Morasha (Musrara) (Jerusalem)

Israel / Jerusalem / Jerusalem
 house, residential neighbourhood
Morasha was established in 1889 northwest of the Old City by wealthy Muslim and Christian Arabs. Most of the neighborhood was destroyed during the War of Liberation in 1948, rebuilt after the war and inhabited by Jewish immigrants from North Africa. Until the Six Day War in 1967, the neighborhood was the border between Israel and Jordan. It remained a tense area and economically depressed until 1979 when a reclamation project was undertaken. Since that time, a more well-to-do population has moved in and gentrified the community.

See www.eifermanrealty.com/ShowNb.aspx?id=58 for a real estate agent's description of the neighbourhood
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Coordinates:   31°46'55"N   35°13'34"E

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