قرية زكريا

Village of Zakariyya

This is the Palestine Heritage Journey to the village of Zakariyya. In the words of Palestinian historian Khader Salameh, the story of Zakariyya “is the story of the Palestinian question, of the homeland, of pain and of loss."

Explore the early history of the village under Islamic rule, its religious beliefs of its inhabitants, daily life, and finally, the destruction of Zakariyya after 1948.

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Zakariyya: Pathways

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1
Bronze Age to Byzantines
The early history of Zakariyya
2
The village of the watermelons
Islamic era, 7th century to Ottoman rule
3
Faith and fable
Religious practice and buildings in Zakariyya
4
A day in a fellah village
Life in Zakariyya in the late 19th and early 20th century
5
British rule and Nakba
The destruction of a village
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Credit
Primary research was conducted by Palestine Heritage Journeys co-lead researcher Yossef Rapoport, with additional research from Gabriel Polley and Nadine Aranki. Special thanks to Khader Salameh for his book Qaryat Zakariyya, from which much of this Zakariyya journey is drawn.
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Zakariyya timeline

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