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    • Source: Ramallah Friends School

      • The Ramallah Friends School is a private school in West Bank with campuses in the twin cities of Ramallah and al-Bireh. The Friends Girls' School was inaugurated in 1869; the construction of the Friends Boys' School began in 1901 and the school opened in 1918. The Schools were run by American Quakers. Both campuses are now co-educational and divided into Senior and Junior sections; a Meeting House was built in 1910. The Swift Building, located in the upper School and named after Sara Swift of New England, was made the home of the Friends International Center in Ramallah after restoration work was completed. During the First World War, the Boys' School was commandeered by Ottoman troops for use as a hospital during Allenby's assault on Palestine. The school is currently headed by former student and teacher Rania Maayeh who is a member of the Friends United Meeting.


      Background



      The Friends Girls' School was originally opened as ā€œThe Girls' Training Home of Ramallahā€ and was renamed "Friends Girls' School" in 1919. Elihu Grant was the principal between 1901 and 1903. Both the Boys' and Girls' Friends Schools were designed and built by Dahoud Saah of Ramallah. The Lower School serves grades Pre-Kindergarten to fifth grade; the Upper School serves grades six to twelve.
      The school was first in the Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire. It later was under the Occupied Enemy Territory Administration, the British Mandate of Palestine, the Jordanian annexation of the West Bank (1948-1967), and the Israeli occupation of the West Bank (1967-1993), before being in the State of Palestine.


      Location


      The Lower School campus and kindergarten (Formerly Friends Girls' School) is located near the centre of the Old City of Ramallah on Hal Tabqa Sadik Street. The Lower School campus is located at 31Ā°54ā€²13.28ā€³N 35Ā°11ā€²57.54ā€³E The upper School campus (Formerly Friends Boys' School) is located along al Nahdha Street, al-Bireh The Upper School campus is located at 31.9054Ā°N 35.2081Ā°Eļ»æ / 31.9054; 35.2081


      Curriculum


      The Friends Schools have offered, in both Arabic and English, various educational curricula. As of 2011, they only offer the IB curriculum, optionally IB-no exam for those who wish to take the American SAT examination, but those students will have to apply through the AMIDEAST as it is no longer provided to students. The schools used to offer local governmental examinations: ā€˜Tawjihiā€™. The school was certified to provide the IB curriculum in 2001 by the International Baccalaureate organization.
      During the first Intifada, the Friends School was closed by the Israeli authoritiesā€”as was the case with all schools in Ramallahā€”during the years of 1988 and 1989, but it was reopened after the intifada.


      Swift House


      The Friends International Center regularly hosts meetings with other NGOs such as the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions and the Christian Peacemaker Teams.


      Notable alumni



      Issam Abdulhadi, women's rights activist
      Hanan Ashrawi, politician and member of the Palestinian Legislative Council
      Jaweed al-Ghussein, civil engineer and philanthropist
      Amaney Jamal, dean of the Princeton School of public and international affairs
      Rami Kashou, fashion designer and first runner-up on Season 4 of Project Runway
      Widad Kawar, folklorist of Palestinian costume
      Ibrahim Muhawi, professor, folklorist, translator and writer
      Georgette Rizek, philanthropist and activist
      Serene Husseini Shahid, writer and historian of Palestinian arts and culture
      Farouk Shami, CEO of Farouk Systems, Inc., an American hair care products company; 2010 Democratic candidate for Governor of Texas in the United States
      Raja Shehadeh, attorney, author, and activist; founder of the human rights group Al-Haq
      Henriette Siksek, writer and radio personality
      Khaldoun Al Tabari, Jordanian Businessman


      See also


      In Fair Palestine: A Story of Romeo and Juliet
      List of schools in the Ottoman Empire
      "Raised in the West Bank, Shot in Vermont," New York Times, Feb. 28, 2024


      References




      External links



      Ramallah Friends School

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