Sakiya
Sakiya is a progressive academy and a space for experimental knowledge production and exchange, bridging local agrarian traditions of self-sufficiency with contemporary art and ecological practices. Operating through a sustainable model, Sakiya merges agriculture with an interdisciplinary residency program, bringing together cultural practitioners—farmers, artisans, and small-scale producers—alongside visiting and local artists and scholars. This approach challenges the demographic divides that often define cultural production and consumption in Palestine.
City
Ramallah
Country
Palestine
Region
Year of Creation
2019
Featured Project
Between Dirt and Clay: Building A Khabiya
On June 8, 2024, Sakiya hosted a workshop in Ein Qinniya led by artists Raghad Saqfalhait and Arij Al-Ashhab to build a khabiya—a traditional mud grain storage structure—blending ancestral agrarian knowledge with contemporary ecological practices. Part of the “Between Dirt and Clay” project, this hands-on session revives indigenous food preservation techniques as both cultural heritage and a response to modern challenges of food sovereignty and colonial land restrictions. Participants learned soil-building methods while exploring how these resilient practices can inform today’s struggles for sustainability.
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