Stuffed Manara Lion

Al-Manara Square is a town square located in Ramallah, Palestine.In 1951, during Jordanian control of the West Bank, the square hosted a monument proposed by Ramallah's commissioner Jalil M. Badran and designed by a Ramallah artist. The monument consisted of five lions on a stone pillar surrounded by fountains and flower beds. The stone lions used on the monument have been described as "traditional symbols of bravery, power and pride" and represented Ramallah's original inhabitants, five families known as Ibrahim, Jerias, Shqair, Hassan, and Haddad. All descended from the Rashid al-Haddadin family, which migrated to Ramallah in the 16th century from Jordan. This time the square inhabits the lion instead.