The challenges of young Bedouin men living in a changing society.

Alhuzail, Nuzha Allassad; Segev, Einat

doi:10.1037/ort0000658

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“…The Bedouin are concentrated mainly in the Negev, an arid region in the south. Thirty percent of Israel's Bedouins live in villages that are not recognized by the State; hence, they lack basic services, including connection to the electricity grid, public transportation and schools (Allassad Alhuzail and Segev, 2023).…”

Section: Literature Review Bedouin Society In Israelmentioning

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“The modesty guard” reflected in online comments in mainstream news sites

Druker Shitrit,

Ben-Asher,

Ben-Atar

2024

JICES

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Purpose At times, a traditional minority group that opposes a change in the patriarchal structure is violent toward women who wish to adopt modern lifestyles. This study aims to examine online comments regarding a shooting at a café in an Arab-Bedouin city in Israel, where women were employed as servers. The event was framed in Israeli media as an act of backlash by young men, who call themselves “The Modesty Guard.” Design/methodology/approach In this qualitative study, the authors collected 916 online comments that were published on five main online news sites. A thematic and rhetorical analysis of online comments was conducted. Findings The findings uncovered five main themes: the expression of support for Bedouin women; ideas for dealing with the Modesty Guard; blaming Bedouin tradition for the shooting; comparison of the violent behavior to a parallel phenomenon among Charedim; and criticism of the lack of treatment by Israeli security forces. The responses reflected a supportive stance toward Arab-Bedouin women, who were open to progress. Conflict discourse, however, expressed alienation and increased social-national schism between the Jewish majority and Arab-Bedouin minority groups in Israel. Originality/value This study sheds light on the backlash phenomenon in Negev Bedouin society. Moreover, it exposes the lack of significant supportive actions and a lack of understanding of the deep processes unfolding in this traditional society.

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Section: Literature Review Bedouin Society In Israelmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…They also work with clients, take driving lessons and pursue higher education. Thus, the changes have affected the social fabric of the entire community, including young women's status (Allassad Alhuzail and Segev, 2023).…”

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“The modesty guard” reflected in online comments in mainstream news sites

Druker Shitrit,

Ben-Asher,

Ben-Atar

2024

JICES

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“…Furthermore, although Bedouins are Israeli citizens, a growing number of Bedouins identify themselves as Palestinians (Ron, 2014), leading to the stressful dilemma of dual allegiance on both familial and community levels. Another possible contributing factor is that some Israeli Bedouins report feelings of discrimination (Alhuzail & Segev, 2023), which may increase the likelihood of adverse mental health reactions (Brooks Holliday et al, 2020).…”

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“…Nonetheless, Bedouin society remains deeply rooted in patriarchal and tribal structures. Even within urban areas, distinct tribes deliberately reside in separate neighborhoods in order to maintain separation from other tribes (Alhuzail & Segev, 2023;Tamari et al, 2016). While polygamy is prohibited by Israeli law, approximately one-third of Bedouin men still practice it (Yahel & Abu-Ajaj, 2021), and consanguineous marriages remain common.…”

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Civilians under missile attack: Post-traumatic stress disorder among the Jewish and Bedouin population of Southern Israel

Shvartsur,

Savitsky

2024

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Background Over the past 20 years, Jewish and Bedouin civilians in southern Israel have faced the ongoing threat of missile attacks from Gaza, with possible mental health consequences. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among Jewish and Bedouin adult civilians in southern Israel in a period with few missile attacks from Gaza, and no military operations. Methods The study population included 389 participants (246 Jews, 143 Bedouins) living within 40 km/25 mi from Gaza for at least two years and interviewed between January and March 2023 (before the ongoing war that started on October 7th, 2023). The PTSD Checklist (PCL-5) was used, with a score of 33 as a cutoff point for the presence of PTSD. Results Compared to Jews, a significantly lower proportion of Bedouins reported accessibility to bomb shelters and siren warning systems. Overall, 20.3% of the respondents exhibited PTSD. Multivariate analysis revealed that after adjustment for demographic and household characteristics, Bedouins had a seven-fold significantly higher probability of PTSD in comparison to Jews (OR = 6.9, 95%CI: 3.6–13.1). Compared to participants with high socioeconomic status (SES), participants with low SES had a six-fold significantly higher probability of PTSD (OR = 5.8, 95%CI: 2.1–16.5). Being single, living in urban areas, or having a disability significantly increased the probability of PTSD. Conclusions The findings of this study demonstrate elevated levels of PTSD among both Jewish and Bedouin civilians residing in southern Israel, with a significantly higher prevalence among the Bedouin population. Several sociodemographic characteristics were associated with the increased prevalence of PTSD, the most prominent of which was low SES. Healthcare professionals and authorities should be proactive in screening for PTSD, and provide tailored treatment and support, taking into account ethnical and cultural background. Authorities should address the disparity in bomb shelter access and siren warning coverage between Bedouin and Jewish communities.

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“…In addition to that it dated the period from the beginning of the sixties to the eighties, which represents the era of the discovery of oil, this important period in the history of our country. (Allassad Alhuzail & Segev, 2023)https://alarab.co.uk/…”

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The Western Other In The Novel Of The Young Bedouin By Maqbool Al-Alawi

Al Khadari

2024

j. arabic learning

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This study is concerned with analyzing the image of the other in literary texts where the people and cultures meet. This literary genre is considered one of the most critical areas of comparative literature studies in modern criticism. The study aims to prepare the students for comparative studies, one of the most essential domains that can benefit language learners. It enables the students to become familiar with and hold contrastive studies between Arabic as their mother tongue and the other languages and increase their linguistic proficiency. In addition, access to such studies or the experience of conducting them develops the learner's skills and abilities to understand, analyze, and track intellectual and reading coherence. Comparative literary studies have recently turned towards the novel to examine the image of nations and people in the writings of some of them in this literary genre. The narrative specificity of this genre is considered very important, as are people and cultures and the multiplicity of relationships of effect and influence among one another. From the importance of this standpoint comes the idea of this research, which seeks to Study the image of the Western Other in the novel "Albadawi Alsaqeer" (The Young Bedouin) by the Saudi novelist Maqbool Al-Alawi. This is due to its heavy reliance in its structure on the "Western Other" in its various manifestations and dimensions. They consider it looked at this other with a neutral and balanced vision that differed from the prevailing fictional writings that dealt with the relationship between the East and the West.

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The challenges of young Bedouin men living in a changing society.

Cited by 6 publications

References 38 publications

“The modesty guard” reflected in online comments in mainstream news sites

“The modesty guard” reflected in online comments in mainstream news sites

Civilians under missile attack: Post-traumatic stress disorder among the Jewish and Bedouin population of Southern Israel

The Western Other In The Novel Of The Young Bedouin By Maqbool Al-Alawi

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