From Kfarakab, the Maalouf clan migrated within Lebanon to Zahlé and Niha in the Bekaa Valley where it became one of the most prominent families in these villages.
Niha |
Carved into the rock of a cliff overlooking the Bisri and 'Aray valley, the Fortress of Niha has been monitoring the road between Sidon and the Beqaa valley.
Marjeyoun is on a hill facing Mount Hermon to the East, Beaufort Castle, the 1000-year-old Crusader Castle above the Litani River and overlooking Mount Amel (Jabal Amel) to the West, the summits of Rihan and Niha and the rest of the Mount Lebanon range to the North and the fertile plains of Marjeyoun that extend southward into the Galilee plains and the Golan Heights.
Niha is bordered to the West by the high rising mountains of Mount Lebanon and the peak of Mount Sannine, to the North by the village of Tamnine, to the South by the villages of Nabi Ayla (Arabic: نبي أيلا) and Forzol (Arabic: ألفرزل), and to the East by Ablah and the fertile plains of the Bekaa.
The renowned Lebanese singer Wadih El Safi was born in Niha, and he's one of the most important mawwal performers of Lebanon and in the Middle East.