Israel’s Bedouin: Straddling the Line Between Tradition and Modernity

A young bedouin boy seen riding a donkey in the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran, in the Negev, Southern Israel. December 19, 2013. Photo by Yaakov Naumi/Flash90. *** Local Caption *** äëôø äáãåàé 'àåí àì çéøàï' á ðâá ìéã áàø ùáò

Dr. Sarab Abu Rabia-Queder, a researcher at the Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research at Ben-Gurion University, specializes in the impact of higher education on Bedouin women.

Herself of Bedouin origin and an activist for Bedouin rights, she talks to host Gilad Halpern about the nomadic people who live mainly in the south of Israel, and how they straddle the line between tradition and modernity, and between their Arab identity and the State of Israel.

Photo by Yaakov Naumi/Flash90: A young Bedouin boy riding a donkey in the Negev desert, Israel. Dec. 2013.

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