Gharaibeh

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The Gharaibeh (Arabic: الغرا يبه) family is one of the tribes of the northern parts of Jordan المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية and is a part of the Arabic Bedouin tribe Bani Johma (also spelled Beni Juhma)and some say and their antecedent are Jewish. The name Gharaibeh can also be found under different spellings (e.g., Algharaibeh, Gharaybeh, and Garaybeh). It is however, written in one form in Arabic with and without the article "Al." The name comes from the word "Ghareeb" which means stranger or foreigner in the Arabic language. Elders in the family believe that the name was given to them after settling in a new village in northern Jordan المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية the name of which is still debated.

The main location of the Gharaibeh Family in Jordan is in a town called Huwwarah located in the [Hawran][1] plain in the Biblical "Land of Gilead" near the main northern city of Irbid and Ramtha (Ramoth-Gilead) to the East. Large portion of family members also reside in towns like "Al Mughayir", "Al-Hashimiya" (previously known as Khanzeereh). Some have settled in all the major Jordanian Cities including Irbid itself, Zarqa الزرقاء‎, and the capital Amman.

The family has also a strong presence in other Middle Eastern countries like in Palestine and in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (the original location of the Bani Johma Tribe).

The Gharaibeh family is subdivided into six main branches: Abdallat, Abdeyeh, Hajjiyyeh, Hamad, Sabbaheen and Shehadat.

1 Dress
2 Geographical distribution
3 Old buildings
4 References/ Sources
5 External links

[edit] Dress

The way men and women dress has changed over the years. Below are two traditional ways women used to dress. The traditional dress is gradually making way to Europeanized/Westernized styles, Both of the below features dress codes feature the fulllength black dress (Thoab). The first dress at the top features the black and white Silik. The bottom head dress is famously known as the "German Towel" Bashkeer Aligmani.

[edit] Geographical distribution

[edit] Old buildings

Dar Saleem lim Mhammad el Hamad el Gharaibeh

Dar Abu Habis (Dhaifallah el Mahmoud el Gharaibeh)

[edit] References/ Sources

1. Encyclopedia.com: Houran or Hawran: [2]

2. Abujaber, R. (1988). Pioneers over Jordan: The Frontier of Settlement in Transjordan, 1850-191.

3. [MacDonald, Burton][3](2000). "East of the Jordan": Territories and Sites of the Hebrew Scriptures. Boston, MA: American Schools of Oriental Research.

4. http://www.damascus-online.com/se/geo/hawran.htm