Umm Haratayn ( ar, أم حارتين, also spelled Umm Hartein) is a village in southern
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
, administratively part of the
al-Suwayda Governorate
As-Suwayda or Al-Suwayda Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة السويداء / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat as-Suwaydā’'') is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is the southernmost governorate and has an area of 5,550 km² ...
, located north of
al-Suwayda
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. Nearby localities include
al-Hirak,
Khirbet Ghazaleh
Khirbet Ghazaleh ( ar, خربة غزالة also spelled Khirbet Ghazalah) is a town in the Daraa Governorate, roughly 17 kilometers northeast of Daraa adjacent to Da'el in the west and near Izra' to the north. It is situated on the main highway bet ...
and
Da'el
Da'el ( ar, داعل, also spelled Da'il) is a town in southern Syria located on the old road between Daraa and Damascus, located approximately 14 kilometers north of Daraa. Administratively, it belongs to the Daraa District of the Daraa Governor ...
to the west and
Umm Walad
An ''umm walad'' ( ar, أم ولد, , lit=mother of the child) was the title given to a slave-concubine in the Muslim world after she had born her master a child. She could not be sold, and became automatically free on her master's death. The off ...
and
Bosra
Bosra ( ar, بُصْرَىٰ, Buṣrā), also spelled Bostra, Busrana, Bozrah, Bozra and officially called Busra al-Sham ( ar, بُصْرَىٰ ٱلشَّام, Buṣrā al-Shām), is a town in southern Syria, administratively belonging to the Dara ...
to the south. According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Umm Haratayn had a population of 574 in the 2004 census.
Modern-day Umm Haratayn was established by
Druze
The Druze (; ar, دَرْزِيٌّ, ' or ', , ') are an Arabic-speaking esoteric ethnoreligious group from Western Asia who adhere to the Druze faith, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, syncretic, and ethnic religion based on the teachings of ...
migrants led by the Halabi family between 1867 and 1883.
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/ref> The village is the birthplace of Arab singer Samira Tewfik
Samira Ghastin Karimona ( ar, سميرة غسطين كريمونة; born 25 December 1935), better known by her stage name Samira Tewfik ( ar, سميرة توفيق, surname also spelled ''Tawfik'', ''Tawfiq'', ''Toufiq'' or ''Taoufiq'') is a Leb ...
.
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{{Al-Suwayda Governorate, shahba
19th-century establishments in the Ottoman Empire
Druze communities in Syria
Populated places in Shahba District
Villages in Syria