Bedouin

The Bedouin, Beduin, or Bedu are pastorally nomadic Arab tribes who have historically inhabited the desert regions in the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, the Levant, and Mesopotamia (Iraq).

Human Activity

Connected Sites

Site Rationale Link
As-Salt "The historic centre of As-Salt demonstrates distinctive intercultural exchanges that resulted in transformations of the Levant in the late Ottoman period. (...) These cultural exchanges involved the local Bedouin peoples, incoming merchants, craftspeople and traders, Ottoman officials and Christian missionaries. " (OUV) - During the city's 'Golden Age', local cultural traits and practices emerged from a fusion between local Bedouin cultures and migrating bourgeois merchants. (AB Ev)
Himā Cultural area "Due to the highly arid environment of the Hima Cultural Area and the Bedouin custodianship since time immemorial, its Outstanding Universal Value has been exceptionally well preserved." (OUV) - The Bedouins living there are the descendants of some of the authors of the rock art and inscriptions, and the culture underwriting the rock art production still continues today. (Nomination file, p. 12)
Rock Art in the Hail Region "the inscriptions that reflect the last 3000 years of the early development of writing (Thamudic) that represents the Bedouin culture, ending in Quranic verses" (AB Ev)
Saint Catherine Area "It preserves the authenticity of its different components to a considerable extent because of the reliance on local materials in successive buildings and restorations. There are repairs that date back to the Middle Ages, made by both the monks and the local Bedouin." (OUV)
Wadi Rum "There are six Bedouin groups living inside or around the Protected Area who move around seasonally" (AB ev)

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