ABSTRACT
Among the Badawin it is widely believed that certain women (mostly though not necessarily Sulubbiyah * ), can cast spells over men, and can also remove them at will. Such a woman is known as a sahára. For example, one Dehila was a famous spell-weaver of the ’Utaiba tribe, and was known all over Najd and North-East Arabia, including Kuwait. She was finally slain by the Shaikh of the ’Utaiba, Sultan ibn Humaid, at Ghaghat, when ’Ikhwanism was at its height (probably about 1929).
