What is Bedouin?
{{use dmy dates}} {{expand Arabic}} [[File:64 Beduí a la vall d'Um Ixrín (Wadi Ram).jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|Bedouin man in [[United Arab Emirates]]. ]] {{Politics of the Arab world}} '''Bedouins''' are pastorally [[nomad]]ic [[Arab]] tribes who have historically inhabited the [[Arabian Desert|Arabian]], [[Syrian Desert|Syrian]] and [[Sahara |Saharan Deserts]].<ref>Losleben, Elizabeth 2003. ''The Bedouin of the Middle East''. Lerner Publications, 4–5. {{ISBN|978-0-8225-0663-8}}</ref> They call themselves the ''people of the tent'', because they travelled around, living in tents. Bedouin were camel raisers and drivers, sheep and goat nomads, cattle driving nomads, and [[merchant]]s. Today many Bedouin have given up the nomadic life and live and work in towns. The Bedouin are the original Breeders of the [[Arabian]] Horse. == Related pages == * [[Arab people]] * [[:en:Tribes of Arabia|Tribe of Arabia]] == References == {{reflist}} {{Middle East}} {{Palestine topics}} {{Geo-stub}} [[Category:Ethnic groups in the Middle East]] [[Category:Ethnic groups in Africa]]