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Did you know... that the sakia (water wheel) for the former Palestinian Arab village of Zayta was built out of a Corinthian capital, marble pillars, a rough pulley, and 85 stone jars attached by grass ropes?

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Petersen book[edit]

Does anyone have access to this book? It mention that Zayta had a Christian minority (91 Muslim families and 7 Christian ones). I'm not sure its the same Zayta though because I can't see the whole book online and I don't know what year it is referring to. Help would be appreciated. Tiamut^talk 11:24, 23 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I have the book, on page 131, it is in connection with the 1596-cencus, & Petersen writes:

the Nablus district ("liwa"), is devided into four "nahiyas" (=subdistrict);
- One of these "nahiyas", namely "nahiya Qaqun", has 12 villages belonging to it, one of which is Zayta:
  - "12 villages one of which (Zayta) has a small Christian minority (91 Muslim families and 7 Christian families). ."

If Khalidi is to be trusted, then "this" Zayta was in Gaza district. And, since Qaqun is in the Tulkarm-section, I suspect the above refers to Raml Zayta, in the Tulkarm-district.

...I think I´ll put a link from the talk-page on Raml Zayta to here, for future reference....Cheers, Huldra (talk) 22:57, 23 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Or it could be referring to Zeita, Tulkarm, which is still around in Tulkarem in the West Bank. I think that's more likely, but no harm in spreading the word to other possible candidates. Thanks Huldra. Tiamut^talk 23:26, 23 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ah yes; that is quite possible; I´ve done far to little on the West Bank-places..Huldra (talk) 00:30, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Me too. In fact, I wanted to develop them more, but once all the 48 villages were made into stubs, the pressure to get them done first mounted. Still, a lot of West Bank villages, particularly those along the green line, should be documented now, as they are in danger of disappearing. Tiamut^talk 09:12, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, it may be the 1596 census above refers to Zeita Jamma'in, which likely adopted Jamma'in to differentiate it form the other Zeita's. I have create a dismabig page at Zeita which Zayta redirects to now, given how many Zeitas there are. Tiamut^talk 11:04, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Seems that the move of the village may have been resisted. Can't see the whole discussion, but this book on malaria and the Zionist project in Palestine notes, "[...] Zeita Arabs claimed, "It's better to die from malaria than from hunger, because our existence depends on the herds which need the swamps." I'll try to find more, but as I told you on your talk page, my suspicion is that there was a political reason for the move of the village too, and that the villagers were not necessarily on board. Tiamut^talk 09:41, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure if there is still a problem here. The Zayta on Hutteroth p147 has the same coords as we give in this article. Zero^talk 15:37, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]