Day Five – A Desert Full of Life
By: Haley Fair '25
This article is part of a series of reflections prepared by students enrolled in the Texas A&M School of Law 2023 Global Field Studies Program: Israel. Click here to visit the entire series.
We started our fifth day in Israel, and our first full day in Mitzpe Ramon, with a meeting with Dr. Emir Galilee, an expert in the social and cultural geography of nomadic and indigenous groups and tribalism in the Middle East. Dr. Galilee explained the various laws Bedouin people are subject to as Israeli citizens, as practicing Muslims, and as members of a Bedouin community.