الملخص

This study sheds light on the socio-religious life in Ramallah as described by the traveler Elihu Grant's book:" The People of Palestine ". The second edition has been published in Philadelphia and London in 1921 AD.  The importance of this study lies in the information in the book which is the result of Grant's daily observations in Ramallah in the period between the years (1901-1904).It refers to the most important narratives of the reason for the emergence of Ramallah, the most important families that inhabited it, its religious life, its religious groups (Christians and Muslims) and their doctrines and rituals and the ways of choosing Christian clerics and their dress. It also tackles the tasks of their superiors, their most important festivals, the sanctity of their religious places, and the relationship between Muslims and Christians there.As for the social life, the study deals with the most important families of Ramallah, its marriage customs, the celebration of the birth of children, the deaths and the accompanying rituals, the tasks of women and their duties, the types of food and drink, the dress of women and men, holidays and occasions, and some of the events that occurred in Ramallah at that time, such as epidemics and earthquakes.