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Notes from Ramallah, 1939 is the story of a young woman sent to teach at the Ramallah Friends Girls School in Palestine. Politics, conflict, and unrest were a part of daily life in Ramallah under British occupation in 1939, much as they are today.
The adventure unfolds through Nancy Parker McDowell’s journal entries and letters with candor, humor and engaging pen and ink sketches. Her story documents history and culture, and her experience parallels the experience of others during the more than 100 years of Quaker presence in Palestine.
Teaching was a new experience for Nancy and many common rituals she had taken for granted weren’t so common in Ramallah. Sleep was grueling. Eating was problematic. Moving about the city was challenging. Curfews, a closed-down post office, cut-off telephone lines, and nightly gunshots were commonplace.
Nancy Parker McDowell is a graduate of Earlham School of Religion living in Richmond, Indiana. Notes from Ramallah, 1939 is available for $18 from Friends United Press. Call 800-537-8839 or visit www.fum.org.
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