Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Confidence





Kheir-Eddin al-Zarkali recalled in his book 'the Arabian peninsula in the era of King Abdulaziz," that one day king abdulaziz smiled when he was meeting with Sheikh Noori al-Shalaan, the leader of the tribes of al-Rola. Later, King Abdulaziz told Noori that those who are sitting near you were my enemies. Noori replied: it was your sword, but King Abdulaziz added 'no it was not the sword, but I respected them and treated them like members of al-Saud."

Saturday, January 5, 2008

One of Rowala's Sayings

“Qara” here is a little town located on the southern-west of Skaka city at Aljouf region. Whereas “manda” describes the act of shepherd gathering and leading his herd of camels outside the drinking place.
Its meaning is equivalent to the popular saying “Don't count your chickens before they're hatched”.

I will post its story soon.

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Anazah & Rwala




The 'Anazah Tribes Touvia AshkenaziSouthwestern Journal of Anthropology, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Summer, 1948), pp. 222-239This article consists of 18 page(s).

Readings from Mercury's Sandals: The Jews and other nomads.Chapter 1.


For the Rwala [Bedouin], wealth, in terms of camels, goods, and gold, could not be conserved; it had to be converted into reputation (or honor). For the peripatetics service nomads, most of whom were emissaries from the towns, and all of whom were regarded as such, rightly or wrongly, by the Rwala, wealth is measured by possessions, be these objects or cash. Among
the Rwala, to be rich in possessions implied a lack of generosity, which led to a diminution of honor, and in turn, a decrease in influence.