Rashidiya school
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| Al-Rashidiya Secondary School for Boys | |
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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 was established in 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 | edit source]- 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
Notable alumni
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