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{{Short description|Hotel in Gaza, Palestine}}
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The '''Al Deira Hotel''' ({{lang-ar|فندق الديرة غزة فلسطين}}) is a beach hotel located in [[Gaza City|Gaza]].<ref name="McGirk">{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/travel/article/0,31542,1908074,00.html |title=The Gaza Strip's Diamond in the Rough |last=McGirk |first=Tim |date=1 July 2009 |work=Time |accessdate=5 July 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712043930/http://www.time.com/time/travel/article/0%2C31542%2C1908074%2C00.html |archivedate=12 July 2010 |deadurl=no }}</ref> It was built in 2000 and has 22 rooms which feature high, domed ceilings and views of the Mediterranean.<ref name="McGirk"/> The hotel is regularly used by foreign journalists covering Gaza.<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2006/03/14/afx2593128.html "Foreigners kidnapped in Gaza, West Bank,"] 14 March 2006, Forbes.</ref>
The '''Al Deira Hotel''' ({{langx|ar|فندق الديرة|Funduq ad-Dayra}}) was a beach hotel located in [[Gaza City|Gaza]], [[State of Palestine|Palestine]].<ref name="McGirk">{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/travel/article/0,31542,1908074,00.html |title=The Gaza Strip's Diamond in the Rough |last=McGirk |first=Tim |date=1 July 2009 |work=Time |accessdate=5 July 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712043930/http://www.time.com/time/travel/article/0%2C31542%2C1908074%2C00.html |archivedate=12 July 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was built in 2000 and had 22 rooms which featured high, domed ceilings and views of the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]].<ref name="McGirk"/> The hotel was regularly used by foreign journalists covering Gaza.<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2006/03/14/afx2593128.html "Foreigners kidnapped in Gaza, West Bank,"]{{dead link|date=January 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} 14 March 2006, Forbes.</ref>


The architecture of this [[boutique hotel]], built around an inner courtyard, has an "Ottoman elegance".<ref name="McGirk"/> The style blends traditional Moroccan and Arab architecture with modern design influences. It is built with dark brown sun dried mud bricks, with white arches, vaulted and domed ceilings and hand crafted furniture. The architect was Rashid Abdel Hamid.<ref name=Kohn/>
A [[boutique hotel]] built around an inner courtyard, its architecture was said to have an "[[Ottoman architecture|Ottoman elegance]]".<ref name="McGirk"/> The style blends traditional [[Moroccan architecture|Moroccan]] and [[Arab architecture]] with modern design influences. It is built with dark brown sun dried mud bricks, with white arches, vaulted and domed ceilings, and handmade furniture. The architect was Rashid Abdelhamid. It was previously owned by [[UNDP]] employee Khaled Abdel Shafi and architect Rashid Abdelhamid. In 2015, new management took over.<ref name=Kohn/>


The hotel has received a number of very positive reviews in [[Time (magazine)|Time magazine]],<ref name="McGirk"/> by British journalist [[Alan Johnston]]<ref name=Johnston>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/nov/17/israel.bbc "Given time, I may feel stronger for what I went through,"] Alan Johnston, 17 November 2007, The Guardian. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830080624/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/nov/17/israel.bbc |date=30 August 2010 }}</ref> and by [[Lonely Planet]] which describes the Al Deira as "swish, stylish and tightly run," and "without question the best hotel in town."<ref name=Kohn>''Lonely Planet Israel and the Palestinian Territories,'' Michael Kohn, Lonely Planet, 2007, p. 362.</ref>
The hotel has received a number of very positive reviews in [[Time (magazine)|''Time'' magazine]],<ref name="McGirk"/> by British journalist [[Alan Johnston]]<ref name=Johnston>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/nov/17/israel.bbc "Given time, I may feel stronger for what I went through,"] Alan Johnston, 17 November 2007, The Guardian. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830080624/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/nov/17/israel.bbc |date=30 August 2010 }}</ref> and by ''[[Lonely Planet]]'' which described the Al Deira as "swish, stylish and tightly run", and "without question the best hotel in town".<ref name=Kohn>''Lonely Planet Israel and the Palestinian Territories,'' Michael Kohn, Lonely Planet, 2007, p. 362.</ref> In 2010, [[UN Goodwill Ambassador]]s [[Mia Farrow]] and [[Mahmoud Kabil]] visited the hotel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aldeira.ps/en/news_details.php?news_id=53|title=UN Goodwill Ambassadors at Al Deira Hotel|publisher=Aldeira|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514214859/http://www.aldeira.ps/en/news_details.php?news_id=53|archivedate=14 May 2013}}</ref>


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On July 16, 2014, [[2014_Gaza_war_beach_bombing_incidents#16_July|four children were killed by Israeli rockets]] whilst playing football on the beach just outside Al Deira Hotel.<ref>''Washington Post'',''[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/07/16/dispatch-israeli-strike-kills-four-children-at-a-gaza-beach] Israeli strike kills four children on a Gaza beach''</ref> Staff from the hotel brought wounded to the restaurant. Several foreign journalists were staying at the hotel and witnessed the killings.<ref>''New York Times''. ''[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/17/world/middleeast/gaza-strip-beach-explosion-kills-children.html?_r=0 Boys Drawn to Gaza Beach, and Into Center of Mideast Strife]''</ref><ref>NBC News. ''[http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/middle-east-unrest/palestinians-mourn-four-children-killed-gaza-beach-n157536 Palestinians Mourn Four Children Killed on Gaza Beach]''</ref><ref>''Washington Post''. ''[https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/07/16/what-happened-when-palestinian-children-were-killed-in-front-of-a-hotel-full-of-journalists/ What happened when Palestinian children were killed in front of a hotel full of journalists]''</ref><ref>''The Guardian''. ''[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/16/witness-gaza-shelling-first-hand-account Witness to a shelling: first-hand account of deadly strike on Gaza port]''</ref>
In 2010, [[UN Goodwill Ambassador]]s [[Mia Farrow]] and Egyptian actor [[Mahmoud Kabil]] visited the hotel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aldeira.ps/en/news_details.php?news_id=53|title=UN Goodwill Ambassadors at Al Deira Hotel|publisher=Aldeira|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514214859/http://www.aldeira.ps/en/news_details.php?news_id=53|archivedate=14 May 2013}}</ref>


In January 2024, during the [[Israel–Hamas war]], the Al Deira Hotel [[Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip|was bombed and destroyed by Israeli forces]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-01-11 |title=Destruction of the Palestinian cultural heritage of Gaza – in pictures |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2024/jan/11/palestinian-cultural-heritage-gaza-destruction-in-pictures |access-date=2024-04-22 |work=the Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Two months later, musician [[Saint Levant]], who is the son of the hotel's architect and former owner, paid homage to the venue in his single "Deira" (featuring [[MC Abdul]]) and his eponymous debut album ''Deira''.<ref name="Aswad">{{cite news |last1=Aswad |first1=Jem |title=Palestinian-Algerian Rapper Saint Levant Drops ‘Deira’ Single With MC Abdul, Paying Tribute to Gaza |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/palestinian-saint-levant-deira-gaza-mc-abdul-paying-1235920925/ |access-date=March 11, 2024 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=February 23, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Bain">{{cite news |last1=Bain |first1=Katie |title=Saint Levant & Gazan Rapper MC Abdul Celebrate the Culture of Palestine in ‘Deira’ Video |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/gaza-rapper-mc-abdul-saint-levant-release-music-video-deira-1235614217/ |access-date=March 11, 2024 |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=February 24, 2024}}</ref>
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On [[2014_Gaza_war_beach_bombing_incidents#16_July| July 16, 2014 four children were killed]] by Israeli rockets whilst playing football just outside Al Deira Hotel. Staff from the hotel brought wounded to the restaurant. Several foreign journalists were staying at the hotel and became witnesses to the killing.<ref>''New York Times''. ''[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/17/world/middleeast/gaza-strip-beach-explosion-kills-children.html?_r=0 Boys Drawn to Gaza Beach, and Into Center of Mideast Strife]''</ref><ref>NBC News. ''[http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/middle-east-unrest/palestinians-mourn-four-children-killed-gaza-beach-n157536 Palestinians Mourn Four Children Killed on Gaza Beach]''</ref><ref>''Washington Post''. ''[https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/07/16/what-happened-when-palestinian-children-were-killed-in-front-of-a-hotel-full-of-journalists/ What happened when Palestinian children were killed in front of a hotel full of journalists]''</ref><ref>''The Guardian''. ''[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/16/witness-gaza-shelling-first-hand-account Witness to a shelling: first-hand account of deadly strike on Gaza port]''</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Blue Beach Resort, Gaza]]


==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.aldeira.ps/ Al Deira website]
* {{official website|http://www.aldeira.ps/}}


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Latest revision as of 01:46, 9 January 2025

Al Deira Hotel
Sea-view from the Al Deira hotel on the Gaza coast
Al Deira Hotel is located in Gaza Strip
Al Deira Hotel
General information
LocationGaza, Palestine
Coordinates31°31′55″N 34°26′28″E / 31.53194°N 34.44111°E / 31.53194; 34.44111
Opening2000
Closed2024 (destroyed)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Rashid Abdelhamid
Other information
Number of rooms22

The Al Deira Hotel (Arabic: فندق الديرة, romanized: Funduq ad-Dayra) was a beach hotel located in Gaza, Palestine.[1] It was built in 2000 and had 22 rooms which featured high, domed ceilings and views of the Mediterranean.[1] The hotel was regularly used by foreign journalists covering Gaza.[2]

A boutique hotel built around an inner courtyard, its architecture was said to have an "Ottoman elegance".[1] The style blends traditional Moroccan and Arab architecture with modern design influences. It is built with dark brown sun dried mud bricks, with white arches, vaulted and domed ceilings, and handmade furniture. The architect was Rashid Abdelhamid. It was previously owned by UNDP employee Khaled Abdel Shafi and architect Rashid Abdelhamid. In 2015, new management took over.[3]

The hotel has received a number of very positive reviews in Time magazine,[1] by British journalist Alan Johnston[4] and by Lonely Planet which described the Al Deira as "swish, stylish and tightly run", and "without question the best hotel in town".[3] In 2010, UN Goodwill Ambassadors Mia Farrow and Mahmoud Kabil visited the hotel.[5]

On July 16, 2014, four children were killed by Israeli rockets whilst playing football on the beach just outside Al Deira Hotel.[6] Staff from the hotel brought wounded to the restaurant. Several foreign journalists were staying at the hotel and witnessed the killings.[7][8][9][10]

In January 2024, during the Israel–Hamas war, the Al Deira Hotel was bombed and destroyed by Israeli forces.[11] Two months later, musician Saint Levant, who is the son of the hotel's architect and former owner, paid homage to the venue in his single "Deira" (featuring MC Abdul) and his eponymous debut album Deira.[12][13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d McGirk, Tim (1 July 2009). "The Gaza Strip's Diamond in the Rough". Time. Archived from the original on 12 July 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Foreigners kidnapped in Gaza, West Bank,"[dead link‍] 14 March 2006, Forbes.
  3. ^ a b Lonely Planet Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Michael Kohn, Lonely Planet, 2007, p. 362.
  4. ^ "Given time, I may feel stronger for what I went through," Alan Johnston, 17 November 2007, The Guardian. Archived 30 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "UN Goodwill Ambassadors at Al Deira Hotel". Aldeira. Archived from the original on 14 May 2013.
  6. ^ Washington Post,[1] Israeli strike kills four children on a Gaza beach
  7. ^ New York Times. Boys Drawn to Gaza Beach, and Into Center of Mideast Strife
  8. ^ NBC News. Palestinians Mourn Four Children Killed on Gaza Beach
  9. ^ Washington Post. What happened when Palestinian children were killed in front of a hotel full of journalists
  10. ^ The Guardian. Witness to a shelling: first-hand account of deadly strike on Gaza port
  11. ^ "Destruction of the Palestinian cultural heritage of Gaza – in pictures". the Guardian. 11 January 2024. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  12. ^ Aswad, Jem (23 February 2024). "Palestinian-Algerian Rapper Saint Levant Drops 'Deira' Single With MC Abdul, Paying Tribute to Gaza". Variety. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  13. ^ Bain, Katie (24 February 2024). "Saint Levant & Gazan Rapper MC Abdul Celebrate the Culture of Palestine in 'Deira' Video". Billboard. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
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