In the twilight of the early morning, as the rising sun turns a nearby mountain a striking pinkish-red, Nujood emerges from the family shack ready for her first day back to school after the long summer holiday. The teenager is a member of the Jahalin Bedouin tribe which has been based in the West Bank since they were forcibly evicted from the Negev shortly after Israel’s creation in 1948.
Bedouin kids' school of hard knocks
With their school slated for demolition, the children of Khan al-Ahmar exemplify the complicated situation of Area C, where Israeli authority in the West Bank threatens their educational future.
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