Al-Muwaylih ( ar, المويْلح, ''El Muweilih'') was a
Palestinian
Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...
village in the
Jaffa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the
1948 Palestine War.
History
British Mandate era
In the
1931 census of Palestine, conducted by the
British Mandate authorities ''Malalha'' had 37
Muslim inhabitants.
[Mills, 1932, p]
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In the 1945 statistics the population numbered 360 Muslims,[ who had a total of 3,342 dunams of land.][ Of this, 949 dunums were planted with citrus and bananas, 27 dunums were plantations and irrigable land, 1,796 were for cereals, while a total of 194 dunams were classified as non-cultivable areas.][Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p]
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1948, aftermath
Neve Yarak is located, partly on Al-Muwaylih land, and partly on land formerly belonging to Jaljuliya
Jaljulia ( ar, جلجولية, he, גַ׳לְג׳וּלְיָה), officially also spelled Jaljulye, is an Arab town in Israel near Kfar Saba. In it had a population of .
History
In Roman times the village was known as ''Galgulis'', while duri ...
.[
By 1992, it was described: "The site is very difficult to identify. Some of the houses still stand, deserted, amidst wild vegetation. One of them belonged to Hashim al-Jayyusi, who later became a ]Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
ian 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. The other villas have been reduced to rubble. The land in the area is cultivated."[
]
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Welcome To al-Muwaylihal-Muwaylih
Zochrot
Zochrot ( he, זוכרות; "Remembering"; ar, ذاكرات; "Memories") is an Israeli nonprofit organization founded in 2002. Based in Tel Aviv, its aim is to promote awareness of the Palestinian ''Nakba'' ("Catastrophe"), including the 1948 Pa ...
*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 13
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from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
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Al-Muweileh
from Dr. Moslih Kanaaneh
{{Palestinian Arab villages depopulated during the 1948 Palestine War
Arab villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
District of Jaffa