Wadi Nisnas

Wadi Nisnas (Arabic: وادي النسناس‎) is a formerly mixed Jewish and Arab neighborhood in the city of Haifa in northern Israel, which is becoming mixed again.[1] [2][3] Nisnas is the Arabic word for mongoose, an indigenous animal. The wadi has a population of about 8,000 inhabitants.[4]

Street in Wadi Nisnas
Map of Wadi Nisnas

Wadi Nisnas is the setting for the 1987 novel, Hatsotsrah ba-Vadi (Hebrew: "Trumpet in the Wadi") by Sami Michael. It centers on the love story between a young Israeli Arab woman and a new Jewish immigrant from Russia.

Bibliography
  • Sami Michael, Trumpet in the Wadi. New York:Simon & Schuster, 2003, translated by Yael Lotan. ISBN 978-0-7432-4496-1
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References
  1. https://mondoweiss.net/2019/01/gentrification-palestinian-converted/
  2. Being different in Haifa
  3. https://www.israel21c.org/treasure-hunting-in-haifas-wadi-nisnas/
  4. Beit-Hagefen - Arab Jewish Center Yael Adar - Gems in Israel.

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