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The Nice Group

Asira ash Shamaliya -  Everything has a beginning and an end. You might experience it as the sad pain of the disease, but remember the whole life is just an endless reincarnation of happiness, so live your moment ..

كَل شيء له بدايه سُتكون لِه نهايه الحزن الألَم المرض بل الحيُاة بَإكمّلها لها نهايه فقُط تقمص السعادة وعيش لحظتك ..

Wael Salem Sawalha – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Filling the emptiness

Asira ash Shamaliya -  A man filled with memories sitting in his empty shop. Emptiness in staring him in the eye. Nobody is looking at him but the empty chair next to him is…
Ahmad Kamel Yaseen – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Street Pulse

Asira ash Shamaliya -  Photos of Palestinian youth rejoicing. They were very excited about our photo tour, having 10 camera's pointed at them. They decided to share this moment of joy with us.…
Samer Sawalha – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Climb into the clouds

Asira ash Shamaliya -  This picture tells us that the way to glory asks for power and patience…
Ehab Yaseen – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Nothing is impossible

Asira ash Shamaliya -  Nothing is impossible. In the positive way. Go for it. Search for the highest feasible. Education is regarded as very important. Even if you have 6 or 8 children, take…
Lino Hellings – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Half Open, Half Closed

Asira ash Shamaliya -  Many of the Historic buildings in Palestine are abandoned, our aim in Riwaq is to remind people about the importance of our cultural identity, to encourage people to use such…
Aya Tahhan – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

I am abandoned

Asira ash Shamaliya -  I am on my own. Stainless gloomy is this place. An eerie silence prevails. I was left alone in the world of silence. Dreams were yesterday’. This empty house…
Rita Ziad Yaseen – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Public Transportation Vehicles

Asira ash Shamaliya -  Cars like all cars manufactured by multinational corporations, but their color here is specific to their line of work, where they are used to transport people between village and cities…
Nasr Samer Yaseen – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

The olive

Asira ash Shamaliya -  The olive tree is our logo and our guide. How to still fighting to be in our land?…
Ehab Yaseen – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Non Stop, the users script

Asira ash Shamaliya -  ’Non Stop’ is the central notion to the Users script of Asira ash Samaliya. It is a constant moving back and forth between past, present and future. You cannot…
Lino Hellings – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Education comes first

Asira ash Shamaliya -  This unfinished house belongs to a father of 6 daughters and sons, he is a worker with a humble income, yet he was very proud telling me about his kids…
Aya Tahhan – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Solar energy

Asira ash Shamaliya -  Clothes on a laundry rope... Many people in Palestine tend to hang their laundry in the fresh air and under the sun rays.…
Samer Sawalha – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Sky

Asira ash Shamaliya -  The sky is blue and clear, but it cannot remain that way for long before white clouds come in and add to its beauty. There are also the grey clouds…
Nasr Samer Yaseen – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

I take my own decisions

Asira ash Shamaliya -  In some communities there is a misconception against women That women cannot make anything work. And that women are only suitable for the housekeeping and raising children and preparing food…
Rana Bassam Yaseen – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Regeneration

Asira ash Shamaliya -  Artemesia is a wild aromatic plant that grows on the sides of the streets wherever there is rubble and earth and in any unplanted or neglected land. It is nature's…
Renad Shqeirat – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Welcome

Asira ash Shamaliya -  While photographing we walk through the neighborhood. A group of 10 people with cameras (plus a filmmaker) it falls on. From different windows we are addressed by friendly ladies. This…
Lino Hellings – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Taxi driver

Asira ash Shamaliya -  The profession of Taxi drivers in Palestine is not physically hard, yet it is psychologically hard and very stressful, roads are often crowded and jammed, Israeli Military closes the roads…
Samer Sawalha – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Olive tree: it requires of you as you require of it

Asira ash Shamaliya -  The beauty of the olive season is that it brings people from different walks of life together. It is the season of prosperity and blessings to us Palestinians, that brings…
Wael Salem Sawalha – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Do not leave me alone

Asira ash Shamaliya -  I’m homeless and without food and I feel lonely. At the same time some dogs live in the homes with food, home, entertainment لا تتركني وحيدا انا بدون مأوى…
Rana Bassam Yaseen – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Inviting vs. \\

Asira ash Shamaliya -  This photo manifests the difference in approach and aspirations between past and present. The old entrance to a house marked with a simple pergola covered by a climbing grape vine…
Renad Shqeirat – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Open and close

Asira ash Shamaliya -  In the old village there are quite some empty houses. People migrate abroad or move to the city. The houses may lack modern comfort. If the house is not occupied…
Lino Hellings – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

The Method of Preserving Garlic

Asira ash Shamaliya -  Through the dehydration garlic is preserved by hanging it away from the sun, while remaining well ventilated. This is how garlic is preserved in Palestinian homes, usually on drawers or…
Rita Ziad Yaseen – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Color your life

Asira ash Shamaliya -  With optimism life becomes more beautiful. Happiness and beauty are not related to poverty and wealth. The spirit of optimism runs in our souls, we color our own lives…
Rita Ziad Yaseen – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya