al-Qubayba
Al-Qubayba'' (also: Qubeiba) (Arabic: القبية) was a Palestinian village that was captured by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. The village was located near the ruins of the ancient Canaanite city of Lashish. (Stillman, p.57)
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| District | District of Hebron | ||||||
| Location | 24 km northwest of Hebron | ||||||
| Israeli occupation date | October 28, 1948 | ||||||
| Israeli military operation | Operation Yoav | ||||||
| Israeli attacking brigade | n/a | ||||||
| Remaining population after occupation | 0 | ||||||
| Remaining structures after occupation | none | ||||||
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| Number of houses | 1931: 141 | ||||||
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| Israeli locality | Lakhish | ||||||
| Public structures | A mosque, a school | ||||||
Culture
A womans thob (loose fitting robe with sleeves), from Qubeiba, about 1910, is in the Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) collection at Santa Fe. The dress is composed of pieces of different fabrics, textures and colors. The front and the upper half of the back are of black cotton. The chest panel, the side panels and the lower back of the skirt is handwoven indigo linen. There is a colorful silk cross stitch embroidery, in red, violet, orange, yellow, green and black. The effect is "particularly gay, twinkling" (Stillman, p. 57). The qabbeh (the square chest panel) is embroidered with the qurunful ("clove") motif, and it has vertical rows of eight-pointed stars, called qamr (="moons"), and a row of the mushut ("combs") pattern. There are eight embroidered columns on each side panel of the dress. The patterns which are used are fanajin qahweh ("coffee cups"), khem-el-basha ("the pashas tent"), irq el-ward ("rose branch"), and miftah Khalil ("key of Hebron"). There is also a pattern (with flowers, moons, trees, tents and tiles) not seen anywhere else in the MOMA collection. Finally, there is also some embroidery at the wrists. (Stillman, p. 57)
References
- Stillman, Yedida Kalfon (1979): Palestinian costume and jewelry, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, ISBN 0-8263-0490-7 (A catalog of the Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) at Santa Fe's[1] collection of Palestinian clothing and jewelry.)
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