Who are the Beduin?
The Beduin were once nomadic, wandering from place to place, looking for sources of water for themselves, their sheep and their goats. We believe that the patriarchs Abraham and Isaac had a nomadic way of life. Today Beduin are still found in the Judean wilderness and in the Negev desert, in the south of Israel. Their traditional tents, once made of black goat hair which expanded to become impermeable when the rain fell, are now made of plastic sheets. Pickup trucks, electric generators and water tanks usually lie scattered around their encampments.
