The Omar Shafiq al-Rimawi Collection
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PERIOD

1916 - 1987

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BIOGRAPHY

Coming from the village of Beit Rima, located in the Ramallah district, Omar Shafiq al-Rimawi is a former Palestinian prisoner, who kept the archive of his grandfather, Hajj Younes al-Rimawi, who was the mukhtar of the village in 1914.

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DESCRIPTION

This is a collection of documents regarding the social and family history of the grandfather of Omar Shafiq al-Rimawi (Hajj Younes al-Rimawi), who was the mukhtar of Beit Rima village, located in the Ramallah district, in 1914. The collection includes receipts dating back to the Mandatory and Jordanian periods and to the period of Israeli military rule, land sale and purchase deeds, and official documents issued by several parties during the Mandatory and Jordanian periods, such as marriage contracts, personal cards, vaccination certificates, and passports.

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The Omar Shafiq al-Rimawi Collection

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