Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 223)

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Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 223)

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am there is a natural stone
its extension. fThis platf
yy low rub of sec LOr
ding the makam ‘(which belongs: to the religious
"The Mohammedans
branches of these |
In fact the » villagers:
picked up some broad beans pl:
There was a belief widely held amongst the villagers that one of the
two domes of the makam (the western dome) was completed overnight by
the villagers of Dei:
pical of all
Ghassaneh themselves.
akamat, as op
structures in Deir Ghassaneh.
yf al-Khwwas were ty
note that the dome:
¢ ost direct zeonetric
Bakhtiar, 1973: XIII).
Around the Khawwas, the villagers would leave all kinds of objects
and belongnge under the saint's protection: sacks of wien,
grain,
the saint (welt).
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Space, Kinship and Gender

Date

1987

Creator

Suad Amiry

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