Srifa

 ( Populated Places In Tyre District ) 

SrifaFrom personal name; according to Palmer, 1881, p. 32 () is a municipality in Southern Lebanon, located in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon. It is located 20.8 kilometres east of the city Tyros and 90 kilometers south of the capital Beirut. It is the birthplace of Rima Fakih, Miss USA 2010.

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Etymology According to E. H. Palmer, the origin of the name is Sref. It has been suggested that the name means melting and purifying metals(the place of purification and smelting of metals)or it means "casting dirhams”.

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History In 1875, during the late Ottoman Empire era, Victor Guérin found here an ancient column, and a few cut stones, proving that the place was an ancient site.Guérin, 1880, pp. 258-259; as cited in Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 138 Guérin found that the village had 150 Metawileh villagers.Guérin, 1880, pp. 258-259

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village, built of stone, containing about 200 Metawileh, it is situated on a hill, and surrounded by olives, figs, and arable land. Water from a spring; and in the village."Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, pp. 93-94

The village was heavily bombed during the 2006 Lebanon War. On July 12, the Israelis killed 4 civilians in the village,HRW, 2007, pp. 82- 88 while on July 19, they killed 17 Hezbollah fighters and 5 civilians. Srifa was a bustling hillside village. Then yesterday the Israeli jets came, Clancy Chassay, 20 July 2006, The GuardianHRW, 2007, pp. 103-104Human Rights Watch (HRW), September 2007, "Why They Died", Civilian Casualties in Lebanon during the 2006 War

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Demographics In 2014 Muslims made up 99.52% of registered voters in Srifa. 98.64% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.

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Bibliography

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External links

• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons
• Srifa, Localiban

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