Protector of Aqsa: Quiz Game developed for youth to recognize Al-Aqsa Mosque

A Palestinian civil society organization, Burj Al-Lak Lak Community Center launched a new mobile quiz game application, with the help of a Turkish Vakti Kıraat association, in order to educate youth about the culture and history of Israeli-occupied Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.

The new app called “Haris'ul Aqsa (Protector of the Aqsa), which was designed about a year ago, is now available for all IOS and Android-supported devices.It has been downloaded by 37,000 smartphone users since it was launched two weeks ago.

Game players can pass to the next level after answering 250 questions about history and receive new titles of "Guard," "Servant" and "Mentor” in four separated stages.

If players succeed in correctly answering all the questions, they win the key of Al-Maghreb gate in the southeast corner of the mosque's compound, which has been controlled by the Israeli forces since the Israel first occupied East Jerusalem during the 1967 Middle East War.

For Muslims, the Al-Aqsa represents the world's third holiest site. Jews, for their part, refer to the area as the "Temple Mount", claiming it was the site of two Jewish temples in ancient times.Israel occupied East Jerusalem during the 1967 Middle East War. It annexed the entire city in 1980, claiming it as the capital of the Jewish state in a move never recognized by the international community.