“50 Villages Qalandia”

The first photowalk in Mapping 50 villages Palestine project is an exploratory walk.  Qalandia is a thinly populated village as it is encircled by Israeli separation walls. All participants are architects and project managers from RIWAQ Ramallah Palestine. Participating Khaldun Bshara, Yousef Taha, Khulud Affar, Tariq Nasser and Yara Bamieh.

Qalandia -  All spaces are very marginal What we mean, it is all is just a little bit used. A little bit of business, a little bit of industry, almost no children…
Lino Hellings – 50 Villages Qalandia

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

Qalandia old houses…
Khulud Nasser – 50 Villages 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

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

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

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

the image shows the contradiction between the old stone in the historic buildings and the new stone from the stone cutting workshop…
Yousef Taha – 50 Villages 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

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

Lots of Fruit trees with the fruit left to rot in place in Qalandia village, which is an uncommon view in a Palestinian village where usually the owners or neighbouring…
Yara Bamiyeh – 50 Villages Qalandia

No shops around. All we see are closed shutters. But the fresh bread on the door is a sign of life.…
Lino Hellings – 50 Villages Qalandia

The quarry for this stone is at the edge of the village. In fact you can use any mountain here as a quarry. It gives the local workers a good…
Lino Hellings – 50 Villages 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

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

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

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

Some old housing in Qalandiya left by their owners. this housing built before 100 years ago.Published under PAPA in Qalandia Palestine 19 October 2016 by Tariq Nasser…
Tariq Nasser – 50 Villages Qalandia

the photos shows the destruction caused by the Israelis due to their policies that not to permit to build in area C…
Yousef Taha – 50 Villages Qalandia

Palestinian say: we are here from past and now and forever exactlyThe Palestinian buildings demolished by the occupation and the tent erected by Palestinians to rejected this occupation in Qalandiya…
Tariq Nasser – 50 Villages Qalandia

Beyond the eastern wall that surrounds the Qalandiya Airport from the east is the inforemal city of Kufr Aqab. This area is part of Jerusalem but outside the separation Wall…
Khaldun Bshara – 50 Villages Qalandia

the photo shows that the widening the street or opening it has destroyed a historic building and its remains are shown on the old building…
Yousef Taha – 50 Villages Qalandia

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