“Userscript of Asira ash Shamaliya”

Non Stop’ is the central notion to the userscript of Asira ash Shamaliya. It is a constant moving back and forth between past, present and future. 
You cannot forget about the past.  The Nakbah, the catastrophe when the Palestinians lost their land 60 years ago. Ancient buildings show a lot of history of habitation. The thousand year old olive trees form a main income to the village.
In the present ’the open wounds’ of the occupation are to be seen everywhere. A demolished house, the rationing of water. There is liveliness around in the hood. Elder men walking up and down the streets having a chat, women popping their heads out of the window who invite you for a tea. 
The future is present in buildings under construction signed with the name of the future inhabitant. Real estate is booming. Old and young carry smart phones and have Skype and Facebook accounts to connect to their family in the diaspora.
The past, present and the future all exist simultaneously. Nonstop.

X-ray

Asira ash Shamaliya -  Is this wood or bones? Is it bones of a tree or a human? This tree refuses to die and splints its fracture itself. In the coming few years it…
Ahmad Kamel Yaseen – 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

Water Tanks... everywhere

Asira ash Shamaliya -  Palestinians suffer from severe shortage of water specially during summers due to the confiscation of Palestinian water sources from Israel & the lack of rainfall. Israel also controls the water…
Aya Tahhan – 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

Possible Extension

Asira ash Shamaliya -  Iron bars showing from a previously built house implying the possibility of a new extension when needed or when the owner's economic situation allows them to.…
Aya Tahhan – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Lost path

Asira ash Shamaliya -  Inhabitants of this house has moved out far away, even the path has moved out with them, leaving it with no road leading to it. The grass is occupying the…
Ahmad Kamel Yaseen – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Habitat for Pollination

Asira ash Shamaliya -  An alive old house is perceived as one that has a clean & pointed stone facade. This is photo of a typical abandoned old house that can be found in…
Renad Shqeirat – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Carpet laundry

Asira ash Shamaliya -  This is a small project in Asira for a young man. Because of the lack of jobs in government. Graduates go to work up their own business. To provide for…
Rana Bassam Yaseen – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Water Tank Tractor

Asira ash Shamaliya -  Another solution for the water shortage in Palestine is calling the water tank tractor driver in order to get clean water to fill the tanks.…
Aya Tahhan – 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

Ornaments and architectural details

Asira ash Shamaliya -  Ornaments were used on the entrances of historic buildings, some of it are of passages from the Quran to express the owners’ gratitude for God’s blessings like in this picture…
Rita Ziad Yaseen – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Keeping up with technology

Asira ash Shamaliya -  Despite the harshness of life and the run down home, we still keep up with technological advance, the proof being these satellite dishes on this partly destroyed building that we…
Wael Salem Sawalha – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Food for the body

Asira ash Shamaliya -  This elderly man drives around with a water tank behind a tractor. The water from Palestine is pumped by the Israeli and transported to Israel only to be redistributed back…
Lino Hellings – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Water mapping

Asira ash Shamaliya -  Water in Palestine is a scarcity and is valuable. It is considered one the main reasons of the conflict in the region. However, the leaking water on the asphalt streets…
Renad Shqeirat – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Property Announcement

Asira ash Shamaliya -  “Ra’fat“ & “Aya“ these are two names written in two different construction sites that we saw in ’Asira Ashamaliyyah during the photowalk. Apperantly most of the…
Aya Tahhan – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

One question

Asira ash Shamaliya -  What would you do if I bought this piece of meat ? سؤال واحد . ماذا كنت ستفعل اذا اشتريت قطعة اللحم هذه…
Rana Bassam Yaseen – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Home Garden

Asira ash Shamaliya -  Historically, home gardens were main elements in residential architecture; people grew fruitful trees, herbs, shrubs and flowers in their courtyards or in their gardens surrounding their houses. Through the years…
Aya Tahhan – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Falafel and homos

Asira ash Shamaliya -  This man makes falafel and homos as small snack bar where people in our village can buy our traditional food every day for breakfast and dinner as the way how…
Ehab Yaseen – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

They talk to us about paina€¦we talk to them about hope

Asira ash Shamaliya -  The home of a martyr’s family that was destroyed by the Zionist occupation, nothing is left of the home but the rubble that brings pain into our hearts…but from the…
Rita Ziad Yaseen – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Preparations for winter

Asira ash Shamaliya -  This is what is left of the olives after the process of pressing, but in Palestine there are so many ideas as to best how utilize the resources and bi-products…
Nasr Samer 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

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

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