Basma

Basma (Arabic: بسمة‎, Hebrew: בסמ"ה‎) is an Israeli Arab local council in the Wadi Ara area of Haifa District. The local council was formed in 1995 through the consolidation of the villages of Barta'a West, Ein as-Sahala, and Muawiya; Basma is an acronym of the villages' names. In 2014 it had a population of 8,657.

History

In 1882, during Ottoman rule, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine described Barta'a as "a ruined Arabic village on a high hill, with a spring in the valley to the north 400 feet below." The name, given at the time as Bertah was taken to mean "cutting". The name 'Ain es Saleh, meaning "the spring of the plain" was noted, but not otherwise described. By Kh. el Mâwîyeh they found "a small ruined khan, of no great antiquity, on the road, near a spring." The name at the time was Khurbet el Mâwîyeh, meaning "the ruin of the place of shelter (a ruined caravanserai)."

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Barta'a had a population of 468, and Mawiyeh one of 112, all Muslim. Barta'as population increased according to the 1931 census to 692, still all Muslims, in 94 houses, while Mu'awiya had 141 people in 30 houses.

Basma Hassan

Basma Hassan (born December 7, 1976 in Cairo) is an Egyptian actress.

Basma's father is a journalist and her mother is a women's rights activist. She is the granddaughter through her mother of the late Youssef Darwish, who was an Egyptian Jew and a communist activist. Basma began her career acting at the university in the film "El Madyna (The City)" where the director Yousry Nasrallah chose her to participate in the film; however, before the movie she tried to be a radio presenter and had already taken an interview in the national radio channel. But before anything, Yousry Nasrallah selected her for the movie "El Madyna (city)".

Private life

On 15 February 2012 Basma Hassan married the political activist Amr Hamzawy, who was a Member of Parliament for the Freedom Egypt Party.

Filmography