Kawkab

“Kawkab – Remarkable Bedouin Women” offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of seven Bedouin women. All live in the Negev, all are active in transforming the reality of a society in transition, where tradition, culture, and religion are deeply intertwined, yet vulnerable to the winds of change.

The narratives are told in first-person accounts, allowing each woman to share her own journey. The three accounts in Part I are the stories of three women who pursued higher education and strived to realize abilities and rights that they were taught to confine to the privacy of their homes.

Part II presents the poignant chronicles of two women who after suffering loss and bereavement managed to rebuild their lives as widows of fallen soldiers, despite the social stumbling blocks they encountered. The two stories in Part III highlight the courage and leadership of women working in the shadows, places where the light of an advanced society does not penetrate, and from which they lead change.

Part IV is theoretical, and presents knowledge gained through research, anchoring the questions raised in the stories within the growing corpus of knowledge centered on Bedouin society in Israel.