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Revision as of 12:24, 2 October 2009 by John Bahrain (talk | contribs) (improve link.)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Abu Kabir is a place name that originally referred to a suburb located east of Jaffa in Ottoman-era Palestine. Originally called Sakhanat Abu Kabir, it was founded by Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt in 1834 after he captured Jaffa from the Ottomans.
Now a part of greater Tel Aviv officially known as Giv'at Herzl, the area is still informally called Abu Kabir. A prison in the area is known as the Abu Kabir Prison, and the L Greenberg Institute of Forensic Medicine also located there is also known informally simply as the "Abu Kabir Forensic Institute". The director of the Abu Kabir from 1988 - 2005, and its chief pathologist is Yehuda Hiss.
References
- Michael Dumper and Bruce E. Stanley, Cities of the Middle East and North Africa: a historical encyclopedia, ISBN 1576079198, 2006, p. 200
- Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel Tourism
- Yael Cohen, Identifying dead, comforting the survivors at Abu Kabir, Cleveland Jewish News, 27 September 2002
- Judy Siegel, Foreign experts to inspect Abu Kabir forensic institute, Jerusalem Post, 28 December 2000
32°03′N 34°46′E / 32.050°N 34.767°E / 32.050; 34.767
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