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family gave it strong support and it is now attended by
over 100 girl students.
The teachers are the mother and sister of one
of the Syrian masters in the boys' school at Maharak
assisted by two local women, pupil teachers, The
curriculum is simple, reading, writing,arithmetic,sewing

and painting. The school iB very popular.
The Education Committee are now being asked to
open a girls' school in Manama, which is a town, is more
broad minded than Maharak.
One of the arguments against the school which was
put forward seriously, was that it woujLd injure the girls'
chanoes of marriage as their looks would be criticized

by female relations of intending suitors who would report
unfavourably on their appearance.
8hia School. The new Shia School was opened
on the day following the Eid al Pitr by H.E. Shaikh Hamad.
The sum of 1100/- has been allotted at present for the
new Manama school and the small school at Suk Al Khamis.
The management of the school is in the hands of
a committee of Shia merchants under the Presidency of

Syed Ahmed bin Syed Alawi.
The Head-master is a young Bahrani who was
educated in Baghdad, his brother, and three Iraqis from
the school staff.

The number of the boys at present is 198, as
many as the building will hold. The school is warmly

supported by the Shia <*adis and all the local townspeople.
Persian Schools. Owing to quarrels among the
committee the old Persian School divided into two schools
during the year. Both schools are supported by the
Persian Government and are said to be a centre for Persian