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. ...

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• 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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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
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• 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
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• Grade Level: High School

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
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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. ...

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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...

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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

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...

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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
• Approx Pages: 4
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate