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Understanding Gaza: A Historical and Cultural Quiz

Test your knowledge about Gaza's history, culture, and current events with this engaging quiz.

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1 The site went into decline throughout the ________ as its trade with Egypt sharply decreased.

2 The ________ (UN) has a beach club on the same street.

3 The Great Mosque was restored, and six other mosques constructed, while ________ and market stalls proliferated.

4 Where is Gaza?

5 Who is the mayor of Gaza?

6 Other major towns in the province included ________, Ludd, and Ramla.

7 When was Gaza founded?

8 Gaza was captured by ________ in the Six-Day War in 1967, but in 1993, the city was transferred to the Palestinian National Authority.

9 The ________ made it a part of their pentapolis after the Ancient Egyptians had ruled it for nearly 350 years.

10 According to a recent report by ________, unemployment in Gaza is close to 40% and is set to rise to 50%.

đź’ˇ Interesting Facts

  • the Al-Bustan resort is part of a "construction boom" of recreational facilities in Gaza.
  • the 2006 film Strawberry Fields is a documentary about Palestinian farmers in Gaza facing hardships caused by the Israel–Hamas military conflict.
  • the Church of St Porphyrius, a Greek Orthodox church at the site where St Porphyrius of Gaza was buried, is the oldest active church in Gaza City.
  • the new Gaza Mall aims to "develop a marketing and leisure culture" in Gaza.
  • women are now allowed to smoke hookahs at the Crazy Water Park in Gaza.
  • while mayor of Gaza, Fahmi al-Husseini was imprisoned by British Mandate authorities on charges of opposing the British presence in Palestine during the 1936 Arab revolt.
  • one restaurant reviewer expects the "upscale" Roots Club to bring "a new era of ... dining experience" to Gaza.
  • a benefit concert taking place in Dublin tonight will be broadcast live to an audience in Gaza City.
  • As-Sadaka Gaza Olympic Swimming Pool is the first Olympic-size swimming pool in Gaza.
  • al-Batani al-Sharqi, a depopulated Palestinian village near Gaza, was originally founded as a ranch by the Umayyad caliph Muawiyah I in the 8th century.
  • Hamam al-Sammara is the only remaining Turkish bathhouse in Gaza of the original five that continues to function.
  • Said al-Shawa was the first mayor of Gaza, appointed in 1906.
  • Jewish American surfer Doc Paskowitz helped bring surf boards to Gaza to help promote peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
  • Gaza's "swish, stylish" Al Deira Hotel is built of mudbricks.
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