Married To A Bedouin

Name: Married To A Bedouin
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781844082209
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By Marguerite van Geldermalsen

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New Zealand nurse Marguerite van Geldermalsen unexpectedly falls in love with Mohammad Abdallah Othman, a Bedouin craftsman, during a visit to the ancient city of Petra. Marrying into the Manajah tribe, she embraces a life in an ancient cave, learning traditional tasks such as baking shrak bread and collecting spring water. Her vivid, heartfelt observations capture the warmth and customs of a Bedouin community now fading with modernity.
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Ideal for readers interested in memoirs, cross-cultural experiences, and Middle Eastern traditions, especially those fascinated by Bedouin life and heritage.

' The donkey tied to the tent peg had a hard-on which was difficult to ignore. 'Hamar mabsoot,' my new brother-in-law Ibraheem said cautiously and as I realised I recognised his words (the donkey's happy), so our embarrassment dissolved with a giggle.'

It was as Mohammad guided us singing through rocky, oleander-crowded canyons that I fell in love with him. Why I hadn't noticed his quick, eye-crinkling smile the day we met I don't know but I noticed it now. He fixed his red and white mendeel, throwing the knotted ends up over his head into an exotic Bedouin turban and flashed me a smile. I was fascinated.

Description

New Zealand born nurse Marguerite van Geldermalsen first visited the lost city of Petra with her friend Elizabeth in 1978 on a sightseeing tour of the ancient world. Already looking forward to her beach holiday at the end of the trip, little did Marguerite know she was about to meet the man she would marry, the charismatic Mohammad Abdallah Othman, a Bedouin craftsman of the Manajah tribe.

A life with Mohammad meant moving into his ancient cave and learning to love the regular tasks of baking shrak bread on an open fire and collecting water from the spring. But as Marguerite feels herself becoming part of the Bedouin community, she is thankful for the twist in fate that has led her to this contented life.

Marguerite’s light-hearted and guileless observations of the people she comes to love are as heart-warming as they are valuable, charting Bedouin traditions now lost to the modern world.

Married to a Bedouin offers a fascinating glimpse into this unique lifestyle, capturing the essence of a culture now almost forgotten.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781844082209

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 November 2009

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Virago Press Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 288

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Biography & Memoir Marguerite van Geldermalsen Non-Fiction

About the Author

Marguerite is from New Zealand. In 1978 she met Mohammad Abdallah in Petra, Jordan, married him and moved into his Nabataean cave. In 1985 they moved to the new Bedouin settlement, Umm Sayhoon. She was widowed in 2002. She has three children.