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Welcome To al-Muwaylih - المويلح (אל-מוילח)

District of Jaffa
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Picture for al-Muwaylih Village - Palestine: : A Two story structure remains standing in al-Muwaylih
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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date December 31, 1947
Distance From District 16 (km) Northeast of Jaffa
Elevation 25 (meters)
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Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #7 on the map

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Exodus Cause Military assault by Zionist troops
Village Temains Muwalih was mostly destroyed with the exception of few houses, one of which belongs to Halim al-Jayyusi.
Ethnically Cleansing Late December 1947, Muwalih's inhabitants were terrorized into fleeing their homes.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 2,795
Jewish 376
Public 171
**Total 3,342
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)* Jewish (Dunum)*
Citrus Groves 949 0
Irrigated & Plantation 27 0
Planted W/ Cereal 1,796 376
Arable 2,772 376
Non-Arable 194 0
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1931 37
1945 360
1948 418
Est. Refugees 1998 2,565
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Inhabitants Place of Origin al-Muwaylih was founded by nomads who traced their ancestry to the 'Arab al-Malaha Bedouin tribe.
Nearby Wadies & Rivers al-Muwalih was situated 1.5 km north of the al-'Awja River
Water Supply Muwalih had several wells located east of the village.
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands
Newe Yaraq and the Palestinian Town of Jaljulya.
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Village Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The site is very difficult to identify .Some of the houses still stand, deserted, amidst wild vegetation. One of them belonged to Halim al-Jayyusi, who later became a Jordanian cabinet minister. It is a two-storey, concrete structure with rectangular doors and windows and a stairway in front that leads to the second storey."
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