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Welcome To Umm al-Shawf - ام الشوف (אום א-שוף)

District of Haifa
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Picture for Umm al-Shawf Village - Palestine: : لم يبقى من القرية الا المقام للشيخ عبدالله، بقايا بيوت، المقبرة المدمرة كلياً، وعين ام الشوف -- ابراهيم أبو عمّار #2
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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date May 12, 1948
Distance From District 29.5 (km) South of Haifa
Elevation 125 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
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Pre-Nakba Aerial View
Map Location See location #39 on the map

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Military Operation Operation Coastal Clearing
Attacking Units Possibly units from the Haganah and the Irgun terror gang.
Defenders Local Palestinian militia and Arab Liberation Army volunteers.
Acts of Terror Massacre occured by Zionist troops against the town's inhabitants.
Exodus Cause Military assault by Zionist troops
Village Temains The village has been completely obliterated with the exception of its shrine.
Ethnically Cleansing

Soon after occupation, IZL gangs searched the Palestinian Arab refugees and found a pistol. When their demand to find out who owned the pistol was fruitless, the commander at the seen execute seven male refugees.(Benny Morris p. 117-118)

Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 6,320
Jewish 0
Public 1,106
**Total 7,426
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)*
Irrigated & Plantation 107
Olive Groves 32
Planted W/ Cereal 6,177
Built up 31
Arable 6,284
Non-Arable 1,111
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
19th century 150
1922 252
1931 325
1945 480
1948 557
Est. Refugees 1998 3,419
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 73
1948 125
Near By Townswhat's new
Sabbarin
         
Daliyat al-Rawha'
       
al-Sindiyana  
   Khubbayza
           
Qannir
Places of Warship One mosque
Shrines / Maqams A shrine for a local sage known by al-Shaykh 'Abd Allah (still standing).
Nearby Wadies & Rivers Umm al-Shawf was situated on the sloping section of Wadi al-Marah.
Water Supply Umm al-Shawf had two springs in its north side which supplied it with its drinking water needs.
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands
Giv'at Nili
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Village Before Nakba

The village stood on the southern, gently sloping section of Wadi al-Marah in the bilad al-rawha' (see Daliyat al-Rawha', Haifa sub-disctrict) and faced north. It was linked by a number of secondary roads to the coastal highway and the Haifa-Jenin highway, as well as to the neighboring villages. In the late nineteenth century, Umm al-Shawf was a small village that extended from the southeast to the northwest. Two springs north of the village supplied it with water. Its estimated 150 residents, who were Muslims, cultivated 21 faddans (1 faddan = 100-250 dunums). The houses were made of stone with either mud or cement. The village had a mosque and a shrine for a local sage, Shaykh Abd Allah. The village economy was based on agriculture and animal husbandry; the most important crops were grain and olives. In 1944/45 a total of 6,175 dunums was allocated to cereals; 107 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards, of which 32 dunums were used for growing olives.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

Giv'at Nili, founded in 1953, is on village lands south of the site.

Village Today

Piles of stone debris from the houses are scattered about the site, which is overgrown with cactuses, thorns, and bushes. The shrine of Shaykh Abd Allah still stands.

Source

Dr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains.

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JEHAD FRAIJ - IRBID, JORDAN
معتز فريج فريج -
أسيد قاسم - فلسطين, فلسطين
hoji - -
مجد شناعه شناعة فلسطين, قباطيه
أبو شكري - ال
مسعود الصباح صباح الزرقاء, الزرقاء
علي فؤاد صباح صباح -
ابن حيفا حر - -
ابو ابراهيم شناعة قباطية, قباطية
مراد صبّاح صبّاح الرياض, المملكة العربية السعودية
احمد شناعة شناعة -
ابراهيم معين كامل بشر بشر الاردن, ام الزينات
Mahmoud Sabbah Sabbah -
Hala Sabbah Sabbah england - UK
مجدي صباح - السعودية
MUSTAFA FRAIJ - -
نشأت قاسم قاسم فلسطين, قفين
بهاء الدين نايف صباح صبـاح الرصيفة, الاردن
hazem bahjat shanah rusaifa, jordan
dana sabbah - الاردن, اربد
أبو يحيى شناعة الرياض, السعودية
صباح SABBAH -
Abdul raheem Fraij Fraij Jeddah - S. A
محمد صباح sabbah saudi arabia
abosaeed sabbah -
أبوجهاد صباح الرصيفة
Yousuf Mohammad Shana ah - UAE, Jordan-irbid
Haitham Sabbah - -
haitham sabbah Sabbah -
mohamed sabbah sabbah jordan, jordan
د. محمود مأمون الصباح yes Jordan, palestine
esamsabah sabbah palestine, palestine
Zakaria Sabbah Sabbah Jordan, Jordan
Ahmed AL-Ahmed Yacoub Al-Ahmad Madrid, Spain
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