[1] Abwein's main agricultural products are olives, figs, grapes, apples, peaches, pears, and vegetables.

It is bordered by Jilijliya and Sinjil to the east, Ammuriya and Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya to the north, Bani Zeid ash Sharqiya to the west, and Atara to the south.

[4] Pottery sherds from Iron Age II, Persian, Hellenistic, Byzantine, and Crusader/Ayyubid era have been found.

It had an inscription dating to September 1339 in Mamluk naskhi script dedicated to a Hajji Ya'qub, son of Shaikh Dawud ibn Ahmad, who died that year.

[7] Pottery sherds from the Mamluk era[5] and a hoard of 406 silver coins, mostly from the period of Sultan Baibars, have also been found.

[13][14] In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Abwein as a village situated on the slope of a hill, with a well to the south, and olive trees on its lower north side.

[4] In the December 2004 Palestinian municipal elections, 28 candidates competed for the mayoral seat and despite strong opposition from religious parties, Fatima Sahweil, a member of Fatah and principal of a local girls' high school, won.