“Khaldun Bshara”

Architect restorer and anthropologist. live and work in Ramallah, Palestine. interested in space and memory and the practices of everyday actors. 

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

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

The Qalandiya Oasis

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

Slow and Furious TWO

Ramallah -  Setting at the sidewalks is a long lived practice. There, deals struck, gossip exchanged, news circulate, politics made... It is, nonetheless, quality time spent with friends, relatives, and neighbors.…
Khaldun Bshara – Ramallah Lab

Olive Tree TWO

Ramallah -  Olive tree related crafts has been around for long period of time. While the olive tree timber is used to produce memorabilia from the Holy Land, this stand on sidewalk…
Khaldun Bshara – Ramallah Lab

Informal Cities/No Man's Land

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

Freshly-cut Stone

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

Facebook

Ramallah -  IT shop-sign at al Am’ari refugee camp. When mobility is constrained, the virtual life takes a life of its own.…
Khaldun Bshara – Ramallah Lab

The Qalandiya Nightmare

Qalandia -  This rubble mound is the result of the Israeli bulldozers who swept 11 houses from Qalandiya village in summer 2016 because they were built without Israeli permits. This is the…
Khaldun Bshara – 50 Villages Qalandia

Slow and Furious ONE

Ramallah -  On the sidewalk, paintings depicting Fast and Furious and an orientalist depiction of Harim al Sultan towards the end of the Ottoman Empire. In Ramallah, contrasting issues come together. Sacred…
Khaldun Bshara – Ramallah Lab

Olive Tree ONE

Ramallah -  It is a new trend (I would say after year 2000) to see olive trees--some are more than 2000 years old and hence known as Roman olive trees--decorating roundabouts of…
Khaldun Bshara – Ramallah Lab

Identity Fetishism

Ramallah -  CHI (beauty care brand) publicity reads: “Do you [women] know that miss  universe get selected by a Palestinian referee.“ to rephrase: If the referee is Palestinian, and…
Khaldun Bshara – Ramallah Lab

Fourth Generation Refugees

Ramallah -  There are more than 5 million Palestinian refugees living in Diaspora. More than 1.5 million are still living in refugee camps since 1948 in Gaza, West Bank, Jordan, Syria…
Khaldun Bshara – Ramallah Lab

The Qalandiya Dream

Qalandia -  Constructing a mansion, a home, a garden or a business is the Dream of most Palestinians. The image on top of the rubble, is an ordinary Qalandiya inhabitant's dream.…
Khaldun Bshara – 50 Villages Qalandia

Recycling@Am'ari refugee camp

Ramallah -  All materials: steel, wood, glass, plastic, paper... are gathered in this spot by a refugee for classifying and recycling. it is not only environment frindly but also is a way…
Khaldun Bshara – Ramallah Lab

Lipstick, print on canvas, 60*60cm, artist: China

Ramallah -  Modern cubic houses of Ramallah need to have some color in them. Red is one.…
Khaldun Bshara – Ramallah Lab

Globalisation under occupation

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

Fourth Generation Ramallah

Ramallah -  High-rise building in the "Financial District" of Ramallah. It is in Post Oslo Agreement (1993) that Ramallah witnessed its 3rd boom of construction. Yet, a 4th construction came about in…
Khaldun Bshara – Ramallah Lab

Taybeh

Ramallah -  Taybeh is a small christian town near Ramallah where the Beer with the same name is produced. Taybeh and Taybeh beer have almost become one; Oktober Fest is the annual…
Khaldun Bshara – Ramallah Lab

Palm Sunday

Ramallah -  Holidays in Ramallah are remarked with street life, shopping, and dressed up girls and boys. Time to cheer. …
Khaldun Bshara – Ramallah Lab

Labor

Ramallah -  Rubbish collection, as many other jobs in Ramallah, is done mostly manually. Employees of the Municipality work early in the morning and in the afternoon to clean up the mess…
Khaldun Bshara – Ramallah Lab

Ghandi in Ramallah

Ramallah -  at the Nations' public park in Ramallah, states representatives in Ramallah were given a spot to put an art work that represents the country. India chose to install Ghandi. Ghandi…
Khaldun Bshara – Ramallah Lab

Facelook

Ramallah -  Scouts from al Am'ari refugee camp after the Easter march. Together, Muslim and Christian scouts march on both Muslim or Christian holidays. Wonderful moments full of joy and "discipline."…
Khaldun Bshara – Ramallah Lab