Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	March 30, 1948
Distance from district center	8.5 (km) Northeast of Jaffa
Elevation from the sea	25 (meters)
Map location	See location number #9 on the map
Israeli attacking brigade	Terror gangs of Irgun Zvai Leumi
Israeli acts of terror	The IZL kidnapped five of the village leaders at the end of March 1948
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	al-Sheikh Muwnnis was mostly destroyed with the exception of few village houses currently occupied by Israeli Jewish settlers.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Either in December 1947 or January 1948 the leaders of al-Shaykh Muwannis, al-Mas'udiyya, al-Jammasin, and the mukhtars of 'Arab Abu Kishk and Ijlil met with Haganah representative in the house of Avraham Schapira in Petah Tikva and expressed desire for peace. Despite the commitment of these villages not harbor any Arab Liberation Armies or local Arab Militia, they were all completely ethnically cleansed. In late March, al-Shaykh Muwannis inhabitants were intimidate into fleeing after the kidnapping of village leaders.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 11,456 Jewish 3,545 Public 971 Total 15,972
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 3,749 690 Irrigated & Plantation 69 18 Planted W/ Cereal 7,185 2,803 Built up 41 0 Cultivable 11,003 3,511 Non-Cultivable 1,383 34
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 664 1931 1,154 1945 1,930 1948 2,239 Est. Refugees 1998 13,749
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 273 1948 529
Town's name through history	al-Sheikh Muwnnis was named after a local religious figure, al-Shaykh Muwannis, whose shrine was in the village.
Schools	al-Shaykh Muwannis had two schools: the 1st was an elementary school for boys founded in 1932 and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 232 boys; the 2nd was an elementary school for girls founded in 1943, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 34 girls in 1945.
Nearby wadies & rivers	The village is situated 1 (km) north of the al-'Awja River.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Tel Aviv University is occupying some of the village lands.
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More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"A number of houses, exhibiting a variety of architectural features, remain; they are occupied by Jewish families. One of them is a two-storey house with a one-storey annex; it is made of cement and has rectangular doors and windows and flat roofs. Another is a two-storey, two-unit, symmetrical house with two front porches on the top floor. Each porch is defined by five lancet arches. A single wall of another house stands alone, topped by a post that supports an electric wire."

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