 Watered by the Hasbani river, the low hills of Wadi al-Taym are covered with rows of silver-green olive trees with the population in the area being predominantly Druze.Wadi al-Taym is called after the Arab tribe of Taym-Allat (later Taym-Allah) ibn Tha'aliba.The Taym-Allat entered the Euphrates Valley and adopted Christianity in the pre-Islamic period before ultimately embracing Islam after the 7th-century Muslim conquests.