by Fawziyya Abu Khalid

Sinai – the Bedouin
"Butterflies" describes a Bedouin who unerringly knows how to find his wandering horse. Click on Bedouin Culture for more in-depth information on this vanishing group of people. The site notes that "[i]n the vast silence and brooding solitude of the Sinai, simply encountering another person was—and in some regions still is—a rather unusual and noteworthy event." Write a one-page story about a special meeting in the life of a Bedouin man or woman.