Agricultural land – Health services – Bakery – Everyday essentials’ shops – Shops – Tree planting, expansion, and opening of streets – Public transportation and parking – School expansion – Kindergarten – Women’s vocational training center – Social spaces and parks – Sports facilities – Library – Forests (afforestation of unused land – Bazaar (seasonal)

'Afaf 'Alqam

‘Afaf emphasized the importance of planting unutilized lands with trees and fruit-bearing species, saying: “We do not need flowers, we need a tree at the Mawqef [colloquial Palestinian Arabic for public transportation stop] under which we can stand when it is hot.” She emphasized the importance of farming in place of destroying the land with excessive construction, and preserving the village character and tranquility. For her, Ramallah represents noise and chaos. She believes that Ein Qinya is good as it is, it only needs some organization and the provision of basic services. She denounced the high cost of living, the lack of sources of income, the financial insufficiency when working for a superior in sectors like handicrafts, and she considered that spaces such as seasonal bazaars are needed to deal with these issues. One of the suggestions that she made but did not locate on the masterplan was a cable car, where she said: “I want a cable car, and I want to put my house at the meadow, it would be the most beautiful thing, why only the Jews [Israelis] get to do that?” She ended with pointing to the potentials of imagination as a medium with the expression: “If the Jews find out what we are doing and what we are planning, there is no telling what they would do to us!”

Takhayali Ein Qiniya Masterplans

2022, canvas A1