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Maggie Schmitt

Maggie Schmitt - Maggie Schmitt is a freelance researcher and translator based in Madrid.  She is currently working on a book called The Gaza Kitchen with Laila El-Haddad. Learn more at gazakitchens.wordpress.com.

Sheep vs. Sheep in Basque Country

By Maggie Schmitt
May 27 2009, 6:44 AM ET Comment



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Photo by Juan Alcòn


The indigenous latxa sheep are easily recognizable by their black faces and curving horns.
Maggie Schmitt discovers that Israeli sheep are spreading, causing
The Basque Sheep Wars.
Farmers must choose to save their culture or their farms.
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