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| Most of Zababdeh people are Christians, originated from three families which emigrated from Taybeh-Ramallah to Zababdeh, and these families are: Daibes, Es'ayed and Khalil Ibrahim. In 1873, some important personalities from the Latin Patriarchate visited Zababdeh and found its people in a poor situation, working in serving Jarrar's family which had a great authority in that region. At that time Zababdeh people were followers of the Orthodox Church, and after the death of the priest, his position remained vacant for years, because the Patriarchate did not appoint a successor for him. In 1874 Zababdeh's notable men contacted the priest of Nablus, Fr. Julian Boust, and requested to join the Catholic Church, because of the lack of an Orthodox priest, and they wanted the Latin Patriarchate to take care of them and defend them against the Turkish authorities. And so, Fr. Boust wrote to the Patriarch Bracco (The Patriarch of the Latin church at that time) teling him about the situation, and that was on the 28th of July 1874, and Fr. Anton Rizq succeeded in persuading the Patriarch of the importance of starting a religious mission in Zababdeh, so the Patriarch sent the Maronite father Hanna Trad to the village on the 1st of January 1883. Fr. Hanna Trad was accompanied by a school teacher who lived with him in one room which was used as a school and a church at the same time. In May 1883, Fr. Anton Rizq visited Fr. Hanna in Zababdeh and bought a piece of land, suitable for building a church and a monastery, but they faced a lot of problems with the Turkish authorities who banned the building new churches, but the priests of the Patriarchate had enough experience in that filed so they demanded the building of a small house for the priest. The architectures were keen on including a large room which was actually used as a reception room that could be turned easily to a temporary church until the conditions got better and the official church was built. During Fr. Hanna's age, the Rosary Nuns joined the congregation, a school was opened and the number of the people in the congregation was about 160. Fr. Hanna was transmitted out of Zababdeh in 1886, and he was replaced by Fr. Joseph Stephan who remained there for three months and then left for Fr. Eugene Legrand who stayed for 10 months. And finally Fr. Elias Shiha came in 5/7/1887. He built the church and a monastery for the nuns. On the other hand some families kept their Orthodox faith until the arrival of a priest to them |
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| There are two theories regarding this subject: 1- The name of Zababdeh came from the name of a nice smelling bird called Zabbad which lived in that region in large numbers. 2- Another opinion says that this name came from butter (Zubdah in Arabic) which was produced by sheep living in that region. |
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According to the census of 1997, the people number was about 3000, 80% of them are Christians and the rest are Muslims. Also the number of foreigners all around the world is about 3000, in Jordan there are about 1800 of which 95% are Christians. As for the countries in which these foreigners live, they are: 1- Palestine: in various cities as Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth and Ramallah. 2- Jordan: Amman, Zarqa' and Irbid. 3- Germany and some other European countries. 4- The USA and Canada. 5- South America especially Argentina. 6- Australia. |
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| (a) Christian Families (in alphabetical order): Abu-Obaid originally from 'Aqaba-Jordan Abu-Sahlieh originally from Tybeh-Ramallah 'Awwad originally from Sabastia Daibes came from Tybeh-Ramallah Dawood originally from Kherbet Alwahadneh (Jordan) Es'ayed came from Tybeh-Ramallah Ghannam originally from a village near Toulkarem Kasabreh originally from Lebanon Khalil Ibrahim came from Tybeh-Ramallah Khuri originally from Rafidia-Nablus Msallam originally from Nuss-Jbeel near Sabastia Soudah originally from Rafidia-Nablus Thiab came from Taybeh-Ramallah (b) Muslims: Al-Far originally from a village (Fara) in Jordan Al-Turukman originally from Al-Ghbiah & Al-Mansi (Palestine 1948) Sharqawi originally from Egypt Others came to Zababdeh from different Palestinian villages after the Isreaeli invasion in 1948 |
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| Health In Zababdeh there is the Arabic Evangelical Hospital which is equipped with the most developed equipment, in addition to that there are external clinics of different specializations and equipment. Also there are two pharmacies. Water It is received from 'Arrabeh or from the well of Qabatyeh. Electricity There are electrical generators working 24 hours a day. Telephones Available in Zababdeh since September 1998. Transports Transporting vehicles are available most of the time, for Zababdeh is situated on the main street between Jenin and Nablus. |
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| Schools There are four schools: 1- The Latin Patriarchate School: which is considered the best school in the region and many students from neighboring villages study in it. 2- The Government School for females 3- The Government School for males 4- The American University School: Which is a new and classy school, but none of Zababdeh students study in it. Colleges The College of Naim Khader for Agriculture Universities The Arabic American University of Jenin (AAUJ) is very close to Zababdeh and many of Zababdeh students are studying in it. |
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| 1- Agriculture: 25% of life resources. 2- Various Professional Works: like sewing. 3- Various Occupations: like teaching. 4- Different Works outside Zababdeh. |
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