sentences:  The society is strongly influenced by tribal structure so, there are many extended families such as Qudayh in () (the Ashraaf of the Holy Land), Alshawaf, Al-Daghmah, M'ssabih, Abu Yousef, Abu Mustafa, Abu Tair, Abu Dagga, Abu Tabash, Abu Draz, Abu Mutlaq, Abu Hamed, Abu subha and Abu Amer.The families generally turn to custom to solve disputes amongst themselves.The site of the city was inhabited in the Roman era and under the Byzantine domination (a Greek inscription from 606 CE was founded here), and has several ruins dating from those periods.