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| Kuwaykat District of Acre كويكات - כויכאת Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
July 10, 1948
Distance from district center
9 (km) Northeast of Acre
Elevation from the sea
55 (meters)
Map location
See location number #19 on the map
Israeli military operation
Dekel Operation
Israeli attacking brigade
Sheva' (Seventh) and Carmeli brigades
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisKuwaykat was mostly destroyed with the exception of its shrine.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisKuwaykat inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
4,668
Jewish
0
Public
65
Total
4,733
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
1,246
Area planted w/ olives
500
Planted W/ Cereal
3,316
Built up
26
Cultivable
4,562
Non-Cultivable
145
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
300
1922
604
1931
789
1945
1,050
1948
1,218
Est. Refugees 1998
7,480
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
163
1948
251
Town's name through history
The Crusades referred to Kuwaykat by Coket.
Schools
Kuwaykat had an elementary school for boys which was founded by the Ottomans in 1887.
Religious institutions
One Mosque.
Shrines/maqams
One shrine for the Druze Shaykh Abu Muhammad al-Qurayshi which remains standing to this date. However, where are the Druze of Palestine to renovate their shrine?
Archeological sites
Kuwaykat has many archaeological remains especially nearby Tel Mimas, which contains an ancient water reservoir, wine presses, and rock-hewn tombs.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Beyt ha-'Emeq
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"Little remains of the village except the deserted cemetery, completely overgrown with weeds, and rubble from houses. Inscriptions on two of the graves identify one as that of Hamad 'Isa al-Hajj, and another as that of Shaykh Salih Iskandar, who died in 1940. The shrine of Shaykh Abu Muhammad al-Qurayshi still stands but its stone pedestal is badly cracked. "
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To contact any of the below members, simply click on the names.| Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
| Al-hassan | Al-hassan - ibreeq | QATAR, QATAR |
| وائل محمد | - | QATAR |
| ريم نصار | - | الامارات |
| Nabil Rameileh | كويكات | BEIRUT |
| عماد العلي | العلي | العين, الامارات |
| Bassim Ibrik | Ibrik | NUEVO LEON, MEXICO |
| Husein Ghadban | Ghadban | ABU SINAN |
| Mohamad Al-Khatib | - | ABU DHABI, UAE |
| Abu Mohammed | - | DOHA, QATAR |
| Ahmad Mahmoud Iskandar | Iskandar | DOHA |
| FADEL ABDULMAGID | AL ALI | COPENHAGEN, DENMARK |
| Amnah | Said | IL, USA |
| Ayah Said | Said | IL, USA |
| Zuhdi Iskandar | - | MICHIGAN, USA |
| Gadban | Gadban | AL-MAZRAA |
| Raed Iskandar | اسكندر | ABU DHABI, UAE |
| Salim Ghadban | Alghadban | DENMARK, DENMARK |
| Saleh Ghadban | - | DOHA |
| غسان | - | الدوحة, قطر |
| Wessam elkassem | Elkassem | DOHA, QATAR |
| Amani El-khatib | - | BEIRUT, LEBANON |
| Nazih Barakji | - | DENMARK, DENMARK |
| Emilia | AlYehya | BEIRUT, UAE |
| Emelia Al Habit | Al Habit | LEBANON, BEIRUT - LEBANON |
| Racha Mustafa | - | DOHA-QATAR |
| Mr_Palestine | Ghadban | ABU DHABI, U.A.E |
| Darine Maleeh Moustafa Asem Nasra | - | UAE, UAE |
| Mohamad Elbaytam | Elbaytam | MANILA, PHILIPPINES |
| Fadel | Al said | IL, USA |
| ZAKARIA GHADBAN | EL- GHADBAN | BOSNIA, BOSNIA&HERZIGOVINIA |
| Mohamad Said | Al-Said | AZ, U.S.A. |
| Farasha | - | QATAR |
| Abunoor | Eskandar | ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
| Khaled Iskander | Iskander | MALMض, SWEDEN |
| Rami H. El-Habet | - | ABU DHABI, UAE |
| Naim | - | BEIRUT, LEBANON |
| Ahmed Omar Ibrik | Ibrik or Ibreeq | BARCELONA , SPAIN |
| Nada Iskandar | Isakandar | MI, U.S |
| AYMAN GHADBAN | Ghadban | AZ, UNITED STATES |
| Muhammad Atif | - | DXB, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
| Mohamad Baytam | El baytam | SHARJAH , UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
| Samah Iskandar | Iskandar | ONTARIO, CANADA |
| Ryan Ghadban | Al-Ghadban | SWEDEN |
| Palestine4ever | - | - |
| Fadi Al Baitam | Baitam | MANAMA, BAHRAIN |
| Ryan Al-Ghadban | Al-Ghadban | SWEDEN |
| Dana Ghadban | Ghadban | HELSINGBORG, SWEDEN |
| Ruba Ghadban | Ghadban | MALMض, SWEDEN |
| Nasser Badran | - | DENAMARK |
| Yasser Mahmoud arour | - | LABENON, LABENON |
| Wessam Abdelrazek | Ghadban | SWEDEN |
| Mustafa Baitam | Baitam | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| Nader Iskandar | Iskandar | MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES |
| Maher Iskandar | - | MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES |
| Fatme Abdulghani | - | ON, CANADA |
| Aarif Albeitem | Al beitem | MANAMA, BAHRAIN |
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