A Bedouin Century
Author | : Aref Abu-Rabia |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2001 |
ISBN-10 | : 1571818324 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781571818324 |
Rating | : 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: The Bedouin in the Negev region have undergone a remarkable change of life style in the course of the 20th century: within a few generations they changed from being nomads to an almost sedentary and highly educated population. The author, who is a Bedouin himself and has worked in the Israeli Ministry of Education and Culture as Superintendent of the Bedouin Educational Schools in the Negev for many years, offers the first in-depth study of the development of Bedouin society, using the educational system as his focus. Aref Abu-Rabia teaches in the Department of Middle East Studies at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.