Yusuf Al Harthy, who already runs a website on deciphering the meaning of dreams, intends the institute to offer bachelors and masters degrees and even a PhD in interpreting visions and dreams.

“Dream interpretation is by nature a way of counseling a person,” Al Harthy told Al-Hayat newspaper, adding that his academy will be accredited by an unnamed Arab university.

Al Harthy is a regular on Saudi radio and television shows and believes dream interpretation to be a teachable science. The kingdom’s Islamic Affair’s Ministry categorises it as “something born of inspiration,” Al-Hayat reported.

Islam has a long history of dream interpretation, with the seventh century-born scholar Muhammad Ibn Sirin, a native of Basra in present-day Iraq, credited with authoring a classic Islamic catalogue on dream interpretation. Source: (AB)