Zawiya (institution) A ''zawiya'' or ''zaouia'' ( ar, زاوية, lit=corner, translit=zāwiyah; ; also spelled ''zawiyah'' or ''zawiyya'') is a building and institution associated with Sufis in the Islamic world. It can serve a variety of functions such a place of ...

is an Islamic religious school or monastery. Zawiya, Zawiyah, Zawia, Zaouia, Zaouiet and similar terms may also refer to:

Places

Algeria

* Aïn Zaouia, an Algerian town *

Mazer Zaouia Mazer Zaouia (sometimes written just Mazer) is a village in the commune of Djamaa, in Djamaâ District, El Oued Province, Algeria. The village is located just to the east of the N3 highway north of Djamaa Djamaa ( ar, ﺟﺎﻣﻌﺔ) (also ...

, an Algerian village *

Zaouia El Abidia Zaouia El Abidia () is a town and commune in Touggourt District, Touggourt Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 19,993, up from 15,381 in 1998, and has an annual population growth rate of 2.7%. It forms the northe ...

, an Algerian town * Zaouia el Kbira, an Algerian village * Zaouia Foukania, an Algerian village *

Zaouia Sidi Moussa Zaouia Sidi Moussa is a village, and religious center, in the commune of Bordj Omar Driss, in In Amenas District, Illizi Province, Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption ...

, an Algerian village *

Zaouiet Kounta Zaouiet Kounta is a town in southern Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates ...

, an Algerian town * Zaouiet Kounta District, an Algerian district * Zawiya Thaalibia, an Algerian zawiya in the Casbah of Algiers * Zawiya Thaalibia, an Algerian zawiya in the Issers *

Zawiyas in Algeria The Zawiyas in Algeria are religious buildings located in Algeria honoring the memory of patron saints and dedicated to Quranic and religious education. They are affiliated with Sufi Torouq brotherhoods under the supervision of the Ministry o ...

, an Algerian Islamic topic *

Zawiyet El Hamel A ''zawiya'' or ''zaouia'' ( ar, زاوية, lit=corner, translit=zāwiyah; ; also spelled ''zawiyah'' or ''zawiyya'') is a building and institution associated with Sufism, Sufis in the Islamic world. It can serve a variety of functions such a p ...

, a Sufi zawiya in Algeria *

Zawiyet Sidi Amar Cherif Zawiyet Sidi Amar Cherif ( ar, زاوية سيدي أعمر الشريف), or Zawiyet Sidi Daoud, is a zawiya school located in Boumerdès Province in Algeria. Construction The zawiya was built in 1745 in the eastern heights of the current to ...

, a Sufi zawiya in Algeria *

Zawiyet Sidi Boumerdassi Zawiyet Sidi Boumerdassi ( ar, زاوية سيدي البومرداسي) or Zawiyet Ouled Boumerdès is a zawiya located within Boumerdès Province in Algeria. Construction The zawiya of Ouled Boumerdès was built in 1714 in the southern hei ...

, a Sufi zawiya in Algeria *

Zawiyet Sidi Boushaki Zawiyet Sidi Brahim Boushaki ( ar, زاوية سيدي إبراهيم البوسحاقي) or Zawiyet Thénia is a zawiya of the Rahmaniyya Sufi brotherhood located in Boumerdès Province within lower Kabylia of Algeria. Construction The za ...

, a Sufi zawiya in Algeria

Egypt

Zawyet El Aryan Zawyet El Aryan () is a town in the Giza Governorate, located between Giza and Abusir. To the west of the town, just in the desert area, is a necropolis, referred to by the same name. Almost directly east across the Nile is Memphis. In Zawyet E ...

, an Egyptian town *

Unfinished Northern Pyramid of Zawyet El Aryan The Unfinished Northern Pyramid of Zawyet El Aryan, also known as Pyramid of Baka and Pyramid of Bikheris is the term archaeologists and Egyptologists use to describe a large shaft part of an unfinished pyramid at Zawyet El Aryan in Egypt. Archae ...

, an Egyptian pyramid *

Zawyat Razin Zawyat Razin ( ar, زاوية رزين; cop, ⲡϣⲁϯ, lit=the saved, rescued one, Pashati), formerly Shubra al-Laun ( ar, شبرا اللون), known in Antiquity as Nikiû, Nikiou or Nikious (, la, Nicius), is a city in the Monufia Governor ...

, an Egyptian city

Israel

Khirbat Zawiya Al-Zawiya ( ar, الزاوية), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 15–18, 1948 under Operation Gideon. It was located 11.5 km ...

, a Palestinian Arab village in Baysan, depopulated in 1948 *

Zawiya, Safad Al-Zawiya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 24, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 23 km nor ...

, a Palestinian Arab village depopulated in 1948

Libya

Zawiya District Zawiya, officially Zawia ( ar, محافظة الزاوية ''Az Zāwiya''), is one of the districts of Libya. It is located in the north western part of the country, in what had been the historical region of Tripolitania. Its capital is also name ...

, (officially Zawia) a district in the west of Libya *

Zawiya, Libya Zawiya , officially Zawia ( ar, الزاوية, transliteration: ''Az Zāwiyaẗ'', it, Zauia or ''Zavia'', variants: ar, الزاوية الغربية ''Az Zawiyah Al Gharbiyah'', ''Ḩārat az Zāwiyah'', ''Al Ḩārah'', ''El-Hára'' and '' ...

, (officially Zawia) the capital city of that district

Palestine

Az-Zawiya, Salfit Az-Zawiya ( ar, الزاويه) is a Palestinian town in the Salfit Governorate in the northern West Bank, located west of Salfit and south of Qalqilya. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, az-Zawiya had a population of 4,75 ...

, a Palestinian town in

Salfit Governorate Salfit governorate ( ar, محافظة سلفيت) is one of 16 Governorates of the Palestinian National Authority. It is located in the northwestern West Bank, held under Israeli occupation, bordered by the governorates of Ramallah and al-Bire ...

, West Bank *

As-Sawiya As-Sawiya ( ar, الساويه) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, located 18 kilometers south of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town ...

, a Palestinian town in

Nablus Governorate The Nablus Governorate ( ar, محافظة نابلس ') is an administrative district of State of Palestine, Palestine located in the Central Highlands of the West Bank, 53 km north of Jerusalem. It covers the area around the city of Nablus ...

, West Bank *

Zawiya, Jenin Az-Zawiya ( ar, الزاوية; also spelled ''Zawiyeh'') is a Palestinian village in the Jenin Governorate in the northern West Bank, located south of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, the village ...

, a Palestinian village in

Jenin Governorate The Jenin Governorate ( ar, محافظة جنين, Muḥāfaẓat Ǧanīn) is one of 16 Governorates of Palestine. It covers the northern extremity of the West Bank, including the area around the city of Jenin. During the first six months of th ...

, West Bank

Syria

Zawiya Mountain Mount Zāwiya ( ar, جبل الزاوية, Jabal az-Zāwiyah) or Mount Rīḥā ( ar, جبل ريحا, Jabal Rīḥā) (also in medieval times: Banī-ʻUlaym Mountain ( ar, جبل بني عليم, Jabal Banī-ʻUlaym) is a highland region in Idli ...

, a highland region in Syria {{disambiguation, geo