Sahar Qawasmi Read Bio Collapse
Sahar Qawasmi is an architect, restorer, organizer, and co-founder of Sakiya – Art | Science | Agriculture in Ein Qiniya, Palestine. Through her different collaborations, Qawasmi spends much of her time in the farm at Sakiya, collectively experimenting with reclaiming, reestablishing, rewilding, and building different forms of the commons, challenging and reconfiguring private ownership and isolating social practices. She is co-developing a hands-on education program based in storytelling, care, and environmental and social justice. Sahar is involved in the protection of cultural heritage in rural Palestine through preparing protection plans and strategies, and introducing collaborative cross-disciplinary cultural programs.