CHAPTER XII
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. Archæological interests. The Arabian problem. Arabia and its people, social customs, politics, poets, prophet and religion.
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PAGE A SILOAM WOMAN, HER INFANT ON HER BACK AND PRODUCE ON _Frontispiece_ HER HEAD RIVER AUJA OF JAFFA 20 DONKEY AT THE THRESHING FLOOR WITH A LOAD OF WHEAT 28 WILD ANEMONES FROM WADY EL-KELB 32 A VINEYARD AT RÂM ALLÂH 36 RÂM ALLÂH MAN AND A BASKET OF OLIVES 38 STRETCH OF OLIVE TREES ON ROAD TO AYN SÎNYÂ 38 A BEDAWY HOUSE 42 BEDAWY DRINKING 42 PEASANTS ON WAY TO MARKET WITH PRODUCE 44 BEDAWIN HORSEMAN 44 WOMAN’S WORK 48 BRINGING HOME THE BRIDAL TROUSSEAU 54 GIRLS AT PLAY CARRYING HEADLOADS OF GRASS IN IMITATION 54 OF THE WOMEN WASHING A CHILD 58 A SWADDLED INFANT 58 THREE KINDS OF HOUSES—MUD, DRY-STONE, STONE-AND-MORTAR 68 HOUSEHOLD UTENSILS 76 BREAD-MAKING UTENSILS 82 IN A DOORYARD. WOMEN CLEANING WHEAT 94 ON TOP OF AN OVEN. WOMEN SIFTING WHEAT 94 POTTERY 114 ON THE WAY TO JERUSALEM. FOR THE NEBY MUSA PROCESSION 126 A NEBY MUSA CONTINGENT ARRIVING WITHIN THE JAFFA GATE, 126 JERUSALEM FARMING IMPLEMENTS 130 A SOWER 132 CHILDREN GLEANING 132 THRESHING 140 A THRESHING SCENE IN THE OLD POOL AT BETHEL 140 1. HAND SPINNING 2. REELING 3. STRAIGHTENING THREADS FOR 142 LOOM VARIOUS ARTICLES MADE OF SKIN: BOTTLES, BAGS, POUCHES 150 AND BUCKETS A MARKET SCENE: PEASANTRY NEAR DAVID’S TOWER, JERUSALEM 154 WOMEN AT THE SPRING 164 FOUNTAIN AT NAZARETH 164 A HOUSE-ROOFING BEE (ET TAYYIBEH) 172 A RÂM ALLÂH MATRON AT HER OWN DOOR 187 CAMEL CARRYING A ROPE NET FILLED WITH CLAY JARS 194 RÂM ALLÂH, AS ENTERED BY THE SINUOUS, WALLED LANE FROM 194 THE EAST LITTLE GIRLS OF THE VILLAGE 196 THE VILLAGE OF RÂM ALLÂH AND OUTLYING VINEYARDS 204 EL-BIREH (FROM THE SOUTH) 212 VINEYARDS AND STONE WATCH TOWERS 220 PEASANT PLOWING 220 PRIMITIVE RUG WEAVING (BEDAWIN) 230 STRAW MAT AND BASKET MAKING: JIFNA WOMAN 230
_The PEASANTRY of_ PALESTINE