Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 190)

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Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 190)

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In nearly every Palestinian village there was at least one guest-
house. The number of guest-houses was influenced by the number of
clans in a village, their size and affluence. Whether there was one
or more guest-houses was dictated by whether there was one hegemonic
clan or several powerful ones. In the case of Deir Ghassaneh until
the 1920's, there was only one guest—-house, located in the Barghouthi
quarter, and in the middle of the Daher compounds. The placing of this
single guest-house in relation to its surroundings revealed the
hierarchical social order which prevailed in Deir Ghassaneh. The
fact that the Daher guest-house was considered the common madafah
reflected the power and authority which that family enjoyed over
other families. Whereas in some villages the guest-house was a room
in the sheikh's house or, as in smaller villages and hamlets, the
village mosque was used as a guest-house, in Deir Ghassaneh, the
guest-house was a separate building distinguished by its size and
scale. Men from all the Barghouthi sub-clans, the Shu'aibi, the
‘Alem and the lower quarter, came to the guest—house and considered
4+ their common madafah.
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Fig. 5.5: The Shu'aibi and Cana‘an private reception rooms (‘'alali)
The different clans had their own private reception room located in
their own quarters. These were referred to as '‘alali (elevated
rooms), and were used by the clans for their own personal and family
guests only (Fig. 5.5). In times of tension and dispute between the
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