SELIM GIRL'S SCHOOL
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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.
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.
Selim Menahem Moshe - 4th President of the Community and founder of the Selim Girl's School
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. 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 Selim Girls School closed in 1966 when the community had become too small to support it.
Students at the Selim Girl's School with 3 teachers: Margalit Atar, Rika and Mazal Atari.
Selim Girl's School