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| Saffuriyya District of Nazareth صفورية - צפוריה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
July 16, 1948
Distance from district center
6 (km) Northwest of Nazareth
Elevation from the sea
250 (meters)
Map location
See location number #1 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Dekel
Defenders
Local militia & Arab Liberation Army
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisSaffuriyya was mostly destroyed, and only few houses remained, including those for 'Abd al-Majid Sulayman and 'Ali Mawjuda. See the Pictures section for more details. Currently, the Jewish National Fund has planted pine trees over the village, and we believe you can sue them and win; in US courts if you like!
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisSaffuriyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed, however, some currently live as Palestinian-Israeli citizens in Nazareth.
Village clans or hamolas
The clans of Nijm, Hadayeh, Sa'deyeh, al-Mawa'deh, Zaghayreh, Barakeh, Mara'neh, Abu al-Na'aj, Abu al-Badadhah, Hawytah, Jareeshah, Khatab, Jahlsheh, Shihadeh, and Lyla. See Stories & Memories section for more details.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
41,748
Jewish
0
Public
13,630
Total
55,378
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
5,310
Area planted w/ olives
3,270
Planted W/ Cereal
21,841
Built up
102
Cultivable
27,151
Non-Cultivable
28,125
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
2,200
19th century
2,500
1912
2,767
1922
2,582
1931
3,147
1945
4,330
1948
5,023
Est. Refugees 1998
30,845
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
747
1948
1192
Town's name through history
The Romans referred to the village by Sepphoris, and the Crusades called it Le Sephorie.
Schools
Saffuriyya had two elementary schools, one for boys and another for girls; the boys' school was founded in 1900 during Ottoman period.
Notable people from town
Saffurriyaa was also the hometown of the Islamic scholar Abu al-Baqa' al-Saffuri (d. 1625), who was very influential and became a judge in Safad, and also Saffuriyya was the hometown of Ahmad al-Sharif , also known by al-Saffuri al-Dimashqi (d. 1633), who was a judge and poet.
Local council
A local council was established in 1923 to manage the local affair of the town.
Shrines/maqams
A shrine for an unknown local sage which functions now as a synagogue.
Water supplies
The village contains the following springs: 'Ayn al-Khalidyah (or 'Ayn al-'Askar), 'Ayn al-Qastal, 'Ayn al-Hananah, 'Ayn al-Bythah, 'Ayn al-'Aloush, 'Ayn Hasan, 'Ayn al-Ward, 'Ayn al-Mashrafyah, and 'Ayoun al-Jabyah. See Stories & Memories section for more details.
Archeological sites
Saffuriyya contains a Roman coliseum (to the northwest) which could seat 4,000- 5,000 people (probably built in the first century A.D.). In 1745, al-Thahir al-'Umar al-Zaydani (1695-1775) built a fortress which overlooked the village, and it also contains the remains Saint Hanna church.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Tzippori, ha-Solelim, Allon ha-Galil Hosha'aya, and Chanton
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
Only a few houses remain on the site, including those of 'Abd al-Majid Sulayman and 'Ali Mawjuda. Otherwise the site is covered by a pine forest planted by the Jewish National Fund to commemorate a number of persons and occasions (such as Guatemala's independence day). Zahir al-'Umar's fortress still stands atop the hill, though some of its walls have collapsed. It is ringed by excavation sites. On the northern side of the village the monastery of Saint Anna still remains and serves as an orphanage for Palestinian children. There is also a Roman Orthodox church. Along the southern road to the village there is a synagogue that was originally a Muslim shrine. Next to it lies a recent Israeli cemetery
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To contact any of the below members, simply click on the names.| Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
| ABD | Abou salah | - |
| نضال خطاب | Khattab | - |
| Ahmad | Safforieh | SAFFORIEH, GREECE |
| اسراء ابو النعاج | ابو النعاج | الناصرة |
| أحمد الموعد | الموعد | أبوظبي, الإمارات |
| Sami Abdul Majid | - | - |
| Maher | Najim | - |
| ABU-JOOJ | AL-SOUYDAN | DOHA, QATAR |
| Ghalia Al-Farekh | - | DAMASCUS, SYRIA |
| Younes | Abed Khattab | DAMASCUS, SYRIA |
| Iman | Nejim | - |
| Nassem Issa | - | - |
| Mohamad Najem Najem | Najem | - |
| شادي كريم | ريم | - |
| Raghda Khalifa | Safad | DAMASCUS, SYRIA |
| سليمان طه | السليمان | DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
| Tarik Salim Maoued | Maoued | - |
| منى احمد | صفوريه | ابو ظبي |
| حكمه الحسن | شلبي | صيدا, لبنان |
| Saleh Abu Niaj | - | - |
| Walid | Walid | SAIDA/LEBANON, LEBANON |
| MOHAMAD SAID EL-TAHA | NAGEM | BERLIN, GERMANY |
| Hadaidi | - | - |
| AL SAADI | Al nazra | EMIRATES, EMIRATES |
| Hani Yacoub | Abuneag | ONTARIO, CANADA |
| Hamza | Al Mawed | LA HAYE, THE NETHERLANDS |
| Fadi Akl | Hadadi | SAUDI ARABIA |
| عثمان أبو زنيد | الشرحة | - |
| محمد الرناوي | اليعقوبي | ABUDHABI, UAE |
| القرش | - | سورية, سورية |
| محمد صالح شحادة | أبو شحادة | ألمانيا, بون |
| Iman zaroura | Saffuriyyah | CANADA |
| GHASSAN ALI EL NAOFAL | HADAIDA | DUBAI, UAE |
| فؤاد ابو خرج | - | SAOTH, LEBANON |
| Amer Said Afifi | El-Afifi | TX, USA |
| DR.SULEIMAN HAMMAD | - | TRIPOLI, LEBANON |
| Ahmad S Maoued | - | - |
| Osama Abbas | Abbas | LEBANON, LEBANON |
| Shehadeh Abbas | Abbas | SAIDA, LEBANON |
| Salah Alaa-edeen | Alaa-edeen | SAFORIYA- NAZARETH- JERUSALEM |
| Waseem | الموعد | ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
| عبدالرحمن عبدالمعطي | نجم | - |
| موعد مصطفى سليم الموعد | موعد | الناصره , الصفافره |
| Abd rinawi | - | - |
| ASZ | Zaaroura | - |
| Shereen mawid | Safforiya | DAMASCUS, SYRIA |
| نسرين عبدالله بهار | بهار | الناصرة, فلسطين |
| Abou youssef | Abou seraj | DANMARK |
| Jaber Amin | - | - |
| Mohamed Othman | Othman | - |
| Ahmad Mawed | Mawed | DANMARK, DANMARK |
| Mohamad Ghanoumi | - | NSW, AUSTRALIA |
| Khader | - | VIENNA, AUSTIRA |
| عالم ليس لنا | نجم | - |
| عائلة ابو حيط | ابو حيط | في الشتات |
| Suffurie | Nijim | PALESTINE, PALESTINE |
| أميــن برهــوش | Barhoush | TULKAREM, PALESTINE |
| Mohamad Abou Salem | - | LEBANON |
| Manal Mawed | Almawed | NORTH LEBANON, LEBANON |
| Sweet.idea1@hotmail.com | Safouria | LEBANON, SAIDA |
| ALI DAKAKNI | DAKAKNI | ONTARIO, CANADA |
| Abbas el rinawi | - | DUBAI, UAE |
| Amer Khattab | Khattab | - |
| Yousef lutfi | Abo amni | U.A.E, UNITED ARAB EMIRTS |
| Hussein Kenaan | Kenaan | GERMANY |
| Osama mawed | - | SAIDA, LEBANON |
| Muna Afifi | Afifi | NAZARETH |
| Hadi Rached | JAHLASH | MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA |
| Hadi Rached | Jahlash | MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA |
| Samer Khattab | Khattab | DAMASCUS, SYRIA |
| Nassim | Arabi | UAE, 009716 |
| Mohamad Awdeh | Abuneaj | MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA |
| Shibil Abou Khurj | - | NORTH, LEBANON |
| Kewan | - | NAZARETH |
| Abu salim | Hadidi | SHARJAH, SHARJAH |
| Amer almawed | ALMAWED | GOTENBORG, SWEDEN |
| Billo | - | - |
| Abdul Ghuneim | Ghuneim | - |
| Was | Abu naag | ABU DHABI, UAE |
| Hossam Yaacoub | Abuneaj | ONTARIO, CANADA |
| Nabil Salim Yacoub | Abuneaj | ANKARA, TURKEY |
| Alhajjah tamam | Layla | - |
| Abujabour | Mawaadeh | - |
| Imad | Nejim | NTH, LEBANON |
| Abou Alshibil | Abou Khurj | TRIPOLI, LEBANON |
| Zahed | Mawad | TإSTRUP, DENMARK |
| Riyad Amin (Mifleh) | Nijim | RAMALLAH, PALESTINE |
| Khaled Akl | Hadadi | DENMARK |
| Sue Akl | Hadadi | ONTARIO, CANADA |
| HollyPal | - | ME, PALESTINIAN REFUGEE IN LEBANON |
| Zaher Ghuneim | - | ONTARIO, CANADA |
| Mohammad Assad | Elhaj assad (atiyyah) | FINLAND, FINLAND |
| Omar Rinawi | - | - |
| Fadi Zaaroura | - | - |
| Khaled el_haj | Najim | FUJAIRAH, U.A.E. |
| A B | - | - |
| Seif Maweid | Aall- mawed | FYN, DENMARK |
| Mohamad Sleiman Zaaroura | Zaaroura | ANKARA, TURKEY |
| Mohammed Elsaadi | Sa'deyeh | TRIPOLI, LEBANON |
| Abdul Rahman Abu Niaj | - | - |
| Iyad Zaaroura | Zaaroura | - |
| Seleno-Aboradi | Saffuriyya - صفورية | TRIPOLI, LEBANON |
| Mohamad omar mohamad zaaroura | Zaaroura | QUEBEC, CANADA |
| Imad Mowed | Mowed | LONDON, UK |
| Nasser Khalil | Abo Amneh | TEXAS, PALESTINE,LEBANON,USA |
| NIZAR GHUNEIM | - | NSW, AUSTRALIA |
| Jamal Khalil | Abo Amneh | TEXAS, USA |
| Ksaffuri | Shaikh Hsain | DC, USA |
| Kareem Elsaadi | Al saadi | PALESTINE, PALESTINE |
| Mohammad Barakeh | Barakeh | ISRAEL, ISRAEL |
| Suleiman Khalaf | - | LEBANON, LEBANON |
| Gardenia Said | - | - |
| Ahmad Kiwan | - | - |
| Yousef lutfi | Alsaeed | ABU DAHBI, UAE |
| Shadi Rashid | Najem | DAMASCUS, SYRIA |
| ALI-MAWED | - | NORTH, LEBANON |
| Nasim arabi | Arabi | TRIPOLI, 961 |
| Khalilmawed | - | TRIPOLI, LEBANON |
| Najim | NAJIM | TRIPOLI |
| Walid AL-Haj Ahmad/Jafali | Alhaj Ahmad/Jafali | AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND |
| BASSAM KANAAN | KANAAN | ONTARIO, CANADA |
| Khalil | Najim / khalil | TRIPOLIE, LEBANON |
| Youssef Zaroura | - | TRIPOLI, LEBANON |
| Haisam Elchafei | - | CANADA, CANADA |
| Wesam Alraheem | - | TRIPOLI, LEBANON |
| Raed Zaroura | Zaroura | ABUDHABI, UAE |
| Nabil Kanaan | Kanaan | ABU DHABI |
| Nayef moh'd kanaan | Kanaan | MALMO |
| Rami El_hassan | - | LEBANON |
| Basil Ghuneim | - | LEBANON |
| Tarek Rashed | Jahlash | ABU-DHABI, UAE |
| Khaled Abdulghani | Nejim/Abu Amni | CANADA/OTTAWA |
| Ahmad M. Sulayman | . Sulayman | U.A E, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
| Suleiman Al suleiman | Nijim | - |
| HANAFI | GHUNEIM | DUBAI, UAE DUBAI |
| Bassam Elsaadi | Sa'adyah | MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA |
| Samir Allouche | Najim | SOUTH, LEBANON |
| Mohammad Elsaadi | Elsaadi(Sa'deyeh) | MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA |
| Houssam Elsaadi | Elsaadi(Sa'deyeh) | MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA |
| Saleh Elsaadi | Elsaadi(Sa'deyeh) | MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA |
| IHSAN GHUNEIM | GHUNEIM | - |
| Ayman Mahdi Fleifel | - | RIYADH, KSA |
| Ibrahim | Abou-Awdi | TEXAS, UNITED STATE OF AMERICA |
| Moussa Osman | Nijim | DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
| Ahmad Laila | - | TRIPOLI, LEBANON |
| Ahmad El-Tawbah | Tawbah | - |
| Fouad Youssif | Abdul-Rahman | TENNESSEE, U S A |
| Ziad Laila | Laila | LEBANON, LEBANON |
| Ali Khalil | Najim | LEBANON, LEBANON |
| Waleed Khaleel | Nejim | DAMASCS, SYRIA |
| Lebanon | Gkgk. | DHFJU,UL., TRIPOLI |
| Fadi Laila | Laila | ..., UAE |
| Abou Jihad | Azzaghayreh | SLAGELSE, DENMARK |
| Ahmad Yasin | Hadaideh | GALIL, ISRAEL (PALESTINE 48) |
| Ghassan Elsaadi | Elsaadi(Sa'deyeh) | TRIPOLI, LEBANON |
| Hatem Ghuneim | Ghuneim | LEBANON, LEBANON |
| Naseem | - | ANKARA, TURKEY |
| Nael | Ghuneim | LEBANON, LEBANON |
| Azzamcenter Azzam | Azzam | LEBANON, LEBANON |
| Ziad nejem | NEJEM | ANKARA, TURKEY |
| Samer audi | Audeh | DUBAI, UAE |
| Mohammad Khalil | Khalil(Najim) | ANKARA, TURKEY |
| OTHMAN MAWED | ALMAWED | - |
| Tarek Moued | Moued | DENMARK, DENMARK |
| MOHAMMED ALMAWED | ALMAWED | SWEDEN, SWEDEN |
| Mohd Mashhadawi | Mashhadawi | ABU DHABI, UAE |
| A | Mashhadawi | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, U.A.E |
| Ibrahim Ateia | Ateia | DAMASCUS |
| TARIK ODEH | SHAIK MAHMOUD-LAYLA | ABU DHABI, U.A.E |
| Mohammed Suleiman | NAJIM | SAIDA, LEBANON |
| AHMAD ISSA | NEJIM | COPENHAGEN, DENMARK |
| Maher Salim Ismail | Ismail (Nejim) | ABU DHABI, UAE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
| Yousif Shehade Ismail | Ismail (Nejim) | ABU DHABI, UAE |
| Mona Abu Qassim | Abu Qassim | - |
| Salim Rinawi | Rinawi | ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
| Nisrine | Barakeh | LONDON, UK |
| Yosef Abuneaj | Abuneaj | GEORGIA, USA |
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