Arab Abou Eid were nomadic people who journeyed between the land of Bednayel (بدنايل) in the Beqaa valley in Lebanon and the Syrian Badia where they passed through Sabaa Byar (السبع بيار), Houran (حوران) and ultimately reached the Iraq borders. In Houran, they depended on cultivating wheat and leasing their camels for agricultural practices for obtaining food and benefits. The number of camels owned by each family ranged, depending on the financial status, between 1-2 camels for impoverished families and up to 20 for the wealthy families. An average household owned between 5 and 8 camels. Helping others was and still is an important Bedouin quality, for instance, the tribe would offer a poor family some camels if they didn’t own any.
Arab Abou Eid prepared their own food and in quantities sufficient for one year (jam, makdous, oil…). They believed that eating out of one big bowl of food (rather than individual portions) would satiate their hunger and provide them with more energy.
The air wasn’t polluted back then, to the extent that a person could last weeks without bathing. Stealing was a very rare crime. Some customs prevalent among Bedouin women included wearing a ring of golden coins around their heads and growing their hair very long and braiding it whilst keeping most of it covered. Arab Abou Eid made dyes out of fruits and plants, such as a yellow dye from pomegranate skin.
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