Umm al-Faraj (أم الفرج)

Place

Museum of the Palestinian People (MPP)

Place Name

Place Description

A historic Palestinian village in the Acre subdistrict, situated on the banks of Nahr al-Mafshukh in the western Galilee, where abundant water supported a lush landscape of gardens and orchards and the houses clustered around the cultivated lands. Its agricultural landscape included citrus, bananas, cereals, figs, olives, mulberries, and pomegranates, while the village's abundant water also supported gardens and an older tradition of agricultural production associated with sugar cultivation.