INTRODUCTION
General background:
The Sinai Peninsula is based between the Mediterranean Sea to the North and the Red Sea to the South serving as a land bridge between Asia and Africa.
The Sinai Peninsula has been a part of Egypt from the first Dynasty of ancient Egypt until the 21st century.
In periods of foreign occupation, Sinai was, like the rest of Egypt, also occupied and controlled by foreign empires. In more recent history the Ottoman Empire (1517-1867) and the United Kingdom (1882-1956).
Israel invaded and occupied Sinai during the Suez Crisis of 1956, which led to the six day war of 1967. On 6th of October 1973, Egypt launched the Yom Kippur War to retake the Peninsula, then the Isreal-Egypt treaty took place in 1979. By 1982, …show more content…
The Bedouin are ancient Arab people; they’re considered the purest representation of the Arab culture.
They live mainly in the Arabian and Syrian deserts, the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt, and the Sahara desert of North Africa.
There are Bedouin communities in many countries, including Egypt, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Iraq in the Middle East and Morocco, Sudan, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya in North Africa.
Altogether, the Bedouin population adds up to about 4 million.
They speak the Arabic language and practice the Islamic religion.
The name Bedouin comes from the Arabic term “badawi”, which means desert dweller.
The Bedouins are traditionally nomads (a member of a community of people who live in different locations moving from one place to another.) Some Bedouins in Sinai are still half …show more content…
Bedouins in Egypt are struggling with employment due to changing surroundings and the establishments of new resort towns on the Red Sea coast.
When the tourist industry started to bloom, local Bedouins increasingly moved into new service positions such as cab drivers, tour guides, campgrounds or café managers.
A few of the most important tribes in the Sinai Peninsula are the Jebaliya tribe and Al-Tarabin tribe.
Al-Tarabin were the most important since the 19th century, with over 500,000 people. The Sinai Tarabin are currently located just North of Nuweiba and arrived to the Peninsula around 300 years ago.
Bedouin culture:
Bedouins at night form a group and have a campfire and drink tea with camel milk. Late into the night, they keep entertained by chanting Bedouin rhythms. They also recite poems around the campfire and they include advice to children, messages to lovers and enemies and similar topics.
Sheep wool and goat hair is woven into tents, carpets and blankets by women. Important artistic expressions of design, colour and patterns are incorporated into these handicrafts.
Traditional Bedouin
General background:
The Sinai Peninsula is based between the Mediterranean Sea to the North and the Red Sea to the South serving as a land bridge between Asia and Africa.
The Sinai Peninsula has been a part of Egypt from the first Dynasty of ancient Egypt until the 21st century.
In periods of foreign occupation, Sinai was, like the rest of Egypt, also occupied and controlled by foreign empires. In more recent history the Ottoman Empire (1517-1867) and the United Kingdom (1882-1956).
Israel invaded and occupied Sinai during the Suez Crisis of 1956, which led to the six day war of 1967. On 6th of October 1973, Egypt launched the Yom Kippur War to retake the Peninsula, then the Isreal-Egypt treaty took place in 1979. By 1982, …show more content…
The Bedouin are ancient Arab people; they’re considered the purest representation of the Arab culture.
They live mainly in the Arabian and Syrian deserts, the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt, and the Sahara desert of North Africa.
There are Bedouin communities in many countries, including Egypt, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Iraq in the Middle East and Morocco, Sudan, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya in North Africa.
Altogether, the Bedouin population adds up to about 4 million.
They speak the Arabic language and practice the Islamic religion.
The name Bedouin comes from the Arabic term “badawi”, which means desert dweller.
The Bedouins are traditionally nomads (a member of a community of people who live in different locations moving from one place to another.) Some Bedouins in Sinai are still half …show more content…
Bedouins in Egypt are struggling with employment due to changing surroundings and the establishments of new resort towns on the Red Sea coast.
When the tourist industry started to bloom, local Bedouins increasingly moved into new service positions such as cab drivers, tour guides, campgrounds or café managers.
A few of the most important tribes in the Sinai Peninsula are the Jebaliya tribe and Al-Tarabin tribe.
Al-Tarabin were the most important since the 19th century, with over 500,000 people. The Sinai Tarabin are currently located just North of Nuweiba and arrived to the Peninsula around 300 years ago.
Bedouin culture:
Bedouins at night form a group and have a campfire and drink tea with camel milk. Late into the night, they keep entertained by chanting Bedouin rhythms. They also recite poems around the campfire and they include advice to children, messages to lovers and enemies and similar topics.
Sheep wool and goat hair is woven into tents, carpets and blankets by women. Important artistic expressions of design, colour and patterns are incorporated into these handicrafts.
Traditional Bedouin