Military Review English Edition May-June 2016 | Page 96

( Photo by Hossam el-Hamalawy, Flickr)

Guests dance with newlyweds at a Nubian wedding celebration in the affluent Zamalek District of Cairo, Egypt, on 20 October 2011.
Egyptian society in general is family centered.

(Photo by Zoltan Matrahazi, http://www.discoversinai.net)

Bedouins from the Jabaleya tribe gather in a garden under a traditional Bedouin tent 11 March 2009 during a Bedouin event to bless
the garden near the town of St. Catherine, south Sinai, Egypt. Though the Bedouin tribes today are settled in small villages, they are still
largely animal herders by trade and periodically migrate with their animals out of their settlements, following traditional routes to grazing
areas as rainfall permits. The most effective military and government officials administering the Sinai are those who have studied Bedouin
law and tradition, and have taken the time to develop relationships with the Bedouin tribal leaders.
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