There
are 10 main Bedouin tribes in Sinai with about 50,000
members. Bedouins generally dress differently from
other Egyptians; the men wear long djellabays
and a kaffiyah, or headdress, held in place
by an agal, or black double cord. Women
usually dress in brightly colored long dresses and
normally cover their heads with a black shawl or
taha. Traditionally women's faces were
hidden behind a highly decorated burka.
The cultural heritage and traditional way of life
practiced by the Bedouins is under threat from touristic
coastal developments and from cultural influences
from the cities. |
| Portraits |
Woman wearing
21 separate accessories |
Silver, gold,seashells and embroidery |
Burka
with silver and gold coins |
Uncovered
face, unmarried status |
Woman
selling burka at the sook
|
Another colorful woman wth burka |
Detail
of fabric and embroidery |
A glimpse of a face
|
Mousa,
a bedouin guide
|
Habitation
types-livelihoods-crafts-
customs |
Little
girl feeding goat with soaked date pits |
Drinking-water storage
|
House built of desert shrubs |
Bedouins
camp with their livestock |
Camel feeding
in a trough of plants |
Melon seeds dried in the hot clean
sand |
Traditional
dinner |
El Mahnasa
is used for grinding coffee |
Traditional
coffee-making utensils |
Drying
watermelon seeds on tent |
Selling
olives and dates at the roadside |
Livestock
at Sook El Talat in El Arish |
Donkey
carts are widely utilized |
Herbs and
spices at Sook El Talat |
Matlaa
El Nakhl is used while harvesting dates
|
