Em Ali, 68, holding family-grown wheat in her hands, on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2005. Mother of 5 boys and 6 girls, she is one of 19 children born from her parents. She lives in the unrecognised village of Sararat, in West Bank zone C (Israeli controlled), close to Jerusalem, the capital of the country. She is showing part of the self-grown wheat they traditionally crop on the land around the village. Some tribes, like the Suahre, living in this area, are completely surrounded by settlements with...
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Em Ali, 68, holding family-grown wheat in her hands, on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2005. Mother of 5 boys and 6 girls, she is one of 19 children born from her parents. She lives in the unrecognised village of Sararat, in West Bank zone C (Israeli controlled), close to Jerusalem, the capital of the country. She is showing part of the self-grown wheat they traditionally crop on the land around the village. Some tribes, like the Suahre, living in this area, are completely surrounded by settlements with the intent of limiting the Bedouins in the smallest amount of land possible. Numbering around 200.000 in Israel, the Bedouins constitute the native ethnic group of these areas, they farm, grow wheat, olives and live in complete self sufficiency. Many of them were in these lands long before the Israeli State was created and their traditional semi-nomadic lifestyle is now threatened by subtle Government policies. **ITALY OUT**
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