Project Gutenberg 2005-12-11 Public domain in the USA. 95 Jessup, Henry Harris 1832 1910 Riley, Isaac 1835 1878 Robinson, Charles S. (Charles Seymour) 1829 1899 09008700 The Women of the Arabs Reading ease score: 75.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Stacy Brown Thellend, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was made using scans of public domain works from the University of Michigan Digital Libraries.) "The Women of the Arabs" by Henry Harris Jessup is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book delves into the status of women in Arab society, particularly focusing on their conditions during the Jahiliyeh, or "Times of Ignorance," the early years of Islam, and throughout varying religious contexts such as Druze and Nusairiyeh. The author aims to document the significant missionary efforts made for female education and welfare in the Middle East while exploring cultural attitudes toward women. The opening of the work begins by setting a context for the treatment of women in pre-Islamic Arabia, detailing the cruel practices such as the burying of female infants and the general disdain for daughters, reflecting a broader cultural pattern of misogyny. It notes instances of both the resilience and contributions of women, particularly through the lens of Arabic poetry, which includes discussions of notable poetesses. The text aims to provide a foundation for understanding the profound shift in women's status initiated by Christian missionary work and the impact of various religious doctrines on Arab women’s rights and education throughout historical periods. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Women -- Syria Arabs HQ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Sociology 668834 668835 2024-10-07T14:47:06.758198 2023-09-08T05:17:04.757375 text/html text/html 672843 2020-12-13T10:52:13 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 237043 2020-12-13T10:52:13 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 327970 2024-10-07T14:47:22.576645 application/epub+zip 332487 2024-10-07T14:47:11.899676 application/epub+zip 319383 2024-10-07T14:47:09.590170 application/epub+zip 577557 2024-10-07T14:47:29.161560 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 563597 2024-10-07T14:47:19.853615 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 527320 2022-09-08T10:15:21.387206 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 586517 586262 2024-10-07T14:47:05.032250 2023-09-08T05:17:03.261385 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 585862 2020-12-13T10:52:13 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 223129 2020-12-13T10:52:13 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 585858 2020-12-13T10:52:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 222947 2020-12-13T10:52:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22138 2024-10-07T14:47:29.339594 application/rdf+xml 11915 2024-10-07T14:47:10.184698 image/jpeg 3153 2024-10-07T14:47:09.886690 image/jpeg 307871 2024-10-07T14:47:06.811185 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog