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Cave Dwellers of Qawawis(25 images)
In our increasingly globalised world the struggle to maintain traditional cultures is becoming ever more difficult. The Palestinian shepherds of Qawawis, however, face a more immediate threat to their centuries old way of life.

This tiny complex of caves, located in the harsh and rugged terrain of the southern Hebron Hills of the West Bank is isolated from mainstream Palestinian...
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  • Looking through a cave door in the Palestinian cave village of Qawawis in the southern Hebron hills of the West Bank. The villagers here are attempting to maintain their traditional way of life despite alleged harassement from the surrounding Israeli settler community. By photographer Jason Moore
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  • A Palestinian man in his  cave in the Palestinian cave village of Qawawis in the southern Hebron hills of the West Bank. The villagers here are attempting to maintain their traditional way of life despite alleged harassement from the surrounding Israeli settler community. By photographer Jason Moore
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  • Children inside a cave in the Palestinian cave village of Qawawis in the southern Hebron hills of the West Bank. The villagers here are attempting to maintain their traditional way of life despite alleged harassement from the surrounding Israeli settler community. By photographer Jason Moore
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  • Khaled Musa Najef, one of the four patriachs of the Palestinian cave village of Qawawis in the southern Hebron Hills of the West Bank. In 2001 he was allegedly shot in the stomach by an Israeli settler from the nearby caravan outpost settlement of Mitzspe Yair. Unable to find suitable medical facilities in the West Bank and denied medical treatment in Israel, he eventually spent thirty three days in a hospital in Baghdad. The villagers here are attempting to maintain their traditional way of life despite harassement from the surrounding Israeli settler community. By photographer Jason Moore
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  • Palestinian women in their tent in the Palestinian cave village of Qawawis in the southern Hebron hills of the West Bank. The villagers here are attempting to maintain their traditional way of life despite alleged harassement from the surrounding Israeli settler community. By photographer Jason Moore
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  • A washing line in the Palestinian cave village of Qawawis in the southern Hebron hills of the West Bank. The villagers here are attempting to maintain their traditional way of life despite harassement from the surrounding Israeli settler community. By photographer Jason Moore
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  • Inside a cave in the Palestinian cave village of Qawawis in the southern Hebron hills of the West Bank. The villagers here are attempting to maintain their traditional way of life despite alleged harassement from the surrounding Israeli settler community. By photographer Jason Moore
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  • A Palestinian girl eating cheese made out of goats milk, outside the only house in the Palestinian cave village of Qawawis in the southern Hebron hills of the West Bank. The villagers here are attempting to maintain their traditional way of life despite alleged harassement from the surrounding Israeli settler community. By photographer Jason Moore
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  • A Palestinian boy, sleeping outside his family's cave in the Palestinian cave village of Qawawis in the southern Hebron hills of the West Bank. The villagers here are attempting to maintain their traditional way of life despite alleged harassement from the surrounding Israeli settler community. By photographer Jason Moore
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  • Yasser and his family feeding their small flock of goats in the Palestinian cave village of Qawawis in the southern Hebron hills of the West Bank. The villagers here are attempting to maintain their traditional way of life despite alleged harassement from the surrounding Israeli settler community. By photographer Jason Moore
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  • A Palestinian girl carrying stones to help build a wall outside her family's cave in the Palestinian cave village of Qawawis in the southern Hebron hills of the West Bank. The villagers here are attempting to maintain their traditional way of life despite harassment from the surrounding Israeli settler community. By photographer Jason Moore
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  • A Palestinian girl inside the only house in the Palestinian cave village of Qawawis in the southern Hebron hills of the West Bank. The villagers here are attempting to maintain their traditional way of life despite alleged harassment from the surrounding Israeli settler community. By photographer Jason Moore
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  • Children from the Palestinian cave village of Qawawis, in the southern Hebron hills of the West Bank, playing football in front of the villages only house. By photographer Jason Moore
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  • Inside the only house in the Palestinian cave village of Qawawis in the southern Hebron hills of the West Bank. The villagers here are attempting to maintain their traditional way of life despite alleged harassement from the surrounding Israeli settler community. By photographer Jason Moore
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  • A Palestinian shepherd with his sheep returning to the cave village of Qawawis in the southern Hebron hills of the West Bank. The villagers here are attempting to maintain their traditional way of life despite harassment from the surrounding Israeli settler community. By photographer Jason Moore
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  • Inside a cave in the Palestinian cave village of Qawawis in the southern Hebron hills of the West Bank. The villagers here are attempting to maintain their traditional way of life despite alleged harassement from the surrounding Israeli settler community. By photographer Jason Moore
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  • Palestinian shepherds from the cave village of Qawawis in the southern Hebron hills of the West Bank planting crops in their fields. By photographer Jason Moore
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  • Jabreen, one of the four patriachs of the Palestinian cave village of Qawawis in the southern Hebron hills of the West Bank. The villagers here are attempting to maintain their traditional way of life despite harassement from the surrounding Israeli settler community. By photographer Jason Moore
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  • A Palestinian family outside the only house in the Palestinian cave village of Qawawis in the southern Hebron hills of the West Bank. The villagers here are attempting to maintain their traditional way of life despite harassement from the surrounding Israeli settler community... By photographer Jason Moore
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  • Inside a cave in the Palestinian cave village of Qawawis in the southern Hebron hills of the West Bank. The villagers here are attempting to maintain their traditional way of life despite alleged harassement from the surrounding Israeli settler community. By photographer Jason Moore
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  • Palestinian shepherds returning with their sheep to the Palestinian cave village of Qawawis in the southern Hebron hills of the West Bank. The villagers here are attempting to maintain their traditional way of life despite harassment from the surrounding Israeli settler community. By photographer Jason Moore
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  • A Palestinian shepherd drinks tea with his family in his cave in the Palestinian cave village of Qawawis in the southern Hebron hills of the West Bank. The villagers here are attempting to maintain their traditional way of life despite alleged harassement from the surrounding Israeli settler community. By photographer Jason Moore
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  • Palestinian children from the cave village of Qawawis in the southern Hebron hills of the West Bank. The villagers here are attempting to maintain their traditional way of life despite harassment from the surrounding Israeli settler community. By photographer Jason Moore
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  • A Palestinian shepherd from the cave village of Qawawis in the southern Hebron hills of the West Bank returning home with his goats and sheep at dusk. The villagers here are attempting to maintain their traditional way of life despite harassment from the surrounding Israeli settler community. By photographer Jason Moore
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  • A Palestinian woman from the cave village of Qawawis in the southern Hebron hills of the West Bank collecting water at dawn. By photographer Jason Moore
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