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THE WOMEN
OF
THE ARABS.
WITH A CHAPTER FOR CHILDREN.
BY
Rev. HENRY HARRIS JESSUP, D.D.,
Seventeen years American Missionary in Syria.
NEW YORK: DODD & MEAD, PUBLISHERS.
THIS BOOK
IS DEDICATED TO THE
CHRISTIAN WOMEN OF AMERICA.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
THE
Women of the Arabs.
CHAPTER I.
STATE OF WOMEN AMONG THE ARABS OF THE JAHILIYEH, OR THE "TIMES OF THE IGNORANCE."
CHAPTER II.
STATE OF WOMEN IN THE MOHAMMADAN WORLD.
CHAPTER III.
THE DRUZE RELIGION AND DRUZE WOMEN.
SITT ABLA.
KHOZMA.
CHAPTER IV.
NUSAIRIYEH.
CHAPTER V.
CHRONICLE OF WOMEN'S WORK FROM 1820 TO 1872.
CHAPTER VI.
MRS. WHITING'S SCHOOL.
CHAPTER VII.
DR. DE FOREST'S WORK IN BEIRUT.
FRUITS OF DR. DE FOREST'S GIRL'S SCHOOL.
CHAPTER VIII.
RE-OPENING OF THE SCHOOL IN BEIRUT.
CHAPTER IX.
LUCIYA SHEKKUR.
CHAPTER X.
RAHEEL.
CHAPTER XI.
HUMS.
CHAPTER XII.
MIRIAM THE ALEPPINE.
CHAPTER XIII.
MODERN SYRIAN VIEWS WITH REGARD TO FEMALE EDUCATION.
CHAPTER XIV.
BEDAWIN ARABS.
CHAPTER XV.
THE VALUE SET ON WOMAN'S LIFE IN SYRIA.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
OTHER LABORS FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THIS FIELD.
THE IRISH AND AMERICAN UNITED PRESBYTERIAN MISSION IN DAMASCUS.
THE BRITISH SYRIAN SCHOOLS.
BRITISH SYRIAN SCHOOLS, 1872.
MISS TAYLOR'S SCHOOL FOR MOSLEM GIRLS.
CHURCH OF SCOTLAND SCHOOL FOR JEWISH GIRLS IN BEIRUT.
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE AMOUNT OF BIBLICAL INSTRUCTION GIVEN IN MISSION SCHOOLS.
THE SPHERE AND MODES OF WOMAN'S WORK IN FOREIGN LANDS.
THE BEIRUT FEMALE SEMINARY.
THE SIDON FEMALE SEMINARY.
THE CHILDREN'S CHAPTER.
PART I.
PART II.
PART III.
PART IV.
THE LULLABY.
PART V.
PART VI.
THE NURSERY RHYMES OF THE ARABS.
PART VII.
INDEX.
Transcriber's Notes:
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