Encounters with Muslim Nomads
Luqman Nagy
Paperback, 160 pages
9781915357199
The Wandering People who have Shaped the Islamic World
“Be in this world as if you were a stranger or a traveller.” (Bukhari)
Who better to teach us how to be in this world than a true traveller?
Former nomad and environmental activist, Luqman Nagy, recounts the remarkable lives and practices of the Muslim nomads that he closely experienced, transporting us from the mountains of Central Asia to the deserts of North Africa with his dynamic recollections and hand-drawings of all the tribes that he encountered along the way.
From Nagy’s extraordinary encounters, we learn of a resilient, humble, faithful people far removed from our perception of primitive dwellers on the peripheries of civilisation. These nomads are true custodians of the earth, and we have never needed them more than we do now.
Contents:
1. Who is a nomad?
2. Ibn Khaldun and Bedouin Civilisation
3. Berbers of the Atlas Mountains
4. Tuaregs of the Sahara Desert
5. Yörükler of the Taurus Mountains
6. Bedouins of Arabia
7. Bakhtiyaris of Western Iran
8. Qashqa'is of Southern Iran
9. Kuchis of Southern Afghanistan
10. Kyrgyz of Northeastern Afghanistan
11. Altai Kazakhs of Northwestern Mongolia
12. Future of Nomadism