The project examines the policy of separation occurring within the Palestinian people and proposes various planning strategies that emphasize the spirit of unity and resistance among the people in their daily social life.

The ongoing policies of the Israeli Zionist entity have implemented numerous colonial practices that have led to immense crises and long-term consequences for the occupied Palestinian people. One of the most significant and prominent among these is the separation and division of the Palestinian people into different demographic groups, attempting to blur Palestinian awareness and identity, and dispersing patterns of daily life, social agendas, and politics.
 

  The idea of the project began to take shape with my realization of the gap between the sense of unity and solidarity expressed by the Palestinian people on social media and the feeling of separation and dispersion in their realistic daily lives.(1)

  The research started by observing and studying the artistic performance aspect of the Palestinian people as a tool for resistance, expression, and common solidarity among different demographic groups. It aimed to explore how to employ this aspect in daily social life to enhance a sense of unity despite separation and dispersion.(2)(3)

The project presents three planning strategies:

1. Permanent-Fixed Planning: Referring to significant roundabout in Palestinian cities. This strategy utilizes the inherent strength of these squares as a visible part of daily social life to empower and confirm their role as a field of resistance, fostering connections among Palestinians(4). It creates a public space serving as a headquarters and incubator for various hidden and visible social expression spaces, such as modest theaters, exhibitions, cultural cafes, and multiple workshops. Manara Square in Ramallah was chosen as an example to illustrate this strategy.
 

2. Permanent-Variable Planning: Referring to the barriers separating the occupied territories from the West Bank. For example, I chose the Jalameh checkpoint. This strategy challenges the separation between the populations of the territories surrounding the checkpoint, providing a public space that integrates a market and a theater to allow people to interact more. It also gives people the ability to change the dynamics of the space in response to colonial decisions regarding the opening and closing of the checkpoint, thereby imposing a more effective presence and control by Palestinians in the area.

3. Temporary-Variable Planning: Acts as a mobile architectural element between different parts of Palestine, providing a space for expression and resistance, emphasizing similarity and unity despite attempts by the occupation to disperse and divide the Palestinian people. It has characteristics that enable it to function as a direct link with the other strategies.