I came naïve from the village’
On Palestinian urbanism and ruralism in Haifa under the British Mandate
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12534656 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Na’ama Ben Ze’ev (University of Haifa), Na‘ama Ben Ze’ev (Tel Hai Academic College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 264-281 |
| Publication date | 2018-07-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1353-0194 • E-ISSN: 1469-3542 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13530194.2018.1491296 |
| OpenAlex | W2810300977 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
During the Mandate period (1920–1948), Haifa attracted thousands of Palestinian rural migrants, who constituted a significant portion of its Arab population. The article examines the experience of rural migrants in urban life and the influence of this social group on urban society. I argue that rural migrants contributed to Haifa’s economic development, participated in political and cultural activity and formed a connecting link between the city and their villages of origin. Rural migrants played a significant role as agents of change in Palestinian society, owing to the conjunction of rural and urban characteristics in their daily life. To demonstrate this, I focus on three arenas of their agency: the labour market, civil society and militias during the Arab Revolt. Their involvement in civil associations and in the Arab Revolt was central to their construction of modernity, and they disseminated it in widening circles in their villages of origin and among their acquaintances in the city
Agency (philosophy · Civil society · Economic growth · Geography · Mandate · Modernity · Political science · Politics · Population · Social science · Sociology · Urbanism · African history and culture studies · Demography · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |