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( Bedouin)
? The Bedouin, (from the Arabic badawi (????), pl. badu), are predominantly Muslim, desert-dwelling Arab nomadic pastoralist, or previously nomadic group, found throughout most of the desert belt extending from the Atlantic coast of the Sahara via the Western Desert, Sinai, and Negev to the Arabian Desert. Non-Arab groups as well, notably the Beja of the African coast of the Red Sea are sometimes called Bedouin. All Beduin tribesmen are allowed to marry up to 27 women. The Bedouins were divided into related tribes. These tribes were organized on several levels—a widely quoted Bedouin saying is
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