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Know any Ahadith, Qur'an and classic Arabic poetry about camels? (In English)

pixxie — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:16:29 -0800

Know any Ahadith, Qur'an and classic Arabic poetry about camels? (In English) I am currently writing about paper about their survival in the desert. Thanks in advance!

How many camels is my girlfriend worth?

Hogshead — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 13:50:56 -0800

How many camels is my girlfriend worth? I'm getting married in November, and my bride-to-be's father used to be a senior diplomat in the Middle East. In several Middle Eastern cultures, notably the Bedouin, it's traditional for the groom to pay a "bride price" to the bride's family, usually in livestock.

We've joked about how many camels I owe my future father-in-law, but as a gesture of thanks and to show how much I value his daughter and his contribution to our wedding (he's being extraordinarily generous), I want to pay for a number of the animals to be given to poor communities in north Africa. Oxfam runs a scheme that organises it.

What I need to know is: how many camels is the oldest daughter of a former diplomat worth, in Bedu reckoning? Because the last thing I want to do is undervalue her.

Girl Goes Into Room, Ends Up in a Box of Cigarettes, What am I working with Here?

elr — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 01:29:34 -0800

Name this book or short story: A girl locks herself in her room with a bucket for piss and a bucket to shit. She meditates herself into the desert from the packaging of a box of Camel cigarettes. Any of this information may be false, I'm working off a description I vaguely remember from ten years ago.