Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 138)

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Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 138)

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rest of the village. There were no openings except for the few
small ventilation holes. In contrast with the Barghouthi compounds,
which had elaborate entry gates penetrating parameter walls, the
Shu'aibi's simple entry doors could only be reached from an inner
communal courtyard. opatially, the Shu'aibi quarter was the most
well-defined quarter in the village. As seen in figure 4.33, its
parameter wall (i.e., backs of buildings) completely fenced off the
harah from the east, south and west.
Fige 4-33: Backs of the Shu'aibi buildigs formed a strong external
boundary
The two well-defined entrances to the harah (which had no. gates)
were located on the northwest and northeast (fig. 4.32). The former
was a very narrow alley defined by two relatively. high and_ solid
buildings. This entrance, which alternatively connected and
separated the oShu'aibi quarter from the rest of the village,
symbolized a "cautious" and formal relationship which the Shu'aibi
clan had, and still has, with the rest of the village (Fig.4.34).
Outside this entrance lay the olive press (bed) which belonged to
the Shu'aibi clan and the Atrash (Barghouthi) sub-clan. In addition
to the members of these two clans, the press was also used by the
inhabitants living in the southeast section of the village. This
olive press, like the rest of the presses (which mostly had a joint
ownership), was one of the communal activity centres bringing
together members of the different clans. The location of this press
outside the harah proper, guarded against any outside - i.e. non
Shu'aibi - intrusions into the harah. In addition, it limited the
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