Omar Mukhtar Street ( ar, شارع عمر المختار) is the main street 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 ...

, in the

State of Palestine Palestine ( ar, فلسطين, Filasṭīn), officially the State of Palestine ( ar, دولة فلسطين, Dawlat Filasṭīn, label=none), is a state located in Western Asia. Officially governed by the Palestine Liberation Organization ( ...

, running from

Palestine Square Palestine Square or Midan Falasteen ( ar, ميدان فلسطين) is a city square in central Gaza City, State of Palestine, in between Jamal Abdel Nasser Street and Omar Mukhtar Street Omar Mukhtar Street ( ar, شارع عمر المختار) is t ...

to the

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in the

Rimal Rimal or Remal ( ar, حي الرمال, , sands) is an upscale neighborhood in Gaza City located from the city center. Situated along the coastline, it has been considered the most prosperous neighborhood of Gaza.Jacobs, 1998, p.455. The main st ...

district, separating the Old City's

al-Daraj Al-Daraj or Haraat al-Daraj ( ar, حارة الدرج) is the densely populated northwestern quarter of 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 other are ...

and Zaytoun quarters. Gaza's hotel strip is a part of Omar Mukhtar Street and most of Gaza's most important buildings are located along the street. Built during

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by Ottoman governor Jamal Pasha, the street was originally named after him. However, following the ouster of Ottoman forces from Palestine in 1917, Gaza's city council headed by Fahmi al-Husseini named the street after

Omar Mukhtar Omar al-Mukhṭār Muḥammad bin Farḥāṭ al-Manifī ( ar, عُمَر الْمُخْتَار مُحَمَّد بِن فَرْحَات الْمَنِفِي ; 20 August 1858 – 16 September 1931), called The Lion of the Desert, known among ...

, a

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n revolutionary leader. The British Mandatory Palestine turned Omar Mukhtar Street into a main street in 1937, using the

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plan of the

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, Henry Kendall.רנה הברון, ‏מוחמד רוּשדי – משרתם של שני שלטונות, קתדרה 63, אפריל 1992, עמ' 107-98
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Important buildings

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* Great Mosque of Gaza *

Welayat Mosque Katib al-Wilaya Mosque or Welayat Mosque ( ar, جامع الولايات) is a small historic mosque located along Omar Mukhtar Street in Gaza City in the Zaytun Quarter of the Old City. The mosque was built by the Burji Mamluks in 1432, however, ...

*Public Library of Gaza * Palestinian Centre for Human Rights *Gaza Municipal Hall *

Saint Porphryrius Church The Church of Saint Porphyrius or St. Porphyrius Church ( el, Εκκλησία του Αγίου Πορφυρίου, ar, كنيسة القديس برفيريوس) is a Greek Orthodox Christian church in Gaza City, State of Palestine, a ...

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(Souk ad-Dahab) *Souk al-Fras *PLO Flag Shop *Yazji Supermarket *Rashad Shawwa Cultural Centre

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