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Hamula organisation and Masha'a tenure in Palestinearticle 1986 • Atran, Scott
Palestinians • Middle East > Middle East
Based on historical sources, the author examines the Palestinian land tenure system (MASHA'A) and assesses its vulnerability to outside interference and land dispossession. The MASHA'A was a system of communal land tenure in which land was redistribu...