Rozana Association
About Us :
The Rozana Association for the Development of Architectural Heritage was established in 2007 to promote sustainable development in rural Palestine. Through its partnerships and networks with other Palestinian organizations and entities, Rozana has implemented a community-based, socially-responsible approach that leverages existing resources and capacities to develop community competencies that can generate income and improve the quality of village lives.
Rozana’s work is focused on five main areas: Architectural Heritage, Trails and Tours, Cultural Events, Community Capacity Building, and Networks and Partnerships. Two significant partnerships for which Rozana provides leadership are the Masar Ibrahim al Khalil (www.masaribrahim.ps) and the Network of Palestinian Tourism Organizations (www.nepto.ps).
The Rozana Association offers an array of cultural and educational events such as the Birzeit Heitage Week, Birzeit Ramadan Nights, and the Maftoul Festival, as well as thematic tours and hikes to Sufi shrines, maqams and restored village historic centers that explore Palestine’s landscapes and historic architecture. Rozana’s strong community connections provide opportunities to meet and engage with Palestinians where and how they live while simultaneously assisting in rural socio-economic development.
Our Goals
In implementing this project, the Rozana Association has four goals:
- To improve the socio-economic status of women, often marginalized, in rural areas of the West Bank by giving them access to local and international tourism markets, advertising their tourist services, and linking them to the supply chain of those services;
- To promote and utilize Palestine’s unique cultural heritage as a pathway to sustainable development through tours and trails (Abraham Path/Masar Ibrahim al Khalil and Sufi Trails) across rural West Bank communities normally ignored by mainstream tourism;
- To protect and preserve the cultural, religious, natural, and archeological heritage held by the people of these villages, information generally unknown to wider Palestinian and foreign audiences.
- To establish an extended network for alternative tourism among the rural West Bank municipalities and village councils which provide hospitality along the Masar Ibrahim and Sufi trails.
Contact us :
The Rozana Association can be reached by mail at Old City, Birzeit, Palestine,
Chairman : Raed Saadeh
Telefax: 02-2819850
Email: info@rozana.ps
Web: www.rozana.ps/en
