Images of the monarch as the repository of the tribal bedouin heritage flourished as Saudi Arabia drifted into globalisation and a consumer culture. |
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Walk, loaf or stargaze on the roof with a clear conscience: guides are drawn from bedouin communities, food is sourced locally and the lodge runs on solar power. |
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Following a large incursion of Arab bedouin from Egypt in the first half of the 11th century, the native Berbers were gradually Arabized. |
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After spending a night under the stars or in a bedouin tent made of goat hair and a nice breakfast you will start another wonderful journey on camelback. |
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Until quite recently most of the leaders of the territories in contention in the gulf crisis have prided themselves on their bedouin heritage and tribal traditions. |
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Hassaniya, a bedouin Arabic dialect that derives its name from the Beni Hassan, became the dominant language among the largely nomadic population. |
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Bedouin and Berber traditions fused to form sung poetry called Malhun, using traditional north African wind and percussion instruments. |
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The evil eye in Bedouin folk belief is tied to the fear of envy and jealousy in the eye of the beholder. |
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Lybians in the west, Nubians in the South, Bedouin everywhere and now there is word of a nation called the Hittites. |
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The nomadic life as led by a Bedouin in the desert may have some romantic appeal, but I can't see what is attractive about it here. |
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This paper examines Bedouin attitudes and practices relating to the evil eye as a cause of misfortune. |
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They will stop on the highest sand dune to view the sunset, and continue the journey to the Bedouin campsite in the heart of the desert. |
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It ranges from rustic villages, Bedouin encampments, skyscraping cities, tumbledown temples and other ancient ruins. |
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Finding a comfortable spot for a nap in a passenger terminal is like trying to find a Bedouin shoehorn salesman. |
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From the aeroplane's window is a night-time scene of sheer blackness, broken only by orange spots of the Bedouin fires. |
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Eventually, I do find an older building in the shape of the excellent Dubai Museum, with its evocative waxworks of souk and Bedouin life. |
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There were a few camels and traditional black Bedouin tents here and there with large flocks of sheep and goats nearby. |
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In older books I found tales of desert caravans, raids by Bedouin clans, near starvation, and hard-won spiritual enlightenment. |
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The 23-year Russian describes how she was guided over the border by some Bedouin tribesmen. |
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The town of Misarata, with the support of the powerful Bedouin tribal allies of the Wafallah confederacy, challenged Tripoli's hegemony. |
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The lightweight goat hair tents of the nomadic Bedouin, for instance, can be pitched under a tree for shade, or to catch prevailing breezes. |
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In the recesses of their shops, they would furtively lift their veils as we bartered over Bedouin jewellery and Yemeni daggers. |
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In retaliation, a member of the Khazraj tribe paid a Jew to smack the face of the Bedouin. |
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Spotting a simple black Bedouin tent, tiny as a tea leaf, at the base of an outcrop 500 times its height suddenly supplies a scale. |
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The management of these territories was a complex and highly structured process in the context of Bedouin life. |
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The cluster of dive boats in the water stands in stark contrast to the jagged Sinai mountains and Bedouin tents on the land. |
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A 40-minute coach ride led us to Bedouin tents, as much booze as you could muster and enough food to keep our South African friends very busy. |
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Bedouin farmers keep herds of goats and sheep whose milk is used to produce cheese and yogurt. |
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Perched on its edge is the tented oasis, a convergence of date palms and tamarinds, hot springs and Bedouin hospitality. |
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Incidentally, because of their Bedouin heritage, Emirati rulers have been encouragers of traditional Arabic poetry, especially praise-poetry. |
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The squall of a baby using its lungs for the first time rang out over the Bedouin encampment. |
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The contest, as portrayed in the film, is a centuries-old annual event restricted to the best Bedouin horsemen and the finest Arabians. |
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When climbing on the jebels we will usually be following routes which have been used for generations by Bedouin hunters and shepherds. |
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She lunched in the tents of both the Druze and their sworn enemies, the Beni Sakhr, and met with the sheiks of various Bedouin tribes. |
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Traditional Jordanian music can be distinguished from its neighbouring countries by its Bedouin influence. |
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The Bedouin traditionally hang amulets on the body of adults to prevent the evil eye, devils, impure spirits and other illnesses from attacking the bearer of the amulet. |
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For 20 years, the Bedouin watched as Mubarak and his cronies sequestrated their lands for the tourist industry, and gave nothing back. |
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But what about those Arabs who serve in the IDF, specifically, the Druze who are conscripted and the Bedouin who volunteer? |
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In a previous stint as prime minister, he placated his Bedouin troops by raising their salaries. |
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In July 2010 the Egyptian authorities released Bedouin blogger and activist Musaad Suliman Hassan Hussein, known by his pen name Musaad Abu Fagr. |
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Aquifers in wadi alluvium are used by local Bedouin for wells and garden irrigation. |
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The subcommittee also demanded to regulate Bedouin settlement living there. |
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It was true that the Bedouin children hovering around the flaps of the tent did seem unnaturally calm. |
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Dromedary camels, for example, have long been the mainstay of Bedouin life, providing transportation, food and a measure of wealth. |
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Many of the cave-like Nabataean dwellings are off the main tourist path, and house Bedouin families, or herds of sheep. |
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Under the proposed legislation, an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 Bedouin would be displaced from their homes in the Negev. |
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Clearly, the situation among the Bedouin citizens in the Negev is troubling on many levels. |
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Next, for 'Private Life', her headcovering is half Bedouin, half overgrown slinky toy. |
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Some families in rural and Bedouin areas are averse to enrolling their daughters in coeducational schools. |
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The Bedouin also took the empty canteen and filled it with water before retuning it. |
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For example, visitors to the valley do not always respect the Bedouin rule of only using dead tree branches for fuel. |
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While most of the Bedouin tribesman of the Wadi Rum area have now given up a nomadic lifestyle, camels are still valuable currency in a country not enriched by oil. |
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Now most Bedouin ladies wouldn't imagine going out of their homes in anything less than the black abaya, and many cover all but their eyes. |
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Critics responded furiously, saying the new body includes few women, non-Muslims or minorities such as Nubians from the south or desert Bedouin. |
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General Mabrouk has recently repainted one of four police stations in his provincial capital, el-Arish, which the Bedouin torched. |
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The famous kholkhal, this large Bedouin bracelet that bore his ankle, has metamorphosed into an ornamental ashtray. |
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They described the plight and struggle of the Bedouin in these communities. |
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Social Services operate in the Bedouin towns, as well as in illegal Bedouin villages. |
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Bedouin have fabricated tents and sleep next to the rubble of their former homes. |
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It notes with appreciation the State party's efforts to address the special educational needs of Bedouin children. |
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Arabian food is characterised by a combination of Bedouin traditions and the culinary master achievements of numerous high cultures. |
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A monthly newspaper is distributed to the 89 women's groups associated with this organization, including some among the Bedouin. |
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One role the desert-dwelling Bedouin and Berbers would be perfectly suited to is aiding the army in its frontier patrols. |
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Bedouin women wore bright clothes and burqas, the parting of their hair and their kohl-lined eyes left exposed. |
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Egyptian authorities do have some reason to doubt Berber and Bedouin loyalty. |
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It was what he said when someone asked a question about the shabbiness of Bedouin villages in the Negev. |
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The farmers in their turn described the Bedouin as savages and pagans. |
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Modesty in Bedouin society is associated with sexuality and femininity. |
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The truck is part of the foundation of contemporary Bedouin livelihoods, and as such, it intertwines with the other processes of modernization described in this paper. |
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Scenes from Bedouin life will be performed and accompanied by the rahbab, a typical violin-like instrument, which will be played by a famous Jordanian musician. |
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I recently stayed with some Bedouin tribes in Jordan, where the women did the bread-making while the men slaughtered and butchered the goat for us. |
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The place is literally full of cream linen draped huge beds, complete with shoe-less diners sitting Bedouin style with other groups eating food off central trays. |
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Tribes and tribal allegiances spanned these borders, and while relations between nations remained positive, the flow of Bedouin migration continued unabated. |
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The sand dunes had been nearly bare of vegetation and composed of completely open and mobile sand until 1982, because of heavy grazing by Bedouin herds. |
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Small Bedouin forces, mainly from the Madh'hij confederation of Marib, attacked Shabwah but were bombed by the British and had to retreat. |
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In the following decades, he painted many portraits of the Saudi royal family as well as scenes of Riyadh and Bedouin life. |
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In 1253, the Bedouin Usfurids brought down the Uyunid dynasty, thereby gaining control over eastern Arabia, including the islands of Bahrain. |
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As Mr Menoret discovers, their peculiar blend of motorised daredevilry, Bedouin gallantry, joyful homoeroticism and petty criminality is more than a product of boredom, testosterone and cheap petrol. |
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Under the Bedouin tent, from the famous Tabboulé to the Cardamom flavoured coffee, as well as the hookah using the best oriental tobaccos, you will experience a memorable evening. |
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When the nationalist activist is a Bedouin, he looks more like an upholder of the law in a western film than the imagined reality of a local nationalist. |
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Cooperation with Egypt focuses on protecting the environment and the lifestyle of traditional Bedouin communities, and on improving the socio-economic balance. |
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For projects to assist Bedouin communities, food aid allows poor beneficiaries to intensify their agricultural production and create lasting assets, such as access roads, which they would not otherwise be able to create. |
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I recently posted about a donnybrook at a Bedouin wedding, and asked for someone to clarify what a traditional Bedouin wedding does and doesn't prohibit. |
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The Maqil were a collection of Arab Bedouin tribes of Yemeni origin who migrated westwards via Egypt. |
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The situation of the Negev Bedouin has been precarious for many decades. |
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In the water Nathan relived everything he had gone through in the desert: his meeting with the Bedouin, with the human specters and with the man with the straw hat. |
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One 30x40cm print finds an unidentified man in a Bedouin thobe, kaffiyeh and igal, with a dagger fastened around his waist. |
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Many herbs grow throughout the desert and are well known to the Bedouin, who use them for seasoning, preserving food, perfuming clothing, and washing hair. |
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The man with the straw hat answered in French, just as had the Bedouin. |
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They operated like mobile schools, catering to the needs of the Bedouin community, providing services and protecting children from neglect and vagrancy. |
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Traditional storytelling remains a much-admired art form, and Emirati culture, like Arab culture on the whole, esteems poetry, whether it is classical, contemporary, or the Bedouin vernacular form called nabaṭī. |
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Checkpoints dotting Sinai's rocky wastelands prevented the Bedouin from reaching their area's main cash-cows: the peninsula's tourist resorts, its oil installations and its giant cement factory. |
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The Government, as well as the main HMO serving the Bedouin population, undertakes major efforts to train and recruit Bedouin physicians and nurses. |
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When they were close to each other, the Bedouin dismounted from his camel. |
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James Mandaville's Bedouin Ethnobotany is a welcome addition that will be of enormous value to anthropologists, botanists, and historians. |
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Spared by the Muslims, the monks, according to tradition, conciliated the invaders by erecting the small mosque within the walls where local Bedouin Arabs still worship. |
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The front deck can be embellished with a Bedouin tent for chilled out coastal cruising, there's an open-air cinema, a Jacuzzi and a DJ console on deck for starlit partying. |
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The Bedouin Arabs are the worst in Unbelief and hypocrisy, and most fitted to be in ignorance of the command which Allah hath sent down to His Messenger. |
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Warfare between the Fatimids and various enemies, including the Qaramartis, the Turcomans and the Bedouin Arabs, was equally devastating. |
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Its work also branched out into more socio-economic and practical studies involving the local Bedouin inhabitants, for example on grazing management and fuel wood cutting. |
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In a region most people would think fit only for the herds of the Bedouin, with a rainfall of less than 10 inches in a good year, the careful use of water supported a sophisticated urban civilization. |
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The Bedouin turned and took a water can from his bag and a small cup. |
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As for other Omani Bedouin dances, class and other distinctions are erased, as tribal leaders perform alongside the most humble of the population. |
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It's a society that was largely Bedouin some generations ago. |
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The music of Qatar is based on Bedouin poetry, song and dance. |
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The Arabian horse was developed by the Bedouin people of the Middle East specifically for stamina over long distances, so they could outrun their enemies. |
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Nonetheless, they open the desert to technology and to the outside world, and the Bedouin protagonists strive to keep their autochthony without being xenophobic. |
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Poets recited their versifications in love of the nation, as symbols of the country's earlier Bedouin life such as race camels and falcons lined up nearby. |
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