Ghuraifa

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Ghuraifa الغريفة
Village
Ghuraifa Location in Bahrain
Coordinates: 26°12′21″N 50°36′05″E / 26.20583°N 50.60139°E / 26.20583; 50.60139Coordinates: 26°12′21″N 50°36′05″E / 26.20583°N 50.60139°E / 26.20583; 50.60139
Country	Bahrain
Governorate	Capital Governorate

Ghuraifa (Arabic: الغريفة‎) is a village in Bahrain that has now been subsumed into the Juffair suburb of Manama, Bahrain. Its Bahraini inhabitants are Baharna Shia.

The village and its descendants have produced a number of prominent Twelver clerics, including:

Grand Ayatollah Allaedin Ghoraifi of Najaf
Senior Bahraini cleric Abdullah al Ghuraifi^[1]
Kamaleddin Ghuraifi,^[2] the assassinated representative of Ayatollah Sistani in Baghdad.

The village lies west of the United States Naval Support Activity Bahrain base, and south of the Bahrain School.

References

↑ Abdullah al Ghuraifi.
↑ James Glanz, Top Shiite Cleric's Aide Killed, and Shiite Office Attacked, New York Times, July 2, 2005.

v t e Neighborhoods of Manama

Awadhiya Adliya Bilad Al Qadeem Bu Ashira Bu Ghazal Central Business District Diplomatic Area Fareej el-Fadhel Fareej el-Hammam Fareej el-Hatab Fareej el-Makharqa Fareej Mushbir Ghuraifa Gudaibiya Gufool Hoora Juffair Mahooz Manama Souq Noaim Ras Rumman Salmaniya Sanabis Seef Seqaya Umm Al Hassam Zinj

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