The Ibrahim Masriya Collection
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PERIOD

1936 - 1947

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BIOGRAPHY

Ibrahim Masriya is a Palestinian refugee who hails from Abu Shusha village and lives in Beit Sira village, located close to Ramallah.

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DESCRIPTION

The Ibrahim Masriya Collection includes a set of tax receipts of land ownership in the village of Abu Shusha which date back to period starting from the mid-1930s until the 1940s. It was initially kept by Ibrahim Mahmoud Hasan Masriya, the grandfather of Ibrahim Masriya, hoping to return to his village. These documents prove the ownership by the Masriya family of their lands before their forcible displacement in 1948. Before his death, the grandfather Ibrahim entrusted his grandson, Ibrahim, with keeping the collection in the hope of return.

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The Ibrahim Masriya Collection

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