tribes
Tribal Politics
Disputes over the dating of Eid al-Adha in southern Oman led to arrests this year, as the minor point of religious observance revealed growing tensions over the place of the country’s tribes in its society and politics, an issue with a deep history and profound ramifications.
The Shared Struggles of Bedouins and Native Americans
Much like native peoples in the U.S. have had to successfully balance their specific tribal identities within a larger pan-native identity so, too, the Bedouins of Jericho must negotiate between their identity as individual tribes, their larger identity as Bedouins and finally their national identity as Palestinians.
The Ill Fruits of Demographic Engineering in Kashmir
A hilly, snowcapped terrain leads to the village, which has witnessed one of the harshest winters in the Kashmir Valley in decades. The Forest Department managed to cut the trees before anyone could protest, as people had been braving subzero temperatures inside their homes.