... Bedouin tribes may no longer exist. Middle East correspondent ANTONY WALKER reports on the rapidly changing world of Jordan's desert nomads. SHEIK Utayyiq Eid Zelabia, his impassive face darkened by the desert sun, declared: "We'll ...
I THE SPOKESMAN REVIEW Thursday, May 1977s Spokane, Wasti Israelis claim desert Bedouins losing land struggle By ARTHUR MAX. SHOVAL, Israel (API - The shabby side of the 20th century has caught up with the Bedouin Arabs of Israel's Negev ...
... Bedouin, unlike their Middle Eastern cousins, are no longer a migratory community, and have not been for several decades. Most Israeli Bedouin today remain in one area, living in traditional black goatskin tents or, increasingly, in tin ...
... Bedouins remained — some two dozen Moslem tribes headed by sheikhs who ser-Ve as leader, judgt and registrar of births and deaths. Over the axes the life of the Bedouin has changed little. He still pitches his tent with the opening ...
... Bedouin tribes came when the Hashemite royal family settled in Jordan after World War I. The family had left the Hejaz — Saudi Arabia's Arabic name. Despite the Bedouins' warlike reputation, and their deep sense of honor, most seem to ...
... Bedouin nomads in Israel's desolate Negev desert are bursting with pride over Yunis Abu Rabiah, their son the Bedouin doctor. Yunis, 27, is the first Israeli Bedouin to graduate from Jerusalem's prestigious Hadassah Medical School ...
Modern World Catching Up With Nomadic Bedouin Life By LARRY All IN. (AP Newsfealures) BEERSHEBA, Israel— There's a. ot of changes being made nowa- lays in the way of living of the nomadic ji a Bedouin. i ,,i~ In the first place, he isn t ...
... Bedouin tribesmen who live here. Just over the hills from the few coastal settlements, the oil towns or the military airfields, the Bedouin Arabs go about their lives much the same as they have for hundreds of years. In this village ...
Bedouin Image is Changing. Editor's Note: The image of the Bedouin Arab always has been that of the robed nomad, wandering with his tent and his sheep. That image is changing. The Bedouin is coming into the 20th century in Jordan — and ...
... Bedouin tribesmen who live here. :; Just over the hills from the few coastal settlements, the oil towns or the military airfields, the Bedouin Arabs go about their lives much the same as they have for hundreds of years. In this ...