Email: alaa_rosol@yahoo.com
Alaa’ Abu Saa’ is an artist from Tulkarem. An activist with a revolutionary spirit, Alaa’ has been actively involved in founding of Dar Qandil for Arts and Culture in Tulkarem aiming to introduce a cultural and artistic character to the city and encourage young people to get involved in art, music, and culture. Dar Qandil has been met with many challenges and limitations due to social and cultural constraints, which resist some forms of self-expression. However, Alaa’ and his colleagues continue to break down these stereotypes and misconceptions out of their belief in the arts.
In addition to being an artist, Alaa’ is also a carpenter. Coming from a family who has taken up carpentry as a business, he enjoys producing furniture and loves working with wood. His love for the profession coupled with his activist spirit has inspired him to work with waste to produce beautiful pieces. Using wood pallets, metal scraps, and anything else he finds of use, Alaa’ crafts creative and unconventional pieces to be displayed in our modern homes. He believes that every item we consider as waste to have purpose and it is up to us to think wisely and consciously about our choices on how we consume, live and think. In his view, this consciousness will lead us to a different type of society than the one we live in today and will liberate us from the many shackles that limit us.
Alaa’ is based in Dar Qandil and is working around the clock to preserve the last cultural centre and historic building in the city by collaborating with institutions and local youth groups. For hand-carved goods for your home and garden, make sure to pay him a visit and you won’t regret it!
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Other Services: Customised furniture design, customised art workshops.