Rashidiya school
Appearance
Al-Rashidiya Secondary School for Boys المدرسة الرشيدية | |
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East Jerusalem | |
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School type | Publicly funded Secondary |
Gender | Male |
Rashidiya School (Arabic: المدرسة الرشيدية), or Al-Rashidiya Secondary School for Boys (المدرسة الرشيدية الثانوية للبنين), is a public school located in East Jerusalem next to Herod's Gate (Bab as-Sahira). Rashidiya served as the main learning establishment for the residents of East Jerusalem since the late Ottoman Empire era. Today, Rashidiya has approximately 400 students and a staff of 25. The school consists of 3 main buildings which include 20 classrooms, a library, a laboratory and a soccer field.[citation needed]
Notable teachers
[edit]- Mohammad Amin al-Husayni (c. 1897–1974), Grand Mufti of Jerusalem; in 1920
- Jabra Ibrahim Jabra (1919–1994), author, poet, artist and intellectual
- Boulos Shehadeh (1882–1943), teacher and journalist
- Fadi Abu Shkhaydem (1979-2021), perpetrator of the 2021 Jerusalem shooting