Middle Ground in the Middle East: American Quakers & Palestinian Women at the Friends Girls School in Ramallah, 1889-1948
Abstract
This dissertation examines the Friends Ramallah Mission with a focus on the FGS. It is a case study of the interaction between Americans and Palestinians. The goal of this dissertation is not to show that missionaries transmitted Christianity to their students, nor to evaluate their encounters as good or bad. This study aims to explain the encounter between Americans and Palestinians in which both sides arrived at a meeting ground reflecting their shared values, such as a high regard for education and womanhood training skills...
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