Agricultural lands – Health services – Bakery – Everyday essentials’ shops – Pedestrian street and stairs (safe and green pathways) – Tree planting, expansion, and opening of streets – Public transportation and bus stops – Social spaces and parks – Recreational areas (for all genders) – Sports facilities – Library – Services facilities – Renovation and rehabilitation of existing structures – Cultural spaces

Wala' L’malah

Wala’ pinpointed the role of non-commercialized open spaces and facilities for creating a healthy social fabric and for countering divisive differences and political agendas. She criticized how elections are based on affiliations rather than competence. She asserted the importance of the council as a decision making frame, but conditioned it to serving public interest* first and only. She equally stressed the important role of the community to push their representatives and to collaborate in facing crises, she said: “The dumped sewage into the valley has become a big problem. Had the families and the council responded immediately when the problem started and as one united front, had we gotten in touch with the Ministry of Local Government and other possibilities, things would not have gotten so bad.” She argued that the situation would have been better had the women of Ein Qiniya had spaces that allow them to meet, exchange, and mobilize. She wished to preserve the rural nature of Ein Qiniya, and proposed pedestrian paths, public toilets, a library, a nursery, gardens, services and supplies shops, public transportation, among others. She rejects extractivism and proposed that all executed projected be led and operated by people who live in the village.

* In many countries there are constitutional clauses defining what public interest means in terms of rights and responsibilities for the citizens and by the state, some more elaborate than others. Under the Palestinian Authority’s constitution and legislations, this is very limited, and there are no clauses specific to what public interest means under urbanization; not to forget that the judiciary and executive apparatuses have been weak and suffer from corruption.

Batoul | بتول

Fida' | فداء

Takhayali Ein Qiniya Masterplans

2022, canvas A1

Process: sketching the imaginations of the Narrator (contributor) on tracing paper atop an aerial image (2019-2020). Later watercolor icons were produced by Yara Bamieh, that were digitally assembled by Mai alBattat (2020-2022). Basel Naser assisted in the visual and artistic production.