Villa Harun ar-Rashid, Historic villa in Talbiyya, Jerusalem, Israel

Villa Harun ar-Rashid is a two-storey residence at 18 David Marcus Street in Talbiyya, built in 1926. Its rooms follow a liwan plan: a central hall and main room with bedrooms and bathrooms on either side, decorated floors, and a small concrete structure on the roof intended for servants.

Hanna Ibrahim Bisharat, a wealthy Arab Catholic, built the villa in 1926 to a design by architect Maurice Gisler. His family lived there until 1938, when it was rented to the British Royal Air Force: headquarters downstairs, the commander's family upstairs. On 14 May 1948 the departing British handed the keys to Reuven Mas, and 15 Haganah men crawled in and raised the Israeli flag on the roof.

The villa is named after the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid, who according to tradition inspired the tales of One Thousand and One Nights. Its Arabic and English name was once displayed on ceramic tiles at the front, but the inscription was later removed, reportedly by order of Golda Meir. The story is told in Suad Amiry's 2014 novel Golda Slept Here.

The villa stands at 18 David Marcus Street in Talbiyya, Jerusalem. It is a private residence, so visits are limited to viewing the exterior from the street; the ceramic name tiles at the side entrance can be seen from outside. The roof holds a small concrete structure built for servants.

The villa's name appears on ceramic tiles at the side entrance, in English and Arabic. The matching facade inscription was later removed, reportedly by security staff before a meeting between Foreign Minister Golda Meir and UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld. In 1994, tiles bearing Stars of David and the Hebrew phrase "for your name is called upon this house" were added to the southern front.