| al-Nabi Rubin | |
| Native Name: | النبي روبين |
| Native Name Lang: | ar |
| Other Name: | an-Nabi Rubin, Neby Rubin |
| Etymology: | The prophet Rubin[1] |
| Pushpin Map: | Mandatory Palestine |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
| Coordinates: | 33.0803°N 35.2914°W |
| Grid Name: | Palestine grid |
| Grid Position: | 177/276 |
| Subdivision Type: | Geopolitical entity |
| Subdivision Name: | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdivision Type1: | Subdistrict |
| Subdivision Name1: | Acre |
| Established Title1: | Date of depopulation |
| Established Date1: | early November 1948[2] |
| Established Title2: | Repopulated dates |
| Unit Pref: | dunam |
| Area Total Km2: | 18.6 |
| Area Total Dunam: | 18,563 |
| Population As Of: | 1945 |
| Population Total: | 1,000, with Tarbikha and Suruh[3] [4] |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Cause(s) of depopulation |
| Blank Info Sec1: | Expulsion by Yishuv forces |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | Current Localities |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | Shomera, Even Menachem, Zar'it, Shtula |
Al-Nabi Rubin (ar|النبي روبين, literally "Prophet Rubin" or "Prophet Reuben"), was a Palestinian village located 28 kilometers northeast of Acre. Al-Nabi Rubin students used to attend school in the nearby village of Tarbikha.
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Al-Nabi Rubin: This is a small village round the tomb of the Neby, containing about ninety Moslems, it is situated on a prominent top, and surrounded by many olives, a few figs and arable land; there are two cisterns and a birket near.[5]
In the 1945 statistics the population Tarbikha, Suruh and Al-Nabi Rubin together was 1000 Muslims according to an official land and population survey,[3] [4] all were Muslims,[6] and they had a total of 18,563 dunams of land.[4] 619 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 3,204 used for cereals,[7] while 112 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[8]
The village was captured by Israel as a result of the Haganah's offensive, Operation Hiram during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and was mostly destroyed with the exception of its shrine. Al-Nabi Rubin inhabitants were expelled to Lebanon in two waves, the aged and infirm were the last to depart when the IDF trucked them to the Lebanese border.[9]
A shrine thought to be dedicated to the prophet Rubin is the only original structure that remains on former village's lands.[10]
