Rashidiya School or Al-Rashidiya Secondary School for Boys (Arabic: المدرسة الرشيدية الثانوية للبنين), is a public school located in East Jerusalem next to Herod's Gate

Herod's Gate

Herod's Gate is a gate in the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. Its elevation is 755 meters above sea level. It adjoins the Muslim Quarter, and is a short distance to the east of the Damascus Gate. In proximity to the gate is an Arab neighborhood called Bab a-Zahara, a variation of the Arabic...

 (Bab as-Sahira). Rashidiya served as the main learning establishment for the residents of East Jerusalem since the late Ottoman

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 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.

Notable alumni

• Ibrahim Ghousheh
• Ibrahim Touqan
  Ibrahim Touqan
  Ibrahim Abd al-Fattah Touqan was a Palestinian nationalist poet whose works rallied Arabs during their revolt against the British. Touqan was born in Nablus, Palestine during Ottoman times. He was the brother of poetess Fadwa Touqan and he tutored and influenced her to write poetry...