Palestinian Activism in Israel

1. Front Matter

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2. Activism in the Middle East: A Focus on al-Naqab Bedouin Women in Israel

   • Henriette Dahan-Kalev, Emilie Le Febvre

   Pages 1-27

3. A History of Bedouin of al-Naqab: Tiyāha Qdeirāt al-Ṣāne‘

   • Henriette Dahan-Kalev, Emilie Le Febvre

   Pages 29-68

4. Three Generations of al-Ṣāne‘ Women

   • Henriette Dahan-Kalev, Emilie Le Febvre

   Pages 69-111

5. From ‘Ashā’ir to NGOs: Changing Sociopolitics in al-Naqab Bedouin Society

   • Henriette Dahan-Kalev, Emilie Le Febvre

   Pages 113-144

6. Mediations of a Leading al-Naqab Bedouin Female Activist

   • Henriette Dahan-Kalev, Emilie Le Febvre

   Pages 145-187

7. Concluding Analysis: The Activist Biography and Strategic Identification in Third Sector Fields

   • Henriette Dahan-Kalev, Emilie Le Febvre

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8. Epilogue: The Politics of Emotions: Difficulties of Collaboration

   • Henriette Dahan-Kalev, Emilie Le Febvre

   Pages 223-233

9. Back Matter

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A close description of Amal El'Sana-Alh'jooj's experiences as a Palestinian Bedouin female activist, this book explores Amal's activism and demonstrates that activists' biographies provide a means of understanding the complexities of political situations they are involved in.

• Israel
• mediation
• Middle East
• women

"The book provides a unique insight into the sociological and political complexities of Bedouin society in southern Israel and how individuals negotiate their identities as Arabs, Israelis, and Palestinians . . . Recommended." - CHOICE

"Palestinian Activism in Israel provides an overdue and important intervention against gendered, clichéd representations of women in general and Palestinian-Bedouin-Israeli women in particular." - Katya Gibel Mevorach, professor of Anthropology & American Studies, Grinnell College

Author Henriette Dahan-Kalev: Henriette Dahan-Kalev is a reader in political science at Hebrew University. Her fields of research are democracy, theory and praxis, and gender theories and politics. She is the founder and first chair of the gender studies program at Ben Gurion University in the Negev. Author Emilie Le Febvre: Emilie Le Febvre is currently reading for a DPhil in Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Oxford. She has a MA in Middle East Studies from Ben Gurion University and a diploma in Policy Studies from Murdoch University.

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