Tourism development in Ibrahim's hospitality tent

The dream that Ibrahim conceived about fifteen years ago was to weave pegs and sheets and become a tent for hospitality in Khan al-Ahmar.
Ibrahim taught himself tourism, and about twenty years ago he worked in a summer camp in Ein Hamed, where he acquired his Hebrew. He then sold souvenirs in Nabi Musa, and provided tourists with a photo opportunity on a decorated camel on the Coral Coast, in the northern Dead Sea. When the difficulties of making a living increased, he decided to bring tourism home, to Khan al-Ahmar.
Years of fundraising, obtaining permits and struggling with the Palestinian bureaucracy ended about two years ago with the construction of the tent, but last winter its roof sheet collapsed. Ibrahim did not give up and with the help of equipment that we, the activists and my friends in Jahalin, raised, the tent was rebuilt.
Ibrahim offers accommodation and a variety of traditional meals, vegetarian and meat, which his wife is responsible for. Among the visitors are Israelis and tourists - individual hikers and groups, Jewish youth from abroad, families seeking the quiet of the desert and a direct acquaintance with the tribe. In order to promote Ibrahim's project, we hold events and workshops for the general public at the guest camp. Dr. Yaron Ovadia, one of the founders of our group, researches the Bedouin communities in the Judean Desert and is familiar with Ibrahim's project. He brings training courses to the site for guides and tourist guides who spend the night in a tent and go on jeep trips during the day among the Jahalin communities spread out in the desert and to sites in the Dead Sea region. Dr. Ovadia says that the villagers support the project and receive the guests with friendliness.