Zbigniew Kosc
Ababda - Bedouins of the Eastern Desert
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Ababda women, Eastern Desert, Egypt, photograph by Zbigniew Kosc © 1998
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The women would gather herbs to cure illnesses and spin wool which they then wove into coarse fabrics with simple patterns to cover the walls of their shelters. As a result of their life in the desert the Ababda developed features which are common to all nomad people: indifference toward material things, hospitality, respect for nature, self-sufficiency and tribal solidarity.

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