A Bedouin century : education and development among the Negev tribes in the 20th century / ʻAref Abu-Rabiʻa.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-170) and indexes.

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Ottoman Education -- App 1. Speech of Ekrem Bey to Negev Bedouin Sheikhs -- App 2. Beersheba's Governors (Qaimaqams) -- Ch. 3. Bedouin under British mandate -- App 1. Tribal Court Judges in 1931 -- App 2. Palestine Gendarmerie Members in 1933 -- Ch. 4. Education during British Mandate -- App 1. Beersheba Governors -- App 2. High Commissioners of Palestine -- Ch. 5. Negev Bedouin Education: 1948-1998 -- App 1. List of Bedouin Schools and Principals in 1997/98 -- Ch. 6. Negev Clans and Tribes: Sheikhs and Notables -- Ch. 7. Bedouin Education in Arab Countries.

The Bedouin in the Negev region have undergone a remarkable change of life style in the course of the 20th century: within a few generations they changed from being nomads to an almost sedentary and highly educated population. The author, who is a Bedouin himself and has worked in the Israeli Ministry of Education and Culture as Superintendent of the Bedouin Educational Schools in the Negev for many years, offers the first in-depth study of the development of Bedouin society, using the educational system as his focus. Aref Abu-Rabia teaches in the Department of Middle East Studies at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.