“Ramallah Lab”

From 13 - 27 April 2014, PAPA settled down as a temporary office in Ramallah, Palestine. Hosting organization is RIWAQ Centre for Architectural Conservation. Together with the architects of  RIWAQ, PAPA did fieldwork in the city to discover the Tactics of Life. Participants: Khaldun Bshara, Rania Aldjejab,  Aya Tahhan, Yara Bamiyeh, Lana Judeh, Fida Touma,  Yousef Taha and Awatef Romeya, artist.  With the kind support of the Mondriaan Fund.

Ramallah -   ways to market your products: watering the vegetables makes them look more fresh and hence sell more. this guy was taking excellent care of his lettuce; nicely arranging them…
Yara Bamiyeh – Ramallah Lab

Ramallah -  ’’Gazan’’It not that easy to travel from the Wes Bank to Gaza and vice versa. You need a visa from isreal to travel between this places…
Rania Aldjejab – Ramallah Lab

An old man with a young man who asked me to photograph them. When you look at them you see big age difference but both of them look very ''cool''…
Rania Aldjejab – Ramallah Lab

green plant in the vicinity of the gray buildings ... the dominant color on the buildings of the densely populated camp…
Awatef Romeya – Ramallah Lab

Ramallah is still a safe place for children and families. Although the city is rapidly changing, people still think of their city as a safe place and everyone welcomes you…
Fida Touma – Ramallah Lab

Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine. It's one of the most important cities in Palestine and it's also very important city for the religious in the whole word. These boards…
Rania Aldjejab – Ramallah Lab

A thrown-out chair and a carpet/trash in another street in Ramallah…
Aya Tahhan – Ramallah Lab

this verse of Quran made as a sticker is usually sold by small kids in the streets, almost everyone has one stacked somewhere in their houses or wallets regardless of…
Yara Bamiyeh – Ramallah Lab

at the Nations' public park in Ramallah, states representatives in Ramallah were given a spot to put an art work that represents the country. India chose to install Ghandi. Ghandi…
Khaldun Bshara – Ramallah Lab

"fricke"  of Eating traditional in Palestine…
Awatef Romeya – Ramallah Lab

" Place overlooking the street without voice of the street" .Rukab is the oldest ice cream shop in Palestine. Was his debut in 1941…
Awatef Romeya – Ramallah Lab

Parking, like in other cities, is one of the main planning challenges. With many regulation efforts taking place in the city center and new commercial and financial districts, none could…
Fida Touma – Ramallah Lab

recently cars agencies in ramallah put big screens for advertising for new cars, this big screens can be used to watch movies!and illustration for a guy filming insists on…
Yousef Taha – Ramallah Lab

To many, the camp may seem a melancholic, monochromic place, but to people living there, it is now their home -as temporary as it may be- yet it is their…
Aya Tahhan – Ramallah Lab

Gold is an international symbol of wealth. In Palestine, this picture represents dowries, investments and culture. …
Rania Aldjejab – Ramallah Lab

The famous Hangman game is brought to life. A manikin in the streets of Ramallah…
Aya Tahhan – Ramallah Lab

CHI (beauty care brand) publicity reads: “Do you [women] know that miss  universe get selected by a Palestinian referee.“ to rephrase: If the referee is Palestinian, and…
Khaldun Bshara – Ramallah Lab

Rubbish collection, as many other jobs in Ramallah, is done mostly manually. Employees of the Municipality work early in the morning and in the afternoon to clean up the mess…
Khaldun Bshara – Ramallah Lab

A photo of an old building in Ramallah shaded by its terrace.…
Aya Tahhan – Ramallah Lab

’’We have the idea and you have the coffin’’People in Palestine use a lot of graffiti’s to show their political opinion!…
Rania Aldjejab – Ramallah Lab

Two girls playing in one of the many public gardens established by the Municipality for families and children. Like in all Palestinian cities and towns, Israeli restrictions have limited people's…
Fida Touma – Ramallah Lab

Despite the overwhelming ways, life is controlled here (by the Israelis mostly) there are many irrationalities. Things that do not match. Families have a small child born in another country…
Lino Hellings – Ramallah Lab

A thrown-out trash/sofa with greenery in the background in one of the streets in Ramallah.. …
Aya Tahhan – Ramallah Lab

Modern cubic houses of Ramallah need to have some color in them. Red is one.…
Khaldun Bshara – Ramallah Lab