Bedouin reside in every principal country in the region.
Unlike most indigenous tribes who eventually get displaced by immigrants, the Bedouin represent the common heritage of the Arab people. By understanding their history and culture, we can better understand the middle east, overall. The knowledge, wisdom and history that is at risk forms the historical foundation of all Arab people’s.
The Bedu have maintained a quasi nomadic quasi sedentary existence for centuries living in equilibrium with their surroundings, integrating into their host countries while never losing their own identity. By safeguarding their traditions and unique knowledge, we can provide valuable insight for a world trapped iby unsustainable development and globalization.
Most importantly, Bedu throughout the Middle East face the loss of their intangible cultural heritage due to political forces, modernization, mass tourism, displacement, war, and generational changes. By working with the Bedu to value and protect this culture, we can ensure that bedouin children for generations to come will have access to their own heritage in the manner it was meant to be transmitted.
