Kafr Misr

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Kafr Misr (Arabic: كفر مصر‎, lit. Village of Egypt; Hebrew: כפר מצר‎) is an Arab village in north-eastern Israel. Located near Afula to the south of the Sea of Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bustan al-Marj Regional Council. In 2007 it had a population of 2,400. About 66% of the population is under the age of 18.

Kafr Misr has been inhabited for for hundreds of years. Many of the residents came to the village from Egypt in the beginning of the 19th century when the Egyptians under Muhammad Ali temporarily controlled the area. The village's jurisdiction in 1924 was about 3,300 dunams, but today it is about 1,000 dunams.^[1]

In maps dating from 1799, the Kafr Misr was called "Mavela" which means beauty. The Crusaders called it Kaphar Mazre and, due to its unique fertile area and water supply, it became an agriculture center. Ancient locations in the village show the centrality of its role over years. Some of these locations such as, a theatre and foundations of public places show Christian inhabitance while some have evidence of Muslim inhabitance, specifically during the Mamluk period in the 13th-14th centuries.^[1]