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Maintaining a Traditional Life: Bedouin Women in the West Bank
the mainstay of their communities
for generations. Bedouins are an
intrinsic and distinct part of the
social fabric of the region, and just
as the development of mainstream
Palestinian Society progresses,
changes are also taking place within
Bedouin communities.
T hey live on the hill-
sides and in the
valleys of the West
Bank, maintaining a
lifestyle that has been On an exposed hill in the West Bank
overlooking the Jordan Valley, a
Bedouin family maintains a small
camp, where they tend to their sheep
and goats, processing dairy products
for sale in the nearby villages and Bedouin women play a vital role in their society, undertaking many of the main tasks, such as care of the livestock.