I met my Bedouin friend Hemaid several years ago when he invited me one morning into his arisha for tea. His culture is one of the most ancient cultures in the world. Bedouins originated in Saudi Arabia a long, long…
The Sinai, often described as restive and lawless, is actually not lawless at all. The region is ruled by two kinds of law - Egyptian government law and Bedouin tribal law. In this sparsely populated triangle of land, Egyptians are…
One of the young Bedouin women I’d met sitting in a circle around a fire the other day invited me back to her arisha for more tea. Her house is in a recess amongst the other Bedouin homes and not…
Late on a Friday morning, as I strolled amongst the goats and chickens running about on a sandy back road in the Asalah district of Dahab, Egypt, a Bedouin woman, covered in a swirl of a colorful clothing and a…
Most aspects of Bedouin life in Sinai, Egypt are very different from the developed world. However, I have learned, education is not so different, aside from one important area - the education of Bedouin girls in the Sinai. In the following video,…
Family is the most important part of the lives of Arabs in the Middle East. This has become obvious to me through my friendships and interactions with the people of Arab World over the last several years. Bedouins are part…
Bedouins are a large part of the Middle Eastern population. They live in all Middle Eastern countries as well as North African countries, numbering in the tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands in each country. The Bedouin culture…
Bedouins are a mystery to most people, and the Bedouin perspective on life is almost unknown. Bedouins are Arabs whose origins are primarily in Saudi Arabia. Traditionally nomadic, most have settled now and have permanent homes throughout the Middle East and North…