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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Bedouin"”.
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New insights into Bedouin culture : a study of three Bedouin descent groups in Northeast Egypt
… September 2002 through August 2003 among three Bedouin descent groups in northeast Egypt and Sinai. Through a cognitive anthropological approach, reflexivity and hermeneutics, and the adoption of participant observation techniques, this thesis is a study of the culture of the Egyptian Bedouin. …
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The sedentarization of a Bedouin community in Saudi Arabia
This thesis examines the sedentarization of bedouin nomads in Saudi Arabia: partly in general, but mostly focussing on a particular region (Sajir) which was studied in the field. Our approach emphasizes that such bedouin communities were never self-contained, but rather an integral part of their …
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Voice syncretism in Bedouin Hijazi Arabic: the interplay of language acquisition and contact
… of passive constructions among speakers of Bedouin Hijazi Arabic (BHA), a dialect spoken in the west of Saudi Arabia. The speakers belong to three age groups: old, middle-aged, and young. Data were collected from responses of 294 BHA speakers to an online questionnaire that was designed to …
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The Bedouin of the Fatimid Empire: Faith vs. Politics in a Medieval Islamic Empire
… its own unique set of ethnicities. Powerful Arab Bedouin tribes were concentrated on the fringes of the eastern borders of the Empire, and many of these professed Shīʿism. A few Bedouin tribesmen even converted to the Fatimid faith and helped in furthering their cause. On the other hand, in the …
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Unsettling Times: land, political economy and protest in the Bedouin villages of central Jordan
… thesis is a study of discourses of contemporary Bedouin identity and political economy in central Jordan. Drawing on 13 months of ethnographic fieldwork, it follows the experiences of young, mostly male, interlocutors living in small villages around the town of Madaba, from two largely settled …
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Bedouin, not a Bad-One. The Bedoul Bedouins' Struggle for Identity, Place and Belonging in Petra, Jordan.
The Bedoul Bedouin of Petra, Jordan, had made their home in the long-emptied tombs of the Nabataeans for centuries. But, from the late 1960s steps were taken to remove the Bedoul from their home and transform Petra into the premier tourist attraction in Jordan; and by 1985 the Bedoul had been moved …
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Bedouin, not a Bad-One. The Bedoul Bedouins' Struggle for Identity, Place and Belonging in Petra, Jordan.
The Bedoul Bedouin of Petra, Jordan, had made their home in the long-emptied tombs of the Nabataeans for centuries. But, from the late 1960s steps were taken to remove the Bedoul from their home and transform Petra into the premier tourist attraction in Jordan; and by 1985 the Bedoul had been moved …
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Case Study of Development of the Peripheral Coastal Area of South Sinai in Relation to its Bedouin Community
… development on the Gulf of Aqaba coast. Its Bedouin community is facing great challenges in its struggle for livelihood and transformation from a pastoral and fishing community to an urbanized one. This case study employs a political ecology approach to examine development on the coast in …
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The Sociolinguistic Correlates of Dialect Contact and Koineisation in Medini Arabic: Lenition and Resyllabification
… of age, gender and community (urban and Bedouin). The dialects under investigation originate from two different norms: ‘Bedouin’, in this study a sub-type of Najdi; and ‘Sedentary’, the traditional dialect of Medina (viz. Medini). The Bedouin group share the same origin and culture whilst …
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The Role of Local Traditions in Participatory Planning for Successful Development Projects in Rural Egypt
… that governed the participants' evaluation. Bedouin interviewees viewed consensus as the only valid mode of final agreement in indigenous peoples' decision-making processes. Bedouin participants were found to consider perceptions of time, and choice of space and language used in planning …
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Food availability and fat composition of diet in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, with reference to coronary heart disease
… conditions i.e. urban, rural and Bedouin areas. The aims were to provide information on food availability and the coronary heart disease mortality and its implications among the population, taking into consideration fat and fatty acid profile in the diet. The data were collected in …
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Digital nomads : space + narrative computing for the village of Al Araqib
… political reasons, the officially unrecognized Bedouin village of Al Araqib in Israeli's Negev desert is prevented from building permanent structures. While the state of Israel does not issue demolition warrants for new illegal houses, it instead demolishes these houses without a warrant, under …
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The Development of Apartheid in the Naqab Israel’s Prawer Plan and the Jewish National Fund’s Blueprint Negev
… the southern region of historic Palestine, where Bedouin communities continue to reside and resist Israel's (ongoing) colonization of their land. The Prawer Plan, a proposed Israeli policy to be implemented in the Naqab/Negev, threatens approximately 70,000 Arab Bedouin Israeli citizens of with …
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Poetry and the State: The Politics of Nabat Tradition in Kuwait
… between the practice of an old tribal Bedouin oral tradition (Nabat poetry) and the politics of the nation-state in Kuwait. The historical context of this tradition, its development within modern state boundaries, and its current role in the politico-cultural exchange are all examined. …
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A critical and comparative study of the dialectal speech of the Ghawarna community in the Jordan Valley in Jordan
… dialects of townsfolk, country people,and bedouin on the Western and Eastern side of the river Jordan, and also with Syro-Mesopotamian dialects, and the dialect of North Arabian desert tribes. This again is done under the headings of phonology, morphology and lexis, though syntax has to be …
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Reasserting the Past and Preserving the Future: A Cultural Center in Wadi Rum
… from the desert with elements from local bedouin culture. The building aims to create spaces for educational opportunities to the bedouin and the tourist in order to enhance the visitor's experiences and enrich the local's knowledge.
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The Impact of Visual Representations of Leadership in Tribal Dominated Societies: A critical qualitative study of aesthetic leadership in the United Arab Emirates
… and aesthetic phenomenon in tribal-dominated Bedouin Arabia. The concept of leadership is investigated in terms of its discursive and aesthetic dimensions across different geographical, historical, and intellectual settings by adopting and applying a Foucauldian perspective of interconnected …
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Association of Differing Qatari Genotypes with Vitamin D Metabolites
… genetic Qatari genotypes were determined, Q1 - Bedouin, Q2 - Persian-South Asian and Q3 - African. The hypothesis was that Qatari genotypes would affect vitamin D and metabolite levels independent of cultural factors, perhaps exacerbated by diabetes.Materials and Methods. Affymetrix 500k SNP …
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