Ajah is one of the Palestinian villages that considered as a semi city.

It is located to the SW of Jinin city (the capital northern west bank).

The distance between Ajah and Jenin is about 19 km. Ajah is located on

the main road that connects Jinin with Nablus. Nablus is 35 km to south

of Ajah. Ajah is considered as one of the fastest villages in development

in terms of economy and urban planning. The population of Ajah has been

increased by 10 times more (these days) when compared with population of

1922. The religion of Ajah population is Islam. Most of its families are

originally referenced to a one big family called Qasim Suleiman. Ajah

also has some families that are not originally from Ajah and other

families that are originally from Ajah but not related to Qasim Suleiman.

Ajah has 13 families which are:

The Qasim Suleiman Families which are:
1. Al-Salem (the most educated family)
2. Mahmoud.
3. Abdul Allah
4. al-Qasim.
5. Abdul Jawad.
6. Ibraheem.
7. Salama.
8. Husain.
9. Saleh

Other families:
10. Khalifa.
11. Emrieh.
12. Mu؟ali
13. Shehadeh

Some of Ajah population is in Joradan, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait,

Qater, Oman Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, USA, UK, Germany and other parts of

the world. According the latest statistics, the number of people of Ajah

in the world is almost equal to those in Ajah.

This article is written by Feras Al-Salem
Civil Engineer.
Living in UAE.

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