Mughrabi Quarter

E147721

demolished neighborhood historic neighborhood urban quarter

The Mughrabi Quarter was a historic Moroccan and North African Muslim neighborhood in Jerusalem’s Old City that was demolished after 1967 to create the Western Wall Plaza.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Mughrabi Quarter canonical	1
Mughrabi Quarter (former)	1
Mughrabi Quarter area (historical)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	demolished neighborhood ⓘ historic neighborhood ⓘ urban quarter ⓘ
adjacentTo	Temple Mount ⓘ surface form: Haram al-Sharif Temple Mount ⓘ Western Wall ⓘ
associatedWith	Islamic waqf endowments ⓘ Jerusalem Islamic Waqf ⓘ surface form: Moroccan waqf in Jerusalem
causeOfDemolition	creation of open public plaza ⓘ expansion of Jewish prayer area at Western Wall ⓘ
contains	Islamic religious buildings ⓘ Mughrabi Gate access route ⓘ residential houses ⓘ waqf properties ⓘ
country	Mandatory Palestine ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
currentSiteUsedAs	Western Wall Plaza ⓘ
demolishedBy	Israel ⓘ surface form: State of Israel
demolishedFor	Western Wall Plaza ⓘ
demolitionAfterEvent	Six-Day War ⓘ
demolitionConsequence	creation of large open prayer plaza ⓘ displacement of residents ⓘ
demolitionDate	1967-06 ⓘ
demolitionType	urban clearance ⓘ
ethnicCommunity	Arabs ⓘ surface form: Maghrebi Muslims Moroccan Muslims ⓘ North African Muslims ⓘ
function	religious quarter ⓘ residential neighborhood ⓘ
hasHeritage	Moroccan Islamic tradition ⓘ North African Islamic tradition ⓘ
heritageStatus	lost urban fabric ⓘ
historicalPeriod	British Mandate period ⓘ Ottoman period ⓘ
languageOfCommunity	Arabic ⓘ Maghrebi Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn	Jerusalem ⓘ walls of the Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ surface form: Old City (Jerusalem) walls Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ surface form: Old City of Jerusalem
namedAfter	al-Magharibah (people of the Maghreb) ⓘ
notableAccess	approach to Mughrabi Gate of Haram al-Sharif ⓘ
partOf	Muslim presence in Jerusalem ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
religiousAffiliationOfResidents	Sunni Islam ⓘ
status	demolished ⓘ
timeOfMajorChange	post-1967 period ⓘ
urbanContext	near Armenian Quarter ⓘ near Jewish Quarter ⓘ within Muslim-majority area of Old City ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western Wall Plaza → previouslyOccupiedBy → Mughrabi Quarter ⓘ

Dung Gate → providesAccessTo → Mughrabi Quarter ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mughrabi Quarter area (historical)

Bab al-Maghariba → adjacentTo → Mughrabi Quarter ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mughrabi Quarter (former)