last weekend i was with my family on our farm, where my grandmother grew up. it is a small valley called Kinserdalen, deep into the Sognefjord. at this point i had not yet learned that there was an ongoing debate about building a mosque in the community of Sogn and Fjordane. this is the last [...]
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..and now, there is a mosque in Sogn, Norway
Posted in al zaabi tribe, Uncategorized on May 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
al zaabi – the tribal voyage
Posted in al zaabi tribe on April 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The people of Al Jazeera El Hamra were said to be Hadhr, which is the local name for coastal Bedouins. They consisted mostly of Al Zaab tribe. The Zaab were Hinawi inpolitics and Hanbali Sunnis by religion. The Zaab people are said to be originally descendents of the Bani Adnan tribe living in Najd and [...]
