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  • Towards a Classification of Agricultural Terraces (Habalat)*

    Towards a Classification of Agricultural Terraces (Habalat)*

    *This text is part of my masters thesis from Birzeit University. Thank you to my advisor, Dr. Omar Tesdell. Thank you Also to Doa’ Ewais for her assistance with the field work and the interviews. In the Palestinian traditional knowledge, the term habala (plural: habalat) is used to describe what is known in the academic…

  • Introduction to Sanasel: Dry-Stone Walls in Palestine*

    Introduction to Sanasel: Dry-Stone Walls in Palestine*

    *This text is part of my masters thesis from Birzeit University. Thank you to my advisor, Dr. Omar Tesdell. Thank you Also to Doa’ Ewais for her assistance with the field work and the interviews. Looking at the mountain range of central Palestine, the eye will see an expanded landscape of terraces and dry-stone walls.…

  • *نظام حصاد ماء في وادي العقدة، رام الله

    *نظام حصاد ماء في وادي العقدة، رام الله

    *هذا النص جزء من رسالتي الماجستير من جامعة بيرزيت. شكرا لمشرفي الدكتور عمر تسدال توجد العديد من أنظمة حصاد الماء المنتشرة في فلسطين، ولعل أكثرها حضورًا في الكتابات الأكاديمية الأنماط المختلفة المنتشرة في صحراء النقب.[1] في الواقع، عادةً ما يتم ربط حصاد الماء بالمناخ الجاف وشبه الجاف، ربما لندرة الماء في هذه المناخات وصعوبة الزراعة…

  • A Vision of the Rural US Midwest: Diverse Rural Lab*

    A Vision of the Rural US Midwest: Diverse Rural Lab*

    Diverse Rural Lab (DRL) is a business and community model that propose a scenario for a diversified resilient future in the US Corn Belt. The DRL model suggests an alternative model for food production and processing while maintaining a high quality of life in the rural areas. It deals with five aspects needed to push…

  • Plant Profiles: Native plants of Palestine*

    Plant Profiles: Native plants of Palestine*

    * Part of my research internship with Barari (https://barari.org/en/species).

  • Parametric Design

    Parametric Design

    This project is an outcome of a parametric design course. We designed a small shelter in a public space. Thank you to my project partners, Sawsan Bassalat and Mariam Dahabreh. Thank you to our professor, Samer Wannan.

  • A Waste to Energy Plant

    A Waste to Energy Plant

    This project is an outcome of an architectural design course. Thank you for architect Samer Wannan for his guidance.

  • Herbarium Experimentation: Native plants of Palestine*

    Herbarium Experimentation: Native plants of Palestine*

    * Part of my research internship with Barari (https://barari.org/en/species).

  • العمارة والعمران في فيلم روما (2018)

    العمارة والعمران في فيلم روما (2018)

    من مخرجات مساق “الفيلم والعمارة.” شكرا للأستاذين لانا جودة ومحمد أبو الرب

  • A new Building Material?

    A new Building Material?

    The current building construction processes are creating standardized spaces which lack spatial qualities. The used building materials are one of the main reasons of this issues since they usually do not fit the surrounding contexts. The stone raw material is running out of the nature for the creation of buildings which uses stone as a…