The Friday Photo: Bedouin Girl

This is Anoud, 2, with her great-grandfather, Mohammed, 93, looking at a picture of him in his British Army uniform from World War II.

They live with our guide Shadi and 20-or so other relatives in one of the villages to which the Jordanian government moved the Bedouin of Petra.

Little Bedouin girl in her village near Petra in Jordan.

Anoud is a happy little soul, and hugely loved by all her large family. Society has changed beyond all imagining in Mohammed’s lifetime, and I wonder whether, when Atoul becomes a woman, her horizons will be broader than the Bedouin girl we met in Sinai.

4 Responses

  1. Maryam says:

    The great grandfather Mohammed has passed away end of May 2013, and is greatly missed by all.