Jose Rizal’s Childhood: A Small Town, a Big Household, and the Making of a Mind
How Rizal’s Calamba childhood — Teodora’s teaching, Francisco’s example, Binan schooling, and the shocks of 1872 — forged the mind behind Noli and Fili
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What Is the Rizal Law and Why Do Filipinos Study Rizal?
Why Filipinos study Rizal, and how his works nurture nationalism, critical thinking, and civic values
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The Nine Sisters of Jose Rizal: A Family Story of Nurture, Nerve, and Nation-Making
How Jose Rizal’s nine sisters — from Saturnina to Soledad — nurtured, challenged, and preserved him, shaping his work and the nation he inspired
Sa Kabataang Pilipino
Originally "A la juventud filipina" in Spanish, Jose Rizal wrote this poem when he was eighteen years old.
