Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 114)

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Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 114)

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The above were common features to most Barghouthi houses. Below a
more detailed description of the social aspects of space will be
given of both the Saleh and the Abdul Aziz compounds.
THE SALEH COMPOUND
Fig- 4-18: The location of the Saleh compound
The Saleh compound shown in figure 4.18 constituted the northwestern
corner of the communal plaza. This compound belonged to the village
gheik Saleh Abdul Jaber (1860- 1905), and later to his son, sheik
Mahmoud, and his brothers. The stone inscriptions located on the
entrance gate and the inner gate show that the compound was built in
two stages. The ground floor and part of the second floor were built
sn 1011 hijri, (1591 AD), while the other part of the second floor
was built by sheikh Jaber in 1279 hijri, (1871 AD). This compound
(Fig. 4.2) like other Barghouthi compounds was strongly influenced by
urban architecture. The majestic scale, the ornate fine stone work
and the introverted spatial organisation recalled urban structures.
This architecture strongly contrasted with the simpler fallaheen
architecture, which was -less formal and rather’ extroverted,
especially in its relationship with the outside space and the
surrounding environmernt.
In short, as figure 4.20 shows, the Saleh compound is an introverted
two-story building, rectangular in plan (measuring about 23x34m) and
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