al-Ruways (الرويس)

Place

Museum of the Palestinian People (MPP)

Place Name

al-Ruways (الرويس)

Place Description

A historic Palestinian village situated on a small rocky hill overlooking the plain of Acre, approximately 12 km from Acre, with secondary roads connecting it to al-Damun and al-Birwa and ultimately to the Acre–Safad and Acre–Haifa roads. One of the smallest villages in the Acre subdistrict, al-Ruways had two residential quarters, a mosque, domestic wells that collected winter rainwater, and an economy based principally on agriculture; villagers cultivated wheat, corn, sesame, watermelons, and olives. In 1944/45, 844 dunums were devoted to cereals and 222 dunums to irrigated or orchard land, including 40 dunums of olive trees.