MEETING THE PENETRATING SIGHT OF THE GYPSY WOMEN SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Abstract

Somewhere in the Middle East during journey we can meet Gypsy women. Their penetrating sight clenches their entire existence. This stare shows their struggle with life, the everlasting roam and the mysterious knowledge contained in their nature. Who is the Gypsy woman in the Middle East? Gypsy is primarily a vagabond, a woman responsible for divination but very often the beggar and also unfortunately a thief. How we can recognize her from other women? The presence of Gypsies in the Middle East, as it is in European countries, cannot remain unnoticed. Gypsies encountered mainly in the suburbs, but also the bazaars and places where they can easily practice their professions - divination, commerce, dancing and singing. The living presence of Gypsies in the Middle East and numerous controversies about how their lives is often the cause of reluctance on the part of the Arab. The pejorative thinking about Gypsies is also well seen in the proverbs, which are a significant example of xenophopia. In my presentation I would like to show different ways of thinking that are harmful for the Gypsies society in the Middle East. I would like to answer the questions about the position of Gypsy women in the Arabic world. In the end of my presentation I will describe how looks reality of these situations nowadays.