The ‘Desert Magic’ festival is in its second year and hopes to bring thousands of tourists to visit Beduin communities in the Negev.
Ali Al-Hawashla poses next to a field of herbs at Wadi Attir (left), a 40-hectare project to preserve traditional organic Negev agriculture, which includes the collecting of local seed varieties(photo credit: SETH J. FRANTZMAN)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN