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Cherishing Palestine: Centre for Cultural Heritage Preservation - P2/2 (In Arabic)
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Today’s A Journey
through Aesthetic Realms
will be presented in
Arabic and English,
with subtitles in Arabic,
Aulacese (Vietnamese),
Chinese, English,
French, German,
Hungarian, Indonesian,
Japanese, Korean,
Persian, Portuguese,
Russian, Thai
and Spanish.
Greetings,
culture-loving viewers
and welcome to
A Journey through
Aesthetic Realms.
The region of Palestine
has been inhabited
by ancient civilizations
for 1.5 million years.
The rich cultural history
of Palestine is evident
from its architectures,
arts and costumes,
as well as
the way people live.
In an effort to preserve
their valuable traditions,
the Centre for Cultural
Heritage Preservation
in Bethlehem was
established 8 years ago,
and has adopted
a holistic approach
to rehabilitation by
involving the community
and promoting a sense
of shared responsibility.
Today, we’ll feature
part two of a two-part
program introducing
the Centre for Cultural
Heritage Preservation
in Palestine with director
of the organization and
architect Issam Juha and
architect Nada Al-Atrash.
Palestinian architecture
is simple architecture,
mostly in the villages
is simple, vernacular
architecture that is built
in simple techniques,
the arches and the vaults,
the cross vaults, using
the local material just
to serve their purposes
and to fulfill their needs.
Very close to each other,
in harmony with each other,
and also in harmony
with the nature
surrounding them.
Because mostly
the people who lived
in the villages were
the farmers and they
always have this special
connection between them
and their land.
So it's easy to notice,
like in any urban settlements,
that people gathered
on top of the hill
and have their farms
surrounding them.
Ms. Al-Atrash
is currently co-authoring
a book on the cultural
heritage of Palestine and
the means to preserve it.
The book is
a collaborative effort
with three other
architectural heritage
preservation institutions
in Palestine,
namely, the Hebron
Rehabilitation Committee,
Riwaq Institute
from Ramallah and
the Welfare Association
in Jerusalem.
This is an aerial photo
of Bethlehem of
the year 1937, which
is the earlier photo,
the historical archived
photos that we have are
one of the elements that
helped us understand
the methodology
of the town or village
and how did they develop
throughout the years,
especially that lots
of data related to
the buildings in Palestine
is lost.
And we have the stories
told by the older people
to understand what is
happening and figured
out the reasons that
caused the architectures
to look that way.
The book will offer
a significant window
into the colorful history
of Palestinian culture
and lifestyles through
extensive research
conducted over the years.
Because of the difference
in weather and
temperature in our land
between the summer
and the winter;
we used to build with
hard cut stone
from our local quarries.
And if you can notice,
the thickness of the walls
is massive because
this can prevent the chill,
and cause the house to be
cold in the summer days.
It's also connected
with their living style.
They had managed
to gather all the facilities
they need to live in one room.
They had what is called
a mastaba which is
a platform in the room
where they used to sleep.
And then in one of
the walls you would find
a niche where they used
to keep their sleeping
pillows and blankets,
bring them out
in the night to sleep
and then put them back in
to use the space for living.
So they adapted
themselves to minimum
space in order to be able
to keep the most area
of the agricultural lands.
Also in order to
live closer to each other.
They used to work in summer,
collect their crops,
keep them in the houses
for either drying them
or pickle them
or get the olive oils.
In summer, they used to
sleep on the roof
or in the hosh which
is the courtyard
in the middle of the house.
This is one other feature
that you can find in
almost all the Palestinian
architecture or
vernacular architecture.
The hosh can gather
the family to live together
in this space and
provide them privacy
from their neighbors.
Yet they have that
connecting door
to the neighbors
they're living next to.
This used to be the fabric
that constituted
the historic town.
After these brief messages,
A Journey through
Aesthetic Realms
will resume our program
on the preservation of
the beautiful
Palestinian heritage.
Please stay tuned to
Supreme Master Television.
This is a Palestinian
traditional house.
You can notice the color
of the stone and how is it
matching the nature around,
the rocks and everything.
This is the complex
of rooms.
If you can see the difference
between this, which is
in the cities, and they are
caring about
the aesthetic appearance
about the building, while
here, this is in the village,
all they're trying to do
is fulfill their needs
where they only needed
rectangular openings
to go inside the room.
Welcome back to
A Journey through
Aesthetic Realms
on Supreme Master
Television for our
program featuring
the efforts of the Centre
for Cultural Heritage
Preservation in Palestine
in the restoration of
historical architecture.
So through our adaptive
re-use of buildings,
we are trying to create
a new lifestyle
in the middle of the towns
and use the architectures
that we have
in the middle or centers
of the historic towns
of Bethlehem area.
Both the villages and towns,
we are revitalizing these
centers in a modern way.
In the year 2005, we have
been able to establish
a program named
Job Creation through
Cultural Heritage
Rehabilitation.
In this program, we have
selected several buildings
to be restored
and to be reused
for current purposes
or for new purposes.
This program aims
to achieve 4 important
objectives. First,
in this program we have
been able to protect
the historical buildings
from collapse.
Second, we have been
able to create jobs.
As you may know,
this conservation project
includes intensive labor,
where 40% of the total
budget of the project
goes to direct employment.
Also, after the project,
there is a chance
for permanent
job opportunities.
The third goal was
to enhance the role of
public institution
through providing
these old buildings
to offer their services.
And fourth, also we have
been able to make use
of this historic building
and this can decrease
the need of land
in the time where
there is no available land.
So these were the goals
of this project.
We have been successful
to meet our ends
and goals and we are
still continuing
with these projects.
Under the center’s leadership,
renovation projects
have successfully
met their objectives.
Not only is the tangible
heritage of Palestine
found in its historic
buildings preserved,
but the restored buildings
offer residents
a higher quality of life.
This project is for
the Anatrah Quarter,
a quarter
which is located next
to the Nativity Church.
This quarter used to be
in very bad condition.
We have been able to
upgrade the infrastructure
and provide better
living conditions
and safety conditions
for people there.
These are some photos
for the Old Core of
Beit Fajar, or historic
center of Beit Fajar.
Also there we have been
able to improve
the living condition for
people living in that area.
About building renovations,
this is Mar Aphram
Children’s Library,
this is how it was before,
and now after being
rehabilitated
it is now used
as a children’s library.
With education being
a highly valued
in Palestinian culture,
the Centre for Cultural
Heritage Preservation
also applies its efforts
in restoring buildings
to provide schools
and facilities for students.
This is Dar Abu
Eid - Beit Jala, one of
our outstanding projects.
It is a 3-storey building
constructed 150 years ago.
It was abandoned
for more than 20 years.
We have been able
to restore the building,
and to adapt it to be used
as a musical academy
for teaching
to children music.
Also, these are some photos.
This one of our projects
that was started in
a village 5 kilometers to
the south of Bethlehem.
This building had almost
collapsed and people
in that village
never believed that
this building can be used
once again.
We have been able
to restore the building
and make it available
as a culture center.
This is one of our projects
in Al-Jaba’a village,
a village 15 kilometers
to the south of Bethlehem,
and after rehabilitation
this building was used
as a kindergarten.
You can see that we have
different treatment
for these buildings
according to the use.
Here the colors used
are colorful, that fits
with the new purpose
of the building.
This is one
very important palace
that was constructed
in Bethlehem in the year
1914, and later it was
transferred to be a school.
Through the dedicated
and loving efforts
of the Centre for Cultural
Heritage Preservation
living conditions of
local Palestinians have
greatly been improved.
Their significant work
has also ensured
the continuation
of their beautiful culture,
one in which the same
universal values of peace
and respect are shared.
All people are born equal
and everybody
has the right to live equal
to the other.
So, I hope that peace will
come one day to this land
and we can live
all in peace because
we are all humans and
we all deserve a peaceful life.
I think the culture
is one of the aspects that
may help in building trust.
Being a specialist
in the protection
of cultural heritage,
I think we should start
with this point,
to make cooperation
between both sides
in order to protect
the cultural heritage.
Our deep appreciation
to Mr. Issam Juha
and Ms. Nada Al-Atrash
for sharing their expertise
and devotion
in preserving the tangible
and intangible
Palestinian heritage.
May the important work
of the Centre for Cultural
Heritage Preservation
continue in fruitful success.
For more about
the Centre for Cultural
Heritage Preservation,
please visit
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