ABSTRACT
The lack of a single educational system has retarded the education of Moslem women much more than the Christian, especially in the Lebanon, since Moslem girls for the most part have not taken advantage of the many Christian schools. Before the war, a few Moslem girls o f the upper class in the Catholic convent schools and the Protestant schools, were the great exception. Since the war the number of Moslem girls in foreign schools and in Moslem schools has increased but they represent a selected class, which are less conservative and not averse to foreign influence. The great middle class o f Christians as well as Moslems has felt a lack of free public education, since the middle class in any
country is cut off from educational advantages as long as there is no public system.
