Background
The Friends Girls School was originally opened as “The Girls Training Home of Ramallah” 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.
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