Arab al-Samniyya (عرب السّمنية)

Place

Museum of the Palestinian People (MPP)

Place Name

Place Description

A historic Palestinian village, also known as Khirbat al-Suwwana, situated on a rocky hill near the road linking Ra's al-Naqura with Safad and connected by a dirt road to the coastal highway and Acre. The villagers cultivated grain, figs, and olives; in 1944/45, 174 dunums were devoted to cereals and 22 dunums to irrigated land and orchards, while terraces of fig and olive trees remained visible at the site.