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Married to a Bedouin |
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Dedication |
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Map |
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Acknowledgement |
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| 1978 |
In The Beginning |
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To the Cave |
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A Bit of History |
13 |
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A Look at the Bride |
19 |
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A Bedouin Wedding |
22 |
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Fate and Destiny |
30 |
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Courting |
34 |
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A Wedding Certificate -- What For? |
35 |
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A Wedding Certificate -- Success at Last |
41 |
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In-Laws |
49 |
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Geography, and Ancient History |
51 |
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My Own Bedouin Wedding |
56 |
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Goes on.... And on |
65 |
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What Did Your Mother Say? |
69 |
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The Daily Grind |
71 |
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Shraak, Wobrs and Juniper Wood |
74 |
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Dear Elizabeth |
81 |
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Spring Cleaning |
83 |
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An Adventure For a Cure |
86 |
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A Flash Flood |
92 |
| 1979 |
A Beautiful Bedouin Baby |
94 |
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A Bit of Prestige |
98 |
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The Petra Clinic |
104 |
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Clinic Visitors |
109 |
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The Old Man and the Rababa... read extract |
112 |
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The Settlement Project |
113 |
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The Treasury—My Husband’s Workplace |
116 |
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One-pot Dinner |
119 |
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The Local Store |
120 |
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The City and Spirits |
124 |
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The Plastic Scorpion |
130 |
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Tempting Fate |
132 |
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The Makeena |
133 |
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The Pilgrimage to Mecca |
135 |
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Dangers |
137 |
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Rattam Stumps |
140 |
| 1980 |
Cards |
142 |
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Holy Bread |
145 |
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The Road to Umm Sayhoom |
146 |
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Nabataean Inscriptions |
148 |
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Jidaya. A Fortune Teller |
151 |
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Call Him Awwad |
152 |
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An Adventure to Wadi Sabra |
153 |
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Salwa—Our Pride and Joy |
159 |
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Postnatal Support |
161 |
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Flexi-hours |
167 |
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Caves and Tents |
168 |
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Nuha, the Vaccination Lady |
171 |
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Winter at Abdallah’s |
174 |
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Eid a-Thehiya |
178 |
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Homeward Bound |
180 |
| 1981 |
A New Floor and an Old Lamp |
183 |
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A Car, A Loan |
188 |
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In the Car to the Khateeb |
189 |
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In the Middle of the Night to Ma’an |
193 |
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Accidents Do Happen (i) |
195 |
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Why Donate What You Can Sell? |
196 |
| 1982 |
Relations and Home Improvements |
197 |
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New Zealand Backpackers |
201 |
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A Desert Stage |
202 |
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The Yarmouk Force |
206 |
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Bedouin Bracelets |
208 |
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Al-Jimedy, a Neighbour |
208 |
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Accidents Do Happen (ii) |
211 |
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Wogbas and Turnagas |
214 |
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The Elephant and the Bad Baby |
214 |
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Raami Arrives, Feet First |
217 |
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‘introducing’ Raami |
221 |
| 1983 |
Umm Salwa |
223 |
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Salwa’s Swing |
224 |
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Summer Stories |
225 |
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Smoking |
231 |
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A Part of it All |
233 |
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Bekhita’s Tent |
236 |
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Dakhil-allah, a Sick Man |
239 |
| 1984 |
Queen Elizabeth—A Royal Visit |
245 |
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Fasting |
251 |
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A Girl and Two Boys |
254 |
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In-Laws Again |
255 |
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Statues |
261 |
| 1985 |
The Gold Tooth |
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Moving |
265 |
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Epilogue………………….read follow-up |
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