A Professional Naqab Bedouin Activist
摘要
This chapter summarizes the characteristics of Naqab Bedouin women’s activism associated with social protest, advocacy, and NGOs. We document Amal’s particular activism(s) via five case studies centered on different but interconnected socio-political venues or sites of engagement, which for the purposes of this project have been organized by scale (venues), demographics (different social groups), and social affiliation (how Amal mediates her identity when working). The first details her localized engagements among her own lineage in Laqiya and the Desert Embroidery Project. The second type of activism is those working with the “Naqab Bedouin community” addressing community issues such as the unrecognized villages and the 2011 Prawer Plan. The third focuses on her activism with AJEEC and Palestinian women from the Occupied Territories. The fourth activism(s) are those associated with Amal’s work as an Israeli citizen whose activism primarily focuses on creating shared communities of Palestinian and Jewish citizens of Israel with the Hajar Association. The final case study by Henriette explores Amal’s legacy of activism of Naqab Bedouin female students at Ben Gurion University.