The Arab of the desert
by Harold Richard Patrick Dickson
- ISBN
- 0049530100
The Arab of the desert is a bedouins, landeskunde book by Harold Richard Patrick Dickson.
About this book
The author was born in Beiru. He began collecting material for this book in 1929 and finished research for it in 1936. He was interested in providing information about the customs and people of Kuwait. Dickson describes nomadic life, the tent, the tent's furnishings, valuables, and gendered spaces within the tent, the Bedouin social system, storytelling (and several stories), proverbs, dream interpretation, warfare, domesticated and wild animals, disease, crime, slavery, boat building, pearl diving, and dancing.
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The Arab of the desert is a Bedouins, Landeskunde, Arabian peninsula, history book.
What is The Arab of the desert about?+
The author was born in Beiru. He began collecting material for this book in 1929 and finished research for it in 1936. He was interested in providing information about the customs and people of Kuwait. Dickson describes nomadic life, the tent, the tent's furnishings, valuables, and gendered spaces w...
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The Arab of the desert was written by Harold Richard Patrick Dickson.