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This book attempts to portray the thirty-five-year struggle between
the Hashimite monarchy and the forces of Palestinian nationalism
over the future identity, and perhaps location, of those two-thirds
of the Palestinian people who have been Jordanian subjects since
1948.
The recent revival of interest in the Muslim world has generated
numerous studies of modern Islam, most of them focusing on the
Sunni majority. Shi'ism, an often stigmatized minority branch of
Islam, has been discussed mainly in connection with Iran. Yet Shi'i
movements have been extraordinarily effective in creating political
strategies that have
Two-thirds of all Palestinians are Jordanian citizens living on the
East and West Banks; a sizable number also reside and work in
various parts of the Arabian Peninsula. With the questions of
ultimate sovereignty over the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
attracting much international attention since Israel's occupation
of these areas in 1967, the solution to the Palestinian question is
often seen as entirely dependent on Palestinian relations with
Israel, despite the fact that only one-third of the Palestinians
live in the occupied territories. In contrast, Palestinian
relations with the Arab states, including Jordan, are generally
portrayed as a sideshow to the main theater of conflict. This book
examines the thirty-five-year struggle between the Hashimite
monarchy and the forces of Palestinian nationalism over the future
identity, and perhaps location, of those two-thirds of the
Palestinian people who have been Jordanian subjects since 1948. Dr.
Bailey bases his study on "open" sources: reports appearing in the
Arab, Israeli, and world press, in addition to academic studies and
published memoirs of persons involved in the events described,
providing an accurate portrayal of the significant developments in
Jordan's Palestinian challenge over the past thirty-five years.
The recent revival of interest in the Muslim world has generated
numerous studies of modern Islam, most of them focusing on the
Sunni majority. Shi'ism, an often stigmatized minority branch of
Islam, has been discussed mainly in connection with Iran. Yet Shi'i
movements have been extraordinarily effective in creating political
strategies that have
"Bedouin Law from Sinai and the Negev" is the first comprehensive
study of Bedouin law published in English, including oral,
pre-modern law. The material for the book, collected over the
course of forty years of field work by Clinton Bailey, one of the
world's leading scholars on Bedouin culture, is of permanent
scholarly value. Bailey shows""how a nomadic desert-dwelling
society provides for its own law and order in the traditional
absence of any centralized authority or law enforcement agency to
protect it. This comprehensive picture of Bedouin law, offers
readers a unique opportunity to understand Bedouin law by
highlighting the close connection between the law and the culture
from which it emerged.
The desert-dwelling Bedouin have always been a subject of intense
fascination. Their culture and ethics are still largely a mystery,
both for the peoples with whom they share the Middle-Eastern and
African lands, and for those living in the West. Like other
non-literate peoples, the Bedouin have a strong oral tradition and
use poetry for many forms of communication and entertainment.
Clinton Bailey has spent the last twenty years among the Bedouin of
Sinai and the Negev studying their culture and recording their
poems as recited around campfires. This book presents the fruit of
his work: 113 poems reflecting Bedouin attitudes to a variety of
personal, social, and political experiences. Each poem is
translated into English, appears in Arabic script and
transliteration, and is accompanied by an introduction and notes on
the cultural, linguistic, and historical background. This thorough
and original study makes a vital contribution to our knowledge of
the Bedouin, and will be of great interest to Arabists,
anthropologists, linguists, sociologists, and all those who visit
this part of the Arab world. Dr Bailey has has lectured on Bedouin
culture and history at various universities, and is a founder of
the Museum of Bedouin Culture in the Negev.
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