Selim Girl's School
Prior to 1929 there was no
Jewish girl's school so many girls were educated at
the respected Good Shepherd Convent School. As late
as the 1960's this school was still preferred by a
number of girls and their parents.
The Scottish Roman
Catholic Mission and Good Shepherd Convent School
beyond the Wooding Market
Founded in 1929 by
Selim Menahem
Moshe, the 4th president of the Jewish
community, the Selim
Girl's School, was formerly known as the Ginath
Shalom Jewish Girl's School. Located next to
the King George V Jewish Boy's School and the
architecturally-striking Eastern Bank Building at
the eastern end of Queen Arwa Road in Crater, it
served as the only school for Jewish girls until it
was badly damaged in the 1947 riots. The standard of
education was limited and so the wealthier families
might send their children to a government school
with Arab teachers, to a private school, or to
India.
The school closed in 1966 when
the community had become too small to support it.
Students at Selim Girl's
School with 3
teachers: Margalit Atar, Rika and Mazal Atari.
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The Selim Girls
School was located next to the Eastern
Bank Building |
Selim Girl's School.
A recent photo of the
former Selim Girl's School. The 2 outer windows on
the lower level have at some point been converted to
doorways.
Robin
Gilbert, an Oxford graduate with a degree in Arabic,
arrived in Aden in September 1954 to take up the
position of headmaster at the Selim Jewish School.
