Cadascun d'aquests nens disposa d'una escudella i, tres cops al dia, els alumnes, que s'anomenen talibs (i sí, es tracta de la mateixa arrel àrab a partir de la qual es crea la paraula talibà), recorren les cases de la ciutat o del poble i reben grapats d'aliments que recullen dins dels seus plats i mengen...
Each of these children had a bowl and, three times a day, these students - which are know as 'talibs' (yes, the word comes from the same Arabic root as 'Taliban') - would go from door to door among the houses of the town or the village, receiving handfuls of food that they would gather in their bowls to eat ...