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The Magic of Arabian Deserts

               Many people think that desert is a lifeless land because it is a barren land where rains are barley occurs. Where the climate is the hottest climate in comparison with the other lands. Where no water and no plants are easy to find. Where few animals, which adapted with this harsh weather, can live. They think that it just a hazardous and empty land which does not have any life resources, so it is impossible to live there. However, some people lived in the desert with all of these challenges. Their lives were in risk, but they didn’t give up. They survived in the desert with all risks that you could imagine. How are those people?  why did they choose to live there? And where did they live?

              Arabian desert is considered one of the biggest desert in the whole world. It is not one desert, but it is a chain of deserts extended from North Africa to the Western Asia. It includes Sahra Al-kubra, which covered the 9,200,000 square kilometers from the North Africa, so it is comparable to the area of the United State, and considered as a hottest desert in the world. Also, Arabian deserts includes Al-Rub’alkhali, which is the largest sand desert in the world. It located in 4 Arabian countries Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen and UAE. In these hot and dried deserts culture was raised.

The Life in the desert:

             The Bedouins are Arabic people who used to live in these deserts. They didn’t travel to other lands because they were born in this desert, so this desert identifies them. This desert is their land regardless the difficulties of living there, it is as a haven in their eyes. They raised their culture in this land where no one could survive, that is an accomplishment for them. They were many clans. Each clan has its own members. The members of the clan had to travel and find their food together that helped them to survive in the desert. The camels and horses were their transportation. They had temporary houses instead of permanent houses because they should travel to search for food and water every time if they want to survive, so that was their daily routine, and that was their simple life which is full risks.

                                 The way to the freedom:

              As soon as the oil was discovered in Arabian deserts Between the 19 and 20 centuries, the big countries including Great Britain, France and Ottoman Empire wanted to occupy this land. The Arabian’s lands were under Ottoman Empire protection. Ottoman Empire treated Arabic people badly in this period of time by requiring Arabic people to speak Turkish instead of Arabic, and ignoring their rights. As a result, these things generated a hatefulness to Ottoman Empire. In the war world 1, Ottoman Empire was with Germany side against Great Britain and France. Great Britain exploited the Arabic hatefulness to Ottoman Empire by promising the Arab Bedouins if they help to attack Ottoman Empire and destroy its oil resources, they will give them back their land from Ottoman Empire. The Arabic did the revolution of freedom and attacked Ottoman Empire, because they wanted to free their lands that made Ottoman Empire weak. As a result, Great Britain won the war, but they didn’t do their promise to the Arabic. Instead of that they occupied their lands lust for the oil. The Arabic were shocked when they knew about that. Therefore, they did many revolutions to take their land back, so they attacked the British army, which was well armed. Thousands of Arabic died in that attack. Also, British attacked many Arab villages by aircrafts, so it was bloody attacks many people died including children and women. After several British’s attacks, the revolution stopped. The Arabic wished if there is no oil in their land because the oil is the main reason that made the other countries want to occupy this land. After the end of the Arab revolution, the one country was divided into 22 countries by Great Britain and France to make sure it is impossible to return them into one country again that made them weaker than they used to be.

 

         Between 1946 to 1989, all the Arabian countries have become free after the all sacrifices. The deserts were being changed into a modern cites. The economy of Arab countries has improved that changed the life in this region from a harsh life into an easy life. Also, many Arabic countries are in top of the welfare counters in the world. Thanks to all people who sacrificed for the freedom and Thanks to all people who helped to build our lands. Thanks to all people who narrated our glory history to make it permanent . We will not forget you.