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The Bedouin originated in the Syrian Desert [19] and Arabian Desert but spread across the rest of the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa after the spread of Islam. [20] The English word bedouin comes from the Arabic badawī, which means "desert-dweller", and is traditionally contrasted with ḥāḍir, the term for sedentary people. [21]
The Bedouin have their own authentic and distinct culture, rich oral poetic tradition, honor code and a code of laws. Despite the problem of illiteracy, the Bedouin attribute importance to natural events and ancestral traditions. [142] The Bedouin of Arabia were the first converts to Islam, and it is an important part of their identity today. [9]
Palestinian Bedouins have clear notions of land ownership, [9] [10] and have historically entertained semi-pastoral and agricultural lifestyles. Traditional Orientalist scholarship portrayed them as landless desert nomads socially and culturally distinct from the rest of the Palestinian population.
The 'desert dwellers' are historically nomadic, though many were forced to abandon the lifestyle as the reach of government spread in Asia and Africa. Striking photos of Bedouin nomads at the turn ...
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The Chaamba (Arabic: الشعانبة, romanized: Sha‘āniba) are an Arab tribe in the northern Sahara of central Algeria.They are a large tribe of Bedouins and live in a large desert territory to the south of the Atlas Mountains, [1] around Metlili, El Golea, Ouargla, El Oued, and the Great Western Erg, including Timimoun and Béni Abbès [2] While traditionally they were nomads specialised ...
In 1874 they are recorded in a list of Bedouin, produced by the Palestine Exploration Fund, as "in the Desert of the Tih". [7] Due to the changing surroundings and erection of new resort towns such as Sharm el-Sheikh Bedouin lifestyle has undergone changes that have led to the erosion of traditional values, unemployment and land disputes. With ...
The Nabataeans were one among several nomadic Bedouin Arab tribes that roamed the Arabian Desert and moved with their herds to wherever they could find pasture and water. [1] They became familiar with their area as seasons passed, and they struggled to survive during bad years when seasonal rainfall diminished. [1]