Article: Native son clings to dream of turning Rahat into a green Beduin city. BGU students, local volunteers enlist to help Ahmed Amrani change the face of his run-down town

EHUD ZION WALDOKS
Jerusalem Post
07-16-2009
Headline: Native son clings to dream of turning Rahat into a green Beduin city. BGU students, local volunteers enlist to help Ahmed Amrani change the face of his run-down town
Byline: EHUD ZION WALDOKS
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 07

Thursday, July 16, 2009 -- There's not a single playground in all of Rahat, the Negev's second-largest city. There's only one park - a small expanse of uncut grass opposite the only community center. There's garbage strewn in almost every empty lot and down the sides of the wadis.

A city of 42,000 people, mostly Beduin, parts of it look like the townships of South Africa. Shacks are stuck in the middle of what ...

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