Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 155)

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Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 155)

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animals, which helped him work the land.
The same was true for the agricultural produce, e.g. grain, wheat,
sesame and lentils, and dried figs, which were kept in a high place
out of reach of the animals. A wooden ladder (fia.4.36F) placed in
the middle of the mastabeh connected it to the dark rawieh above.
Here was where the fallah's food storage (muneh) was kept in big mud
bins (khawabi), or in small mud containers or barrels. ‘The big mud
bins usually formed a wall, which separated the rawieh from the
mastabeh below.
Fig.4.41: Mud bins (khawabi) separated the different areas
To the left of the entrance door and a step higher than the service
area, lay the family space (el-mastabeh). In it all family daily
activities -sitting, eating, cooking, sleeping- were performed.
This was the one space which encompassed the whole life cycle of the
fallah; here he was born, got married, raised his children and met
his creator. There were no physical partitions which divided the
mastabeh. In winter, when the use of the frontyard was restricted,
almost all female activities were performed in the mastabeh. In
summer, the mastabeh was hardly used, except for sleeping.
The mastabeh had almost no furnishings except for the few box-like
mud bins (khawabi), These bins, which were usually made and
decorated by women, were placed against the walls. In these
khawabi, the family's belongings and small amounts of food for every
day consumption were kept. There were also big bins which functioned
as main dividers between the mastabeh and rawieh as well as_ storage
cabins (Fig. 4-41). A number of small niches (tagat) were used for
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