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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 sources and uses 83% of it, allowing Israeli settlers use water 6 times more than Palestinians. Adding a number of water tanks on the roofs of the houses is a very common solution for such problem.
Aya Tahhan – 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

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

Food for the soul

Asira ash Shamaliya -  In the streets of the village we meet mostly elderly. Some are retired, others still at work. This man answers our questions kindly while his hands remain engaged in the…
Lino Hellings – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Pilgrimage season

Asira ash Shamaliya -  A drawing of the holy Kaaba on the wall of houses, with writings such as (blessed pilgrimage, may sins be forgiven, and may you have prosperous trade). These are phrases…
Rita Ziad Yaseen – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Our local guide

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

abandoned but safe

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

Milk and Honey

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

buffer zone

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

The bridge and the river

Asira ash Shamaliya -  Even the decaying wood thirsts at some point. Maybe it yearns to the tree it was chopped from. It fails to quenches its thirst, so it imagines itself a bridge…
Ahmad Kamel 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

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

my land

Qalandia -  I have my private land ...but its not allowed to me to built on it my private house…
Khulud Nasser – 50 Villages Qalandia

Ancient Stone Pile

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

The abandoned temple

Asira ash Shamaliya -  This rubble preserves whatever is left of a memory. In every corner of this place, there is a luminous spirit washing in olive oil, praying, and crying. Were its tears…
Ahmad Kamel Yaseen – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

This is my car, not a toy for others

Asira ash Shamaliya -  In this picture, there are three antennas on the roof of the car, but they are not used to enhance a signal but rather as an accessory to add beauty…
Nasr Samer Yaseen – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Energy

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

beekeeping

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

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

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

Mixed marriage and other complexities

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

old path

Qalandia -  this the original way to the historic village the path is shown through the traces near the sinslah…
Yousef Taha – 50 Villages Qalandia

From Qalandia with Love

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

the end

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