Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Bedouin are a part of the predominantly desert-dwelling Arab ethnic group, where Arab ethnicity is divided into three lifestyles, of the urban, rural and nomad people. A widely quoted Bedouin saying is "Me against my brother, My brothers and I against my cousins, then my cousins and I against strangers". This saying signifies a hierarchy of loyalties based on closeness of kinship that runs from the nuclear family through the lineage, the tribe, and even, in principle at least, to an entire ethnic or linguistic group (which is perceived to have a kinship basis). Disputes are settled, interests are pursued, and justice and order are maintained by means of this organizational framework, according to an ethic of self-help and collective responsibility.

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