Again, although it may seem repetitive, the only way to achieve this goal and show the changes the Bedouin women are undergoing is to compare the Bedouin women from the past to those of the present. ... Kamla is a bright, young woman who is outspoken and opinionated, unlike other Bedouin women. ... But just as in Gould's essay, as the Bedouin society changed so did the Bedouin women. ... They were afraid that by integrating the Bedouin values and customs would be lost. ... The perfect example of the new Bedouin woman is Kamla, who values the belies and customs of the Bedouins, but is ...

• Word Count: 1854
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Bedouin Americans and Middle Easterner American understudies are misconstrued, by and large, in America. ... Numerous Bedouin Americans and the individuals who looked like Middle Easterners were specifically and antagonistically influenced. ... Contrasts in the middle of American and Bedouin society could posture issues for understudies. ... Indeed before September 11, 2001, Bedouin stereotyping was frequently horrible. ... Speaking of Bedouins, only an estimated 2% of Arabs in the world are traditional Bedouins (Wingfield & Karaman, 1995). ...

• Word Count: 1885
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

While men are expected to dress in a fashion that is suitable for anyone who is attempting to be an honourable Bedouin, women are expected to take an extra step and be even more conscious of their dress. ... They are required to adhere to different standards of social acceptability in an effort to achieve their particular goals (the highest of which is to maintain adherence to the Bedouin honour code), as is seen through their clothing, approach to sexuality, religious purity and general behaviour as seen through the association of traits to each gender. ...

• Word Count: 1170
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Bedouins, a typically Muslim nomadic group of the Arab deserts, are a patriarchal society. ... Bedouin women are faced with a social standard in which they can either choose to obey and be accepted, or disobey be ostracized. ... If a Bedouin woman was to commit adultery, she would be punished severely, and possibly even killed. ... Compared to Bedouin culture, Western societies are far more lenient with the way women are expected to behave. ...

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The social construction of the Bedouin society and the construction of the American society in Boyarin's essay are very similarly connected. ... "She was governed by the customs and traditions that the Bedouin families followed." ... This is a positive feature of marginality within a society and one of the few aspects of Bedouin life with which Kamla wishes to preserve. ... Life as a female Bedouin is difficult and unfair. ... The community that Kamla lives in does not believe in the need to educate Bedouin girls. ...

• Word Count: 937
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Muhammad lived in the land of Mecca, it was an area for trade and Bedouins. ... Bedouins would travel through the desert, herd animals, and act as guides for caravans. Merchants used religion to make alliances with them, they invited the Bedouin's into the Kabah to worship. ...

• Word Count: 463
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Abu-Lughods's father who companied her to her field work study, explained to a Bedouin that she was raised in the U.S. and wishes to improve her Arabic, learn about society, and needs a family role model. ... As time went on in her fieldwork study she starts to pick up the basics of Bedouin vocabulary by closely observing the adults speaking to the children. ... The Bedouin society gave Abu-Lughod the role as an adopted daughter because she was young, unmarried, and childless. ... The Bedouins culture was sex-segregated, there was an outstanding difference between how men and women were t...

• Word Count: 1126
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Golf clubs have also contributed to the distinctive architecture of the city: the clubhouse of Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club looked like a series of billowing dhow sails, whilst Emirates Golf Club on the outskirts of the city is reminiscent of a series of Bedouin tents. ... Therefore the goal was to design a structure that would denote the significant Bedouin culture of Dubai, insinuates the city's fishing history and still capture the expanding technology. ... The rooms follow a noble code as the rich jewel tones of the sumptuous rooms signify the typical Bedouin sheikh's tent. ...

• Word Count: 1005
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The film "Lawrence Of Arabia" conveys the complex life and exploits of an eccentric, rebellious, desert-loving, masochistic, Oxford-bred British officer who aided the Arabian Bedouins against the Turks during World War I. ... After a nomadic Bedouin leads Lawrence across the sweeping desert sand dunes, he runs into Sheik Sherif Ali Ibn el Kharish while taking water out of his drinking well. ...

• Word Count: 636
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

When the Islamic empire began its spread into the Middle East, they easily converted Bedouins who believed in polytheistic gods and a few other nomads who only had a slight vision that a certain greater force of unexplainable nature may exist. ... Unlike the quick conversion of some of the Bedouins in the Middle East, the Delhi Sultanate was a longer and slower conversion process. ...

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Third, consider the warfare between the Islamic Bedouin tribes that invaded into kingdoms such as Ghana and eventually brought Islam into the country. ... Muhammad was heavily influenced by the Christian, Jewish, and Bedouin pagans of Mecca in that he tried to learn about each of the religions. ... The spread of Islam into Africa in the context of cultural interaction between the Muslim traders and African kings depended on trade of precious goods, the administrational benefits from the Muslim qadis and madrasas, the continuing warfare between the African empires and Bedouin tribes, and the ...

• Word Count: 1421
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Al-Jazeera Today, satellite dishes are on roof tops, balconies and even Bedouin tents across the Middle East and are primarily tuned in to Al-Jazeera. The network in and Arabic-language satellite TV station, nicknamed the Arab CNN whose reputation was built on its fearless coverage of the Unite...

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Despite the legal prohibitons, Israeli Bedouin, who are Muslims, continute to practice polygamy. For the Bedouin, polygamy is " not a reigious issue but and issue of power" said Ginat, who is studying the group's marital patterns. ...

• Word Count: 1224
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

We had plans to stay in a Bedouin Tent for the night, wake up early and hike up to the top of Massada to see the sunrise. ... We were woken up at three o"clock in the morning by the singing of the Bedouin's and we were served their traditional tea and crackers. ...

• Word Count: 1332
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• Grade Level: High School

In Egypt there are many astonishing sights to see. For years, tourists have been drawn to the magnificent features on the Egyptian lands. From the Islamic religion to the Republic government, Egypt has many things to share. Egypt is located in the Middle East right next to Libya on the other side...

• Word Count: 544
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• Grade Level: High School

Islam is a religion that has existed for millions of years. The followers believed that there is one God and Muhammad is his messenger. Muhammad was deeply troubled by the idols worship of Arabs and the moral ills of society. When he was about 40, he was meditating and heard a voice. According to Mu...

• Word Count: 492
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• Grade Level: High School

Have you ever wondered where different breeds of horses originated from? Many people probably don't care. But some people might find it interesting. Horses are bred for different structure, work and speed and come from all over the world. Horses are very unique in when and where they originated ...

• Word Count: 892
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• Grade Level: High School

(Anscombe 172) Furthermore, in the 1920's, the Ikhwan movement began to emerge among the Bedouin, or nomadic tribes. ... Stressing the same strict adherence to religious law of the Wahhabi sect, Ikhwan Bedouin abandoned their traditional way of life in the desert and move to an agricultural settlement called a hijra. ...

• Word Count: 2579
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• Has Bibliography

The first discovery The first discovery of the scrolls was made in the spring of 1947 when young Bedouin shepherds, searching for a lost goat in the cliffs along the Dead Sea in Judean Desert, went into a cave that had never been visited before by anyone and found jars filled with ancient scrolls. These jars discovered by the Bedouin had seven scrolls, which they sold to a cobbler and antiquities dealer called Kando. ...

• Word Count: 2369
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

In the earliest of times, religion played pivotal role in society. Most of the religions we know today, developed during the earliest civilizations. All the major ones we know today evolved in many cases from a single, very influential, individual, who took their beliefs or thoughts, which were usua...

• Word Count: 1152
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

United Arab Emirates Culture The culture of UAE is both rich and interesting from the early history of this territory and people, but instant changes are continuously being observed by the time of oil discovery and from the influence of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and immigrants. A few decades a...

• Word Count: 1049
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A certain variety of Tamerisks, namely T. mannifera, excretes a white substance that the Bedouins call manna, a sweet, gummy white substance which some have likened to the manna in the biblical book of Exodus on which the Israelites survived while wondering in the wilderness. ...

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According to Stearns, "the new faith (Islam) threatened to supplant the gods of the Ka"ba, whose shrines had done so much to establish the city as a center of commerce and Bedouin interchange" (Stearns, 284). ...

• Word Count: 1423
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• Grade Level: High School

The organization I have worked for this semester is Lutheran Family Services, in particular, refugee services. This organization relocates refugees, the ones I worked with are from Sudan, Africa. A 20 year civil war has been raging in Sudan leaving families displaced and relocated. The war i...

• Word Count: 1255
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• Grade Level: High School