Bedouin women once played a dominant role in the household by working in agriculture, looking after the livestock and making dairy products; the forced displacement in the name of urbanization, affected the social and economic opportunities for Bedouin women. Despite Bedouin women being subjected to patriarchal rule and tradition, the military rule and occupation of the West Bank played a dominant role in suppressing, marginalizing, harassing, and humiliating the Bedouin women in the West Bank.
