Al-Ansariyyah, Ansariyeh, or Insariye is a town in South Governorate in Lebanon, 62 km from Beirut and 20 km south of Sidon. The area is 7.35 km² and is situated near the sea facing it from an altitude of 144 m.
T. E. Lawrence wrote about the community of Ansariya in his 1922 book Seven Pillars of Wisdom.
" main component of the coast population was the community of Ansariya, those disciples of a cult of fertility, sheer pagan, anti-foreign, distrustful of Islam, drawn at moments towards Christians by common persecution. The sect, vital in itself, was clannish in feeling and politics.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansariye_(town)
Coordinates 33°24'37.201" N 35°16'44.802" E