Al-Nabi Rubin, Acre
al-Nabi Rubin | |
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Arabic | النبي روبين |
Name meaning | The prophet Rubin[1] |
Also spelled | an-Nabi Rubin, Neby Rubin |
Subdistrict | Acre |
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Palestine grid | 177/276 |
Population | 1,400 (1945) |
Area | 18,563 dunams 18.6 km² |
Date of depopulation | early November 1948[2] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Expulsion by Yishuv forces |
Current localities | Shomera, Even Menachem, Zar'it, Shtula |
Al-Nabi Rubin (Arabic: النبي روبين) was a Palestinian village located 28 kilometers northeast of Acre. Al-Nabi Rubin students used to attend school in the nearby village of Tarbikha.
History
In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Al-Nabi Rubin: This is a small village round the tomb of the Neby, containing about ninety Moslems, it is situated on a prominent top, and surrounded by many olives, a few figs and arable land; there are two cisterns and a birket near.[3]
In 1945 the population Tarbikha, Suruh and Al-Nabi Rubin together was 1000 according to an official land and population survey,[4] all were Muslims,[5] and they had a total of 18,563 dunams of land.[4] 619 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 3,204 used for cereals,[6] while 112 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[7]
1948, and afterwards
The village was captured by Israel as a result of the Haganah's offensive, Operation Hiram during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and was mostly destroyed with the exception of its shrine. Al-Nabi Rubin inhabitants were expelled to Lebanon in two waves, the aged and infirm were the last to depart when the IDF trucked them to the Lebanese border.[8]
A shrine thought to be dedicated to the prophet Rubin is the only original structure that remains on former village's lands.[9]
See also
References
- ↑ Palmer, 1881, p. 53
- ↑ Morris, 2004, p.xvii, village #68. Also gives cause of depopulation.
- ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 149.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 41
- ↑ Village Statistics The Palestine Government, April 1945, p. 3
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 81
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 131
- ↑ Morris, Benny, (second edition 2004 third printing 2006) The Birth Of The Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-00967-7 pp 506-507
- ↑ Khalidi, 1992, p. 27
Bibliography
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External links
- Welcome To al-Nabi Rubin
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 3: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Al-Nabi Rubin at Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center