Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 191)

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Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 191)

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They normally
Their presence
power, as well as the
whereas their absence
very difficult and
relations between men of the different clans,
The functions of the
est-house differed according to the time of
» day, or the nature of the villag
ioned more or less as an administrative office |
' four to five elders from each clan -
alderly men
est-house, carrying with them a small amount of
coffee (called a "handful of coffee"), a few sticks for the fire, and
hei akfast piece of bread and a few olives ). Each elder
put the coffee in a bag hung on the wall and seated himself. He was
then offered some hot coffee by the
~ met with the village sheikh. In the early mornings,
would come to the gu
guest-house guardi and he
lrink it while having a conversation with the other men sitting
near hin. Then those who were still young enough to work would
leave for their fields, while the older men stayed behind to discuss
a4 a. , So The shell
in the
ch and his
guest-house
9 ‘unctioned as the village courthouse.
Disputes | between the villagers of Deir
Ghassaneh were presented
before the sheikh. In other villages sheikhs from neighbouring
villages could be asked to settle disputes in the village. Since the
neil ’ Deir Ghassaneh was the distri neik)
nelan ¥ this was not
practice in this village. id his council of elders had
the villager to appear before the court. Each
person would stand in front of the judge and state his case, then sit
the
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