For more than 20 years I have been living in the Negev desert in Israel.I have come to know this environment in its various layers – its climate, its flora and fauna, its modern-day and former inhabitants, its unique archeology, cultural heritage, and esoteric nature, and its calming influence on those who live in it, and those who visit it.All of these elements have played a part in shaping the people who have lived here, and the cultures that have developed here.

The once vibrant, ancient desert trade routes brought together many peoples of different nations and cultures in a spirit of exchange and cooperation.The Negev has been a meeting place for Jews, Muslims and Christians.This history has inspired me in my work.Over the years I have participated in various committees involved in the formulation of the Israeli Desert Tourism Enterprises.My aim in those committees has always been to employ our desert tourism as a lever for regional cooperation.And I have wanted to draw on the desert’s history of trade and cultural relationships, as a way to contribute to the peace process that is evolving in the Middle East nowadays.

I guide Israel but my proffetional is Deserts