The Abu Hameds of Mulabbis: an oral history of a Palestinian village depopulated in the Late Ottoman period

Mulabbis was the first Arab village whose lands were acquired by Jews for settlement purposes (1878), and is counted among earliest villages to be fully depopulated due Zionist during Late Ottoman period. However, history of Mulabbis, or any other at that time, has not been discussed in depth. By adopting oral as its socio-cultural prism, this paper identifies residents village, descendants Abu Hamed al-Masri, explores their historical narratives recounted elders family within context settler colonialism Palestine. As an a period, story may offer us glimpse future trends cultural recollection Nakba: it idealized lost homeland, relational signifier patrimony inhabitants.