title: Umm Haratayn, al-Suwayda
text: # Umm Haratayn, al-Suwayda
  
  Umm Haratayn (Arabic: أم حارتين, also spelled Umm Hartein) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the al-Suwayda Governorate, located north of al-Suwayda. Nearby localities include al-Hirak, Khirbet Ghazaleh and Da'el to the west and Umm Walad and Bosra to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Umm Haratayn had a population of 574 in the 2004 census.
  
  Modern-day Umm Haratayn was established by Druze migrants led by the Halabi family between 1867 and 1883. The village is the birthplace of Arab singer Samira Tewfik.
  
  