Book
The Arabs of Palestine
Am Oved Publishing House • Tel Aviv, Palestine • Published In 1947 • Pages:
By: Shimoni, Yaacov, Neubart, Leo, Patai, Raphael.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a description of the Arab community in the former Palestine just before the partition. In this translation, the following subjects are discussed: origins, Muslim customs and sanctuaries, Muslim organization, Arab minorities, Christians, Bedouins, the village, the town, important Arab families, political groups, Arab radio, press, literature, and socio-economic changes within the group of Palestinian Arabs. A glossary of Arab terms is included.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Traditional history
- Cultural participation
- Press
- Publishing
- Real property
- Administration
- Labor organization
- Status, role, and prestige
- Ethnic stratification
- Sodalities
- Cult of the dead
- Sacred objects and places
- Religious denominations
- Education system
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Palestinians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle East
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Middle East
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Elizabeth Young ; 1956
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1946
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1946
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Israel
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Jacob Shimoni
- Translation of: [Aravey Erets Yisrael]
- The original Hebrew text is not included.
- Romanized
- Translated from the Hebrew for Human Relations Area Files by Leo Neubart ; edited by Raphael Patai. All of the plates have been placed at the end of the translation, pages 640-676.
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- a 47004188
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Palestinian Arabs