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==Public institutions and landmarks== [[File:Jenin Horse.jpg|thumb|The [[Jenin Horse]], a landmark of the city, built from scrap metal and pieces of wrecked cars that had been destroyed during a 2003 Israeli invasion of the city, which was demolished by Israeli forces in 2023]] [[File:Great Mosque of Jenin6.jpg|thumb|[[Fatima Khatun Mosque]]]] * [[The Freedom Theatre]] is a theatre and cinema in the [[Jenin refugee camp]]. * [[Horse of Jenin|The Horse of Jenin]] is a famous monument built in 2003 by German artist Thomas Kilpper and young people from Jenin of scrap metal from cars destroyed by Israeli forces.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gani |first=Aisha |date=2014-03-03 |title=Jenin's Freedom theatre: from death and destruction, a message of hope |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/mar/03/freedom-theatre-palestinian-refugee-camp-jenin-uk-tour |access-date=2023-10-30 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The monument was destroyed by the IDF in October 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-30 |title=Four Palestinian terrorists killed in overnight IDF raid in Jenin |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-770760 |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Maktoob |date=2023-10-30 |title=Israeli raid in Jenin camp kills four, leaves mass destruction |url=https://maktoobmedia.com/world/israeli-raid-in-jenin-camp-kills-four-leaves-mass-destruction/ |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=Maktoob media |language=en-US}}</ref> * The city has a monument honoring German pilots shot down in Jenin during the [[World War I|First World War]], which incorporates an original wooden propeller.<ref>Palestinians and Their Society, 1880-1946Author:Sarah Graham-Brown</ref> * An old British Mandate landing strip, [[Muqeible Airfield]], is located in Jenin. * The [[Khalil Suleiman]] Hospital is located in Jenin. * The main and largest [[mosque]] of Jenin is the [[Fatima Khatun Mosque]], built in 1566.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Irving |first=Sarah |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatima_Khatun_Mosque#:~:text=Irving%2C%20Sarah%20(2012).-,Palestine,-.%20Bradt%20Travel%20Guides |title=Palestine |date=2011 |publisher=Bradt Travel Guides |isbn=9781841623672 |pages=243 |language=English |quote=On the edge of the Old City, on Al-Nasira Street, is Jenin's main mosque, known as the Fatima Khatoun Mosque or Jamaa Al-Kebir, named after the wife of a Bosnian governor of Damascus under the Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificant. Fatima Khatoun is said to have taken a liking to Jenin when she passed through on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1566 and to have established, or possibly renovated, this mosque on the site of an earlier one dating back to the first Islamic conquests of Palestine in the 7th century.}}</ref> * Another mosque in Jenin is the Al-Ansar Mosque.<ref name="idc20231022">{{cite news |title=Israel Carries Out Air Strike On 'Hamas And Islamic Jihad Terrorist Compound' In Al-Ansar Mosque |url=https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/israel-carries-out-air-strike-on-hamas-and-islamic-jihad-terrorist-compound-in-al-ansar-mosque/ar-AA1iDI2p |date=22 October 2023 |work=india.com |access-date=22 October 2023}}</ref> === Holy sites === The ancient cemetery in Jenin houses the tomb of Sheikh Izz al-Din, a [[Sufism|Sufi]] saint of the [[Rifaʽi|Rifa'i order]]. According to local traditions, he was a descendant of [[Ali Zayn al-Abidin]], the grandson of [[Muhammad]] and the sixth [[Shia Imam|Sh'ia Imam]]. According to a local tradition, Sheikh Izz al-Din fought alongside [[Saladin]] against the [[Crusaders]]. The tomb possibly predates the cemetery, which served as a burial site for the people of Jenin and the Turabay dynasty. Another tomb in the same cemetery is al-Sheikh Tarabiya, where the Turabay emir Ahmad ibn Turabay ibn Ali al-Harithi is buried.<ref name=":03">{{Cite book |last=Tal |first=Uri |title=Muslim Shrines in Eretz Israel: History, Religion, Traditions, Folklore |publisher=Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi |year=2023 |isbn=978-965-217-452-9 |location=Jerusalem |pages=112–113}}</ref>
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