Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 25)
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traveller or individual from other tribes was allowed to pass. In
districts were relatively small groups and had less power
contrast to the
N7Roe 37). By the beginning of the nineteenth century, very few
lestine were purely nomads (Graham-Brec
the land and became
life still dep
They began to cultivate
toral land
nded to a degree on pas
herds, he also cultivated the land
Agriculture was |
Once the
The differences in the way of life, as well as
economic and social organisation between Be:
resulted in the
ouin socie
ty and that of
absence of conflict over the same
In Te
"the narrow peninsula of cultivated hills in which
the settled lation lives is surrounded by
broad sea of desert, over which the Arab
Bedouin) delights to roam" (Conder, 1878: 271).
For the Bedouin leading an fe with relatively great
mobility, arid and semi-arid zones provided an environment suited to
his y of life. The Naqab desert provided him with a more ideal
situation because it was much bigge
r and drier than an areas which
were often swampy and malarial.
The desert for the Bedouin was a symbol of freedom, while the walls
of the city or the compact and
densely clustered houses in villages
stifling and ‘imiting atmosp)
were usually spread out.
were
Bedouin encampments
yroup of tents were set 200-
nlike the fallah's villages,
hents were never located on a hill. whey were always
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