Bedouin

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The Bedouin are Arabic-speaking people who earn their living primarily from animal husbandry by natural graze and browse of sheep, goats, and camels. Traditionally, the Bedouin lived in tents, formed scattered camping units that seasonally migrated over a vast area of the Middle East and North Africa influenced by availability of pasture and water. This way of life and social organization has been significantly affected by the creation of nation-states in the 20th century and the establishment national boundaries across customary migration routes. As a consequence, the Bedouin have started to engage in new activities including tourism, commerce and wage labor.

Identifier

Region

• Middle East

Subregion

• Middle East

Subsistence Type

• pastoralists

Countries

• Egypt
• Iraq
• Jordan
• Kuwait
• Libya
• Morocco
• Saudi Arabia
• Sudan
• Syria
• Tunisia
• Yemen