as the Afghan Services Bureau, was founded in 1984 by Abdullah Azzam, Wa'el Hamza Julaidan, Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri to raise funds and recruit foreign mujahidin for the war against the Soviets in Afghanistan *

Maktab Nasional Maktab Nasional (''National College'' in English) is a private Catholic mission secondary school located in Likas, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu. It was founded as a Catholic mission school in 1 ...

, a private Catholic mission secondary school located in Likas, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah *Maktab Rendah Sains MARA or

MARA Junior Science College The MARA Junior Science College (MJSC) ( ms, Maktab Rendah Sains MARA (MRSM)) is a group of boarding schools created by Majlis Amanah Rakyat ( MARA), a Malaysian government agency. The institution provides learning facilities for bright stud ...

, a group of boarding schools created by Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA), a Malaysian government agency *

Maktab-e Tawhid Maktab-e Tawhid (also Maktab-e Tawhīd) was a Shi'i seminary for women, established in Qom, Iran's clerical center in 1975, as a wing of the Haghani school. The founding of the seminary followed similar institutions in Qom, Fasa, Shiraz and Isfah ...

, was a Shi'i seminary for women, established in Qom, Iran's clerical center in 1975, as a wing of the Haghani school

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