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Al-Dawayima (Arabic: الدوامية) was a Palestinian village that was captured by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
| al-Dawayima |
| District |
District of Hebron |
| Location |
18 km northwest of Hebron |
| Israeli occupation date |
October 29, 1948 |
| Israeli military operation |
Operation Yo'av |
| Israeli attacking brigade |
Eighty-Ninth Battalion of Eight Brigade |
| Remaining population after occupation |
0 |
| Remaining structures after occupation |
One house |
| Population |
| 1596 |
1931 |
1945 |
| n/a |
2,688 |
3,710 |
|
| Number of houses |
1931: 559 |
| Historical names |
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| Israeli locality |
Amatzya |
| Public structures |
A mosque |
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A womans thob (loose fitting robe with sleeves), from about 1910, is in the Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) collection at Santa Fe. The dress is of handwoven blue indigo linen. The embroidery is cross stitch, in silk, predominantly red, with touches of violet, orange, yellow, white, green and black. The upper half of the qabbeh (=the square chest panel) is embroidered with alternate columns of diamonds, ( the pattern is called el-ferraneh), and eight-pointed stars, (called qamr (="moons")). The lower half of the qabbeh is in the qelayed ("necklases") pattern. The side-panels of the skirt are completely covered with embroidered columns. Among the patterns are: nakhleh ("palm") motif, ward-wil-aleq ("rose-and-leech") and khem-el-basha ("the pashas tent"). Each column is topped with various trees. There is no embroidery on the long, pointed sleeves. (Stillman, p. 56-57)
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