Ramallah-Birzeit transportation vehicles waiting for their turn in front of the Centre for Continuing Education (previously the house of the Haddad family). Ramallah, fall 2020.
Transportation vehicles of Birzeit, Jericho, Tulkarm and Qalqilya in front of Alhambra Palace Hotel waiting for their turn out of line. Ramallah, winter 2021.
Transportation vehicle drivers were told to leave their parking lot after the landlord raised the rent price during the COVID-19 crisis. Drivers are currently randomly parking in roads adjacent to the empty parking lot. Ramallah, winter 2021.
Transportation vehicles of Salfit and Tulkarm parked on a plot of land that was converted into a parking lot after the drivers were told to leave their previous parking lot. Ramallah/al-Bireh, winter 2021.
Transportation vehicles of Salfit and Tulkarm parked on a plot of land that was converted into a parking lot after they were told to leave their previous parking lot. Ramallah, winter 2021.
Transportation vehicles lined up in their new parking lot. Ramallah, winter 2021.
Abu-Mu’taz has been a driver for 30 years. Before the pandemic, there were about 120 transportation vehicles covering the Ramallah-Birzeit line. Only 50 of them are operating today. Some drivers sold their vehicles while others found jobs inside the Green Line. Ramallah, winter 2021.
Abu-Mu’taz in his vehicle waiting for his turn to head into Birzeit. Before the pandemic, each driver would take six trips per day, but today, a driver would be lucky if he gets two trips per day. Ramallah, winter 2021.
After the closure of the Allenby Bridge and the halting of movement between Ramallah and Jericho, drivers found themselves without any work. Ahmad arrives daily from Jericho and waits until his turn. Sometimes his turn doesn’t come and he heads back to Jericho without any passengers. Prior to the pandemic, every driver on the Jericho line had between three and five trips per day. Ramallah, winter 2021.
Abu Nidal from Jalazone Refugee Camp, a driver on the Ramallah-Jericho line, waiting for his turn on the roadside together with other drivers. Ramallah, winter 2021.
Argileh and playing cards became drivers’ daily habits to spend time while waiting for their turn. Ramallah, winter 2021.
Abu-Nidal, a driver on the Ramallah-Jericho line, wearing the driver’s uniform, which became compulsory during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ramallah, winter 2021.
Abu-Nidal sets fire to a tank on a cold day. Ramallah, winter 2021.
Abu-Muhammad, a driver from Salfit who works on the Ramallah-Salfit line, sits and waits for his turn near his vehicle’s parking lot. Ramallah, winter 2021.
Abu-Muhammad, a driver from Salfit who works on the Ramallah-Salfit line, sits and waits for his turn near his vehicle’s parking lot. Ramallah, winter 2021.
Abu-Muhammad. Ramallah, winter 2021.
Abu-Muhammad, a driver from Salfit, waiting for his turn with another driver inside his car. Ramallah, winter 2021.
Qusay from Jalazone Refugee Camp, owner of a new coffee stall on the sidewalk where transportation vehicles line up. Ramallah, winter 2021.
Qusay. Ramallah, winter 2021.
Qusay preparing coffee in his newly built coffee stall. Ramallah, winter 2021.
A driver on the Birzeit-Ramallah line, winter 2021.
Abu-Abdallah, a driver on the Salfit line, waiting for his turn in his vehicle. Ramallah, winter 2021.
Photos taken by Abu-Abdallah of his fellow drivers, who are waiting in his car. Drivers sometimes wait for more than six hours. Ramallah, winter 2021.
Photos taken by Abu-Abdallah of his fellow drivers, who are waiting in his car. Drivers sometimes wait for more than six hours. Ramallah, winter 2021.
Inside the transportation vehicle, called “Service.” Ramallah, winter 2021.
