The Changing Lifestyles of the Bedouin Arabs
The Bedouins are ancient clan-centered nomads of the Middle East who have relied on goatherding and camels for millennia. Abraham, for example, was a Bedouin. In modern times, the nomadic way of life, which depended on free movement and embraced a culture of both hospitality and revenge has been threatened due to land enclosures and the lures of Western way of life. In this archival piece, I spent lots of time with the Bedouins of the Negev Desert, and spoke with people from several generations (including an old sheik) to plot their heritage and current predicament.  (NPR “Horizons”; 30 minutes)
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Posted in Immigrants and Ethnic Life, Long form docs (15" and up), Travel outside the USA Tags: Abraham, Bedouins, Beersheba, camel, desert, honor, hospitalitu, Islam, Israel, musical traditions, Negev, tent