Nablus is a former Canaanite city and it is one of the oldest cities in the world. The city lies along a narrow and fertile valley running roughly East-West between two mountains, Ebal and Jerzim. The entire Nablus district has about 205,400 inhabitants.

Being close to many important areas (like Jerusalem, Yafa, The Galil, Syria, Jordan etc) made Nablus play an important role during the history of the holy land and its different rulers.

Nablus is famous for its architecture, its delicious Knafe, olive oil, cheese and soap. Before the latest intifada, it used to be the most important city for the Palestinian economy but today its economy has been damaged greatly due to the occupation, just like the rest of Palestine.

The Nabulsians are a mix of the ancient Canaanites (the original Palestinians), Turks, Greeks and European crusaders who stayed in Palestine and converted to Islam after their defeat by the great Salaheddin.

The people of Nablus can be recognized by their unique dialect and in many cases, their blue/green eyes.

Nablus has played a great role during the intifada and many of the resisters of the Zionist army have been from Nablus. The city was occupied in 1967 by the Zionists and between 1948 and 1967 it was occupied by Jordan.

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Posted by هاني برهم on June 25, 2008 #43705 Nablus represents the power of palestine and intifada usually starts from this city , i like streets stores and till now i cannot live anywhere except NABLUS HANI DUBAI : haniaimer.uim@gmail.com

Posted by noor saymeh on January 28, 2008 #28153 Great article!!!! Overall wonderful introduction to Nablus!!

 

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