The village is located in the Wadi Ara area of the northern Triangle, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) northeast of Umm al-Fahm.

[7] Partitioned into an Upper and Lower quarters, Musheirifa one of the settlements of the so-called "Fahmawi Commonwealth" established by Hebronite clans belonging to Umm al-Fahm.

The Commonwealth consisted of a network of interspersed communities connected by ties of kinship, and socially, economically and politically affiliated with Umm al Fahm.

The Commonwealth dominated vast sections of Bilad al-Ruha/Ramot Menashe, Wadi 'Ara and Marj Ibn 'Amir/Jezreel Valley during that time.

[12][13][14][15] In addition to agriculture, residents practiced animal husbandry which formed was an important source of income for the town.

In 1943, they owned 166 heads of cattle, 335 goats over a year old, 4 camels, 26horses, a mule, 68 donkeys, 850 fowls, and 200 pigeons.

[24] In the middle of the village there is a spring which used to provide water to the residents until it dried in recent years.