Arab Zahrat al-Dumayri was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on 10 April 1948. It was located 40 km south of Haifa.
History In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Al Damaireh had a population of 227 Muslims.Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Haifa, p. 35
The population in the 1945 statistics was 620, all Muslims, with a total of 1,387 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey. Of this, Arabs used 263 dunams for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 89 while a total of 512 dunams were non-cultivable land.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 139
On 6 April 1948, the Haganah implemented a new policy for the coastal plains, namely of clearing the whole area of its Arab inhabitants. On 10 April the villagers of Arab Zahrat al-Dumayri, together with the villagers of Arab al-Fuqara and Arab al-Nufay'at, were ordered to leave the area.Morris, 2004, p. 245, note631
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External links Welcome To 'Arab Zahrat al-Dumayri 'Arab Zahrat al-Dumayri, from Zochrot Survey of Western Palestine, Map 7: IAA, Wikimedia commons Arab Zahrat al-Dumayri from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center