The People of Palestine An enlarged edition of "The Peasantry of Palestine, Life, Manners and Customs of the Village"

The houses of the peasants show at a glance the grade of well-being in the different villages. There are many in the lowlands made of mud, or a worse material, with thatch and s...

This little book will make no attempt to tell all that could be said of its subject, but we hope that its selection of things to tell will be gratifying to you. Our wish is that...

The Palestine peasant can do hard work. When half starved, anemic, hounded and terror-stricken he naturally enough fails to be as brisk and as inventive as he might otherwise be...

Such tourists as have a student’s interest in addition to a desire for mere sightseeing will find the value of their Palestine visit doubled if they will allow some days for vis...

During fifteen years, Syrian migration to western countries grew apace. Whereas the Lebanon district had been the chief loser before, Palestine now sent large quotas. Among thes...

When our sons shall be as plants grown up in their youth, And our daughters as corner-stones hewn after the fashion of a palace; When our garners are full, affording all manner...

The chief business of Palestine is religion. There is a religious instinct which must be reckoned with all the time. Its importance in Eastern life can scarcely be over-estimate...

About a mile northwest of Râm Allâh on the Jânyeh road is a region which goes by the name of eṭ-Ṭîreh, a name commonly met in Syria. There is a question as to what it may mean....

As one becomes acquainted with Palestine life to-day one is impressed with the submissive attitude of the villagers towards the city dwellers, especially towards the Moslem offi...

The state of learning in Syria and the Levant seems to have been steadily on the decline for some centuries. At the beginning of the nineteenth century it must have been at a ve...

Kinship, religious association, party traditions and proximity, these four influences are important in the order named in helping to form society. Among the people whom we are c...

The population of Palestine is divided into three parts, desert, village and city. The desert population is the original Arab stock of pastoral nomads.[49] The village populatio...

Recent events. Effects of the revolution. Syrians and the Page 242. World War. Syrian ability. Schools and education. The new administration; certain functions and methods. Arch...

Village Life. Business. The Palestine peasant as a worker. Page 130. Farming the first business of the village. The transition from the life of the nomad to the life of the peas...

Introductory. Remarks on the country of Western Palestine: Page 11. historical, topographical and geological; distances, levels, rock composition, hills, valleys, caves, soil, e...

Village Life. Introductory. The tribe: how constituted, Page 51. its fellowship and significance. The family within the tribe. Importance of a strong family. Marriage in family...

Village Life. The houses of the peasants: structure, Page 75. arrangement, conveniences, utensils and furnishings. Foods: their preparation and storing, eating customs. Costumes...

The village in its external relations. Attitude of Page 225. villagers to the city and city people, now and formerly. Administration of the village from the city. The peasant an...

Village Life. Social privileges and customs. The elements Page 158. that contribute to these, kinship, religious association, party traditions, proximity. Predominance of kinshi...

Village Life. Religion. The religious basis of the peasant Page 110. life. Country shrines venerated by the peasantry, saints, tombs, lamps, ruined churches, mosks, reverence fo...

Village Life. Intellectual matters. The state of learning, Page 170. revival, services of the press in the Levant. Education, schools, missionary influence. Languages heard in t...

General characteristics of the population of Palestine. Page 43. The Bedawîn or nomads. The village and its people. Moslems and Christians: their distribution, their mutual rela...

Village life in the concrete, continued, with some village Page 213. environs. Eṭ-Ṭîreh, Khullet el-‛Adas, ‛Ayn ‛Arîk, Kefr Shiyân, ‛Ayn Ṣôba, Baytîn, Khurbet el-Moḳâtîr, Dayr D...