Symposium
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Program
16:15 – 16:30Opening Session:
Greetings:
Prof. Uzi Rabi, Director of the Moshe Dayan Center
Mr. Michael Mertes, Director of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Israel
16:30 – 18:00First Session: The Consolidation of a Collective Negev Bedouin Identity
Chairperson and discussant:
Dr. Mohanad Mustafa (The college for Academic Studies – Or Yehuda and “Derasat” Center)
Lecturers:
Prof. Aref Abu Rabia (Ben Gurion University of the Negev), National and Ethnic Identity among the Negev Bedouins
Mr. Atef Abu Ajaj (Ben Gurion University of the Negev), The Islamic Movement and the Bedouins in the Negev: Development, Dynamics and Strategies
Prof. Ruth Kark (Dr. Seth J. Frantzman and Adv. Havatzelet Yahel), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Development of an Indigenous Discourse on the Bedouin of the Negev
18:00 – 18:30Coffee Break
18:30 – 20:00Second Session: The Relations between State Authorities and Bedouin Society – The Land and Planning Issue
Chairperson and discussant:
Prof. Avinoam Meir (Ben Gurion University of the Negev)
Lecturers:
Dr. Batya Roded (Achva Academic College), Indigenous Land Rights vs. Changing Spatial Policy: A Comparative Perspective on the Case of the Arab Bedouins in the Negev
Prof. Haim Sandberg (The College of Management - Academic Studies), The State’s Position on the Land Issue
Dr. Thabet Abu Ras (Director of Adalah’s branch in the Negev), The Prawer Plan from the Perspective of the Bedouin Community
