Reason for the name
Acquired by the first grandfather of the family Sheikh Islam
Ghanem bin Ali bin Hussein Al Ansari Khazraji Maqdisi.
Al Ghawanma District located in the north-west of the Holy
Districtm.
Bounded from the south the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Mosque, and
from the east, the southern boundary of the Bab Hatta District
(Sdistrictf Al-Anbiya District). From the north is the Al-Neiaba
road known today as the Al-Alalam road, and from the west
Wadi Al-Tawahin line today as Al-Wad road.
it’s called Bani Ghanem District, or Ghanem Sons because all
its inhabitants are Bani Ghanem, whose presence in Jerusalem
over a thousand years, acquired by the first grandfather of the
family Sheikh Islam Ghanem bin Ali bin Hussein Al Ansari
Khazraji Maqdisi, which came down after liberation from the
Franks Year 583 AH.