Srifa
Srifa
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| Dialing code | +961 |
SrifaTyros and 90 kilometers south of the capital Beirut. It is the birthplace of Rima Fakih, Miss USA 2010.[2]
Name
According to E. H. Palmer, the origin of the name is Sref. It has been suggested that the name means melting and purifying metals(the place of purification and smelting of metals)or it means "casting dirhams”. [3]
History
In 1875, during the late
Metawileh villagers.[5]
In 1881, the
Metawileh, it is situated on a hill, and surrounded by olives, figs, and arable land. Water from a spring; and cisterns in the village."[6]
The village was heavily bombed during the 2006 Lebanon War.[2] On July 12, the Israelis killed 4 civilians in the village,[7] while on July 19, they killed 17 Hezbollah fighters and 5 civilians.[8][9][10]
References
- ^ From personal name; according to Palmer, 1881, p. 32
- ^ msnbc.com, Associated Press, May 17, 2010, archived from the originalon May 19, 2010, retrieved May 17, 2010
- ^ Daher, Al Cheick Saliman. Dictionary of Jabal Amel Village. Imam Al-Sadiq Foundation for Research in the Heritage of the Scholars of Jabal Amel. p. 408.
- ^ Guérin, 1880, pp. 258-259; as cited in Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 138
- ^ Guérin, 1880, pp. 258-259
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, pp. 93-94
- ^ HRW, 2007, pp. 82- 88
- ^ Srifa was a bustling hillside village. Then yesterday the Israeli jets came, Clancy Chassay, 20 July 2006, The Guardian
- ^ HRW, 2007, pp. 103-104
- ^ Human Rights Watch (HRW), September 2007, "Why They Died", Civilian Casualties in Lebanon during the 2006 War
Bibliography
- Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
- HRW (2007). Why They Died: Civilian Casualties in Lebanon During the 2006 War. Human Rights Watch.
- Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
External links
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Srifa, Localiban
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