Alqusayba

Alqusayba  is  one of the  beautiful villages  in the occupied  Golan Heights , it  is located in a volcanic land  at the south-east of  Witinan  valley and North  of  Ablag valley .The number of residents of Alqusayba village  was about  556 in 1967 ,  and it became  about 4599 people in 2002.

The most famous families that inhabited  in Alqusayba : (Alkapairah, Adakkashrah, Albaraglah, Shihan, Al-Tellaweyah ) and others. Besides, the village had  a mosque , an elementary school and a watermill . Alqusayba also is penetrated by  a  road coming from the town of Alkhashniyah. The  two main springs  for drinking water flow from a hill which is  full of olive trees and these springs  are the  source of drinking water for the residents of the village.

There are also  many seasonal  springs which were  welled  in winter and continued  until spring,  including: (Nes al-Dunia spring, Tbaishe spring  and Qattin spring). The borders of  Alqusayba , to the north: Zabiah, al-Soloqiyya and al- Qasreen,  to the South : al-Ya’arubiah, Elamoudiyah, al- Tayebah and al- Musherfah, and to the  east: al- Beerah and Asbetta,  and to the  west: Asaleya , Majame’e and Tar al- Gazal.

The villagers in Alqusayba are mainly depending on  agriculture. Various kinds of  the fruits and vegetables are grown in Alqusyaba  plains of (northern al- Mouh , southern al-mouh,  Jouret al- Deeb and   the Mouh of Mzaao).Of the most important crops: wheat, rice and various kinds of vegetables.

Alqusayba is the village which symbolizes the strong  cling to the land  and defending it. And this  village forms a  symbol which emphasizes the fact of the inevitable return  of our beloved  Golan to Syria and liberation from the Israeli occupation.

Firas Taleb

Edited & Translated: M. Wassouf