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The Ramallah Friends Schools are two Schools started by Quakers in the city of Ramallah
Ramallah

Ramallah is a Palestinian people city in the central West Bank adjacent to al-Bireh with a population nearly 25,500. Ramallah is located 10 kilometers north of Jerusalem and currently serves as the administrative capital of the Palestinian National Authority....
, in the West Bank
West Bank

The West Bank is the eastern Part of the Palestinian territories on the west bank of the River Jordan in the Middle East. To the west, north, and south the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel....
. The Friends Girls' School was founded in 1869; the Friends Boy's School was founded in 1901.

The schools are now co-educational and divided into Senior and Junior sections; a Meeting House was built in 1910.

Curriculum
The Friends Schools are considered one of the best schools in the West Bank and Gaza Strip areas of Palestine., offering various educational curricula.






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The Ramallah Friends Schools are two Schools started by Quakers in the city of Ramallah
Ramallah

Ramallah is a Palestinian people city in the central West Bank adjacent to al-Bireh with a population nearly 25,500. Ramallah is located 10 kilometers north of Jerusalem and currently serves as the administrative capital of the Palestinian National Authority....
, in the West Bank
West Bank

The West Bank is the eastern Part of the Palestinian territories on the west bank of the River Jordan in the Middle East. To the west, north, and south the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel....
. The Friends Girls' School was founded in 1869; the Friends Boy's School was founded in 1901.

The schools are now co-educational and divided into Senior and Junior sections; a Meeting House was built in 1910.

Curriculum


The Friends Schools are considered one of the best schools in the West Bank and Gaza Strip areas of Palestine., offering various educational curricula. These include Local governmental examinations: ‘Tawjihi’, American SAT
SAT

The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized testing for college admissions in the Education in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a non-profit organization in the United States, and was once developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service ....
 examinations, and the IB curriculum. The school was able to provide the IB curriculum after being certified in 2001 by the International Baccalaureate Organization
International Baccalaureate Organization

The International Baccalaureate , formerly the International Baccalaureate Organisation or IBO is an international educational foundation , founded in 1968 in Geneva, Switzerland....
 (IBO). The Friends School currently serves as the School for the best and the brightest. It is well known to educate the children of Palestinian elites.

Alumni

Among the distinguished alumni of the schools are Hanan Ashrawi
Hanan Ashrawi

Dr Hanan Daoud Khalil Ashrawi is a Palestinian legislator, activist, and scholar. She was a prot?g? and later colleague and close friend of Edward Said....
, Serene Husseini Shahid
Serene Husseini Shahid

Serene Husseini Shahid was born in Jerusalem as a member of the influential Husayni family. Her father was Jamal al-Husayni, her maternal grandfather was List of mayors of Jerusalem Faidi al-Alami, and her maternal uncle was Musa Alami....
, Hani Masri, Joyce Khalaf, Raja Shehadeh
Raja Shehadeh

Raja Shehadeh is a Palestinian lawyer and writer who lives in Ramallah, West Bank....
, Ahmed (Shawqi) Alsayyed and Rami Kashou.

Location

The boys school is located at The girls school is located at

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