“Ramallah Lab”

From 13 - 27 April 2014, PAPA settled down as a temporary office in Ramallah, Palestine. Hosting organization is RIWAQ Centre for Architectural Conservation. Together with the architects of  RIWAQ, PAPA did fieldwork in the city to discover the Tactics of Life. Participants: Khaldun Bshara, Rania Aldjejab,  Aya Tahhan, Yara Bamiyeh, Lana Judeh, Fida Touma,  Yousef Taha and Awatef Romeya, artist.  With the kind support of the Mondriaan Fund.

Yet another canvas

Ramallah -  When your son comes back from prison you welcome him by putting a specially made banner on your house. There are a lot of similar banners in the city…
Lino Hellings – Ramallah Lab

Who is stupid

Ramallah -  words written on the walls of nearby buildings resulted from the school ... written by children for any subject of a dialogue among themselves Something similar with Facebook but in…
Awatef Romeya – Ramallah Lab

White Skin

Ramallah -  Lime stone industry in Palestine is one of the main portions of Palestine economy. There are hundreds of quarries and factories that excavate stone and shape it into building material…
Khaldun Bshara – Ramallah Lab

Welcome

Ramallah -  Every foreigner walking freely in the streets of Ramallah is a potential ambassador of Palestine. So you are welcomed to the country many times a day. That is not out…
Lino Hellings – Ramallah Lab

Visual Oxymoron?

Ramallah -  A Graffiti stencil of Khader Adnan; the former Palestinian prisoner who went on 66-day hunger strike in protest of Israeli administrative detention. The graffiti stands next to a sign of…
Lana Judeh – Ramallah Lab

UNRWA flag

Ramallah -  UNRWA flag over one of its schools in the Amari refugee camp…
Awatef Romeya – Ramallah Lab

They take our water

Ramallah -  Israel is the one who is controlling and distributing the water in Palestine, from Palestine. On the roof of all buildings you see the black water containers. Some houses get…
Lino Hellings – Ramallah Lab

The remains of a village

Ramallah -  These dry-stone walls are the remains of an agricultural life that once existed in Ramallah before turning into a city after the 1950's. Dry-stone walls are part of the mountainous…
Lana Judeh – Ramallah Lab

where to walk!!

Ramallah -  the garbage tank is on the sidewalks where supposedly people should be walking on not the garbage tank its putting the wrong thing in the wrong place.…
Yousef Taha – Ramallah Lab

warning

Ramallah -  This is an illegally occupied landState of Palestine, 29/11/2012…
Yara Bamiyeh – Ramallah Lab

vegetable market

Ramallah -  the vegetable market in the city of Ramallah. here I have the best vegetables ... this is what the seller says …
Awatef Romeya – Ramallah Lab

Trendy

Ramallah -  Wearing a headscarf does not mean you cannot look fashionable. The speciality here is to make a large hairdo that shows despite the scarf. The lady is smoking a water…
Lino Hellings – Ramallah Lab

They take our taxes

Ramallah -  Out of this money machine you get Israeli shekels because that is the official currency here. That puts Israel in a position to control the economy here as they give…
Lino Hellings – Ramallah Lab

where is the atm????

Ramallah -  misleading advertisement for Arab bank ATM service , near the garbage ,for the first look you ask your self where is the ATM in the garbage tank??? but the garbage tank…
Yousef Taha – Ramallah Lab

Wall street

Ramallah -  The financial district is in development as you can see. There are building that are half way like this one, buildings that only have a billboard showing a bright future…
Lino Hellings – Ramallah Lab

used shoes

Ramallah -  this man sells used shoes ... in a place dedicated to it ... near the vegetable market ... go into that market low-income earners to buy clothes, shoes and also to buy other…
Awatef Romeya – Ramallah Lab

traditional costume Palestinian

Ramallah -  lady in traditional costume Palestinian. in a place dedicated to the sale of used clothing in Ramallah…
Awatef Romeya – Ramallah Lab

The results of global warming

Ramallah -  the results of global warming…
Awatef Romeya – Ramallah Lab

welcome to the refugee camp

Ramallah -  Palestinian Refugee Camps may look all the same from the outside; extremely small areas to live in, overcrowding, no open spaces, very narrow streets, lack of services... yet every camp…
Aya Tahhan – Ramallah Lab

Walking Loans

Ramallah -  There are some 13 banks operating in the Palestinian National (quasi-autonomus) Authority. Most of the banks start operating in post-Oslo Accords (1993). However, it is in post-Arafat era (2004-present) that…
Khaldun Bshara – Ramallah Lab

Urban Legend

Ramallah -  An urban legend says that one of the four lions of Al Manarah Square, which represent the four original families of Ramallah, is turning his face away from the only…
Lana Judeh – Ramallah Lab

to eat or not to eat, that is the question

Ramallah -  Jars of candies & sweets next to a weighing scale saying "watch your weight"…
Aya Tahhan – Ramallah Lab

The remains of an Empire

Ramallah -  A Post box from the British Mandate period at al Manarah Square. The square emerged in 1935 when the British installed an electricity panel for the twin cities, Ramallah and…
Lana Judeh – Ramallah Lab