This past May, I was invited to be part of a team of Yale University interns working in the Negev Desert for a non-profit to more adequately combat gender-specific issues in Bedouin communities. This organization, Amerat Al-Sahara, or Princesses of the Desert, was created by a Bedouin woman nearly 10 years ago to combat cultural practices such as forced marriage, polygamy and “honor killings” that afflict the Bedouin communities in Israel.