To my father, grandmother (s), grandfather(s), and my uncle,( Allah yerhamhin), who hail from Saffuriyeh and have endured the hardships during and the aftermath of the nakba. Making ends meet in the Aiyn Al Halwa Camp and Hamdallah raising their children (particularly my father) to remember where they are from and more importantly to be proud of their origins as Muslims of Saffuryieh. No matter where we live, as Muslims and Saffuryiehyan we have a responsibility to remind each other and future generations that selfworth, dignity, and pride are much more valuable and sacred than material possesions. These are the essential stepping stones in creating a strong diasporic Muslim Saffuryieh community that can overcome and overtake zionistic and western imperalism in the modern era.

Sal am 3alaykom,
First of all,I would like to say SALAAM to everyone, brothers my message to you is to be careful, which means none can cheat us anymore, in other words, NA HR-EL-BARED CAMP has been completely destroyed. The lesson we need to know is reconnecting and rebuilding such a good relation amongst each other as well as reconsidering our religion and following it. we need to love each other; this is part of unity which can lead us to the right of return to Palestine. shortly, the way back to Palestine is conditioned by fixing up ourselves.
An open questions left for you to think about;
Have you ever thought of the reason why troubles always happen to us? Have you ever asked yourself if your brother, sister and parents are alright?
Have you ever felt others pains?
It is enough for you to think about.
If not, never feel sorry for what has been happening to you wherever you are, Palestine or outside there .
Think financially, you will be a winner.
I wish you all the best.

Salam All,

In the name of the Abdulghani Fransis family in Albaddawi Camp, and Nahr Albarid, I send regards to all of the Safforieh people and tell them never to forget that this is our land, our home, or roots.

As we all may know, every family in Safforieh has a nickname that you are supposed to be ashamed of. NO, I am not ashamed to say our nickname is Fransees, with great pride I carry that herritage name. Many of the names are Abu Jat, Abu Tabag, Fransis, El7ardoon, Shalhat, leQra3, Abulna7el, ... Please don't be ashamed of such nicknames becuse they compose who we are and keeps our roots in the land at least from a distance, not to be forgotten enchaAllah.

SALM KIF AL JAMI3 HAL AYAM
T7IETAI LA LA SAFOERAI WA TERAB SAFOERI

I am from saffuriyya .I live in lebanon in nahrelbared camp . thnk you for these pictures.
I have never seen before like these photos for our village .
I dare say that it is very painy to see the jewish settelment there.

Hey people, how r u? am majeed am palestinian exactly from saffuriyya village (Beside Nazareth), i live in the UAE

It brought tears to my eyes visiting your websites..God give you all the health and the wealth

ALSLAM 3LYKOM
ana m7emad mo3ed mostfa elsalem almo3ed t7yate lkol zwar elmwk3 wlkol el3amelen 3le.
askon fe mdenat elnasera fe 7ai elsfafre (mohjar fe wtne) 7i elsfafre yb3od 1500 mter 3n sfurye (almogtsbe).
lma alansan bfked she m3 alwket momken ynsa bs lma bfkdo who kbalo tol 7yato l7za bel7za shayfo ho elo laken mesh melko hai elmsebe kef, kef ynsa kef ytjahlo kef , mst7el ena nensa sfurye m3 enha kodam 3yona bs mo elna m3 enha mlekna had ho elzol had ho el3zab had ho elk,her yle men3esho yom yom bldna melkna aredha m7rme 3lena kherha mesh elna ztonha yle jdode zr3o wrwo b3rk,hen kodam 3yona wmamno3en men ena nlmes 7bet zton yle benmsek katef tmret zyton ya welo btkhalaf wmomken eno yosjan wyo7akam mesh bs zton saber tmret elsaber aw elz3tar aw doket el3das hdol mwjoden dwfra fe arade safurye be ardena y3ne melkna laken m7rmen 3lena elmkhalef mokhalfto aktr men 1000$ lano lmas eshe elo laken la ymlko hai he elmhane weldol sfurye elyom kesem menha ashjar zr3oha letms m3alem watar elbld wkesm mostwtne tsebore alte kesm kber menha 3la ard jdode la nkder an ndkhol be7oryh aw ntjwal notrad fwrn yla7kna rjal elamn walshorta wnkhalf hai he sfurye alyom .
bjaneb mbna elkl3a almdrsa sabekan fe kbran ljdode men elmua3de wana a3rf dalek alyom hadan elkbran asb7a le (7aeem wmoshe)wana a3rf anhm le ajdade laken!!!!!!!!!.
aldkhol ela haza elmbna elkl3a bshrot wdf3 wtftesh dkek ltra alkl3a laken la tra she ma trah hwa ma la t7eb an trah gyro m3almha 7lloha wksmoha ltkol anha yhodyahhhhhhhhhh wlhom haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad ho elzol.
fe kter kesas modele bs e7na 3rab eldakhel men3ane kter melkna mesh elna ardena mesh elna e7na mwtnen drje 3 fe wtna ma mnkdar nro7 wen mbdna msjonen fe wtna .
sede almr7om mostfa alsleem almo3ed 7kmt lho m7kma b 165 donm b3d r7lt 3zab m3 aldwla kal lho al7akem kol e7tram lka 7solta 3la 165 donm men eldwla bynma kol aldwal al3rbya lm wln tkder an t7sol 3la shebr ,sede sojen 3mate pnat sojno t3zbo drbo aoheno wbko mtmsken laken alyom aldwla sadrt alard mra aokhra lano melkak yle elak mesh elak be hldole lenk 3rbe.
sfurye mwjode ma ra7at laken e7na mesh mwjoden feha
SLAME LKOL ALE MO3ED LKOL SFURE 7OR MA TNSO MA TFKDO ALAMAL RBNA KBER HO FOK KOL ZALEM , ALSFAFRE YLE BRA LAZM YKONO AED W7DE W3LA TWASOL Y7BO B3D YKRBO MEN B3D WHEK KMAN YLE BELDAKHEL KLOBNA 3B3ED WHEK BS RAB EL3ALMEN BENSORNA.
BDE E7KE 3N 7ALE M7EMAD (ANA)SAR 3OMRE SNTEN WMA KNT AMSHE KOL YLE BJELE MSHO ELA ANA AWKF AH AMSHE LA WALDAI A7TARO M3E 3JZO M3E BLA NTEJE FYOM RA7O TFSHE 3SFURYE EME 7AMLE AKHOI YLE ASGHR MENE ABOI 7AMLNE 7TNE 3JNEB 3LARED RA7 LYJEB ZWDTO RJE3 MA LKANE WENO BESAL EME BTKOLO KAN M3K DWER 3M7MD ELA M7EMAD WAKEF 3EJRE WBRKOD SAR B3ED TAYER (AWL KHTWE KHTETHA WMSHET KANT 3LA ARD BLDE SFURYE)ABOI BKA WT3JB WKAL MA MESHE ELA BESFURYE, WALAH YT3MKO KOLKO WTMSH 3ARD SFURYE BLDKO YLE FE ELGHORBE .
M7EMAD MO3ED MOSTFA ELSALEEM ELMO3ED
MWLED 09/02/1980
ABOI MO3ED MOSTFA ELSALEEM ELMO3ED , EME KHYREYE BNT SALE7 ELRSHED NJEM(SLEEMAN), ANA AKBR AKHWATE B3DE SALEEM ,NORA ,ANWAR, MOSTFA ,MNAR.
SLAME LKOM YA AHLA ELARD ALMO7TLA
SFURYE

my name is shahrazad nijem I am from safuuriya the village that I hope that I will live in there in the future .
I am now lived in ( 7art ) elsfafre in the nazareth near my village with the small family that exsit after war , I very sad when I see grandfather cry want to return to there land and not happy because all his couisn will be left the land after war and he don't know anything about all of them , I am send this message to search about my family and who related to this family please send to me a message ....... I wait and I hope that we will return to saffuriya to our land to the land that we love and allways in my mind

saffuriyya mind

Dear brothers and sisters,

It؟s our honor that God (almighty) chose us for this extremely hard mission. It is our destiny that we were like a fistful of wheat beans thrown to the sky and carried by the wind thousands of miles. Every bean settled in a place on the wide earth but no one died nor forgot his/her origin.
And whatever the distance between each one of us and our beloved homeland, we planted strong roots all the way to our village, and we planted these roots inside the souls of our kids from there day one.

We will maintain these roots regardless the period of our absence. And we will return to our homeland in a decade, if not, in two decades, if not in three or even four or a century, but at the end we will return, and we shall never forget!

Ahmed El-Tawbah
Jeddah - Saudi Arabia
e-mail: [email protected]

Hi all...
thank you for this wonderfull website
I live now in Nazareth near Safouryeh my father from Safouryeh
in 1948 he was just 8 years old !! but he never stop tell us about Safouryeh tell he died in 2005 ... we visit there in the past, it's very sad and crouel to see what they did and still do there wvery time I pass on the street near Safouryeh I feel that I want to cry ..
I am from Behar family. just my grand father Hosein Ali Behar still here when all Behar family leave to Lebanon and Syria, and wee don't know any thing about them !! if you are from this family or know someone from Behar's family contact me please in this adress: [email protected]

best regards,
Nesreen Behar

My beloved Saffoori...
When I smile, part of me frowns for you.
When I laugh, part of me cries for you.
When I am happy, part of me is sad for you.
When I am content, part of me longs for you.
When my heart is warm, half of it is dead without you.

I will never truly smile, laugh, be happy, be content, or have a whole heart until I feel your dirt between my toes. Smell your air with my nose. Wake up to your sunrise and fall asleep to your moon. Pray on the soil my grandfathers and their fathers worked on every day. Kiss the ground that holds the blood of my ancestors.

We are Saffoori. Saffoori is us. We cannot deny it.

My life will not be complete without you my Palestine. I would die a thousand deaths if it helped bring us home.

Brothers and sisters have faith and be strong. For Palestine is in our blood. Every one of us who dies kills a piece of her and us. Never foget, never stop fighting. Allah will help us prevail and help us for our suffering.

We cry for you too Saffoori. But one day we will laugh together again.

Ghanim
Nahr el Bared, Lebanon
(Sadly in the home of evil Bush, Texas)

Hi,
My family is from Saffuriyya but i did not see our family name 'Al Toubah' and al hamoula tribe is howaitat mentioned on your saffuriyya page. We were a well known family there, and the family later spread to syria, saudi arabia and i am in dubai.

Appreciate your feedback.

Thanks and regards,

Yasser Mohammad Al Toubah

MY MOTHER IS FROM SAFFOURYIH AND I LOVED THIS SITE,
IT HAS HELPED ME LEARN A LOT ABOUT ITS HISTORY AND OPENED MY EYES UP. I AM PROUD TO BE OF A PALESTINIAN BACKGROUND AND I FEEL THIS SITE INSPIRES ME AND MAKES ME WANT TO GO AND VISIT THERE ONE OF THESE DAYS "GOD WILLING" :) .
MAY GOD BLESS THOSE WHO PUT FORTH THE EFFORT TO BUILD SUCH A WEBSITE.
RUWA S.

suffori forever and palestine also forever and abu ammar forever....

Dearfriends...i want to thank everybody that made this web site about suffori.of course i love my home town and also all palestine and i also believe that palestine is ours.

At the end i want to send my greetings to all palestinian people....my desire to see free palestine...as english proverb says:''east or west home is the best''
thanks

i love this site and i love the one who made it who ever you are allah maak inshallah i have never seen pictures of safurieeh before until now my dreams come true i live in denmark but i will never never never forget where i come from felastin lana inshallah the other arab countries are betrayes tfeh umat el arabia inshallah we all are shuhada allah jerham the palestinian people thank you for all you that has visited this site and care for our beloved palestine allah be mercy on us all muslim or not as long as we are fighting togehter for palestine

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Salam
God with us couse we belive in god.

YOUSEF ALI
NAHR AL BARE
(CHEMNITZ-GERMANY)

To all that care for the lebiratation of Palestine and ultimately Saffourie.
Muslims must unite and our current leaders must depart.
On Allah, we must rely. And then we will reply.
To be or become effective, you would want to prevail.
And who is more effectual than the All-Mighty Allah.

Nasser Khalil
Housto, Texas
Beirut, Lebanon

Dear Brothers
First I would like to thank all the people who designed this site and may GOD bless them all.
What I want to say here is that I am from safforyi married to non arabic but muslim woman. I have a son called Walid, when one asks him from which country are u from? He quickly replies I am from safforyi. What i want to say here although we did not see our village but we loved her and as our fatheres and grand fathers told us about safforyi we also try to make our sons have the same feelings toward our village and our country Palestine.

Abdul rahman Gheneim
Nahr El Bared, Lebanon
(Sydney, Australia)

SAFFOORYI AS I LIKE TO SAY IT I LIKE TO WRITE IT. IT IS THE ENDLESS DREAM THAT WE HAVE ALL TO FIGHT FOR IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT A TRUTH IN SPITE OF WHATEVER HAPPENS AND WHOSOEVER IS. OUR VILLAGE WHICH WE HAVE NOT SEEN WAS BORN TOGETHER WITH US FROM THE FIRST DAY WE CAME TO THIS WORLD. WE ALL DID FORGET MANY THINGS, BUT THE UNFORGETTABLE THING WAS OUR MOTHER PALESTINE AND HER DEAR DAUGHTER SAFFOORYI. SOONER OR LATER WE WILL RETURN AND REBUILD IT WITH LIFE AGAIN.
باختصار اقول لكم:
فلسطين000000 شوكة العصر في ضمير التاريخ كله
للناس وطن يعيشون فيه0000 اما نحن0000 فلنا وطن يعيش فينا
NIZAR GHUNEIM: NAHER ELBARED CAMP, LEBANON
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

First, I must thank with all sincerity the author of this great web page. Whomever you are, please accept my great admitration for your dedication and creativity... I am one of those misfortunate souls who never saw her! I did not get to run in her fields... I did not work her soil... I did not drink her waters or eat her fruits... but her spirit lives in me, trickled through parents and theirs in wonderous prose that brings her to glorous life... over and again. The latest come from a ginger, old grandfather who in his day proudly strode her grounds. He reports with watery eyes and clinched teeth the prosperous life in what was once the jewel of the jaleel. To this, my heart aches and the spirit sighs, but by God, as long as the blood boils, that which had bursted from Nijm through Abo Amneh and into my diaspora veins, Suffuriyya will live and the bride will dance again... with my sons or theirs.

O beloved Palestine,
O my beloved Saffuriyya,
Stop crying, we miss you too.
I haven't seen you but you are planted in my heart, inside my soul.
We will not sell you, no compromise, because Palestinians don't sell their honor.
Wait for us, we are coming, if not in a decade, in two decades, even after 100 year, sooner or later we will go back to our farms, to our mother, Saffuriyya.

"If ye did well, ye did well for yourselves; if ye did evil, (ye did it) against yourselves. So when the second of the warnings came to pass, (We permitted your enemies) to disfigure your faces, and to enter your Temple as they had entered it before, and to visit with destruction all that fell into their power." Holy Quran 17-7

Ahmad El-Tawbah
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Palestine will win at the end insha'ala. Only by al moqauama.

siphoriss; my sweety town is a part of my holly home land PALESTINE.
We shall return, END OF ARGUMENTS

Salamat ya ardy
I miss you Saffuriyya. I am from this small village, but I had never seen it. It is my dream to see it once before I die. I live in Palestine from Nakbat 48. May God help us to get our land and specially Suffuriyya back.
Palestinian girl from Suffuriyya