Photos from the Wadi Rum Desert Marathon
Dec 23, 2009 Comments Off Mark AbouzeidWadi Rum Marathon Images by Bedouin Heritage Project The Wadi Rum Marathon is an endurance horse race through the desert's surrounding the Wadi Rum Protected Zone. The event was reborn thanks to the contribution of Sheik Al-Maktoum of the Emirates and has been essential in recreating the horse culture of local bedouin. This year's race ...
Continue ReadingBedouin Fire: music from the desert
Oct 2, 2009 2 Comments ›› Mark AbouzeidBHP has released a first track, "Dancing Around the Fire", from the upcoming Ep of recordings made live in the desert around the evening campfire. Salim Ali Lafi Zelabieh leads the melody on the Aoud while his family and friends dance and sing to the rythms of the drum. [kaltura-widget uiconfid="1396852" entryid="0_t6fwdv3o" width="550" height="374" addpermission="" ...
Continue ReadingThe Sedentarization of the Bedouin People
Sep 30, 2009 Comments Off Katie FremantleAt the beginning of the 1970s a modernisation and urbanization process was exercised on the Bedouin which profoundly influenced their way of life and hence was detrimental to their traditions. This process involved housing the Bedouin in purpose built urban centres based on western planning models. In reality, it is since the 50’s that some sort ...
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