Overview
1900–2026
One family, many places
From a village in the Upper Galilee to Lebanon, and from there across the world. Choose a chapter, or play the whole journey.
Alma,
remembered.
The family archive of the El-Haj Khalil and Al-Refaei families from Alma, a village in the Upper Galilee. It collects the documents, places and people we have found so far, and grows with every branch of the family.
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Five generations
- 19th centuryal-Hajj Ahmad Al-Refaeiالحاج أحمد الرفاعيKnown only through his sons' names.
- Alma, until 1948Sheikh Salah Al-Refaeiالشيخ صلاح الرفاعيLandowner in Alma. Contract of 1934.
- Alma, then LebanonFatme Al-Refaei & Mohammad El-Haj Khalilفاطمة ومحمدEleven children, raised in the camp.
- Born in LebanonThe eleven childrenأبناء محمد وفاطمةBorn in Lebanon, settled across several countries.
- TodayThe grandchildrenالأحفادEvery branch, wherever it lives. Members add their own.
Questions we cannot answer yet
If you know something about these, or about your own branch of the family, please tell us. Everything is checked before it goes into the tree.
Add what you know- Who were Mohammad El-Haj Khalil's parents?
- Was Rifai, the teacher born in 1924, Sheikh Salah's brother?
- Are Naji, Kassem and Salim El-Haj Khalil cousins of the family?
- Where did each branch settle after Lebanon, and when?
- Does anyone remember Hammara in the Bekaa?