Bab Huta

Lane in Bab al-Huta

Map of the Muslim Quarter

Bab al-Huta is a neighborhood in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem that borders the eastern entrance to the Dome of the Rock's complex and Herod's Gate.

History

Around the end of the 19th century, Jews were a majority of Jerusalem's population, and began to spread out of the Jewish Quarter into the Muslim Quarter, including Bab al-Huta. By 1948, however, there were few Jews remaining in the neighborhood. According to Pierre van Paassen, one of the causes of that were that the 1929 riots incited by Haj Amin al-Husseini were directed against the Jewish immigrants of Bab al-Huta, who increased in number with the rise of Zionism.^[1]

Demographics

The neighborhood is considered one of the poorest areas in the Old City. It is home to the Dom Romani community of the Old City, known in Arabic as al-Nawar, led by mukhtar Abed-Alhakim Mohammed Deeb Salim.^[2][3][4][5]

References

1. ELLIOTT A. GREEN. The Land of Israel and Jerusalem in 1900.
2. Selig, Abe. Jerusalem’s Herod’s Gate receives face-lift. 06/29/2010. Jerusalem Post
3. A People Apart: The Romani community seeks recognition. By Eetta Prince-Gibson. Dom Research Center. 2001
4. Danny Rubinstein. People / Steve Sabella: Blurring the lines. Haaretz. 2005
5. Joseph B. Glass and Rassem Khamaisi. Report on the Socio-Economic Conditions in the Old City of Jerusalem. Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto. p.4

Coordinates: 31°46′55″N 35°14′07″E / 31.78194°N 35.23528°E