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'''Za'ura''' ({{langx|ar|زعورة}}), was a [[Syria]]n [[Alawites|Alawite]] village situated in the northwestern [[Golan Heights]].<ref name="e594">{{cite web | title=Golan Heights and vicinity : October 1994. | website=The Library of Congress | date=1994-01-01 | url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/g7462g.ct001957/?r=0.16,0.386,0.139,0.085,0 | access-date=2024-08-14}} (Za'ura shown as an abandoned/dismantled Syrian village)</ref><ref name=PalestineStudies2000>{{cite journal |last1=Abu Fakhr|first1=Sakr|date=2000|title=Voices from the Golan|journal=Journal of Palestine Studies|volume=29|issue=4 |pages=5–36|url=https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/40836|bibcode=|doi=10.2307/2676559|jstor=2676559 }}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | The German explorer [[Ulrich Jasper Seetzen]] visited Za'ura in 1806 during his travels in the region.<ref name="q322">{{cite book | last=Winter | first=Stefan | title=A History of the 'Alawis: From Medieval Aleppo to the Turkish Republic | publisher=Princeton University Press | year=2016 | isbn=978-0-691-17389-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r3CYDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA31 | access-date=2024-08-14 | page=31}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Before 1967, it was one of three mainly Alawite villages in the Golan Heights together with [['Ayn Fit]] and [[Ghajar]].<ref name=PalestineStudies2000/> After Israel occupied the area in the [[Six-Day War]], they began destroying Syrian villages in the Golan Heights.<ref>{{Harvnb|Sulimani|Kletter|2022|pp=55-56}}</ref> Za'ura was destroyed in 1967.<ref>{{Harvnb|Sulimani|Kletter|2022|p=50}}</ref> |
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In 1888 the village consisted of 65 dwellings and 350 residents.<ref name="k581"/> They grew rice in the [[Hula Lake|Hula]] marshes and tobacco around the village.<ref name="k581">{{cite book |last=Schumacher|first=Gottlieb|title=The Jaulân: Surveyed for the German Society for the Exploration of the Holy Land|url= https://archive.org/details/jaulansurveyedf00schu/page/272/mode/2up|year= 1888 |place= London |publisher= Richard Bentley and Son|page=272}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | The German explorer [[Ulrich Jasper Seetzen]] visited Za'ura in 1806 during his travels in the region.<ref name="q322">{{cite book | last=Winter | first=Stefan | title=A History of the |
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| ⚫ | Before 1967, it was one of three mainly Alawite villages in the Golan Heights together with [['Ayn Fit]] and [[Ghajar]].<ref name=PalestineStudies2000/> After Israel occupied the area in the [[Six-Day War]], they began destroying Syrian villages in the Golan Heights.<ref>{{Harvnb|Sulimani|Kletter|2022|pp=55-56}}</ref> Za'ura was destroyed in 1967.<ref>{{Harvnb|Sulimani|Kletter|2022|p=50}}</ref> |
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== Bibliography == |
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* {{cite journal |last1=Sulimani |first1=Gideon |last2=Kletter |first2=Raz |title=Settler-Colonialism and the Diary of an Israeli Settler in the Golan Heights: The Notebooks of Izhaki Gal |journal=Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies | publisher=Edinburgh University Press |volume=21 |issue=1 |year=2022 |issn=2054-1988 |doi=10.3366/hlps.2022.0283}} |
* {{cite journal |last1=Sulimani |first1=Gideon |last2=Kletter |first2=Raz |title=Settler-Colonialism and the Diary of an Israeli Settler in the Golan Heights: The Notebooks of Izhaki Gal |journal=Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies | publisher=Edinburgh University Press |volume=21 |issue=1 |year=2022 |pages=48–71 |issn=2054-1988 |doi=10.3366/hlps.2022.0283}} |
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Latest revision as of 22:44, 12 October 2024
Za'ura
زعورة | |
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Village | |
  Za'ura | |
| Coordinates: 33°13′08″N 35°42′36″E / 33.218845°N 35.709916°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Quneitra |
| District | Quneitra |
| Region | Golan Heights |
| Destroyed | 1967[1] |
Za'ura (Arabic: زعورة), was a Syrian Alawite village situated in the northwestern Golan Heights.[2][3]
The German explorer Ulrich Jasper Seetzen visited Za'ura in 1806 during his travels in the region.[4]
In 1888 the village consisted of 65 dwellings and 350 residents.[5] They grew rice in the Hula marshes and tobacco around the village.[5]
Before 1967, it was one of three mainly Alawite villages in the Golan Heights together with 'Ayn Fit and Ghajar.[3] After Israel occupied the area in the Six-Day War, they began destroying Syrian villages in the Golan Heights.[6] Za'ura was destroyed in 1967.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Sulimani & Kletter 2022, p. 50
- ^ "Golan Heights and vicinity : October 1994". The Library of Congress. 1994-01-01. Retrieved 2024-08-14. (Za'ura shown as an abandoned/dismantled Syrian village)
- ^ a b Abu Fakhr, Sakr (2000). "Voices from the Golan". Journal of Palestine Studies. 29 (4): 5–36. doi:10.2307/2676559. JSTOR 2676559.
- ^ Winter, Stefan (2016). A History of the 'Alawis: From Medieval Aleppo to the Turkish Republic. Princeton University Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-691-17389-4. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
- ^ a b Schumacher, Gottlieb (1888). The Jaulân: Surveyed for the German Society for the Exploration of the Holy Land. London: Richard Bentley and Son. p. 272.
- ^ Sulimani & Kletter 2022, pp. 55–56
- ^ Sulimani & Kletter 2022, p. 50
Bibliography
[edit]- Sulimani, Gideon; Kletter, Raz (2022). "Settler-Colonialism and the Diary of an Israeli Settler in the Golan Heights: The Notebooks of Izhaki Gal". Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies. 21 (1). Edinburgh University Press: 48–71. doi:10.3366/hlps.2022.0283. ISSN 2054-1988.
