AY Honor Bedouin Life Requirements
1. Define the word Bedouin, explaining its origin and the evolution of the term.
2. Who are the Bedouins?
3. Explain these characteristics that could identify the Bedouin lifestyle as unique:
- a. Food
- b. Religion
- c. Family
- d. Economy
- e. Habitation
- f. Language and dialects
- g. Clothes
- h. Handicraft
- i. Honor codes
4. What is the importance of the Oral Tradition in Bedouin lifestyle? Give special attention to their poetry.
5. How is Bedouin society organized and how is political power structured and kept?
6. Draw a map of North Africa and the Middle East, and mark the area where the Bedouin use to live. List countries with the biggest Bedouin population and give the numbers.
7. What changes have happened to the Bedouin lifestyle? How are they trying to solve these problems?
8. Explain the following statement regarding the Bedouin culture: "I against my brother, my brothers and I against my cousins, then my cousins and I against strangers".
9. Which Bible characters could we relate to the Bedouin lifestyle? Explain your choices.
10. Participate in an overnight campout in a Bedouin style and discuss two ways to make them know that Jesus loves them.