Nazra (“point of view” in Arabic) is a place to meet with and within the Bedouin community through art and culture. It is a home for artists from the Bedouin community, a place for training and development that will allow them to turn their art into a source of employment. Its doors are open to anyone interested in studying art based on Bedouin Arab culture. In this way, it is strengthening the creative economy and increasing recognition of local art and culture.

 

Nazra works to reinforce the intergenerational connection in the community through contemporary art based on Bedouin culture and tradition, and to bring together various other Israeli communities with the Bedouin community from a place of creativity, art, and innovation. The initiative will operate a gallery to showcase the Bedouin community and hold various art workshops.

 

Asraa Abou Assa - Marketing Manager and Account Executive 

Asraa holds a bachelor's degree in Management, Marketing Track, from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. She is a graduate of the Graphic Design course at the Beer Sheva College of Technology and a graduate of the Digital Marketing course at the College of New Media. She currently works as a marketing manager for a group of companies and manages the digital presence of an advertising agency. Asraa lives in Tel Sheva.

 

“Nature also is not a museum.

One is allowed to touch, allowed to move, to draw closer, to change, and to leave one's stamp…”

(Amos Oz- For The Love of the Land: Against the Preservation of Nature)
 

Target audience:

Workshops: Educational institutions, grades 1-2, youth centers in the Negev, organizations and institutions such as universities, nursing homes, teenagers and youth, art students and similar. 

Galleries: Young people from Arab and Jewish society, local councils and municipalities, art students, fans of Bedouin society and culture.

 

Area of activity: The Negev rigion