Rural Houses in Palestine focuses on the architectural heritage in rural Palestine, and presents many types and shapes of peasants’ houses and simple dwellings. The book relies heavily on history books as well as on-site surveys of numerous forms of rural architecture. The book is an illustrated book that contains high quality images and illustrations



No. of pages: 109

Jihad Awwad

Dr. Jihad Awad is an associate professor of architecture, currently head of the architectural engineering department at Ajman University (UAE). He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, M. Arch. from Kansas State University, USA, and B.Sc. from Yarmouk University, Jordan. Before 2004, he has taught at different Palestinian universities. He has published several papers and books: “Rural Houses of Palestine,” and “Top International Architects – Design Concepts in Architecture”.

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Khaldun Bshara

Dr. Khaldun Bshara is an architect, restorer, and anthropologist. He is currently an advisor at Riwaq where he has worked since 1994. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Architectural Engineering from Birzeit University (1996), his MA in the conservation of historic towns and buildings from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium (2000). Bshara joined the University of California, Irvine where he obtained his MA in Anthropology in 2009 and his Ph.D. in Socio-Cultural Anthropology in 2012.

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