Thursday, 9/17 Be'er Sheva Bedouin Market: Naya was in school again today so we were off early to Be'er Sheva, a city in the north Negev. Once a week there is a large market mainly for the local Bedouin people. It is like a giant flea market with the Dollar Tree as part of it. So much junk (in our eyes), also lots of clothes, jeans, traditional pants, robes and dresses as well as modern clothes, jewelry, pots and pans, toys - lots of toy machine guns and handguns, etc. It was fascinating because most of the women were in traditional dress, I don't know what it it called, but the black gown or robe, richly embroidered. It has a hood and appears to be worn over jeans or other garments. Some had their faces covered
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