Musmus




Musmus (Arabic:مُصمُص, Hebrew:מוצמוץ/מוסמוס) is an Arab village in Israel's Haifa District. The village is located in the Wadi Ara area of the northern Triangle, 4 kilometers northeast of Umm al-Fahm. Since 1996, it has been under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Iron local council. The village is divided into three neighborhoods: Abu Shehab, Ighbarieh, Southeast, Mahagna and Sharqawi. In the 2008 census, Musmus' population was 3,900, all of whom are Muslims.
Most of the villagers belong to the Ighbarieh and Mahagna clans. The village is the birthplace of the Palestinian poet Rashid Hussein. Highway 65 passes through the village and splits it into two parts.