Balad al-Sheikh
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Balad al-Sheikh or Balad ash-Shaykh was a Palestinian Arab village located just north of Mount Carmel, 7 kilometers southeast of Haifa. Currently the town's land is located within the jurisdiction of
A house from Balad ash-Sheikh, now Tel Hanan, Nesher
The maqam of Sheikh Abdallah Al-Sahli in Balad al-Sheikh, 2010
Balad al-Sheikh 1945 1:250,000
Grave of Izz al-Din al-Qassam who was buried in The Muslim cemetery of Haifa in Nesher in 1935
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
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ʿIzz ad-Dīn ibn Abd al-Qāder ibn Mustafā ibn Yūsuf ibn Muhammad al-Qassām was a Syrian Muslim preacher, activist, and leader in the struggles against the French in Syria and the British in Palestine,
Balad al-Sheikh
…local cement factory and burned down a women's farm. In 1934, a new cemetery for Muslim residents of Haifa, was established near the village and in 1935 Izz ad-Din al-Qassam was buried there, making the area a source of tension between Jews and Arabs. During the 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine, there were frequent attacks…
Izz ad Din al Qassam HQ
Al-Qassam was born in Jableh
Al-Azhar Mosque, where al-Qassam studied, in 1906
The French Army occupying the Syrian coast in the lead up of the Battle of Maysalun 1920