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Please Be informed that I created this site www.alkaradsheh.com my name is AKRAM YAGOUB MATAKA  Also  know as Jack Akram Yagoub Matalka or Jack Matalka. I spent most of the last 60 years collecting the information in this Site.  I used to meet with our Karadsheh elderly, most of which have passed.  Most of the names are provided from my notes and  public records, or by at least one member of the different Karadsheh families, some information was obtained from research and documents obtained as result of my research.  Early history came from books written by Karadsheh scholars, with some modifications as some information in these books proved inaccurate and the accurate information was substituted.  Please let me know if any names, or history needing  corrections or modifications through Contac box by filling the feed back box at the left.  I will contact you by email and work with you to correct  or modify any information. Please scroll down to the family tree. (Site Adminstrator Jack Matalka).



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THE KARADSHEH IN MADABA


THE KARADSHEH FAMILY history, As we know it, began early 1600 to 1650 a.d. with Our Great Grand Father Yousef married to Qarwah. Yousef had a brother Hatem and they lived in Salkhat, Hooran (Syria). Yousef and Qarwah had 4 sons they are Qaqish, Falooh, Nuweiser, and Kardosh.
1)QAQISH moved to the town of Salt(Jordan). His descendants are known by his name Qaqish family visit www.qaqish.com .
2)FAL00H remained in Hooran and his descendants are known as Falooh family.
3)NUWEISSER moved to Husn (Jordan) his descendants are known as the Nuweiser and Ayoub families visit www.ayoubfamily.net .
4)KARDOSH moved to Karak (Jordan) about 1605 after an economic depression fell upon the Hooran area........
KARDOSH had 2 sons they are Yagoub and Salameh:
1)YAGOUB whose descendants are known as the AL KARDOSH family in Nasrah.
2)SALAMEH (First Generation Karadsheh and the Grand Father of the Al Karadsheh Tribe) his descendants stayed in Karak and later in 1883 due to a forced migration moved to Madaba. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX SALAMEH IBN KARDOSH is the great grandfather of The Karadsheh Families. The name was derived by pluralizing the name Kardosh as was the custom during those days in Karak using the Arabic language. Unlike in Nasrah the descendants of Yagoub singularized their name and went by the family name Kardosh. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
.......SALAMEH AL KARADSHEH (1675 a.d.-1754 a.d)
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JABER (1705-1784)........................ HILAL (1708-1788)
SALAMEH settled in Karak and had 2 sons Jaber and Hilal. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
JABER had 4 sons Odetallah, Suleiman, Issa and Salman. A) Odetallah had one son Dakhlalah who had 2 sons Odetallah and Jeryes. Odetallah had Marzook (Almarzook family). Jeryes (Aljreysat family) had 3 sons 1)Dakhlala who had 5 sons Yagub, Salim, Jamil, Salibah, Mitri. 2)Odeh who had Jeryes and Issa. 3) Issa who had Ibrahim who married Jameela Marzook and had 4 sons Issa, Issam, Atef, Adli and 6 daughters Alies, Raad, Virginia, Haifa, Linda and Meis. B)Suleiman had one son Yousef who had one son Farhood(Alfarhood family). C)Issa had one son Odeh who had one son Jumian (Aljumian family) Jumian had 7 sons they are 1)Odeh had Mitri who had Butrus, Jamal and Munir, 2)Salameh had (Fouad who has one son Fareed and 4 daughters Joy, Lily, Jane, Linda). 3)Yosuf had Farah, 4)Salim had Jeryes and Butros, 5)Ibrahim had Farhan, Adel, Hanna, Ghaleb, Naef, Fares, 6)Khalil had George, Machaeel, Wadee,Joseph and Adnan 7)Yagoub had Tawfeek, george, Nasri and Marwan . D)Salman, (AlQossoos and Alawageen family) had 3 sons Odetallah, Awad, and Ibrahim. Ibrahim had 2 sons Odeh and Jeryes, 1)Odeh had Yousef who had 3 sons Khalil, Mousa and Ibrahim. 2)Jeryes had 2 sons Salman and Issa. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
HILAL had 3 sons Nasser,Jabir and Salameh. (Third Generation) A)Nasser had two sons Jubrael (Alazzara) and Mansoor (Almansoor). B)Jaber had one son Ibrahim who had 3 sons Nassar(Alnassar), Odeh (Alghareeb), Suleiman (Alsololeen). C)Salameh had one son Jaber (his decendants are referred to as 3yal Jaber) who had 4 sons they are Hanna, Khalil, Jubrael,and Issa. I)Hanna had Salameh (Alsalamat)who had 3 sons,Hanna, Jiryes and Odeh. Hanna had 6 sons Saadeh, Ayed, Jeryes, Sami,Bassam and Salameh married Lily Salibah Matalka and has Khaldoon,Hanna and Zaidoon. 2) Jeryes had Imad (Wadah, Yazid and Sari) and Ramsey ( Jeryes and Udei)., 3) Odeh had 4 sons Salem, Issa who had 2 sons (Ashraf and Odeh and several daughters),Yagoub and Salebah, II)Khalil (Ilyasat) had (A) Salem who had Khalil who had 3 sons they are 1-Jeryes who had Tawfeek who has 4 sons Maher, Wael,Nasser and Amer. and Fouad married Nadia has Mazen, Khalil and daughter Mona. 2- Ibrahim has 5 sons and daughter Sumiah the sons are Nazeeh, Samir, Ghaleb, Hazim and Nasri. 3-Ilyas has Jihad who has Meera, Ilyas and Morad. and (B)Ilyas who had Salem who had Jameel, Moaeen, Shafeeg, and shawgi, III)Jibrael (AlQarrain), and IV)Issa had 3 sons Jabir (Aljabir), Hanna (karadsheh), Odeh (Almatalga). XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX NASSAR had 2 sons Salameh and Khalil (Alkhouri) married Mariam Yousef Jumian who had 2 sons Khalaf and Issa ( had Issa, George who had Fares, Shafeek and Fadi. Shafik had Bassem. Baseel has Karem and Salem who has Basel. and 5 daughters Fudeya married Jeryes Farhood, Fuda married Suleiman Matalka, Khadra married Abu Thaher and several others after being widowed. Mariam married abu Tuma Hamarneh, and Thahebeh married Yousef (Abu Ateyeh) Hamati. Jaber had Hanna married to Sabha Haddadin had 6 sons and 4 daughters. Salameh who married Lily Matalka and has Khaldoon,Hanna, and Zaidoon. Saadeh. Sami married Najwa Zawaydeh. Bassam married Diana Hijazeen. Ayed. Jeryes who has Imad who has 3 sons Wadah, Sari and Yazeed. The daughters are Fudah, SIHAM who married Tareq Hamarneh and has Munther, Iyad and Basmah. Gihan. Sumiah. Jeryes and Odeh who married Mariam and had 4 sons they are 1)Salem who has 3 sons Faek, Naef and Sameer. 2)Issa, 3)Yagoub and 4)Salibah, Salibah has Osamah and Mazen. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX The ones mentioned above, and their close friends, fathered the well known and respected KARADSHEH related families in MADABA, THEY ARE: 1)MARZOOK..2)JUREISAT..3)FARHOOD.. 4)JIMIAN..5)QOSOOS (ALWAJEEN). 6) AZZARA..7)MANSOOR..8)SOLOLEEN..9)NASSAR.. 10)GHAREEB.. 11)SALAMAT..12)ILYAS.. 13)QARRAEN..14)JABER.. 15) The sons and daughters of KHALAF IBN YOUSEF IBN HANNA who go by the last name KARADSHEH..16)MATALKA..17) KHOURI..18) HAMARNEH.. 19) HAMATI..20) BAJALI..21)HALASAH Nussair ibn Yousef and Khalil HALASAH..22)ZAWAHRI..23)HOURANI. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Each of these families have many decendants. This web page is in the process of expanding so we can accommodate all the members of these families. Your help is needed in providing the names of ones you know. Both male and female. I welcome all contributions in the form of information, pictures, and direct assistance. With your help we can develop the best Family Tree on the web. contact me using the contact form at top. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Information sources so far are two books. One was written in English by an English Colonel in 1938 called "Tribes of Jordan" by Col. Fredrick G. Peak. And the second called "Madaba and the Karadsheh Tribe", written by two of our own Karadsheh scholars, Mr. Mikhaeel K. Jumean and Dr. Amjad A. Jumean ... My sincere and heart felt thanks go to Captain Ramzi Matalqa who contributed the book "Madaba and the Karadsheh Tribe" to this page. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX MATALGA....began their journey with Odeh Ibn Issa Karadsheh (hereon Matalka). The name Matalka was derived from two Arabic words "Ma" and "Talga". Ma in arabic means No and Talga means divorce in effect the words mean "no divorce". There is a story about how Odeh was labeled Matalga. He was a very generous man, his house was always open to neighboring friends who are invited to trade their goods. Odeh would invite them to eat Mansaf. Once they are finished he would ask them to eat more, as was the custom in Madaba. The guests would say "thank you we are full". He would respond "Eat, Eat, if you don't eat I would divorce my left arm from its socket". The guests would appease him and eat more and say "Ma Talga". Meaning you need not divorce your arm from its socket. The name Matalga and later Matalka caught on. Odeh had 2 sons SULEIMAN and SALMAN (Fifth Generation). XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
SULEIMAN who had 2 sons YAGOUB and HANA (Sixth Generation)and 5 daughters who emerged in Madaba in the early 1900 and there after. The 5 daughters are, Hanneh, Nurse Labeebeh (aka Joy), Helaneh, Afifeh, and Sabet.
A) YAGOUB married Hind born in Williamsport, Pensylvania, USA raised in Brumanah, Lebanon and worked in Nazareth before settling in Amman, Jordan. Yagoub and Hind had 4 sons (Seventh Generation), 1)Anwar married Helen. His children are Nadia married to Andre Sommer and resides in Germany, Jack G. married to Diana and have Brandi and Branden,( 9th Generation) Donald married to Amy and have one son Nickolas and daughter Kathryn . and Michael has one daughter Maggie Marie Matalka. 2)Akram also know as (Jack) Akram Yagoub Matalka (8th Generation) has 3 sons, Sammy,Jamey,Tim and 1 daughter Heather. 3)Ramsey married Aida. Their children are Tareq, Amin married Claire, and Faisal, 4)Afif married Lamis and his children are Aimee, Natalee, and Olivia.
B)Hanna married Nazek and had 5 sons and 1 daughter. They are 1)Haitham married Ragheda. Their children are Hanna, Nabeel, Dana, and Norma. 2) Nadeem married Iman, his children are Lina, Luma, and Lana. 3)Nabeel. 4)Rajaee married Samia and his children are Zaid and Laith. 5)Suleiman married Asma his children are Khaled and Marian. 6)Ilham married Ghassan Her children are Jameel and Mayada. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
SALMAN (died May 1943) had 3 sons Dakhlalah, Salibah and Sami. A)Dakhlalah's children are: a)Jameel married to Naemeh his children are Awni, Adma, Issam and Atef. b)Makhaeel married Kameleh his children are Issa, Salam, Amer, Osama,a computer scientist working for the United Nations married to Ruba Gousous and has 3 children Tara and Noura and son Faris, Sanaa and Wafaa. c)Speer his children are Maher married Nadia and has daughter Farrah, Mazen married Salma and has twin children Fadi and Christina, Maha married Phillip resides and has Sandra, Anita and Tamara and Mona married Danny has Jonathan and Stephanie. d)Zuhair married Muntaha has 3 children 1)Waleed married Lina and have one daughter Daline, 2)Amjad married Raja and has 2 daughters Nadine and Sabine, and 3)Khaled married Nasma and has Omar, Yasmina and Jad. e)Suhail married Hana and their children are Faris married Jamie, Lara and Fadi, f)Zeinat, g)Mae married George, and h)Suhaila married Waleed. B)Saleebah's children are a)Sameeh married Ibtissam and has Karim, Iyad, Kholoud married Osama, and Basel b)Phillip married Abla and has Malek who married Sawsan and has one son Yanal and Sama, c)Lily who married Salameh, d)Nadia married Phillip. e)Nuhad married Jalil and has 3 daughters,1)Brigitte married Mark and have 2 daughters Jessica and Amy and 1 son Michael. 2)Natasha married Jeffrey. 3)Tania.
C)SAMI married Shafiqa Jumian have 3 boys and 4 girls. The boys are Raed married Elham, Wael married Kholoud and has one boy (Alaa) and one girl (Natalee)and Mazen. The girls are Raida who married Akram and has 3 boys and a girl. Mageda married Talal and have one boy (Sanad), Ghada married Hisham and have one boy (Gaith) and Wafaa married Munir and has 2 girls Yara and Zeina and one boy Yazin. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX AL QOSOOS: Salman had 3 children they are Ibrahim, Awwad, and Odatallah. A)Ibrahim had 2 sons Odeh and Jeries. Odeh had one son named Yousef who had 3 sons Khalil who had 3 sons Yousef, Massad and Touma. B) Jeries had 2 sons Salman who had one son Salem. Issa had 2 sons 1) Jadeallah (Al Awajean) had 3 boys Yagoub sons ( Mazen,Raed has Anthony and Eliana and Firas married to Shireen and has Nadine), Wadea sons (Adnan and Suhai), and Jeryes married to Qumra his children are 1)Shafik married to Mary had John, Angela, Mona, Deena and Randa. a)John have Roman, b)Angela's children are Peter, Carissa and Elizabeth. c)Mona's children are Nicholas, Katherine, Michael, Matthew, Emilia, Anna and Christina, d)Deena, e)Randa have Mitry and Elias. 2)Christina, 3)Shafika, 4)Iskander married Amal Hanna Naasan they have a)George, b)Nabeel married Dima has Joseph, c)Christina married Bob have Ansani ans Alexis. 5)Marwan married Hilda children are 1)Alaa married Wardeh Khoury has Marwan and Jeryes. 2)Zeid, 3)Moayd, and 4)Yazen. 6)Loris married to Tawfik Lahham and have 8 children a)Hanan married to Nabil and they have Youmna, Shereen and John, b)Khaled married to May and have Leana, Tawfik and Nicholas, c) Osama married to Nicki and they have Nickolas, d)Feirouz married Michael and have Michael Jr. and Juliana, e) Saheir, f)Reem married to Robert, g)Shereen married to chad and have Madelyn, h)Nadia. 7)Farouk married Randa Sololeen has a)Jeryes, b)Rania married Prince, c)Tania, d)Tamara married Tim, and e)Suzan. 8)Mary married to Nabile Massarweh and have a)Nader who is married to Lori,and b)Anthony. B)Shargi (to be continued) XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX AL QARRAIN....JIBRAEL IBN JABER had 2 sons 1)SALEM who had FARAH who had 4 sons Salem, Bashar, Heidar,Ibrahim and 7 daughters.2)SULEIMAN who had 2 sons Jibrael who has Awni. And Issa who had 3 sons and 2 daughters Victoria who had Salem, Maher, Nidal, Rima, Raeda, Asma and Randa married Farouk and resides in Phoenix, and Fairouz. The sons are: a)SULEIMAN who had 3 sons and 1 daughter, Nashat who has Fadi, NORMA, Talal married Mageda and have Sanad, and Issa has Suleiman and Norma.b)Saliba. c)Makhael who has 4 sons, Fouad married Muna , Waleed married Suhaila, Munther married to Sumaya and has 2 sons Firas and Alaa and one daughter Reem who married Mohammed and lives in Canada. Hani married Adma and has Tamer and Makhael. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX AL FARHOOD....FARHOOD had 3 children 1)YOUSEF had 2 children Butros and Fayez. a)Butros has 3 sons and 1 daughter they are Samir, Ramzi, Ziad and Suhad. Samir married Raeda and has 2 sons and 2 daughters ther are Butros, Genevieve, Natalie and Farid. Ramzi married Khulood and has 2 sons and 1 daughter they are Leena, Nader and Samer married Lara and have Ghazi and Rafaela. Ziad is a bachelor. Suhad married Khalil and has one daughter Niveen. b)Fayez who had Yousef and Ashraf. Yousef is married to Nadia. Ashraf is married to Rachel. 2) IBRAHIM who had 2 children Michael who had 5 sons they are Fouad has michael, Adnan, Adel, Sami, and Jihad. Hanna who has 5 sons and 1 daughter, they are Ibrahim have 2 sons Kais and Odi. Leyth have Osama and Anis. Ziad. Zaid have 3 sons Eyad, Ziad and Firas. Nashat have 2 sons Tareq and Hanna. and daughter Addel.. 3)Jeryes who had 2 children Ayed and Farhan. AYED had a)Jameel who has 2 children Adliand Imad. b)Ghazi (aka Jess) wife is Rose has 6 daughters Suzanne (married Edmond ), Nadia, Jessica (married Paul ), Randa, Mona (married Christopher) and Reem. c)Hani, and d)Akram who has Akram. 3)FARHAN had 3 sons and 2 daughters they are a)Essam has omar and 3 daughters, b)Bassem have Johnny, Donna, Tamer, and Renee. c)Bassam, d)Alice and e)Sihan. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX AL ILYASAT see Khalil Ibn Jaber Ibn Salameh above. Khalih had two sons Salem and Ilyas. A)Salem had Khalil who had 3 sons 1)Jiryes who had a) Dr. Tawfiq married to Nada Maayaa have i)Maher married to Shireen Bashton have Nada, ii)Wael married to Haneen have Tawfiq, Faisal and Talal. iii)Nuha have Bashar, Alaa and Hanaliv)Lina have Rana, Ruba and Sireen (reside in the United States). v)Nahla married to Ayman have Tamara, Natasha, Shafiq, Nehad and Zaid. vi)Nasser married to Rama have Rajwa, Karma and Omar. vii)Amer married to Nuha have Naya, Maan and Dareen who has Sahem. viii)Maha married to Dr. Samir . and b) Fouad married Nadia had Mazin, Khalil and Mona. 2)Ibrahim who had 6 children. a)Nazeeh married to Amal and have Yazan, Zeena and Yazeed,b) Dr. Samir married to Maha has 2 daughters Mais and Manal, and 2 sons Manhall and Maan who is married to Dareen Akram Hamarneh, c) Ghaleb married to Montaha have Shadi, Ghadeer, and Fadi, d)Hazem married to Vera have 1)Dareen and 2)Katie who is married to Yardin have martine and Sofi, and e)Nasri married to Nermeen have Ibrahim, Ehab, Nivin and Nisreen who is married to Sami Twal and have one daughter Ireen. f)Sumayah married to Munther Qarrain and have Firas married to Neveena, Alaa married to Tamara, Reem married to Mohammad and have Sanad and Gena. and 3)Ilyas who had 6 children a)Jihad who has 3 children Meera married Eyad Twal, Ilyas and Murad b)Maysoon,c)Buthaina,d)Lamis who married Afif and has 3 daughters Amee, Natalie, and Olivia,e)Janan and f)Iman. B) Ilyas had Salem who had 4 children 1)Jameel,2) Moeen has one son Raed, 3)Shafik, and 4)Shawqi married to Hind have a)Zaid married to Nisreen, b)Rania married to Basheer Shamas have Fares, Murad, and Rama. c)Rana and d)Salem. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX AL JREYSAT..Jeryes Dakhlalah son of Odetalah son of Jaber Ibn Salameh is the grandfather of the Jreysat family. Jeryes as shown above had 3 sons (Dakhlala,Issa, and Odeh). 1)Dakhlala, who died during a battle with neighboring badoo tribe in August 1918. I understand that he fought very bravely defending Madaba and its people, had 5 sons a)Yagub married Fatha Salamat had 1 son and 4 dayghters. The son is Dakhlala married to Nawal who have 2 sons and 1 daughter, Diaa, And Majdi who is married to Rula Rayek have 2 sons Jacob, Issa and 1 daughter Ayah. And Lubna who is married to Issam and they have 2 boys Yazen and Yazeed. The daughters are Nazek married Hanna Matalka, Nawal, Nuha married Adnan Salamat. b)Salim who had William who has Salim who has WILLIAM (thanks will for the information), Waleed married Myra Giemsoe who have 1-Daniel married Karen and has Christiana, Chandler, Micah and Marissa. 2-JoHannah married Kraig Smith and have Ariana, Miles who married Karen, Madeline, and Sophia. 3-Carmel married Rich Deleau and have Marena, Jourdan and Max. 4-Lisa married Tarchinski and have Basil Andre Karachy RIP 1984-2001, Roman Sage, Hunter William, and Aris Wesley. Wael married Najwa and have Marwan and 2 daughters, Farook married Linda and have Jim and Peter who have daughter Star Anna. c)Jameel.d)Salebah who had Nofan married Nadia Madanat and has 1-Julie married Jawad Jalal Abasi son Rafed. 2- Nisreen married Amjad Eid Sweis and has Fayroz.3-Mary married Eddie Jires Shaeny. 4- Nadeen and 4-Omar. Hisham who married Ghada and has Ghaith. Hissam who has Nathan, and Faris who has Nishan. e)Mitri. 2)Issa who had Ibrahim married Jamila Marzook and had 4 sons a)Issa who has Kavien, Feras, and Aboud,b)Issam,c)Atef, d)Adli, and 6 daughters a)Aleese married Yousef Neamat, b)Raad married Nael Jresat, c)Virginia married Yagoub Qousous, d)Haifa married Nazeeh Tadrus, d)Linda married Eid Munezeal who have Tamara and Nasreein, e)Maysoon married Michael Halasa. a)Atef married Firyal Marji and has Ibrahim,Zaid, Diala who provided this thorough history of this part of the family. (Thank you Diala and God bless you.), and Ramia. b)Issa, c) Issam married Janet Awwad and has Ibrahim and Diane, and d) Adli. 3)Odeh who had a)Jeryes who had Ahed who has Samer and Iyad, Nael who has Maen and Munther, Fareed who has Amer and Jeryes, Hayel who has Basheer and Rabea, and Sayel. and b)Issa who has Odeh who has Issa and Ibrahim. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX AL MARZOOK Family...Marzook had 5 sons they are Odetallah, Khalil, Ibrahim, Odeh and Salem. 1)Odetallah had one son Tawfeek who had 8 sons they are a)Jeryes who had 2 sons Yazin and Tawfeek, b)Samih who had 3 sons Yagoub, Aismat and Issam, c)Sami had 1 son Aalaa, d)Elias had 2 sons Faisal and Firas, e)Samir had 3 sons Tawfeek, Samer, and Tamer, f)Sameh had 1 son Amer, g)Jawdat had 1 son Audaai, h)Raafat. 2)Khalil had 9 sons, a) Makhaeel married Afifa Jumian and has 6 sons and 5 daughters. 1)Nabeel has 1 son Amjad and 2 daughters Majeda and Diana, 2)Bassam has one son Mike and 2 daughters., 3)Nashaat has 2 sons Osamah married to Nour Qaqish and Laith and 2 daughters Rana and Reem who married Ala Qaqish, 4)Basim has 3 sons a)Marzook married Rafif Rafic Qawar and has basim, b) Sultan, c)Michael. and 3 daughters a)Lana married Michael and has Zaid, Julie and Mark. b) Zain married Ayman Tadros has Edward and Ashly. c)Rhanda married Ramzie Zabaneh and has Khader and Yaza. 5)Marzook married Siham George Jumian and had Layla, Khalil, Sami, Michael, Zaid, and Dani. 6)Ghaleb has one son Sanad and daughter Farah.The daughters are Ilene, Nabilah, Adma, Hind, and Nadera. b)Jibrael. c)Yagoub had 4 sons and 5 daughtres. Hatem married Nadira Marzouq and have 2 sons Maen and Mutaz and 1 daughter Mais, Marwan married Nadia and has 1 son Shadi and 3 daughters, Linda, Lana and Loubna. Nasri married Wafaa Hijazin has 2 son Amer and Adam and one Daughter Ashley, and Khaled who married Hala Faek Jabber and has Jake, Michael and Amber. The daughters are Nihad married Awwad Haddad and has Zead married to Christine Habib,Yazen, Raaed and Rami and Dena married Mike Fasheh. Ikhlas had Rola and Yazin and Tawfik, Diana married Bassam Marzook and have 1 boy Mike and 2 girls Donna and Vera, Ghada married Leo Minniachi and has Jawad and Luciano, and Maha married John and has 1 daughter and 1 son. d)Hanna, e)Butros, f)Abdallah married Samira Jumian and has 1 son Samir married to Majeda Haddadeen, and 2 daughters Hilda and Aida. g) Marzook who has 5 sons, Khalil who has 1 son Mark. Sami, Zaid, Mike married Lana Marzouk, and Danny. h) Sami, i) Jeryes. 3) Ibrahim had 2 sons and 2 daughters Faiza and Jamilla has son Issa. The sons are a)Farhan married Ilene and has 2 sons Mazin married to Shadia Tadrous, and Zeid, and 2 daughters Hala married Dr. Nazieh Ammari and Sawsan married Dr. Kamal Shahatit. b)Farah, migrated to US in 1956, married Haifa Khoury and has Diane, Ibrahim-a hero who gave his life in defence of his country while coming home from serving in Eygpt during 1985-, Rosemarie married Lewis Preddy has Abraham, Sara and Stephen 4) Odeh and 5) Salem. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX AL SALAMAT Family.....Hana ibn Jaber had one son Salameh. Salameh had 3 sons Hanna, Jeryes and Odeh. 1)Hanna had 6 sons and 4 daughters Fatha married Yagoub Jeresat, Seham married Tarek Hamarneh had 2 sons Munther and Eyad has son tarek and daughters Sahar, Basma and Lina married Waleed Matalka, Jehan has Johnny , Sami and Laila, and Sumayah. The sons are Saadeh, Ayed who had Adnan married Nuha Jeresat has 2 daughters Laila and Rena. Jeryes who had Imad and Ramsey and 3 daughters Rema, Suha and Raghda, Imad has 3 sons Wadah, Yazeed, Sari and 1 daughter Tala. Ramsey married Ayda Al Jaber and has 2 sons Jeryes and Oday and 2 daughters Enas and Haneen. Salameh married Lilly and has 3 sons Khaldoon who has Qais and Sima, Hanna has Salam. and Zaidoon and 3 daughters Abeer, Jumanah, and Shireen married Jamal Ayoub. Sami has Iyad, Raed and Dima. Bassam has 2 sons (Luai and laith) and 2 daughters Nadia (who Provided most of the info here Thanks Nadia)and Claudia married Tarek Haddad and has Qais and Sarah. 2)Jeryes. 3)Odeh had 4 sons and daughter Nadia married Fouad Ilias Karadsheh has Mazi, Khalil and daughter Mona. Salem who has Faek, Naef and Samir. Issa who had Ashraf and Odeh married Laura Qubain on 7/3/2004. Yagoub who has Samer who has Amro and yagoub, and Marwan who has Saad. Saliba who has Osamah who has Alex. and Robie. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX AlJUMIAN Family. Jumian had 7 sons they are a)Odeh, b)Salameh who had Fouad lives in Florida who has son Fareed and 4 daughters. c)Yousef, d)Saleem, e)Ibrahim who had 1)Farhan whose sons are(Emil,Shafik sons Ayman son Shafik, Osama and Ihab, Samir, and Nawaf),2)Adel sons Ibrahim and Wadah,3) Hanna whose sons are Fawaz Fozi, and Ziad. 4)Ghaleb son Ibrahim who has Ghaleb, Hissam and Kamal, 5) Naef who had Ghaith has Naef, Amer and Tamer, 6)Fares who has Marwan, Raad, and Sanad. f)Khalil whose sons are George ( had Hani son Rami and daughter, and Ramsey son Yazin), Makhaeel, Wadee, Joseph, and Adnan sons are Amjad, Faisal and Firas. g)Yagoub whose sons are 1)Tawfik, 2)George has Yacoub, 3)Nasri sons are Samer and Imad, 4)Marwan sons Basil and Laith. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX AL AZZARA, Jibrael had 2 sons Salameh and Issa. A)Salameh had Eiadeh and Aed. Eiadeh had 7 sons they are 1)Jameel sons George and Jamal,2)Salameh sons Showgi,Bassem, Fahad, and Ziad. 3)Issa sons Samir, Ziad and marwan and 6 daughters, Samia, Intesar, nadia, montaha, Aida, and kholood. Ziad has Alice,Noor and Issa. and Marwan has Mathew and Samantha. and daughter Aida married to Saliba Janine has Dana, Samer and Sari. 4)Kamal sons Mashoor, and maher. 5) Saba, sons are a)Jalal has 5 children they are Saba married Souzan Kades, Cindy (who provided this input thanks Cindy), Shadi, Danny and Joey. b)Bassam, c)Bashar, and d)Ayman sons Michael and Lawrence. 6)Sami sons Maen, Alaa, and laith. 7)Samih son Shahir. B) Issa had one d aughter Khulood who has Reem and Nadeen, and one son Ibrahim who had 4 sons and 4 daughters. The sons are: 1)Yousef son I)Yagoub who lived in Hooran area of Syria There he is known as Suleiman Nasralla and has sons a)Sami has George and Ilyas, b)Samir has Mazen, Mufeed, Mohanad, Mehran, Maher, and Manhal. c) Suhail. d)Samih married Lina Sarkis and has Suleiman, John and Mageda. And II)Suhail. 2)Salem son Farah who had 5 sons Sami, Yousef, Waleed son Sari, Marwan sons Louai and Sami, Salem son Rami. 3)Hanna sons a)Jeryes son John and 3 daughters Donna, Diana (contributed the info here thanks Diana) and Liza, b)Issam sons Issa and Hanna, c)Azzam. 4)Farhan had 5 sons a)Ibrahim sons Ghassan, Farhan, Hassan, and Abdallah, b)George sons Ayman and Amjad, c)Ramzi son Michael, d)Mazen, and e)Maan. The daughters are a)Samira married Jeryes Abu Nasser and has Wajde, Maher and Mageda. b)Sureea married Ghaleb Abu Nasser Karadsheh and has Hessam,Wissam, Essam, Hesham, and Bassam. c) Samia married Joseph Khalil Jemian has Atef and Maha who married Issa Hana Almedanat. d)Salwah married Sami Eadeh Azzara has Maaen, Allaa, and Laith. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX AL MANSOOR, Mansoor had 3 sons Salem, Odeh and mansoor. A) Salem had Khalih son Mansoor, B)Odeh had Suleiman and Hanna. Sulieman had 2 son 1)Salem had 3 sons I.Makhael, II.Nasser and III.Jeries abu Nasser married Samira who had Wajdi, Maher and Mageda in all Jeryes Abu Nasser had 7 sons. 1)Ghaleb married Sureea has Hussam, Wissam, Issam, Hisham, Bassam, Hemam and Ghaith,2)Maged has Wadah and Laith, 3)Nasser, 4)Magdi has Jeryes, 5)Amgad has Yazen and Omar, 6)Wajde has Rashed and Maher, 7)Maher. And 4 daughters, 1) Afaf married Issa Jreisat has Odeh and Ibrahim. 2)Nuha married Issa Qusoos has Haider, Riyad and Issa. 3)Fadwa, 4)Fadia who is married to Shafiq Ajeilat and have a. Wael who is married to Dema and they have Yanal, Mera and Marah. b. Raed who is married to Rula and have Abdallah. c. Helen who is married to Osamah Maayeh they have Dina, Gina and Natalie. d. Hilda has Ghaleb and Rashed from a prior marriage. She is now married to Handri and they have Amanda, and Haya,3)Mageda. The sons are a)Ghaleb sons Hissam son Jawad, Issam son Hamam, Hisham sons Ghaleb and Rashed, Bassam sons Yazin and Louai, b) Maged, c)Nasser, d)Amjad who has Yazin and Omar, e)Magdi who has Jeryes, f)Wagdi and g) Maher son Odi. 2)Saleem had Yagoub. Hanna had Jeryes who had Shukri, Showgi, Hanna and Showkat sons are Ziad son Ramis, Raad, and Tamer married to Tamara and has Basil, Faris and Laith. C) Mansoor had Suleiman and Issa. Suleiman sons are Moosa sons 1)Tawfik sons Naeem, Hatem and Haider, 2) Najeeb sons Talat, Azmi amd Mashael. 3) Adib sons a)Ramzi has 2 sons Adib and Meeshal and 1 daughter, b)Raja and c)Nasri. 4) Issa sons Moosa, Fares and Fraez. Yousef sons Fraeh and Farah sons Yousef, Marwan and Nidal. Ibrahim sons are Bassam, Suleiman and Mansoor. Issa sons are Awad sons Butrus, Fouad, and Wadee. Attalah sons are Nael, Samir, and Samih. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX AL JABIR...Issa had Jabir who had 3 sons Salman, Issa and Ibrahim. 1-Salman had Abdullah who had Issa who had Shaher,Munir, Ayda,Ibtissam, Manal,and Nuha. Naaum who became a Catholic Priest. Faek married Zeinat and had Osama married Kholood,SaEd,Eman married Nadim, Basma married Issa,Rajaa married Amjad,Hala married Khaled. and Samaan who had Amer, Thaer, Lieth,Fadi,Khuzma and Jumana. 2- Issa had Jamil who had Khalil, Awni,Farouk,Azmi,Abla married Philip and have Malek,Hind,Khawla, Hiam, and Montaha. 3-Ibrahim had Mitri, Badea, Miladi, Labibi, and Mariam married Salibah and had Samih, Philip, Lilly,Nadia and Nuhad. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX KARADSHEH...Hanna had Yousef who had Khalaf married Tamam Qarrain (who passed on at an early age) and had Adele who married Ilyas Karadsheh and has 1-Jihad who married Iman Azzara and has Meera who married Iyad Twal,Ilyas and Murad. 2-Maysoon who married Rowhi Farah. 3- Buthaina 4- Lamis 5-Iman and 6-Janan. Khalaf remarried agian to Afifeh and had 1-Haifa,2-Ibtissam married Samih Matalka has Karem married sawsan and has Hiba. Iyad married Basma Hamarneh and has Leen, Luay, Laith and Lara. Basel married Hala lauce and has Juanna, Danielle and Raya. Kholoud married Osama Jabir and has Dina and Zina. 3-Salma married Karim Haddadin has Amani, Wael, Rola, and Helene. 4- Yousef. 5-Hani married Basma Azarah has Wiiliam, Joseph, and Kani. 6-Asma married fekuon. 8-Basem married Hikmat Hourani had Charlie, Louie, Nasri and Diala. 8- Nasri. 9-Riad married and had Dima, Wassim, Imad, Shadi then remarried Samar Karadsheh and had Fadi and Nadine. 10-Laila married Nawaf Sawalha had Ashraf, Amjad, Zeid, and Majed. 11-Fatin married Awni Jaber had fares, Dima and Dana. 12-Ayman married Sima Sololeen had Alaa and Walaa. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX AL KHOURY...Ibrahim ibn Jaber had Nassar who had Salem. Salem had Khalaf and Issa. Issa had 4 sons and 5 daughters. The sons are 1)Issa married Nadia Mansoor has 1)Helen married Mark Livenson has daughter Layla, 2)Hilda, and 3) Norren. 2)George who has Faris, Shafiq and Fadi. 3)Shafiq who had Bassem. and 4) Baseel who had 2 sons and 4 daughters a)Karem married Ileen Fakhoury and have Zeena, Bana and Masa., and b)Salem married Haya Qubain and have Tala and Basil. c) Zein married Sam Nejm has 2 sons louie and Laith, d) Mae, e)Faten married Ibrahim Emile Ghawi and has 2 daughters Sara and Ghalia, and f)Basma married Anis Naim Chelala and resides in Lebanon and have 2 sons Naim and Nadeem. The daughters are 5)Margaret, 6)Alice, 7)Shafeeqa, 8)Haifa married Farah Marzooq has Diane Doxey, who has Farah, Cameron, and Daniel, Ibrahim a hero who gave his life in defence of his country while serving in Egypt as a peace keeper in 1985. Rosemarie married lewis Peddy and has Abraham, Sara and Stephen. 9)Leila. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX AL NASSAR...Ibrahim ibn Jaber had Nassar who had Salameh who had 3 sons, 1)Ead who had a-Hanna who has George, Eddie, and Omar. and b-George wh had Nabeel who has George, and Nasri. 2)Machaeel who had a-Khalil who has Mahib and Odie. b-Issa who has Mohanad and Tareq. 3)Ibrahim who had 9 sons, a)Adel who has Shadi and Fadi, b)Adnan who has Ashraf, Bashar and Osama. c)Samir who has Ibrahim, Issa and Tamer. d)Ghaleb who has William and Alaa, e)Fouad who has Zaid and Yazin, f)Joseph who has Firas, g)Rajaee who has Yssar and Yaareb. h)Issam who has Louai and Kosai. and i)Mashale. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX AL SOLOLEEN...Ibrahim Ibn Jaber had Suleiman, Odeh and Nassar. A)Suleiman who had Ibrahim who had Attallah and Mansoor. 1)Mansoor had Shukri who has Osamah and Samer. and Samih who has Nasser and Amer. 2)Attalah has a-Naeel who has Basem who has Naeel, and Bassam. b-Sami who has Ibrahim, Mokaram and Wisam. c)Faek who has Rami. d)Fouad has Attalah. B)Odeh had Issa has Dakhlalah and Odeh and who had I)Jeryes who has a)Nidal, b)Maher, c)Salem married Suha had 1)Jeryes has Sema married Ayman Khalaf Karadsheh has Alaa and Walaa, 2)Sanad, and 3)Saif, d)Rima married Jeryes Salaitah, e)Randa married Farouk Awageen has Jeryes, Rania, Tania, and Suzan f) Raida married Ayoub Haddad, e) Asma married Imad Hamarneh. And II)Salameh has Mousa, Yagoub and Issa. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX AL GHAREB......Ibrahim ibn Jaber had Odeh who had A)Salem who had 1)Jeryes who had a)Salem who has Jeryes, Sanad and Saif, b)Maher, and c)Nidal who has Yazin and Murad. and 2)Salameh had a)Moses who has Salmeh, Farah, Fareeh, Zaki. b)Yagoub had Emil who has Fawaz, Maze and Ramsey. and c)Issa who has 1)Elyas. 2)Adel who has Tareq, Michael, and Bulos. 3)Sami who has Issa and Imad. 4)Suhail who has Elyas and Charlie. B)Issa who had a)Dakhlalah who had jeryes, Issa and Elyas who has Amar, Aizam, Marwan, Issa, Dakhlalah. and b)Odeh who had Butros and Naeem who has Shibli, Zaid, Khaldoon and Samer. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Al ZAWAHRI....Salman Al-Zawahri had 3 sons 1)Michael married Malakah and had 4 sons a)Akram married Wafega has Awni who has Samer, Monjed married Renda has Zaid and George. Esmat married Hala and has Tony and Jordan. b)Bassam married Ibtissam and has I)Tarek, II)Mikhael married to Aseel and has daughter Elaine, and III)Malak, c)Sami has Khaled and Zaid, d) Galeb married NaHeel who has Loay and Oday. 2) Zaki who had 3 sons Victor, Haidar, and George. 3)Naeem had Tarek who has Samer, and Salman. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Al HALASA..Naseer ibn Yousef had 2 sons A)Salameh who had a)Saleh, b) Lahman had 6 sons 1)Gibrael who has Hanna, Gibrael and George. 2)Machael. 3) Jameel who had Jameel who has Jorge and Rodrico. 4) Sarafeem who had 4 sons and daughter Taroob married Al and resides in San Jose, California and has Sarfeem and Sabrina. Sons are Sami, Atef, Nofan, and Hikmat, 5) Machael had Haider, Hussam and Ramsey. 6) Salem had Magdy. c)Odeh had Farhan married(First wife passed away remarried to Saltane) had Tawfik,Adel,Adanan,Bassam,Issam,Ghaleb, Iskander,Bassem, Micheal , Vicroria, Ibtisam,Feda, and Bassmeh, d)Nuaman who had Iskander, Rinatto,and Rico. B)Yousef had Khalil who had Ghanem, Ibrahim, Tawfeek, Sahwgi,Sami,and Samir. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

MADABA

The name Madaba was taken from the act of juicing fruit and water,  as fruits were plentiful in its early days and fruit juice was a daily form of nourishment.  1200 B. C. is the date during which  Madaba, in the land of Moab,  ruled by king of the Amorites King Sayhun appeared for the first time in the Torah.  Moses, on his way to the "promised land" from Egypt, fought and defeated the Amorites and took over control of Madaba and the areas surrounding it.  The most famous is Mount Nebo.  Later Meeshaa,  King of the Moabites, regained control of Madaba from the Hebrews and recorded the battle on a a large basalt stone.  The stone was taken by the French and housed in the Louvres in Paris France.  About the seventh century B.C.  the Babylonians  attacked and destroyed Madaba.    Madaba was rebuilt by King Bani Yamri during the rein of the Nabateans around the year 160 B.C.  Later in the year 63 B.C. the Romans under Pompei negotiated a truce for the take over of the Nabatean lands including Madaba.  The Romans set up their rule in Busra, Horan and changed the name of the area on 22 January 106 A D to " Roman arabia".  Madaba became a very important trading center.  The Romans built a wall around Madaba with four gates as well as stone roads, castles and water sheds . The most notable are the Castles in Kastal and Zezya.  About the fourth century AD,  Byzentian Christianity became the religion of the region during the rein of king Hareth the fourth. Between 106 AD and 700 AD Madaba became a center of Byzentian culture and trade as the inhabitants of the areas mostly Bani Ghassan tribes took on the christian faith.  Roman gold coins were struck in Madaba.  Churches were built in large numbers.  The art of  using colorful mozaic stones as decorations was at its peak use in the churches and homes.  The most notable is the Mozaic map of ancient Jerusalem  found on the floor of the Christian Orthodox Church. an important show piece in Madaba today.(source Phillip Hiti: History of Syria).   At the begining of the seventh century AD, Madaba and Roman Arabia became under the control of the Khalifah Omar Ibn Alkhatab after the Byzentian Romans lost the Battle of Yarmook to the Advancing Islamic Armies.  Madaba became the center of  Islamic advancement in the region during the rein of Moaweah Ibn abu Sufian.  Madaba maintained its Christian culture and continued its progress under Moaweeah's rule.  In the year 717 AD Omar Ibn Abed Al Aziz took charge and became the Khalifah.  Under his rule things changed drastically for Madaba.  Many of the Mozaics were destroyed and the Christians took refuge in safer areas. An Earth Quake of great magnitute hit the area at 4 pm on the  18 January 746 AD.  The death toll and destruction was enormous.   Madaba remained deserted until 1880  when the three christian families (Azeizat, Karadsheh, and Maayah) left Karak and settled in The ruins of Madaba.  (source: History of modern Madaba by Sami Salameh Alnahas).  

The families divided Madaba into three Hais (neighborhood) and the lands that laid in front of the Hai was allocated to each family for planting.  The Northwest gate became the Karadsheh Hai and all lands that laid in the northwest was allocated to the Karadsheh family for agricultural use.  The Karadsheh Hai had several large caves that were assigned to the different karadsheh families.  These families over time built their homes around these caves.  What is unique about these Hais is that they were large enough to accomodate the whole family and all of their belongings as well as their cattle, sheep, goats, horses, camels, donkeys, chickens, rabbits and other animals that supported life.  The Hais had wells that accumulated underground water as well as rain waters.  The families lived in one large Dar ( large room).  The Dar was divided in sections where individuals slept, ate, worked and socialized in each of the designated sections.  The churches were within walking distance where families worshiped.  There were 2 main churches.  A Catholic Church for the Azeizat families and the Greek Orthodox Church where the Karadsheh and Maayah families worshiped.   In early times about 1880-1920 AD,  Madaba was not accepted by its neighbors.  The neighbors were mainly Badoo (Bedouin) tribes.  They referred to Madaba inhabitants as  Nazereens (followers of Jesus from Nazareth).  The main objections of the Badoo was mainly a fight over land rights and peasantry.  The Madabians were viewed as peasants who had no ownership rights.  While the Madabians viewed themselves as land lords and owners of the lands they farmed.  Although, the government (Ottoman rule) recognized the Madabians rights to the lands, the Badoo did not recognize governments sovreignty over them.  Constant agitation and battles continued on a daily basis between the Madabians and the neighboring Badoo.  The Government had to interfere on occasions to bring the fighting to a halt. The Madabians proved themselves worthy of Badoo respect both because of their skills as fighters on horse back (Alsaif and Barudeh) and as generous hosts (Al Mansuf).  Their skills and ability to grow animals(cattle, sheep, goats, horses, camels etc),  produce grains (wheat for bread), shair (barley) for animal feed and there skills in churning butter into soft and hard cheese (Samneh and Jameed), leather, hair and wool products,  iron and copper casting, made the Madabians a needed quality among some of their neighbors who extended protection and trade with them.  Others found work and earned wages among the Madabians.  Trade florished with the other areas such as Jerusalem and Damascus.  As the Madabians grew in wealth and stature, more Badoo accepted them.  Some, however, grew jealous of their wealth and started to attack ( ghazoo) their animals as they graze in the fields.  Later the attacks grew in intensity and were directed at the Madabians in their homes.  The Madabians had to retaliate by going out into the Badoo tribes and attacking their safe havens.  The retaliation was very effective and a state of calm followed.  In the early 1920's the Ottoman   government started  registration of property ownership in Madaba and other areas under its rule.  Madabians became officialy landlords of their farmed lands.    The lands were registered in the name of each member of the family.  Some families shared ownership in one Deed ( Koushan) as multiple owners( Mashaa).  In the mid 1920 the Ottomans were defeated by the Arab and British forces and a new government was established in the area.  Madaba became an important city and part of the newly formed Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.  The Madabians became an important part and parcel of the new government.  This was mainly due to their skills in the English language, and abilities in reading and writing.  Most young Madabians were sent to schools in Jerusalem where English was being taught.  They became officials and leaders in  the new government as welll as soldiers and leaders in the newly formed armed forces of the Hashemite Kingdom of  Jordan.  

Madaba Food........Mansaf is the main course at any Madabian house entertaining guests.  Simply put its flat bread called ( Shrak) laid flat on a flat plate ( Sidr),  add a mound of freshly cooked white rice over the shrak bread,  add chunks of baby lamb meat cooked to tenderness in melted rock cheeze ( Jameed) and placed on top of the rice mound,  add plenty of browned sprinkles of pine nuts over the pile and serve with steaming hot jameed to guests as they partake from this delicious meal.  Hot black unsweetened coffee served at end of meal.


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