Her grandfather, a certain Marwan al-Safedi, had been a wealthy merchant as well as local religious leader during the first half of the twentieth century. He and his wife, Faidah Sharabi, bore two children, Rashid and Fatima, and they lived in a spacious home toward the edge of the southern part of the city.
Su abuelo, llamado Marwan al-Safedi, había sido un próspero comerciante y líder religioso local durante la primera mitad del siglo XX. él y su esposa, Faidah Sharabi, tuvieron dos hijos, Rashid y Fátima, y vivían en una espaciosa casa hacia el extremo de la parte sur de la ciudad.