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The first photowalk in Mapping 50 villages Palestine project is an exploratory walk. Qalandia is a thinly populated village as it is encircled by Israeli separation walls. All participants are architects and project managers from RIWAQ Ramallah Palestine. Participating Khaldun Bshara, Yousef Taha, Khulud Affar, Tariq Nasser and Yara Bamieh.
Saturday 1st of October 2016
Qalandia -
In the last ten years or so, energy drinks have become one of the most luxurious commodities in the Palestinian market. Though it indicates that it should not be given…
Khaldun Bshara –
50 Villages Qalandia
Qalandia -
These boxes are used in beekeeping for honey, which is a source of livelihood for some Palestinian families.Published under PAPA in Qalandia Palestine 20 October 2016 by Tariq Nasser…
Tariq Nasser –
50 Villages Qalandia
Qalandia -
A Stone Factory in Qalandiya: stone quarrying, shaping, and construction is one of main pillar of the Palestinian economy. Though it constitutes a health hazard for the community working or…
Khaldun Bshara –
50 Villages Qalandia
Qalandia -
this is the main entrance to Jerusalem...but its closed…
Khulud Nasser –
50 Villages Qalandia
Qalandia -
The quarry for this stone is at the edge of the village. In fact you can use any mountain here as a quarry. It gives the local workers a good…
Lino Hellings –
50 Villages Qalandia
Qalandia -
The laundry is out in the sun. So there are people still living in this village. In my home country the Netherlands the bureaucracy drives me crazy from time to…
Lino Hellings –
50 Villages Qalandia
Qalandia -
this the original way to the historic village the path is shown through the traces near the sinslah…
Yousef Taha –
50 Villages Qalandia
Qalandia -
Not every progress is an improvement. This old fashioned house is decorated with lots of love. Much better then some of the new ghost villa's in the village where concrete…
Lino Hellings –
50 Villages Qalandia
Qalandia -
a road was ended by the segregation wall which doesn’t permit people to go to their homes without special permission…
Yousef Taha –
50 Villages Qalandia
Qalandia -
The olive harvest is the important things in the life of the Palestinians, where is the source of livelihood for many families. Thus go the whole family to pick olives…
Tariq Nasser –
50 Villages Qalandia
Qalandia -
Beyond the eastern wall that surrounds the Qalandiya Airport from the east is the inforemal city of Kufr Aqab. This area is part of Jerusalem but outside the separation Wall…
Khaldun Bshara –
50 Villages Qalandia
Qalandia -
The first to sign up as our guide, is the mayor. This elderly gentleman here is our second guide. He gives us valuable information on recent developments. He shows us…
Lino Hellings –
50 Villages Qalandia
Qalandia -
the historic village is abandoned but although its the safe place in the village that the Israeli did not demolish anything in it and also the people did not destroy…
Yousef Taha –
50 Villages Qalandia
Qalandia -
There are some lively places in the village where people take care. Left of the beautiful flowers you can see a row of square boxes. This is where the village…
Lino Hellings –
50 Villages Qalandia
Qalandia -
buffer zone created by the segregation wall and the people are not allowed to do anything with their land…
Yousef Taha –
50 Villages Qalandia
Qalandia -
Some old housing in Qalandiya left by their owners. this housing built before 100 years ago.Published under PAPA in Qalandia Palestine 19 October 2016 by Tariq Nasser…
Tariq Nasser –
50 Villages Qalandia
Qalandia -
Qalandiya Airport was opened in the 1950s and had become between then and the 1967 a window to the world. After the 1967 War, the airport was taken by the…
Khaldun Bshara –
50 Villages Qalandia
Qalandia -
Coca-Cola company opened its branch in Palestine almost before the ink of 1993 Oslo Agreement dried. The globalization trend won’t stop with Coca-Cola but brand names have been visiting a…
Khaldun Bshara –
50 Villages Qalandia
Qalandia -
I have my private land ...but its not allowed to me to built on it my private house…
Khulud Nasser –
50 Villages Qalandia
Qalandia -
At the entrance of Qalandiya, I observe a pile of ancient stone. These are the remains of an old house which was demolished to give a way for contemporary constructions…
Khaldun Bshara –
50 Villages Qalandia
Qalandia -
the most of Qalandia houses have their own gardens with a lot of trees and flowers…
Khulud Nasser –
50 Villages Qalandia
Qalandia -
In the old centre of the Village Qalandia there are these ancient buildings. Some parts are centuries old. Here 4 of the 5 architects that joined in the 'teach the…
Lino Hellings –
50 Villages Qalandia
Qalandia -
Lots of Fruit trees with the fruit left to rot in place in Qalandia village, which is an uncommon view in a Palestinian village where usually the owners or neighbouring…
Yara Bamiyeh –
50 Villages Qalandia