Married to a Bedouin
Marguerite van Geldermalsen
| Married to a Bedouin | ||
| Dedication | ||
| Map | ||
| Acknowledgement | ||
| 1978 | In The Beginning | 1 |
| To the Cave | 7 | |
| A Bit of History | 13 | |
| A Look at the Bride | 19 | |
| A Bedouin Wedding | 22 | |
| Fate and Destiny | 30 | |
| Courting | 34 | |
| A Wedding Certificate -- What For? | 35 | |
| A Wedding Certificate -- Success at Last | 41 | |
| In-Laws | 49 | |
| Geography, and Ancient History | 51 | |
| My Own Bedouin Wedding | 56 | |
| Goes on.... And on | 65 | |
| What Did Your Mother Say? | 69 | |
| The Daily Grind | 71 | |
| Shraak, Wobrs and Juniper Wood | 74 | |
| Dear Elizabeth | 81 | |
| Spring Cleaning | 83 | |
An Adventure For a Cure |
86 | |
A Flash Flood |
92 | |
| 1979 | A Beautiful Bedouin Baby |
94 |
A Bit of Prestige |
98 | |
The Petra Clinic |
104 | |
Clinic Visitors |
109 | |
| The Old Man and the Rababa... read extract | 112 | |
The Settlement Project |
113 | |
The Treasury—My Husband’s Workplace |
116 | |
One-pot Dinner |
119 | |
The Local Store |
120 | |
The City and Spirits |
124 | |
The Plastic Scorpion |
130 | |
Tempting Fate |
132 | |
The Makeena |
133 | |
The Pilgrimage to Mecca |
135 | |
Dangers |
137 | |
Rattam Stumps |
140 | |
| 1980 | Cards |
142 |
Holy Bread |
145 | |
The Road to Umm Sayhoom |
146 | |
Nabataean Inscriptions |
148 | |
Jidaya. A Fortune Teller |
151 | |
Call Him Awwad |
152 | |
An Adventure to Wadi Sabra |
153 | |
Salwa—Our Pride and Joy |
159 | |
Postnatal Support |
161 | |
Flexi-hours |
167 | |
Caves and Tents |
168 | |
Nuha, the Vaccination Lady |
171 | |
Winter at Abdallah’s |
174 | |
Eid a-Thehiya |
178 | |
Homeward Bound |
180 | |
| 1981 | A New Floor and an Old Lamp |
183 |
A Car, A Loan |
188 | |
In the Car to the Khateeb |
189 | |
In the Middle of the Night to Ma’an |
193 | |
Accidents Do Happen (i) |
195 | |
Why Donate What You Can Sell? |
196 | |
| 1982 | Relations and Home Improvements |
197 |
New Zealand Backpackers |
201 | |
A Desert Stage |
202 | |
The Yarmouk Force |
206 | |
Bedouin Bracelets |
208 | |
Al-Jimedy, a Neighbour |
208 | |
Accidents Do Happen (ii) |
211 | |
Wogbas and Turnagas |
214 | |
The Elephant and the Bad Baby |
214 | |
Raami Arrives, Feet First |
217 | |
‘introducing’ Raami |
221 | |
| 1983 | Umm Salwa |
223 |
Salwa’s Swing |
224 | |
Summer Stories |
225 | |
Smoking |
231 | |
A Part of it All |
233 | |
Bekhita’s Tent |
236 | |
Dakhil-allah, a Sick Man |
239 | |
| 1984 | Queen Elizabeth—A Royal Visit |
245 |
Fasting |
251 | |
A Girl and Two Boys |
254 | |
In-Laws Again |
255 | |
Statues |
261 | |
| 1985 | The Gold Tooth |
262 |
Moving |
265 | |
Epilogue………………….read follow-up |
271 | |
| Top | ||