Al-Nabi Rubin, Acre
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| Arabic | النبي روبين |
| Name Meaning | The prophet Rubin |
| Also Spelled | an-Nabi Rubin, Neby Rubin |
| District | Acre |
| Coordinates | 33°04′48.72″N 35°17′28.72″E / 33.0802°N 35.2913111°ECoordinates: 33°04′48.72″N 35°17′28.72″E / 33.0802°N 35.2913111°E |
| Population | 1,400 (1945) |
| Area | 18,563 dunums
18.6 km² |
| Date of depopulation | early November 1948[1] |
| 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.
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[edit] History
In the late nineteenth century, Al-Nabi Rubin was described as a small village located on a hilltop, around a tomb, or "Neby". There were about 90 Muslim villagers. Arable land, fig and olive trees surrounded the village. Two cisterns and a "birket" was also near.[2]
[edit] 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.[3]
A shrine thought to be dedicated to the prophet Rubin is the only original structure that remains on former village's lands.[4]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Morris, 2004, p.xvii, village #68. Also gives cause of depopulation.
- ^ Survey of Western Palestine, 1881, I, p.149.
- ^ 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
- ^ al-Nabi Rubin: Town Statistics from palestineremembered.com
[edit] Bibliography
- Conder, Claude Reignier and H.H. Kitchener (1881): The Survey of Western Palestine: memoirs of the topography, orography, hydrography, and archaeology. London:Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. vol 1
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center, http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0887282245
- Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521009676. http://books.google.com/?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=benny+morris&q.
