In the Shadow of the Wall : The Life and Death of Jerusalem's Maghrebi Quarter, 1187-1967 / Vincent Lemire ; translated by Jane Kuntz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lemire, Vincent, 1973- author.

Contributor:

Kuntz, Jane, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

North Africans--Jerusalem--History.

North Africans.

Jewish-Arab relations--History.

Jewish-Arab relations.

Maghrebi Quarter (Jerusalem)--History.

Maghrebi Quarter (Jerusalem).

Jerusalem--Ethnic relations--History.

Jerusalem.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

The Maghrebi Quarter of Jerusalem long sat in the shadow of the Western Wall, the last vestige of the Second Temple. Three days after the June '67 War, Israeli forces razed the Quarter, its narrow alleys widened and homes removed, to create the Western Wall Plaza. With this book, Vincent Lemire offers the first history of the Maghrebi Quarter—spanning 800 years from its founding by Saladin in 1187 to house North African Muslim pilgrims through to its destruction. To bring this vanished district back to life, Lemire gathers its now-scattered documentation in the archives of Muslim pious foundations in Jerusalem and the Red Cross in Geneva, in Ottoman archives in Istanbul and Israeli state archives. He engages testimonies of former residents and looks to recent archaeological digs that have resurfaced household objects buried during the destruction. Today, the Western Wall Plaza extends over the former Maghrebi Quarter. It is one of the most identifiable places in the world—yet one of the most occluded in history. In the Shadow of the Wall offers a new point of entry to understand this consequential place.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction. A Place for History

Prologue. The Legal Foundation of a Jerusalem Neighborhood

1 In the Empire of the Sultans

2 In the Turmoil of War and the Mandate

3 Protection and Imperial Ambition

4 Colonial Contradictions and Geopolitical Upheaval

5 Expel and Demolish

6 After the Catastrophe

Epilogue. The Archives in the Ground

Conclusion. A Wall of Silence

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

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Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Lemire, Vincent In the Shadow of the Wall

ISBN:

9781503634213

1503634213

OCLC:

1346253276