Critical perspectives on the spatial futures of Israel-Palestine

Tag: lifta

Re:LIFTA, Within the Right to Plan is the Right to Imagine Return

Post author By ahmad
Post date 25 Nov ’12

By Mahdi Sabbagh Lifta digital art exhibition poster (Collective MIP) A picturesque ascent overlooking Wadi el-Shami greets every car driving from Ben Gurion Airport to Jerusalem. The valley is dotted with trees and shrubbery, adorned with a family of stone houses. Those familiar with Palestine’s history instantly recognize the ghostly presence of the deserted village […]

Tags 1948, architecture, critical practice, exhibition, lifta, maps, return, workshop

Advocacy

Saving Lifta: Stepping up the Campaign

Post author By ahmad
Post date 9 Mar ’11

This week, the Coalition to Save Lifta announced that, following a petition submitted on 6 March, an Israeli court had ordered a temporary freeze on plans to build a new luxury Jewish neighbourhood on the remains of the Palestinian village of Lifta.

Tags 1948, israel, jerusalem, lifta, petition, refugees, return, zochrot