Today the world knows more about the plight of our Moslem sisters than ever before. This volume is from 1907 and was written by an assortment of Christian missionaries. Here we are 102 years later with many accomplishments for women in certain Middle Eastern and African countries; but still for others nothing much has changed except the date.There are 25 chapters covering India, Yemen, Palestine, Malaysia, Turkey, Tunis, Egypt, Persia (Iraq), Morocco and more. Christian or not, this is a good read.Some excerpts from the book's Introduction:This book with its sad, reiterated story of wrong and oppression is an indictment and an appeal. It is an indictment of the system which produces results so pitiful. It is an appeal to Christian womanhood to right these wrongs and enlighten this darkness by sacrifice and service. At the recent Mohammedan Educational Conference in Bombay the president of the gathering, the Agha Khan, himself a leading Moslem, spoke very trenchantly of the chief barri..
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