10 years since the West Bank got its first skatepark – Middle East Monitor

Young Palestinian kids ride on skateboards at Rose Park, which opened in 2015, the park is the largest skate park in the West Bank with an area of 700 square meters, in Asira ash-Shamaliya, Nablus, West Bank on August 15, 2023 [Bruno Thevenin/Anadolu Agency]

Young Palestinian kids ride on skateboards at Rose Park, which opened in 2015, the park is the largest skate park in the West Bank with an area of 700 square meters, in Asira ash-Shamaliya, Nablus, West Bank on August 15, 2023 [Bruno Thevenin/Anadolu Agency]

Young Palestinian kids ride on skateboards at Rose Park, which opened in 2015, the park is the largest skate park in the West Bank with an area of 700 square meters, in Asira ash-Shamaliya, Nablus, West Bank on August 15, 2023 [Bruno Thevenin/Anadolu Agency]

Young Palestinian kids ride on skateboards at Rose Park, which opened in 2015, the park is the largest skate park in the West Bank with an area of 700 square meters, in Asira ash-Shamaliya, Nablus, West Bank on August 15, 2023 [Bruno Thevenin/Anadolu Agency]

Young Palestinian kids ride on skateboards at Rose Park, which opened in 2015, the park is the largest skate park in the West Bank with an area of 700 square meters, in Asira ash-Shamaliya, Nablus, West Bank on August 15, 2023 [Bruno Thevenin/Anadolu Agency]

Young Palestinian kids ride on skateboards at Rose Park, which opened in 2015, the park is the largest skate park in the West Bank with an area of 700 square meters, in Asira ash-Shamaliya, Nablus, West Bank on August 15, 2023 [Bruno Thevenin/Anadolu Agency]

Young Palestinian kids ride on skateboards at Rose Park, which opened in 2015, the park is the largest skate park in the West Bank with an area of 700 square meters, in Asira ash-Shamaliya, Nablus, West Bank on August 15, 2023 [Bruno Thevenin/Anadolu Agency]

Young Palestinian kids ride on skateboards at Rose Park, which opened in 2015, the park is the largest skate park in the West Bank with an area of 700 square meters, in Asira ash-Shamaliya, Nablus, West Bank on August 15, 2023 [Bruno Thevenin/Anadolu Agency]

Young Palestinian kids ride on skateboards at Rose Park, which opened in 2015, the park is the largest skate park in the West Bank with an area of 700 square meters, in Asira ash-Shamaliya, Nablus, West Bank on August 15, 2023 [Bruno Thevenin/Anadolu Agency]

Young Palestinian kids ride on skateboards at Rose Park, which opened in 2015, the park is the largest skate park in the West Bank with an area of 700 square meters, in Asira ash-Shamaliya, Nablus, West Bank on August 15, 2023 [Bruno Thevenin/Anadolu Agency]

Young Palestinian kids ride on skateboards at Rose Park, which opened in 2015, the park is the largest skate park in the West Bank with an area of 700 square meters, in Asira ash-Shamaliya, Nablus, West Bank on August 15, 2023 [Bruno Thevenin/Anadolu Agency]

Young Palestinian kids ride on skateboards at Rose Park, which opened in 2015, the park is the largest skate park in the West Bank with an area of 700 square meters, in Asira ash-Shamaliya, Nablus, West Bank on August 15, 2023 [Bruno Thevenin/Anadolu Agency]

Young Palestinian kids ride on skateboards at Rose Park, which opened in 2015, the park is the largest skate park in the West Bank with an area of 700 square meters, in Asira ash-Shamaliya, Nablus, West Bank on August 15, 2023 [Bruno Thevenin/Anadolu Agency]

Young Palestinian kids ride on skateboards at Rose Park, which opened in 2015, the park is the largest skate park in the West Bank with an area of 700 square meters, in Asira ash-Shamaliya, Nablus, West Bank on August 15, 2023 [Bruno Thevenin/Anadolu Agency]

Young Palestinian kids ride on skateboards at Rose Park, which opened in 2015, the park is the largest skate park in the West Bank with an area of 700 square meters, in Asira ash-Shamaliya, Nablus, West Bank on August 15, 2023 [Bruno Thevenin/Anadolu Agency]

Young Palestinian kids ride on skateboards at Rose Park, which opened in 2015, the park is the largest skate park in the West Bank with an area of 700 square meters, in Asira ash-Shamaliya, Nablus, West Bank on August 15, 2023 [Bruno Thevenin/Anadolu Agency]