Mughrabi Quarter

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The Mughrabi Quarter, also known as the Moroccan Quarter or Maghrebi Quarter, was a historic neighbourhood in the southeast corner of the Old City of Jerusalem. Established in the late 12th century, it bordered the Western Wall of the Haram al-Sharif / Temple Mount to the east, the Old City walls to the south (including the Dung Gate), and the Jewish Quarter to the west. The quarter was originally founded in 1193 as an Islamic charitable trust (waqf) by al-Malik al-Afdal, a son of Saladin, dedicated to providing housing and religious services for North African Muslim pilgrims and scholars. The quarter was razed by Israeli forces, at the behest of Teddy Kollek, the mayor of West Jerusalem, three days after the Six-Day War of 1967, in order to broaden the narrow alley leading to the Western Wall and prepare it for public access by Jews seeking to pray there. It is now the site of the Western Wall Plaza.

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