Khaldun Bshara is an architect and a restoration specialist; he holds a PhD in socio-cultural anthropology from the University of California, Irvine. He joined the Riwaq Center for Architectural Restoration in 1994 in documenting, protecting, and restoring the built Palestinian heritage, and served as its director from 2010 to 2020. He continues as an advisor for Riwaq and is currently assistant professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Birzeit University.