ABSTRACT
The Bedouin have their social distinctions, just as any civilised folk have theirs; however poverty-stricken, a Bedoll "county family" maintains its pride of family just like its civilised counterpart in Europe. To all outward appearances a collection of Bedouin may appear to the uninitiated to be very similar, whereas one (quite possibly the poorest and dirtiest-looking of them all) may be a blueblooded aristocrat of the desert with a pedigree going back to their arch-patriarch Abraham, while another may be quite a nouveau riche and not be considered at all in the same
social category as his neighbour, who would scarcely be seen talking to him in public.
