Our Projects

 

1.     Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (PA), Bethlehem
June, 01
to June26 2024

• Saint Hilarion Monastery/Tell Umm Amer
  June 2024
• Updated the nomination document for the
  “UNESCO World Heritage Site” inscription for Palestine, Land of
  Olives and Vines: Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir.
• Converted master plans from AutoCAD to GIS
  layers.
• Developed GIS databases and provided
  digital maps, GIS layers, and nomination documents.

2.      Faith in Nature Ltd, International GIS Work, United Kingdom

2. 1. Conducted
      GIS research and data collection in Jomoro District, Ghana.
   2. Directed
      the Nawun-Biya team in identifying suitable land for the Ankasa Mill,
      Plantation, and Co-op.
   3. Conducted
      climate risk assessment and flood susceptibility mapping using GIS and
      AHP multicriteria analysis.
   4. Delineated
      watersheds and water basins.
   5. Duration:
      December 1, 2022 – March 30, 2023.

 

3.     
Beit Jala Municipality,
Department of Urban Planning & GIS Unit

1. • Updated GIS database for 28 blocks, including
     parcels, buildings, roads, and land use categories.
   • Designed a comprehensive survey atlas and
     mapping indicators.
   • Duration: October 2022

4.      Mataze Fire Company, Jerusalem

1. • Designed standards for sprinkler system
     installations.
   • Utilized AutoCAD and Elite hydraulic calculation
     software for MEP design improvements.
   • Conducted data analysis and environmental
     reporting.
   • Prepared aerial photos, satellite images, and
     thematic maps.
   • Duration: July 30 – August 30, 2022

5.      Community Development Group & ARSEYA

1. • Prepared AutoCAD master plan studies for
     wastewater and stormwater management.
   • Designed geodatabase structures for manholes and
     sewage pipes.
   • Provided GIS models and final environmental
     reports.
   • Duration: October 2015 – July 2016

6.     
Arava
Institute for Environmental Studies Environmental Research Consultant
1st January 2017 – 30th July 2022

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As a student and as an intern at the Arava Institute.
Studied and served as an intern in 2017. From 2018 to June 30, 2022.

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Served as a research assistant under Prof.
Clive Lipcin supervision, and served as academic advisor for MA degree in
environmental studies at Tel Aviv University.

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 As a
research assistant, carried out many tasks in GIS, mapping, and data analysis
for projects conducted by the Center for Transboundary Water Management (CTWM)
through:

1.      Development
of a wastewater management plan for the off-grid Bedouin communities of the
Negev and for off-grid Palestinian communities in the West Bank.

2.      Work on
a USAID-funded MERC Project titled: Greywater Reuse for Smallholder
Agricultural Development in Off-Grid Communities in Israel, the Palestinian
Authority, and Jordan.

3.      Assistance
in a joint research project of the AIES and Tel Aviv University on Chromium
Speciation, Partitioning, and Environmental Fate in the Transboundary Hebron
Stream/Wadi Al-Samen.

4.      Collection
of Health Data on COVID-19 infections in Palestinian communities in the Hebron
watershed as part of a study entitled: Novel Methods to Detect SARS-COVID-2
Virus in Hebron Stream of West Bank in Palestine. Identified and mapped
sampling sites for the spread of SARS-COVID-19 in Hebron City and the
surrounding villages as part of a wastewater epidemiology project.

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Assisting in developing maps for the
development of a wastewater sampling and monitoring protocol in Israel and the
West Bank.

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Identifying and gathering all appropriate data
needed to generate maps.

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Providing maps and graphics for reports,
proposals, and other documentation as needed.

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Participating in workshops and/or meetings as
appropriate.

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Together with the CTWM director, preparing all
appropriate reporting for projects requiring maps and graphics.

§  Collecting
the positive cases in Hebron for Corona-virus (PCR).

7.      American Center Jerusalem, U.S. Embassy
Jerusalem | Participated in the Dream to Reality Workshop

            
May 10-19, 2022

·        
Tuesday,
May 10, 20:00-21:30: The Application Landscape & Story Canvas

• • Opened
    with an informative session to provide an overview of what it takes to
    get into graduate school.
  • Equipped
    participants with an effective tool, “The Application Story
    Canvas,” to organize their application story and process.

·        
Thursday,
May 12, 20:00-21:30: Writing the Personal Statement

• • Covered
    where to start, what pitfalls to avoid, and how to ace the personal
    statement and application essays.

·        
Tuesday,
May 17, 20:00-21:30: CV & Interview Skills

• • Learned
    data-driven tips for crafting a standout CV.
  • Prepared
    for the interview process.

·        
Thursday,
May 19, 20:00-21:30: Q&A and Student Case Studies

• • Provided
    a chance to learn from practice.
  • Participants
    who showed commitment and engagement throughout the course received
    professional feedback on their outputs from the facilitator.

 

8.      Damour for Development Community Project Manager

1. • Assisted with various GIS, mapping, and data
     analysis tasks for CTWM and other projects, including wastewater
     management and environmental health assessments.
   • Duration: January 1, 2017 – July 30, 2022
   • Worked on the sewer network of Hebron
     Municipality, and master plan of Raw Wastewater in Hebron stream, for 7
     communities: Karma, Rabud, Abu al GHuzlan, Abu Al ‘Urqan, Abu Al ‘Asja,
     Kh. Ar Rahwa, YREC teams take GPS coordinate for each samples, and 3
     springs and, 2 wells, and also, by digitizing the wastewater and streams
     in the areas, show all roads and built-up areas, and Palestinian
     communities, and settlements by preparing maps, master plan, and
     Environmental reports to stop pollution and to develop and initialize
     environmental health assessment of the Wadi al-Samen in Hebron, funded
     by USAID MERC (2019-2020).
   • Designed master plan of wastewater in Al-Auja in
     areas (A & C). Then, also created maps of communities like Al Auja,
     Marj al Ghazal, Halhul, Deir Al- Hatab, and Bedouins communites by
     tacking samples wastewater and greywater Integrate molecular biology and
     chemical assessments of water quality with spatial analysis, to check the
     pollution and protect the ground water vulnerability, the aims of the
     project to get benefit of the Palestinian farmers, funded
     by USAID MERC (2018-2020).
   • Collected samples from Wadi Fuqin in Bethlehem
     to measured water quality in the springs because the community suffers
     from wastewater flows from settlements surrounding and to supported
     farmers with technical reports and created maps of XY geographic
     coordinate system discharging of wastewater and giving all the material
     to B’Tselem to into ministry of justice (Supreme
     Court of Israel)  to take design to stop discharging wastewater
     from Beitar Illit settlement into wades and spring to help Palestinian
     farmers to grow crops and drinking clean water from spring,
     funded by USAID MERC (2017-2019).
   • Designed and published tourist maps in the book
     of Bethlehem a Pictorial Guide: Bethlehem district, Historical
     maps of Bethlehem, Cultural Heritage Routes map, and created and
     published a tourist map in the book of Beit Jala Built
     GIS database for historic sites. Assisted the planning teams in
     preparing tourist maps for the various historic sites and, contributed to
     a GIS database for 40 communities in Palestine and integrating
     the GIS new maps for 40 communities into the GIS maps of the targeted
     municipalities and villages councils, assisted in preparation of the
     conservation and management of Historic City Center Project, and
     contribute to integrating the prepared Geodatabase with the system of the
     targeted municipalities (Burqin and Beit-Jala), and build Database
     Network domains for Beit Jala Municipality by updating the 2014 Master
     Plan, Design Cultural Heritage Preservation Map of Burqin, created
     Reports and Forms Study and link it with ArcGIS for Burqin and Beit
     Jala, by Centre for Cultural Heritage Preservation (CCHP),
     (2014-2019).