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.
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Notable teachers
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
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
Aziz Abu Sarah
Mahdi Abdul Hadi
Omar Aggad