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unusual facts about Jenin, Jenin



Battle of Mishmar HaEmek

The battle begun when al-Qawuqji launched an attack against Mishmar HaEmek with the intent of taking the kibbutz, which was strategically placed beside the main road between Jenin and Haifa.

Beni Sakhr

Two years later, 1877, the survey team led by Lieutenant Kitchener, found the Beni Sakhr camped on the road to Jenin, and later between Beisan and Tiberias.

Fawzi al-Qawuqji

In April 1948, the ALA mounted a major attack on the kibbutz Mishmar HaEmak which sat near the strategic road that connected Haifa to Jenin, and was surrounded by Arab villages.

Jarrar

Several members of the family hold important positions such as Ghazi Niazi Jarrar, Yousef Al Jarrar, the leader Fawaz Jarrar, Shiekh Tawfiq Jarrar (Mufti of Jenin district), and the head of Jenin Municipality Hadem Jarrar.

Jenin

Strings of Freedom is an orchestra in Jenin founded by an Israeli Arab, Wafaa Younis, who travels form her home in central Israel to teach music to the local youth.

Jenin, Jenin

In response Bakri contested the screening of a counter-response documentary The Road to Jenin, made by Pierre Rehov.

Meir Har-Zion

On 31 July – 1 August 1954 Har-Zion led a group of ten raiders who attacked two policemen near Jenin, taking one of them prisoner.

Mornings in Jenin

Bloomsbury Publishing reissued the novel in the United States as Mornings in Jenin (February, 2010) after slight editing.

Mornings in Jenin, (2010, U.S.; originally published as The Scar of David, 2006, United States and Les Matins de Jenin, France) is a novel by author Susan Abulhawa.

Rami Abu Salah

Rami Talal Mohammed Abu Salah (25 January 1988) is a Palestinian poet, composer, actor and translator, was born in Jenin 1988.

Zir'in

The fear of Iraqi forces from Gesher in the east and Jenin in the south to form a "spearhead" and capture the Baysan and Jezreel valleys convinced the Jews to take Zir'in.


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