gathering at dawn

The awful daring of a moment's surrender/ Which an age of prudence can never retract/ By this, and this only, we have existed/ Which is not to be found in our obituaries/ Or in memories draped by the beneficent spider/ Or under seals broken by the lean solicitor/ In our empty rooms
T S Eliot, The Waste Land, 1922

Bedouins are traditionally nomadic, moving across the desert from plantation oasis to waterholes, depending on the seasons. Although most have settled down, eased into modernity through government-sponsored housing, new roads and basic services, they still retain their free-spirited character.

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