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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.

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Where have the Bedouin gone?

The Arab of the desert : a glimpse into Badawin life in Kuwait and Sau'di Arabia

The Bedouin tribes

Settlement of violence in Bedouin society

Camel raiding of north Arabian Bedouin

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Author	Title	Publication Date
Chatty, Dawn	Culture summary	2009
Cole, Donald P.	Where have the Bedouin gone?	2003
Dickson, H. R. P. (Harold Richard Patrick)	The Arab of the desert : a glimpse into Badawin life in Kuwait and Sau'di Arabia	1951
Great Britain. Naval intelligence Division	The Bedouin tribes	1920
Khalaf, Sulayman N.	Settlement of violence in Bedouin society	1990
Sweet, Louise Elizabeth	Camel raiding of north Arabian Bedouin	1965

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