Tuffah ( ar, حي التفاح, translation: "the Apple") is a district of
Gaza City
Gaza (;''The New Oxford Dictionary of English'' (1998), , p. 761 "Gaza Strip /'gɑːzə/ a strip of territory in Palestine, on the SE Mediterranean coast including the town of Gaza...". ar, غَزَّة ', ), also referred to as Gaza City, i ...
, located northeast of the
Old City and is divided into eastern and western halves. Prior to its expansion and the demolition of the Old City's walls, Tuffah was one of the three walled quarters of Gaza, the other two being
al-Daraj
Al-Daraj or Haraat al-Daraj ( ar, حارة الدرج) is the densely populated northwestern quarter of Gaza City, Gaza's Old City. Its name translates as "Quarter of the Steps." Situated on an oblong hill about above sea level and higher than any ...
and
Zeitoun. Tuffah was situated in the northeastern section of the Old City. The local pronunciation of the district's name is ''at-tuffen''.
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Tuffah has existed since early Mamluk
Mamluk ( ar, مملوك, mamlūk (singular), , ''mamālīk'' (plural), translated as "one who is owned", meaning " slave", also transliterated as ''Mameluke'', ''mamluq'', ''mamluke'', ''mameluk'', ''mameluke'', ''mamaluke'', or ''marmeluke'') ...
rule in Gaza in the 13th century. The southern part of Tuffah was called "ad-Dabbaghah". According to Ottoman tax records in the late 16th century, it was a small neighborhood containing 57 households. The ad-Dabbaghah neighborhood contained Gaza's slaughterhouse and tanners' facilities during the Ottoman era (1517-1917). The northern subdivision of Tuffah was called "Bani Amir."Ibn Marwan Mosque
The Ibn Marwan Mosque ( ar, جامع ابن مروان, transl: ''Jami' Ibn Marwan'') is a Mamluk-era mosque in Gaza in the midst of a cemetery in the Tuffah neighborhood, relatively isolated from the rest of the city. Inside is the tomb of a holy ...
is located in the district as is the 13th-century Aybaki Mosque
Al-Aybaki Mosque (also referred to as the Mosque of Sheikh Abdullah al-Aybaki, Arabic transliteration:
''Jami ash-Shaykh 'Abdallah al-Aybaki'') is a historic mosque situated in the al-Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City, Palestine. Built by the M ...
. Home to the British War Cemetery, Tuffah also contains Gaza's public library and a number of Palestinian Red Crescent
The Palestine Red Crescent Society ( ar,
جمعية الهلال الأحمر الفلسطيني, PRCS) was founded in 1968, by Fathi Arafat, Yasser Arafat's brother. It is a humanitarian organization that is part of the International Red Cro ...
schools.Education in Gaza
Department of Political Science, McGill University.
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