Ghuraifa

Ghuraifa (Arabic: الغريفة) is a village in Bahrain that has now been subsumed into the Juffair suburb of Manama, Bahrain. Its Bahraini inhabitants are Baharna Shia.

Ghuraifa

الغريفة
Village
Ghuraifa
Location in Bahrain
Coordinates: 26°12′21″N 50°36′05″E
CountryBahrain
GovernorateCapital Governorate

The village and its descendants have produced a number of prominent Twelver clerics, including:

  • Grand Ayatollah Allaedin Ghoraifi of Najaf
  • Senior Bahraini cleric Abdullah al Ghuraifi[1]
  • Kamaleddin Ghuraifi,[2] the assassinated representative of Ayatollah Sistani in Baghdad.

The village lies west of the United States Naval Support Activity Bahrain base, and south of the Bahrain School.

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