 In modern times, the village spread over a wide area of the Baysan valley.The villagers were members of the al-Ghazzawiyya Beduin tribe, who constituted the bulk of the valley's population together with members of the al-Bashatiwa and the al-Suqur.In the 1931 census, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, "'Arab Abu Hashiya" had 156 Muslim inhabitants, and a total of 29 houses.