“50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya”

On Monday 24 October 2016 we make a photowalk in the village of Asira ash Shamaliya near Nablus Palestine. The group consists of a mixture of architects of RIWAQ and interested persons from the village itself. Participating: Aya Tahhan and Renad Shqeirat from Riwaq, Wael Sawalha and Nasr Yaseen employees in the municipality, Samer Sawalha photographer, Ahmad Yaseen student, Rana Yaseen interior designer, Ehab Yaseen estate agent, Rita Yaseen architect.

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 -  In the middle of all kind of things to be recycled one day, I see this baby carriage from Holland. Bugaboo is the business of the brother of my best…
Lino Hellings – 50 villages 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

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

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

This pile of steel is being eaten away by rust and time, but it still guards the lands and gently marks the soil to imprint within it poetry of nature…
Wael Salem Sawalha – 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

In the old village there is an empty plot of land. It has a splendid view on the hills. Imagine a small public garden here with some trees for the…
Lino Hellings – 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

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 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

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

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

Universe is a big mirror, details are absent, and there is tinted glass that should be broken. It doesn’t matter if our hands are injured but what is important for…
Ahmad Kamel 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

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

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

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

I’m homeless and without food and I feel lonely. At the same time some dogs live in the homes with food, home, entertainment لا تتركني وحيدا انا بدون مأوى…
Rana Bassam Yaseen – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

I am an old man, but I work hard to Live And feed my children Because we are in Palestine No health insurance No salary for adults age If you…
Rana Bassam Yaseen – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

The dawn of freedom is coming’ you can read under drawing of the peace dove. The building behind the wall is a elementary school. Education is highly regarded. Youngsters go…
Lino Hellings – 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