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=Abu-Hijleh Family/Clan= The Abu-Hijleh family (alternative spellings include Abu Heijleh and Abu Hijli) is a Palestinian clan from the Deir Istiya village in the Salfit Governorate of the State of Palestine, southwest of nablus in the Northern West Bank.

Origion
The Abu Hijlehs come from an old Arab clan indigenous to Palestine called the Arab Al Sabeeheen who first settled in Kafr ad-Dik and then Deir Istiya and predate the arabisation of the Levant.

The family name Abu-Hijleh started as a nickname for the first memember of the Abu-Hijleh family, Mohammad Abu-Hijleh. It has been said that Mohammad was given this nickname because of a birthmark around one of his ankles which resembled a ring found around a horse's foot which in Arabic is called a "hejleh"

Family Tree
There has been an attempt at digitalizing the Abu Hijleh Family Tree, however, the data on the website remains incomplete.

Abu Hijleh Palace


The palace of Abdel-Rahim Abu Hijleh dates back to the late Ottoman period. The palace has a large space of two floors, and in other parts, three floors of differing heights. There are 10 rooms of various sizes, and all have vaulted ceilings. It was the seat of government, the throne, where the governor resides, and included the judge’s room with a tunnel-like entrance for convicts, thick walls with space for the governor’s cold-storage needs, and above all, very small cells. On the eastern roof is a small dome topped with a mysterious symbol that looks like a face: a circle with three triangles and two ears or horns on top of the circle with three dots. According to Said Abu Hijleh, a business entrepreneur from the village, the three triangles represent the three products that the village is famous for: wheat, lentils, and olive oil.

The palace has been turned into a guesthouse, a café, and a business center.

Notable Figures
Shaden Abu-Hijleh