Deir al-Asad (Arabic: دير الأسد‎) is a veelage in the Galilee region o Israel, 49 kilometres frae Haifa. It is locatit abuin al-Araas muntain. Aw the residents are Muslims. The nummer o the residents in 2003 wis approximately 8,400.

Deir al-Asad

דייר אל-אסד
دير الأسد
View of Deir al-Asad, Carisa Lea, 2007
View of Deir al-Asad, Carisa Lea, 2007
KintraIsrael
DestrictNorth
Area
 • Total4.8 km2 (1.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2003)
 • Total8,400
Time zoneUTC+2 (IST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (IDT)

History eedit

Deir al-Asad's name literally means "the lion's monastery" in Arabic.[1] In the late 19t century, it wis describit as a veelage o 600 Muslims, containin a few ruins. It wis surroondit bi olive-trees an arable land, wi a spring nearby.[2]

The toun is maistly populatit bi the Asadi an Dabbah faimilies. Accordin tae the 1931 Breetish census, Deir al-Asad haed 858 Muslim residents livin in 179 hooses.[3] Bi 1945, Deir el Asad haed 1,100 indwallers, aw classifee'd as Arabs. Thay awned a tot o 8,366 dunams o land, while 7 dunams wur public.[4]

Palestinian naitional poet Mahmoud Darwish wis educatit in the veelage. The veelage providit sanctuary tae Uri Davis for a year while he wis evadin airmy service.

Afore 1962 the veelage o Deir al-Asad wis self-sufficient in fuid. It producit enough meat, fruit, wheat an vegetables for itsel an sauld the surplus in Acre or Nazareth. In 1962 its land in the Majd al-Kurum valley wis confiscated for the Carmiel toun project, an the veelage wis tharebi stripped o its maist fertile acres. Anerlie the hill land tae the north, consistin mainly o olive groves, remained. In ane blow the economy o Deir al-Asad wis ruined. The day anerlie 10% o the labour force can wirk on the land, ower 80% hae tae commute daily tae the factories o Haifa or wirk as labourers on Jewish ferms.[5][6]

In 2003, the municipality o Deir al-Asad mergit wi Majd al-Krum an Bi'ina tae form the ceety o Shaghur. Housomeivver, it wis reinstatit in 2008 efter Shaghur wis dissolvit.

References eedit

  1. Palmer, 1881, p. p.42
  2. Conder an Kitchener, 1881, SWP, p. 150
  3. E. Mills, ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine. pp. 100–101.
  4. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in S. Hadawi, Village Statistics, 1945. PLO Research Center, 1970 p. 40.
  5. Gilmour, 1983, p. 108.
  6. Amun, Davis, and San´allah, 1977, pp. 4–5.

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Coordinates: 32°56′11″N 35°16′19″E / 32.9364°N 35.2719°E / 32.9364; 35.2719

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