Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 97)

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Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 97)

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groups -— the Barghe/’tis - lived near the centre. While the sheikh's
house opened directly on the saha, the fallaheen of the lower quarter
lived farthest from the saha i.e., on the village outskirts, hence
spatially expressing their social distance (fig. 4.7).
Arrow indicates direction of status in descending
order from centre
Village centre (saha)
The Barghouthi quarter top of social hierarchy
Lower quarter farthest from centre expressing
social distance
Shu'aibi quarter
Halabieh or el-'Alem quarter
Misshel quarter
Fig. 4.7: Diagram showing relationship between village centre and
quarters: status ranking
Village Streets And Alleys
Rehind the village centre lay a network of narrow and winding alleys
which connected as well as separated the different parts of the
village. Clusters and streets changed shapes and sizes according to
needs. Streets were sometimes defined either by the backs of
buildings which formed a continuous high wall, as in the case of the
Barghouthi quarter, or by low rubble stone walls separating the semi-
private courtyards from public streets. However, the majority of
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Space, Kinship and Gender

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