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©AP Photo/Shaul Golan
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Israeli Bedouin Shahadeh Abu Arar stands with some of his 67 children outside his home in the town of Emek Hefer, Israel.
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EMEK HEFER, Israel - With eight wives and 67 children, Shahadeh Abu Arrar has given new meaning to the term "family man." Abu Arrar, 58, is a member of Israel's impoverished Bedouin Arab community. But even in a traditional society where men commonly have several wives and many children, Abu Arrar is exceptional.