Palestinian Activism in Israel: A Bedouin woman leader in a changing Middle East

Palestinian Activism in Israel: A Bedouin woman leader in a changing Middle East
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published Date: September 2012
ISBN-13: 978-0230103252

The book is a life history following Amal el' Sana- Alh' jooj's burgeoning journey from a young female shepherd to a powerful mediator of political and social change among Arab women in the Israel /Palestine region. Through ethnographic-political fieldwork, it tackles suppositions about Palestinian women in Israel by investigating Amal’s strategies as a Bedouin woman leading resistance in the Negev community.

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