Editing Sha'ab, Israel (section)

==Notable buildings==
===Mosque of Zahir al-Umar===
The [[mosque]] of [[Zahir al-Umar]] is situated in the centre of the old village. In 1933 it was inspected by Na'im Makhouly from the [[Rockefeller Museum|Palestine Antiquities Museum]], who found that the mosque dated from the time of Zahir al-Umar. In 1933 the mosque was in disrepair. Pictures from the time show two [[Arcade (architecture)|arcades]]: one had four [[arch]]es connected with the side wall, with two [[column]]s in the centre. A reused [[Ionic order|Ionic]] [[Capital (architecture)|capital]] could be seen, and above the doorway was a reused [[Ancient Roman architecture|Roman]] [[Lintel (architecture)|lintel]] (first noticed by Guérin in the 1870s).<ref name=Petersen275/><ref name=Petersen276>Petersen, 2001, p. [https://www.academia.edu/21620272/Gazetteer_6._S-Z 276]</ref>

Andrew Petersen, an archaeologist specialising  in [[Islamic architecture]], surveyed the mosque in 1994. He found that the present mosque, built in the 1980s, encased the old building. The old part is the prayer hall, has an entrance to the north. This hall is square, covered with a [[dome]]. The dome rests on large [[squinch]]es, which are supported by [[corbel]]s. According to Petersen, the domed prayer hall is consistent with an 18th-century construction date.<ref name=Petersen276/>

===Tomb of Shaykh Alami=== 
The [[Maqam (shrine)|Maqam]] Shaykh Alami is situated south of the mosque, within its enclosure. It is built at a slope, where the ground rises to the south. On the east side there are two entrances; to the maqam, and to an underground [[cistern]].<ref name=Petersen276/>

The building is rectangular, 10 x 20 m, with an interior divided into two. The southern part contains a [[mihrab]] and is covered with a [[barrel vault]]. The northern end is covered with a dome, and has two large [[cenotaph]]s. According to Petersen, the buildings appear medieval.<ref name=Petersen276/>