Lakiya (Hebrew: לָקִיָּה) or Laqye (Arabic: اللقية, romanized: al-Laqya) is a Bedouin town (local council) in the Southern District of Israel.

[2] Lakiya was founded in 1985 as part of a government project to settle Bedouins in permanent settlements.

[citation needed] In 2013, Arab-Bedouin women from Lakiya and other Bedouin towns participated in a sewing course for fashion design at the Amal College in Beer Sheva, including lessons on sewing and cutting, personal empowerment and business initiatives.

Approximately 130 Bedouin women are involved in all the stages of the production from initial wool treatment, weaving the rugs, cushion covers and pouches, and sales.

[10] The Desert Embroidery Project is another women's empowerment program in Lakiya[11] Some 20 women completed their professional entrepreneurial and business training and guidance and initiated a project based on the design and production of the traditional Bedouin costume jewelry.