Desert Plants and Medicines, Wadi Rum Jordan (85 images)

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The healing arts have a long standing tradition in the Arab world. Many westerners do not realize that while Europe was in the dark ages, Arab physicians of the 8th to the 11th century were laying the foundations of the institutions and science of today's modern medicine.
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A traditional Beduin healer

Arab scholars studied and translated the Greek texts. They opened the first true hospitals and pharmacies, and designed early clinical drug trials. They...
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The principal goal of the project is to safeguard the main features of the lifestyle and oral expressions of the Bedu that have developed over the course of millennia and that are being lost due to inevitable societal changes. The knowledge, wisdom and history that is at risk forms the historical foundation of all Arab people's. BHP's first project's scope is to safeguard the main features of the lifestyle and oral history of the Bedu that have developed in Wadi Rum region in Jordan. The people of Wadi Rum have been recognised for their uniqueness by UNESCO and are the only Arab culture admitted to the permanent list of Intangible World Heritages. Proceeds from image licensing and print sales fund the ongoing work of BHP.