Musrara
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Musrara is a formerly Ottoman neighborhood in what is now West Jerusalem. It is bordered by the Israeli neighborhoods of Mea Shearim and Beit Yisrael to the north, by the Russian Compound and Kikar Sa
Home in Musrara
Musrara, 1934-1939
"They're not nice" alley, Musrara
Architecture in Musrara
The expansion of Jerusalem outside of the Old City walls, which included shifting the city center to the new neighborhoods, started in the mid-19th century and by the early 20th century had entirely t
Musrara
…the south, and the Old City to the east. Musrara was founded by upper class Arab Christians residents during the late 19th century, as a part of the "departure from the walls", during which people began living outside the Old City of Jerusalem. During the 1947–1949 Palestine war, the Arab residents fled during the fighting…
Jerusalem in 1873, shown in three dimensions.
Mishkenot Sha'ananim guesthouse, restored historical building
Nachlaot, Street of the Stairs, Nahalat Ahim
Kerem Avraham, The Christian entrance, founded in 1855.