Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality
פורום דו-קיום בנגב לשוויון אזרחי
منتدى التعايش السلمي في النقب من أجل المساواة المدنية

Online exhibition of Arab Bedouin women

“I will never forget the day when the police came to demolish my brother’s home. Despite the psychological burden, I photographed the event. The hardest thing to photograph is our homes being demolished. How can you film such a thing?” ʾAḥlām ʾAbū al-Qiʿān, ʿAtīr, 2015

On occasion of the International Day of Human Rights on December 10th, we will release a photography exhibition titled “Recognized,” a collection of photographs taken over the past tumultuous years by women from unrecognized villages in the Naqab.

Through their work, women share the struggle of living in unrecognized villages without basic infrastructure and access to water, electricity, sewage systems and trash disposal, as well as services such as daycare centers, schools and medical clinics. Such is the reality for more than 90,000 citizens of Israel in the unrecognized villages. These photos allow Bedouin women to document and present their experiences from a perspective that is not often showcased, even more so during the Covid-19 outbreak wherein their hardships have been exacerbated because of continued home demolitions. 

This exhibition presents audiences with social, political, and gender-related issues while reflecting a greater context that indigenous people worldwide must face. 

To join the exhibition please sign up here