Rashidiya school

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Al-Rashidiya Secondary School for Boys المدرسة الرشيدية
Location
East Jerusalem
Information
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

Notable alumni[edit]

• Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
• Aziz Abu Sarah
• Mahdi Abdul Hadi
• Omar Aggad

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