Vol. 4 · No. 2 · 2000
Employment In A Bedouin Community
The Case Of The Town Of Dahab In South Sinai

Heba Aziz

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Abstract

Bedouin employment is a controversial concept, especially when discussed with state representatives or with urban sedentary people - many of whom would disagree on the applicability of the term for Bedouin communities. State officials in various Middle East countries would argue that Bedouin are incapable of working - an excuse for the alienation of Bedouin from the path of economic and social development in their own communities. When Bedouin are discussed, arguments like Bedouin are unreliable and cannot adhere to fixed working hours and refuse being managed by non-Bedouin may be brought up.