Book
The quest for order among Awlad Ali of the Western Desert of Egypt
University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1974 • Pages:
By: Mohsen, Safia K..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study, based primarily on the author's fieldwork among the Awlad Ali of the Western Desert of Egypt between August 1965 and August 1966, deals with the way in which disputes are settled within a tribal society with no centralized political authority. One manner in which this is done is through the application by local political leaders of a set of formal rules or 'tribal ways' known as the DARAIEB. Emphasis in this study, however, is not on the rules themselves but the manner in which they are implemented through judicial reasoning tied to the social and political reality of the group. This procedure is clearly illustrated in the homicide and bodily injury cases presented in chapter six. As a background for the legal and judicial analysis indicated above, Moshen provides data on the ecological and historical features of the Awlad Ali as a general matrix for the understanding of the group's total context of action. Also presented as background information is a detailed analysis of the tribal organization, political structure and leadership, and marriage as a form of contractual relationship -- a factor of some importance in Awlad Ali judicial proceedings. The final chapter in the source presents a summary of the author's data and concomitant conclusions.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Marriage
- Informal in-group justice
- Family relationships
- Tribe and nation
- Inter-community relations
- Gender status
- Law
- Lineages
- Offenses against life
- Culture summary
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Libyan Bedouin
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Lawyer
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1974
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1958, 1965-1966
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1958-1966
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Western Desert, Egypt
- NotesAdditional notes
- Safia K. Mohsen
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Michigan State University, 1971
- UM 71-31,266
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-196)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bedouins