“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.

Asira ash Shamaliya -  The past is our collective history, our ancestors’ identity. This is a building that was built hundreds of years ago, but it couldn’t have been restored and preserved without the…
Nasr Samer Yaseen – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Asira ash Shamaliya -  This car is smashed by the Palestinian police because it’s an illegal car. It was bought in Israel for only 400 shekel. Probably reported as stolen or de-listed by…
Ehab Yaseen – 50 villages 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

’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

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

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

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

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

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

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