Bøger af Aref Abu-Rabia

In the past, sheep-rearing was the main means of existence for most Bedouin. This volume examines the effects of social, political and economic change upon the traditional livelihood of the Negev Bedouin.

Modern medicine has penetrated Bedouin tribes in the course of rapid urbanization and education, but when serious illnesses strike, particularly in the case of incurable diseases, even educated people turn to traditional medicine for a remedy. Over the course of 30 years, the author gathered data on traditional Bedouin medicine among pastoral-nomadic, semi-nomadic, and settled tribes. Based on interviews with healers, clients, and other active participants in treatments, this book will contribute to renewed thinking about a synthesis between traditional and modern medicine - to their reciprocal enrichment.

For over 25 years, Abu-Rabi'a has been engaged with the educational system among the desert-dwellers in the Negev, a triangle in southern Israel, as a teacher, teacher trainer, inspector, and official in the Israel Ministry of Education and Culture. He compares the education and development of the B