“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 care they all go to University. It is as valuable as a passport, you can work abroad once you need to go into exile. 
People are very welcoming, inviting us 10 in their house for tea, coffee or a meal. Everywhere we see benches made of stone where you can sit and chat with your neighbours or strangers. 
The landscape is open, important in a country where life is limited in many basic ways like no freedom to travel or no freedom to use the own resources (water). 
On the hills you see a lot of new ’castles’. Kind of ’Chinese’ tiled red roofs. Real estate is going up as Asira is close to the city of Nablus. 

But ’Nothing is Impossible’ in the negative way as well. There is a basic feeling of un-safety. Your home can be flattened by bulldozers, the village can be closed off from the outside world within 10 minutes, if you are only suspected of being a threat to any Israeli you can be shot on the spot by Israeli soldiers, throwing stones can bring you in prison.

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

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

Happiness cannot be bought…the joy of Palestinian children in occupied Palestine’s beautiful alleys despite the pain and the siege, there is determination to lead happy lives. In Palestinian villages and…
Samer Sawalha – 50 villages 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

The grape vine is what caught my attention the most while wandering in my beloved village, Asira Ash Shamaliya. Almost all houses have a grape vine, and it is usually…
Rita Ziad Yaseen – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Wrinkles fill the faces of old men and women, stories that started and ended at some time…what number of smiles and tears were they too shy to show in the…
Samer Sawalha – 50 villages 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

After a long day and tired, we need to rest. A cup of tea with some friends and each fatigue will disappear. وقت الشاي . بعد يوم طويل ومتعب . نحتاج للراحة…
Rana Bassam Yaseen – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Ninety years have passed and the smile is reborn everyday a thousand times. Ninety years and the eyes are still inventing colors of happiness in this grey world. She sits…
Wael Salem Sawalha – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Freedom is drawn on the wall but we do not always get it. In Palestine there is no freedom Those who go to jail will not get freedom. Even when…
Rana Bassam Yaseen – 50 villages 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

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

These are the words for our great poet Mohammad Darwish was written on the school wall by students with a smile faces to tell others helping people will make you…
Ehab Yaseen – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

These seats are usually made of concrete or stone, and can be found in front of old buildings and public spaces in the historic center of Asira Ash Shamaliya, where…
Rita Ziad Yaseen – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Smoking and its effect on the elderly…there is a high percentage of smoking amongst Palestinian youth due to the ever-rising concerns and worries in their lives and the rising unemployment…
Samer Sawalha – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

With an amputated foot, he insists on walking the long road of life. That is how the strong walk, the hope beaming in his eyes has a thousand feet…
Wael Salem Sawalha – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

A sentence loved by Palestinians and is a source of pride. It is used by companies in their ads all across Palestine to support and encourage Palestinians, and to prove…
Nasr Samer Yaseen – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya