About HRC

       The Hebron Old City Rehabilitation Committee –HRC- was established in 1996, in light of the Palestinian Authority’s aspiration to preserve Hebron as an historical Arab Palestinian town, in order to safeguard its cultural and architectural heritage against the threat of a takeover by extremist Israeli settlers. The Committee has two main objectives:

•  To preserve the city’s cultural heritage in an extensive sense, by safeguarding the constitutive elements of its old buildings and ultimately save its entire architectural and social identity.

•  To revive the Old City, by consolidating its bond with its inhabitants, reclaiming abandoned buildings, rehabilitating the infrastructure, providing social services to the population and connecting it to other City neighborhoods.

Aga Khan Award for Architecture 1998.

       The winning of this award, one of the most prestigious in the Architectural panorama, was the peak of our accomplishment. The Aga Khan Award is granted every two years to the best architectural projects in the Islamic World. The Rehabilitation Committee had the honor of receiving the Award from His Majesty, King Juan Carlos of Spain and the Aga Khan, Prince Karim, in Alhambra Palace, Granada, in October 1998.