Many of the 1948-era refugees were "fellahin" ("peasants") who ate seasonal foods. Others applied the term "fellahin" only to landless workers. These elites also paid lower poll-taxes than the local native Egyptians, fellahin. The bulk of revenues came from taxing the fellahin (peasant farmers), and taxes were high. Ahmed Fouad Negm was born in Sharqia, Egypt, to a family of fellahin. It resulted in a mass uprising by the "fellahin" which broke out in the spring. Mackenzie was also wary of fellahin raiding archaeological sites and stealing artifacts. Less dependent on irrigation works than the fellahin, they were capable of resisting long sieges. Fellahin families resided in small scattered housing in the lower parts of the village. Fellahin houses contained a single door, which was placed parallel to the arch-wall.