Faces of Safad
3 people on Faces of Palestine were born in Safad and its towns and villages.
A hill town in the Upper Galilee, high above the Sea of Galilee.
Its Palestinian residents were forced out in 1948.
Known for
- Its old stone quarters
- Mountain air and orchards
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Safad in pictures
Safad from the air, 1937Photo: Matson Collection, Library of Congress · Public domain · Source 
Wheat drying on the flat rooftops of Safad, 1920Photo: Matson Photo Service · Public domain · Source 
Safad and the hills of the Upper GalileePhoto: M.t.lifshits · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
Towns and villages of Safad
Born in Safad and around it
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TheaterAmer Hlehel
Dramatic Interpreter of Palestinian Poets
Galilee village of Jish, Palestine
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Resistanceb. 1904Fouad Hijazi
Key figures in the Buraq Revolution.
Safad, Palestine
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Journalismb. 1938Nabil Shaath
Key Palestinian diplomat and strategist
Safad, Palestine
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- Nazareth35 km · 19 faces
- Akka39 km · 17 faces
- Haifa51 km · 15 faces
- Beisan52 km · 1 face
- Jenin59 km · 9 faces
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